C3PX said: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. 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?
when star wars came out it was a fad, and so were the two sequels,
people forget about them in the mid 80's after 'return of the jedi',
and continued to forget about them until the late 90's when the SE
versions came out... then they came back, and now are stronger than ever..
so , by your criteria, there really were'nt any fans back then either, only now?
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.
honestly, i can't really think of any great movies i've seen in the last 20 years (or longer) that made
we want to be a fan of the series/or think its a classic, the majority of my favorites are from the 70's,
and 80's... its' all mostly rehashes, and reworks or earlier material,
or subpar populist stuff now... yeah, i watch a lot of independant and foreign films too, but none
of them really stands out to me..
i agree, we'll never know if the movies that come out now will be remembered down the line..
later
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