The impact of movies on you?

Example: Star Wars

Everyone got hosed by George Lucas when he made the three most recent 'Star Wars' films: 'The Phantom Menace', 'Attack Of The Clones', 'Revenge Of The Sith'

Some people feel his incompetency and arrogance polluted not just the legacy of the original three films, they also threw shite on millions of people’s childlike reverence for and relationship with the original three films.

Does a movie like 'Star Wars' (or anything similar) holds anything special in your mind, heart and life...or is it just rose-tinted, wishy-washy bullshit?


(other 'franchise' examples: 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark', 'Alien')

 

As an adult today, I could appreciate a new Star Wars film coming out and I would be genuinely excited about it if Lucas wasn't attached and it looked promising.

When it comes to the original 3 films, I loved them back in the day but due to having seen them too often I cannot ever watch them again. Likewise I cannot watch the newer 3 films again either but that's mostly because they suck ass.

 

Films have influenced me my whole life. It sounds cliche but is true: most of the things I learned in life I learned from movies! For example: Many of my usual daily phrases are from movies, but 99.9% of the people don't know it. I say things like,"you must do what you feel is right,of course" and no one knows I am quoting Obi Wan Kenobi from the first Star Wars movie. "Enter The dragon" was a turning point in my life. That film literally changed my life at age 14. From a timid shy teen who was content to be bullied by others, this film inspired me to point I decided to seriously study martial arts and be the best at it as much as I could. A few years later I had a black belt, had lots of self confidence and no one dared to cross paths with me. *Thank you, Bruce!!!* "Saturday Night Fever" motivated me to learn to dance disco and to abandon my drop-out hippie look and dress better. Two other films that influenced me were The Omen (which prompted me to read the bible to know more about the antichrist) and The Ten Commandments which in a sense revived my spiritual flame.

 

:bears:

 

George Lucas should be stoned to death for what he did to the Star War Franchise.

And I'm quite serious......

 

Oh there is a bunch..

Terminator 2. It made me realize that Terminators also have feelings and that they're not all evil. The next time I see a Terminator sent back to the past to kill a mother of an unborn rebel leader , I will think twice before saying hey..don't do that..that's not cool.

Brock Back Mountain. Oh man I used to think cowboys are all about badass. Well I was half right at least...

Rocky 4. Made me not trust Russians at all, because they in a drop of a hat will even back stab their own. I mean during cold war, where the lives of their entire nation are at risk, their sports hero Ivan Drago is fighting a flag taunting hardcore patriot like Rocky Balboa and they turn on their own guy and start chanting the American's name during the fight?

 

Bambi

I used slaughter deer left and right leaving the baby deer all lonely without mommy without thinking about it twice. Needless to say after seeing Bambi now I make sure to also slaughter the baby deer. Don't have it in me to break its heart.

 

Yup, Rocky IV was such bullshit, when you think about it now. Was exceedingly entertaining as a kid during the cold war days though....

 

:scratcher:

 

Yup. Stone teh motherfucker to death. He betrayed all of his loyal star wars fans....the very ones that made him a billionaire...by making that prequel trash. He sold us out.

There was no need to change the history of the mythology that we all grew to love.

 

Suddenly C3PIO was created by Anakin. Suddenly the clones were storm troopers. Suddenly Jedi are weak and feeble and can't handle an army of robots. Suddenly Leah never ever knew her real mother. Suddenly Ben Kenobi is only about 10 years older than Anakin. Suddenyl Kenobi wasn't trained by Yoda. Suddenly Anakin had no relationship with "Uncle Owen". Suddenly Anakin wasn't the greatest pilor in the galaxy and wasn't a great man in any event. Suddenly "Darth"...isn't a name, but rather it's a title. Suddenly all of the storm troopers are Jango Fett (in the orginal trilogy it was APPARENT that they were individual men). The list goes on.

George Lucas is a cunt.

 

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Nice post.

However, can't you just 'forget' Episodes I, II and II and re-train youir mind/memory to the fact that there are just the original movies that you still like?

Or has the damage been done? :dunno:

 

Ireparable damage has been done unless Lucas redoes the prequel trilogy or else gives someone the rights to remake them.

 

Did you watched the documentary "The People vs George Lucas"?



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