Re:I'm AVOIDING the hype like the plague...
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Exactly. I've been trying not to get sucked in, because I know that it'll just dissapoint me in the end if I do. How can you match the dreams and expectations of Star Wars fans? The first movie was a milestone, and one hopes that this one will be as well. If only there wasnt this devoted cult of SW fans making headlines around the wold about wating in lines for months and selling their testicles to get good seats, we wouldn't have this problems. And then there was the mistake of having the advanced screenings for the press. If Lucas didn't care about the press' opinion, why allow them in? He knew that it wouldn't get glowing reviews. Of course this would just create bad publicity, but still. But to see Lucas complain that the hype has gotten out of hand, without his wanting, is laughable. There's 101 toys available at stores everywhere, Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell have joined forces under the banner of Pepsi to fight the dark side in TV commercials everywhere (and recently started promothing their own line of 30 or so toys). Jeez George, if you didn't want this problem, why license out 8000 crappy promo tie-ins?
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Exactly. I've been trying not to get sucked in, because I know that it'll just dissapoint me in the end if I do. How can you match the dreams and expectations of Star Wars fans? The first movie was a milestone, and one hopes that this one will be as well. If only there wasnt this devoted cult of SW fans making headlines around the wold about wating in lines for months and selling their testicles to get good seats, we wouldn't have this problems.
And then there was the mistake of having the advanced screenings for the press. If Lucas didn't care about the press' opinion, why allow them in? He knew that it wouldn't get glowing reviews. Of course this would just create bad publicity, but still.
But to see Lucas complain that the hype has gotten out of hand, without his wanting, is laughable. There's 101 toys available at stores everywhere, Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell have joined forces under the banner of Pepsi to fight the dark side in TV commercials everywhere (and recently started promothing their own line of 30 or so toys). Jeez George, if you didn't want this problem, why license out 8000 crappy promo tie-ins?