would like....but won't happen....
i didn't mean to come off so harsh obi1adobe...i am locked in an eternal struggle with phantom menace....i want to like it so much....i tend to waver back and forth, while always remaining at least slightly dissapointed....a good film will draw you in whatever mood you're in though, so i'm forced to concede that it is flawed on some level....sorry if my post seemed like a bit of a bitchslap....good to see you back on the boards....
I agree that Jar Jar didn't have to be in the films but Lukas is famous for that kind of character. He did give us the Ewoks, and how lame was that. Heroic Teddy Bears.... No thanks.
I'm sure people thought the same way about the Jawas. And what about the little pig guys in ESB? What were they called?????
Originally posted by PVS
its no problem dude, not like i took it personally 😄but you have to admit, little kids will buy any crap thats handed to them.
a true classic stands the test of time.and yes mc pee pants, ep3 is the movie that makes itself. it would take a F***up of collosal magnitude to screw it up.
kids will eat up anything that comes theyre way, kinda like hmm, lets go through my list....
Star wars
star trek
DBZ
yu-gi-oh
ninja turtles
batman
spider-man
superman
baseball
football
basketball
eating
sleeping
talking
you see its not just kids buying crap, and doing what they see, or just liking anything. thats ****in human nature. you see something you like, no matter what it is, and tyou rhink about it, when you see it, then you want it.
Well hope it is cool cuz at heart i am a kid and i like when a film can take you away from reality and the old star wars did that to me.
the new ones not so much but we must remember that this is Lucas art and he can do whatever the hell he wants.
Thanks
Dr.Lee
And hello to the guy in Montreal. I love that city (I live in Ottawa)
to see something and then want it is one thing.
to be conditioned to want something is another thing entirely.
if you want to deny that kids are suckers for marketing,
than so be it.
and its NOT human nature, its the nature of a media controlled society
(us included) they dont FIND it, its FORCE FED to them. hype through repetition kinda hypnotises kids. im not saying that kids are stupid, just easily distracted. notice how quick they cast aside certain hype-trends just as quickly as they pick them up?
as older kids and adults, people tend to think more freely and
wont simply accept what is handed to them, because marketing says "its totally cool!!! everyones into it!!! buy it NOW!!!" the older a person gets, the less they care (most of us) about fitting in with ALL their peers.
wait a few years after ep3, if you see kids wearing the gear THEN,
then the prequels are a hit among kids.
you cant gear it on what you see now,
while the hype machine is on.
Its force fed because obviosuly it is market for it, but generally in a lot of cases its a good idea, people become enamored with it, and a bunch of suits run with it. I went through alot interests as a kid PVS, but I never lost interest in anything I liked because a lot of it was good imagination, and cool entertainment. I recently bought the first season of TMNT, and to my suprise I still love it and I was instantly remembered why I like it. Same thing with Transformers, and G.I. Joe. I do have an interest to see how kids will react to Pokemon, and all of that popular Japan stuff in the future. Yes some kids just follow the crowd, and then one day some kid realizes he should have been playing with Barbie dolls and ends up on the gay parade, but for the most part as kids we find out what we like, and based on interest levels you can a lomost gauge what kind of person this kid can become when he/she gets older. So we'll see what happens with Star Wars. Generally in terms of toys, kids arn't buying action figures anymore. I used to work at toys r'us, and action figures seems boring to them buy the time they are 4 years old.