XPost: rec.arts.movies.past-films, alt.fan.starwars, rec.arts.sf.movies   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: jackbohn@bright.net   
      
   Sea Wasp wrote:   
      
   >	I didn't know anything about it ahead of time, but it was SF, which   
   >was enough for me at that age. My whole family went, and walked out   
   >KNOWING we had just seen a completely transforming event in the   
   >history of entertainment.   
      
   We didn't know anything about the history of entertainment   
   >   
   >	I then went to see it ... a lot more times, sometimes sneaking out   
   >with my friends to see it again. My allowance was severely strained   
   >that year or so.   
   >   
   >	The transformation in entertainment since has been almost impossible   
   >to grasp; one of the more subtle indications of the change, to me, is   
   >that nowadays -- with DVD releases and home theaters of high quality   
   >-- a movie doesn't stay in the theaters, even if it's very popular,   
   >for more than a couple months.   
   >   
   >	Star Wars, by contrast, stayed... and stayed... and stayed, with   
   >theaters having to order new prints because the old one would finally   
   >break. It stayed in Northway Mall for at least a year and a half.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)