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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <9k243hFhl4U1@mid.individual.net>,   
   Soze  wrote:   
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   >"Ignis Fatuus"  wrote in message   
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   >>If it's hard fact you're after, I've observed that Star Wars puts me   
   >>to sleep, but (12-14 yr old) boys seem to think it's the dog's   
   >>bollocks. On the other hand I've enjoyed all of the Potters (although   
   >>I think the last two movies in particular were a bit pedestrian and so   
   >>badly lit that at times I found it hard to tell what was going on). In   
   >>fact I was pleasantly surprised by the first movies, as Columbus is   
   >such a hack. We have all the Potters on DVD and now Blu-Ray, and they   
   >>get watched fairly regularly... but the secondhand SW box set was seen   
   >>once and forgotten. I saw the first and third in the cinema, and I   
   >>haven't bothered since.   
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   >>Of course, I'm hardly a cross section of the global population, but I   
   >>don't know any adults who discuss their favourite SW movies. On the   
   >>other hand, Potter crops up fairly regularly in conversation. And of   
   >>course, the movies were all written, produced, and directed by men;   
   >>but I don't see that it makes much difference. Your argument on that   
   >>score is lopsided, as it contains no factual reference, and omits   
   >>girls altogether.   
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   >I think people of my age...that first saw Star Wars when they were   
   >8-14...still love them. My sister, who is 7 years older than me so would   
   >have been 15-22 when they came out, also loves them. I was utterly obsessed   
   >with them when I was a kid and have seen them countless times. Most people I   
   >know would happily hold a discussion on their favourite SW films! I thought   
   >the prequels were shit though. Could be that I was in my late 20's through   
   >to early/mid 30's when they came out or it could just be that they were   
   >demonstrably worse than the originals. It's not unusual to find younger   
   >people than me that prefer them though.   
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   >I've only ever seen the first HP film and it bored me to buggery. I only   
   >know of one other person that's a fan, most people I know haven't seen them   
   >( or if they have have never mentioned them ). I generally think of them as   
   >movies that young people like. But, as I haven't seen much of them, I can't   
   >really say.   
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   I sawSW when I was 8.  Too bad I did nit note the DW connection   
   at the time.   
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