I am a commie or something. I have never seen Star Wars

[Charlotte Blanchard]

I think I might be unacceptable by American standards. I have not seen Star Wars. I don't mean just the new one. I mean any Star Wars. Actually i saw the Phantom menace but I am trying to block it out of my memory. So I am going to have to rent the old three movies and watch them before I go to see the Clones. I need reassurance. Please tell me they are not so bad as Phantom menace. Please?

 

[LadyDarkFire]

Sorry, I wouldn't know. I'm like you, I've never seen Star Wars.

 

[metal_minx]

rock on!

no they're not AS bad as the phantom menace but dont rush out to rent them...it was cool in the 70s i guess but i think they should retire the light sabers

 

[Charlotte Blanchard]

I expect it won't be great, maybe not terrible but mediocre. I feel obligated to go though. I mean it is kind of like a cultural thing. You know "Where were you when...?"

 

[Andreina]

I have never seen Star Wars either. I quite like Sci-Fi stuff and love Star Trek but as trivial as it may sound something always came across when I wanted to watch Star Wars. And now I feel like I would be totally confused if I went to see Episode II without having seen the previous 4 movies.

Halo

 

[LadyDarkFire]

I don't think you should be obligated to see anything. I have avoided Star Wars, I have avoided Titanic, and I'm just fine. Cultural norm or not, I just am not interested.

 

[Charlotte Blanchard]

Same here. I am not into Scifi though so that will make it even harder for me to get into. I will still go see it though- hell and all the others too. So I can feel more American.

 

[freescorfr]

I saw the first Star Wars in 1978 ish, I think and found it unconvincing bilge. Pre- deconstuctionist days, of course, so maybe I should try again. That was the epoch of structuralism and I tried to let the film speak to me and I fell asleep.

 

[Charlotte Blanchard]

-blushing- I liked Titanic. Damn.

 

[michaelmt1]

WATCH THEM

Oh my god you have not seen star wars !!

I must have seen them 50 times each your problem is that you will not see them in the Cinema the impact is lost a little on the small screen.

Ep 5 is probably the best but Harry is the one who makes all the moves.

Watch them if you are a trekkie you will like them I still like the original trek epps you are smart enuf to realise technology has come a long way but rent the updated virsions so the effects are better.

May the Force be with you

Mike

 

[superlittlegirl]

I think I'm in LOVE

I personally think it's wonderful that you haven't seen them. I had not seen them either, because I was born in 76 and grew up in a non-TV and VCR household for the most part, and somehow I never got around to it. Then someone took "pity" on me and made me sit through all three of the first ones. I was not impressed. I think that it's necessary to see them in the context of the 70s to truly appreciate them, which I didn't, and don't. I did see Phantom menace, and thought it was abominable, although Natalie Portman is a nice piece of eye-candy. So don't feel obligated, and if you do decide to see them, take some nice speed first so you don't fall asleep like I did.

I think I have probably just made 60,000 enemies with this one post. Please don't yell at me. I grew up in a TV deprived house, and am somewhat culturally lacking as a result. Yell at my mom instead, OK?

--Freya

 

[Shaq]

Sorry, I wouldn't know. I'm like you, I've never seen Star Wars.

It never grabbed my interest either actually...I've never seen one...

 

[Charlotte Blanchard]

I grew up in a No Tv house too. I saw my first Indiana Jones flick when I was 20. I have never seen ET, or Close Encounters of the third kind, or Lethal Weapon or--anything really. It is weirder that I really like movies and am making up for it now. I have a TV and DVD player, but not television channels. I hate TV shows. most of them are stupid and intelligence insulting. I rent a lot of movies though and am a late blooming film buff.

 

[Laurel]

Buncha pinkos!



I haven't seen "Grease". Don't want to either.

 

[superlittlegirl]

that's not weird at all!

It is totally different to be control of the programs, instead of the programs programming you. Movies are a *good* thing, but only when consumed selectively. There are so many bad ones out there. It's like going to a buffet and only eating what you like, instead of piling up your plate with everything and getting a bad stomachache.

So what movies have you seen recently that you'd recommend to a fellow newcomer?

--Freya