From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com
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hennypennynospam@cox.net (A) wrote:
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> > What have you seened tagged as the new Star Wars... and what do you
> > think has been (or been close) to pulling off that title?
>
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> IMO nothing has come remotely close. I know some of us like to make fun of
> George Lucas, but he created something unique, surprising, and lasting.
>
> In terms of fantasy films, the LOTR trilogy was extremely well done, and I
> was thrilled while watching them. But I never longed to go live in MIddle
> Earth, whereas I often wanted to hang out in the bar on Tatooine or stand
> (preferably with Anakin, hee hee) by the lake on Naboo.
There was a similar sort of question in the newspaper here yesterday.
They were asking people to say what they think is the new sliced bread
(as in "best thing since sliced bread"). :-)
I doubt there ever will be anything as ground breaking as Star Wars -
it came along at just the right time and pushed the boundaries 10 times
further than any previous movie, as well as having a multi-gernational
appeal. These days almost every new movie is considered a "blockbuster"
(and often breaks all previus "records", largely because prices keep
going up!) even when 90% are simply garbage, but none really do
anything new. Most are in fact fad franchises cloning the one good idea
someone had until everyone is throughly sick of them.
The same thing is happening in the computer games industry - the
graphics may be getting more realistic, the speeds getting faster,
etc., but most games are really just another clones of what's come
before (usually yet another Doom clone).
Maybe when a real Star Trek style holodeck arrives there will be
something that can be considered the "new Star Wars". :-)
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