Plus, as Obi pointed out, if George has the complete ethical right to decide when his movies are finished, and what the public adores has no comparable value to that right, then I take it that you wouldn't mind if George used the Star Wars films as a butt wipe and began to enforce that version as the official Star Wars? He "created" the films according to you and, according to your argument, you should love a crap-smeared version if that's what the creator wants you to enjoy. There's no bad move he can make in your minds, even if he were insane, right?
Originally posted by: auximenies
I think you missed my point. I came at them (or, TPM actually) with a biased position. I was planning on enjoying TPM because it was a SW film and I was looking forward to it very much. The difference between me and you was that it didn't take me multiple viewings to realize that I didn't like it. But our points are the same, and contrary to Gomer's assertion. We weren't pre-disposed to disliking TPM. We were pre-disposed to liking it.
Ahh, I see. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
Yes, because if a person enjoys something, that automatically must mean that they are enjoying a "proper" job? That's illogical.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I guess some people were better at meeting him half way than others. He spent almost a decade constantlly working on the prequels, and you guys dismiss them in a few viewings.
It seems to me like Lucas put way more effort into entertaining us than a lot of us put into being entertained.
I think you missed my point. I came at them (or, TPM actually) with a biased position. I was planning on enjoying TPM because it was a SW film and I was looking forward to it very much. The difference between me and you was that it didn't take me multiple viewings to realize that I didn't like it. But our points are the same, and contrary to Gomer's assertion. We weren't pre-disposed to disliking TPM. We were pre-disposed to liking it.
Ahh, I see. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
If he hadn't done his job properly, then nobody would have enjoyed it.
If he hadn't done his job properly, then nobody would have enjoyed it.
Yes, because if a person enjoys something, that automatically must mean that they are enjoying a "proper" job? That's illogical.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I guess some people were better at meeting him half way than others. He spent almost a decade constantlly working on the prequels, and you guys dismiss them in a few viewings.
It seems to me like Lucas put way more effort into entertaining us than a lot of us put into being entertained.
Yeah, George worked really, really hard on the prequels . . . sure.
Sorry, but I think it can effectively be argued that George did not put as much effort into the prequels. What he mostly had was a plethora of vague, contradictory ideas and an army of artists who were forced to be totally submissive to that lack of energy and vision.