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|    Re: Star Wars VII: Is Ky    |
|    15 Mar 16 13:37:04    |
      From: YourName@YourISP.com              In article <0000012a@net396.fidonet.org>, Jimmy Anderson       <@p0.f45.n396.z1[ASC46]fidonet[.]org> wrote:       > > >       > > > Well, Terry? Do you stand by this comment from November?       > >       > > In fact, I do not. Abrams managed to surprise me by making a movie       > > that doesn't suck. It's even mostly Star Wars. Mind you, it didn't       > > surprise me - at all - but it wasn't supposed to - at all. It very       > > much harkens back to the first two movies in many ways, clearly by       > > intent. I high low, but much higher than before, hopes for hte next       > > two.       >       > Yeah - some 'complaints' I heard were that it rehashed too much       > of the original trilogy, but then people would have complained if       > it had been too much LESS like it. :-)       >       > Bottom line is - you can't please everyone. :-)              It's only "like the Original" because it *IS* the original. Nobody       wanted an idiotic reboot of the original. Real fans wanted something       that actually fitted with the original movies, not a stupid rehash of       them for the ADHD generation by a talentless hack. :-(              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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