CatBus said:

imperialscum said:

In my opinion, nothing ever came close to Star Wars OT.

Yeah, I agree, but not because Star Wars is so great nothing comes close, but because Star Wars managed to perfectly capture the zeitgeist of 1977. It was an adventure movie before adventure movies became absorbed into action movies. It was (space opera) sci-fi before sci-fi became just another demographic target. If Star Wars were released for the first time today, it would seem weirdly retro in a lot more ways than the special effects--the pacing, the cinematography, everything would scream 1977.

Firefly was what Star Wars would have been if it were unhitched from the 70's, swapped some adventurous spirit for character study, and given a lot better dialogue. It's not the same thing at all, really, IMO.

Then again, maybe Star Wars is only tied to the 70's in my mind. Someone watching Star Wars for the first time today probably gets a totally different feeling from the movie than I do.

I always thought the OT was pretty timeless, it was concieved that way. It was set in fairytale past of cowboys, knights and swashbuckling but also looked futuristic and exciting. The costumes were all fairly basic appealing styles we'd all recognise from other movie genres.

One problem with the PT was the outlandish costumes. Padme's costumes were beautiful (I've seen them upclose at a couple of exhibts) but sometimes you can see Portman can't even move in them and there were too many costume changes too.

The only dated thing is the "Hippy" (For want of a better term) haircuts in ANH. They always date that movie and date photos of me with similar ;-). By the time ESB and ROTJ had rolled around the haircuts had become more measured with the arrival of the 80s. Luke's haircut is badass and timeless in ESB.