Crygor64 said:
However the drama over this goofy and many times stupid kids movie astounds and amuses me. Just look at some of the lulz worthy posts in this thread. The hysteria is hilarious.
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I agree with you that it is a kids movie, and for the record I have not seen it nor I do not intend to see, but I am still glad this movie did not make alot of money this weekend, cause it gives hope to the whole goal of this website, getting the OOT fully restored for a future release.
I know a SW kids movie and the OOT seem like strange bedfellows for a reason for me wanting this movie to fail, but at this point, I am happy that anything Lucas does with SW tanks, cause it reiterates my personal opinion that Lucas has overestimated his PT fanbase, and underestiamted his OT fanbase, as even Lucas said in 2005, "There are people under 25 that love the PT, and people over 25 that don't like the PT." The difference is those people under 25 aren't nearly as big as Lucas thinks.
I still say Lucas thought this would be the #1 movie of the weekend, cause SW always sells to the public. I'm sure he wasn't expecting 80 million opening like a live action movie, but he was expecting a Pixar type opening at 40 million. This movie did jack, not even good for an animated movie as Wall-E will make a hell of alot more money then this.
So for me the bitching in this thread, wasn't about a kids movie, it was about a wake up call to George, that the SW fanbase will always be dominated by the people who grew up with it and fell in love with the movies, as we hold those 3 OT movies sacred. The more SW makes jackshit in the future, the more Lucas will eventually realize his cashcow will always be with the traditional fans.
Now if Lucas would have remastered the OOT in 2006 the right way, and never said crap like, "The originals don't exist anymore." Then I would not even bat an eye or even care what this Clone War movie does, but unfortunately there is a battle between Lucas and the OT fanbase, and when a SW movie makes 15 million and comes in 3rd place opening weekend, score one for the OT fanbase.