question to glp's 60+population re:Star Wars

The original Star Wars was amazing. But I was disappointed by The Empire Strikes Back and haven't seen any of them since then.

yes, by me (still do)

it was all HYPE, and a decent film

:chies:

Was told by a couple that they saw the movie the first night it opened. Loved the movie then during the week the professional reviewers trashed the movie. The next weekend they drove past the place they saw the movie, the line went around the block! In two weeks the same professional reviewers had changed their story. The movie was brilliant, stunning, a classic etc. After that they stopped watching the reviewers.

Nowhere near 60.

I saw the original at the theater in 1977 when I was 8 yo.

It sucked.

Never had any desire to see another.

The entire franchise and cult following is ludicrous.

I'm not 60, am 55, but I was way too old to even register it, I know nothing about it. Say 'star wars', and I think, 'Did that have Dr. Spock in it?' :)
Not 'stupid', no, but for kids, definitely; I wouldn't have imagined that anyone over the age of 8 would be interested in it.

Not 60+

But there was. TIME magazine spread about it 6 Months before advertising the amazing special effects and groundbreaking filming methods- so film buffs everywhere waited in line for hours to get into the opening week.

I lived in South Jersey and had never paid $6 for a movie in my life- but we paid $8 and were all excited before to be the first high school kids to see it.

College kids were biggest audience.

Closing in on 60.Yikes...i don't remember.