The Star Wars Thread

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by hivemind

Doubtful.

After what I've seen trebor.

Two films that make Spaceballs look like a masterclass in comedy/sci-fi film making.

Spaceballs is a masterclass in comedy/sci-fi film making.

No qualifiers needed!

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by hivemind

I suspect Lucas is laughing at all these millennials that just buy into a Disneyfied version of Star Wars. I know I would be.

Just as the generation before Lucas laughed at him and called him a bloody hippie I'd imagine.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Spaceballs is a masterclass in comedy/sci-fi film making.

No qualifiers needed!

Mel Brooks last great film.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

When the first Star Wars film was released, films classified as 'blockbuster' or 'tentpole' releases were rare and a new occurrence. Looking at the releases over the last month or so: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Star Wars – The Last Jedi, The Greatest Showman, The Disaster Artist, Paddington 2, or even Battle of the Sexes would have been things which attracted massive audiences and stuck around in cinemas for months. As it is, only Paddington 2 is sticking around (just as TLJ will) and most of the others will either have disappeared, or will do very quickly after the holidays.

When the spectacle is possibly the only thing that makes people go to the cinema because of the price, large flatscreen TVs at home and the knowledge the film will be available to buy in a few months, it's no surprise that relatively small films without the 'wow' factor are either not released, disappear quickly or are only available in small arthouse cinemas.

You haven't actually replied to my post Nos, just gone on about spectacle. I was asking how children see this film and if it has the wow factor? You wouldn't know this as like myself i don't think you have children.

Plus to mention any of the films you have done in the same breath as a Star Wars film means you don't appear to acknowledge how much of a money spinner / phenomenon the series is. I don't think the shops are full of Paddington or The Disaster Artist merchandise.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Just as the generation before Lucas laughed at him and called him a bloody hippie I'd imagine.

He was one of the film makers that saved Hollywood in my opinion. All i have to say is American Graffiti. Now that is a masterpiece. Quite superb film making.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

He was one of the film makers that saved Hollywood in my opinion. All i have to say is American Graffiti. Now that is a masterpiece. Quite superb film making.

American graffiiti is his best film. I'm probably going to be in the minority when I say THX 118 is a fairly shit film.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

He was one of the film makers that saved Hollywood in my opinion. All i have to say is American Graffiti. Now that is a masterpiece. Quite superb film making.

Great film, it's a shame that he became everything that he hated, but thats the same with a lot of idealistic people and can't deny what a good business man he became.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

American graffiiti is his best film. I'm probably going to be in the minority when I say THX 118 is a fairly shit film.

I've only seen the tweaked version and thought it merely okay. No idea if the original release was far superior or not.

[keirarts]

Also the question about how kids view the series is actually an interesting one. There are kids who were into Jar Jar Binks I recall.

Also there's a surprisingly large fanbase of young girls who seem to love Ghostbusters reboot as much as the thirty something men who saw the original hate it.

I don't think appeal to kids necessarily denotes quality.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Also the question about how kids view the series is actually an interesting one. There are kids who were into Jar Jar Binks I recall.

Also there's a surprisingly large fanbase of young girls who seem to love Ghostbusters reboot as much as the thirty something men who saw the original hate it.

I don't think appeal to kids necessarily denotes quality.

It's kids that want the toys, lunch boxes, t-shirts though.

I doubt adults are buying the toys for themselves nowadays. Are they? I mean you only have to walk down an aisle in Asda...there's hundreds of them.

Surely not. I mean sure i loved it all as a child but wanting the toys and stuff had long gone by the time i left school.