negative1 said:if people really cared about artistic integrity and value, they should have all been flops,
every movie should have failed miserably, and all the interest in Star Wars should have died off, instead the exact opposite happened....
Exactly. Because people don't care, fans do care though. People will suck up and buy anything, look at all the garbage that gets thrown around shamelessly on TV that people soak up and love. All the crappy movies that get released every year. My wife was sick earlier this week, and I rented Get Smart for her, because she likes Steve Carell and wanted to see something funny. That was one of the worse movies I have ever seen! Acting was horrible, plot was typical "spy comdey" fare, and not a single joke was laugh worthy. Why should a film like that, while not a super successful film, still be able to make back what was spent to make it? Why should a film like that even deserve a DVD release? Why do people suck up all these fads and love them to death for a year or two, then forget about them and loose interest in them entirely?
People will suck up and eat up anything you throw at them that has an ounce of popularity too it. If other people are doing it, they will do it. Its hip it is cool. But once that fad is over, all that is left are the true fans, the loyal base of people that really care about it and want to hang onto it forever, not just suck up and throw away when they loose interest. The real fans want to show this stuff to their kids and say, "See, how cool is that!" A film maker, a writer, a director, anybody with fans has to make a choice: Remain loyal to your fan base, or make something that will be hyped up for a few months or maybe even years before being dropped forever? There are still artists with integrity out there who want to show what they can do and really build something to last, something that the fans can hold on to and be proud of. This does NOT describe the PT by any means. But fans have been holding onto the OT for pushing thirty years now, I have no doubt they will hang onto it for another thirty.
Whether the PT is part of this is yet to be seen. Movies like the Jaws sequels were popular once too, now most fans of that franchise will tell their friends, "Just check out the first one and forget the sequels, they're nothing to write home about." The sequels are remembered as campy late night TBS fodder. I wouldn't be surprised if that is what the prequels eventually find themselves as. "Just watch the original three. That prequel trilogy is nothing to write home about. Watch them if you like, they're kind of fun, but they are just as campy as can be."