Originally posted by: The Bizzle
And I'm pretty sure if you could go back in time and ask our younger selves what we liked so much about Star Wars, we're not going to answer "Oh, the Cambellian riffs and the mythological aspects and the glorious cinematography." We'd probably say "the lightsabers and the ships and the "pchooo pchooooo rrrrrnnnnnn" as we run around the room in circles with our arms as S-foils.
And I'm pretty sure if you could go back in time and ask our younger selves what we liked so much about Star Wars, we're not going to answer "Oh, the Cambellian riffs and the mythological aspects and the glorious cinematography." We'd probably say "the lightsabers and the ships and the "pchooo pchooooo rrrrrnnnnnn" as we run around the room in circles with our arms as S-foils.
Ask those same kids why they still like the prequels 30 years from now--if they even do. It won't have anything to do with the involving storyline, gorgeous cinematography, or sophisticated mythology.
The LOTR trilogy is this generation's Star Wars, not the prequels.