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   Your Name to @p0.f45.n396.z1[ASC46]fidonet[.]org   
   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.  :-(   
      
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