From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article <489236cd$0$17170$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,   
   sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com wrote:   
      
   > Anybody  wrote:   
   > : "Star Wars" is meant to be a "B" sci-fi flick ... or more precisely a   
   > : "B" sci-fi serial. George Lucas was trying to make something similar to   
   > : the movie serials he saw in cinemas as a kid - Tarzan, Flash Gordon, etc.   
   >   
   > I understand that.  But it was also intended to be a major motion picture   
   > with serious effects, serious dialogue, serious budget, etc.  It was aimed   
   > at a much wider audience and had loftier goals than pretty much every scifi   
   > movie before it (except 2001).   
      
   Not really.   
      
      
      
   > And I still consider 2001 a monumental work of art.  But obviously it's   
   > not for everyone.   
      
   "Work of art" - that's basically sums up the entire problem with it.   
   It *IS* a work of art (or at least trying to be with all the arty-farty   
   nonsense) rather than a work of entertainment.  :-)   
      
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