Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic

I just think that there is really no use in being objective. No matter how "objective" either of us try to be, it ends up being futile right?

Futile? Hardly.

I believe in truth. I believe in science. I believe that everything in this universe can be known or understood to some degree. There is nothing that cannot be tested or analyzed in some way. Everything that truly exists can be known to exist if we properly look for it.

Aesthetics is a science that has existed for thousands of years and beauty is its primary concern. That is the point of this thread. I want reasons for why you can enjoy the prequels. I want to know why you find them beautiful in precise terms. I don't want to waste my time listening to unsupported opinions or wild brain farts. Some forms of entertainment are objectively better than others and some things are objectively ugly.

Majority opinions do not equal concrete evidence that a given work of art is bad or good. The reason for this is not because beauty is subjective, but because the sources for our sample opinions are flawed. However, in this case, if our opinions are sampled from people who generally give films a fair chance, enjoyed the original Star Wars for what it was (at the very least), and have an intelligent approach to art all around, then a majority opinion would carry a lot of weight. Certainly, we would always be required to doubt this opinion since we can't perfectly know if these people are being objective or to what degree, but we can at least say that their opinions have value on some level. Doesn't that sound reasonable, Go-Mer?