the other parts i have problems with are the 'i wouldnt have been able to watch EPIV because its too slow' type comments. How old was the person that watched the movies in 1-6 order? thats important because it shows what kinda of movies they grew up in. Movies during my parents time arent as action packed as movies nowadays. when i watch those old world war II movies that my dad enjoys i sometimes find them slow, but i still enjoy them (for the most part) even though they are in black and white and ancient. I think the fact that the person didnt watch any star wars movies up until this point is also telling because it shows they had no real interest in the story. there is enough info out there that even a star wars 'virgin' will have a basic idea of the story and if that story interested you you would most likely go out and see it. Her comments about having an emotional attatchment (are these her words or not, she seems to be analyzing the movie pretty intensly to not realize how powerful the story of Episode IV really is) to the PT characters comes off more to me as she enjoyed the PT movies more because of their flashy effects and packed action sequences because it kept her attention (this has nothing to do with the actual story, good or bad) which is what seems to be a general trend in hollywood (which sometimes i admit works on me, I fell asleep during the original Italian Job (how many people here even knew about the original, probably more than the general public cause this crowd tends to be into movies in general but i think you see my point), but love the remake)
and all of her, 'realizations' and 'emotional attatchments' that are made to sound like they only occur if you see the PT first. for instance
"When Yoda first appeared and acted senile, she found it amusing and took it as his technique of making sure that things are done right with Luke"
well first, im sure not everyone who saw the OT first was suprised when he declared himself as Yoda. And duh, thats the whole point...hes one of the greatest (if not the greatest) jedi to ever live. after you find out its him and his whole attitude changes do you really think you were supposed to think that he was really senile or that he was testing Lukes patients ("I cant train him, he has no patients"). That was intended from the start and you dont need the PT to tell you that.
I could probably go on, but i think you get the idea.
-Darth Simon
*edit* some new posts were posted while i was typing this. I totally disagree with the "how they were meant to be seen" comments. If that is truely how they were meant to be seen, why not make the PT first (or at least have the story) how many other movie series do you know that have a trilogy or saga and release (create) the films in 2, 1, 3 order (or any crazy variation thereof) and even if the second takes place before the first, its still the 2nd. Id at least give that statement some credibility if the story for the PT was at least outlined before making A New Hope. Just cause it has the title Episode IV (added after, can argue the reasons) doesnt mean it was thought of 4th and meant to be watched 4th. It just means Lucas wanted to make it appear to be some large story that you enter in the middle of and see only one part.