Originally posted by: Mike O
Depends on how far the mainstream the PT fans take him.
Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Lucas virtually bypassed DVD for the OOT- all we got in 2006 was just a smaller laserdisc. The reason we may get a letterboxed Blu-ray of the OOT because one would think that it's impossible, but it will horribly happen because Lucas is there. Optimism died in 1997 for SW fans in relation to the OOT. Iv'e accepted that SW is dead because Lucas has proven once and for all that nobody cares about the OOT because he literally rigged the GOUT in order to justify his continuous destruction of the largest block of pop culture in the last 30 years. He deliberately chose to relase the GOUT to both a) intentionally make the GOUT bomb and b) forestall everyone's predictions of a 30th anniversary boxset by stating that "we jumped in the saarlacc pit too many times" with a completely intentional marketing failure. The OT today has now become an afterthought to the PT, just some straight to DVD work of what could of happened after Anakin fell to the dark side. Lucas has now based his entire life purpose on a trilogy of absolute cinematic failure(the PT) instead of the OT that has, for better or for worse, shaped our culture. That's why he can wear a "Han shot first" T-shirt because he knows that he has defeated the fanbase for the OOT and the original cuts no longer bother him because everybody has accepted the SE and no one, in his mind, can challenge him. He can personally insult the fanbase whenever he wants. Now every fan of the OOT has become bitter at the acceleration of home theater systems because every film except three of them will be shown in optimal digital quality. We might as well go insane and live in an early 90s time warp.
Lucas virtually bypassed DVD for the OOT- all we got in 2006 was just a smaller laserdisc. The reason we may get a letterboxed Blu-ray of the OOT because one would think that it's impossible, but it will horribly happen because Lucas is there. Optimism died in 1997 for SW fans in relation to the OOT. Iv'e accepted that SW is dead because Lucas has proven once and for all that nobody cares about the OOT because he literally rigged the GOUT in order to justify his continuous destruction of the largest block of pop culture in the last 30 years. He deliberately chose to relase the GOUT to both a) intentionally make the GOUT bomb and b) forestall everyone's predictions of a 30th anniversary boxset by stating that "we jumped in the saarlacc pit too many times" with a completely intentional marketing failure. The OT today has now become an afterthought to the PT, just some straight to DVD work of what could of happened after Anakin fell to the dark side. Lucas has now based his entire life purpose on a trilogy of absolute cinematic failure(the PT) instead of the OT that has, for better or for worse, shaped our culture. That's why he can wear a "Han shot first" T-shirt because he knows that he has defeated the fanbase for the OOT and the original cuts no longer bother him because everybody has accepted the SE and no one, in his mind, can challenge him. He can personally insult the fanbase whenever he wants. Now every fan of the OOT has become bitter at the acceleration of home theater systems because every film except three of them will be shown in optimal digital quality. We might as well go insane and live in an early 90s time warp.
Depends on how far the mainstream the PT fans take him.
Interestingly enough, whenever my manager at the lego store is working the register he'll always ask kids trivia questions when they're with their parents buying something, always making sure to ask them first what they're favorite movie/tv show is (he's a self described nerd so he's usually well prepared). If they answer star wars he'll usually ask the question "who are darth vader's children?" and they always know the answer, but just the other day he switched it up and asked a kid who darth maul's master is. Now, this kid couldn't have been older than TPM itself and yet he still knew the answer! It really made me feel old actually. I was 13-just-about-14 when TPM was released. I can still remember about a week and a half before 5/19/99 being at the crown books that's now a booksamillion, getting my mom to buy me the novelization with the obi-wan/qui-gon cover and then not finishing it out of a desire to be slightly unspoiled going in.
The whole reason I bring this up is twofold.
1. I can remember back in the early to mid 90's, before "one last time" and "the way it was meant to be experienced," Star Wars was considered quite cool. Star Trek was at its all time popularity high and even then was heavily frowned upon! But then Star Wars just got too damn popular. Before TPM was even released people hated it, and the timing of The Matrix's release didn't help much. Before the PT, there was just that amazing period of time where kids born two years after the movies were released treated them like modern day classics. You don't see many films endure like that. I wonder whether or not that kid who knew the name of Darth Maul's master was a microcosm of star wars fans his age, but then again, he was the PT equivalent of people born in 1977 or so. It's the people being born this year who will be the PT equivalent of people my own age.
2. While I'm on the subject of everyone knowing who Darth Vader's children are, I must admit it sometimes makes me cringe to hear kids give the answer. Mainly it's because of everything I've learned in recent years about the making of the OT. It almost does make today's Star Wars fandom sound like a religion, Jedi the first step on that long revisionist path, and cements Star Wars and Empire as a one two punch. So, and this is mainly a question for the older people, how would you compare Star Wars in 2007 to Star Wars in 1985? Jedi wasn't even released on video until '86 for starters.