QuickTidal, on 19 November 2015 - 05:10 PM, said:
Apt, on 19 November 2015 - 04:44 PM, said:
Morgoth, on 19 November 2015 - 01:04 PM, said:
No, no, it's the other way around. The prequels are neither great nor awful, they're entertaining at times, disappointing at other times and generally mediochre as soon as the action ends.
It's the original trilogy that I think is no where near as good as people pretend it is. Nostalgia is the one strong suit that series has.
As someone who grew up with Star Wars and idolized it...when I ACTUALLY look at the OT in hindsight objectively, I fully agree that they aren't nearly what we all assume them to be. Maybe it's because of their simplicity? I mean there's not much meat to them. I truly believe that Nostalgia is a STRONG, STRONG factor in people's love of the OT. I mean ANH is a very basic tale with minimal simplistic dialogue and cool fights and ideas. That's really it. They are not the second coming....but to a child version of me they were incredible.
I agree almost completely with this. There's no doubt that the original trilogy and especially ANH is basic fantasy with a futuristic setting. Little if any complexity to any of it. But the effects were groundbreaking and what young boy/teen wouldn't have loved firing off blasters or hacking things up with an "electrified sword", essentially? (I don't exclude girls from that statement for any reason other than I didn't know any that were into those things at that time.) I know that's what got me interested. It's the same reason I love Tron so much, to this day. (Light cycles and the power disc, C'MON!) Plus the Millennium Falcon and the X-wing fighter both really appealed to me.
Now, my kids have grown up with the prequel trilogy. The original trilogy, to them, is much less of a big deal. My son LOVES Boba and Jango and Grevious and that's all that really matters to him. My daughter likes Padme and Ahsoka, after she was introduced. My daughter seems to have more excitement than my son for the new movie but we'll all be going...