My take on Star Wars is that it's 1930s sci-fi visually rendered with an immense 21st-century budget. Immature, swashbuckling, aimed-at-kids romp - yep, that's all true. But that's pretty much the form.
It's undeniable that it influenced practically a whole generation, and caused loads of kids to develop a fascination with outer space, aliens, snazzy futuristic technology and kick-ass sound design which IMHO helped to provide a cultural environment in which techno music, when it came along a decade later, was able to capture the imaginations of so many people who, as children, had been awe-struck by Star Wars and never got over that sense of fascination with the future and with imaginary worlds. Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: Stewart Caig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 August 2004 10:18 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Techno Films > > > >As for Star Wars, I agree with Sean - IMO it's the most > overrated film of > all time - I loved it when I was a kid, but when I saw the > new editions as > an adult I realised how shoddy they were - it was comparable > to watching the > A-Team again after 20 years and realising that it was aimed > at people with > tiny little brains (ie children) > > Thats a little condenscending to the many people on this list > who do still > hold Star Wars in high regard...