In 1977 my dad took me to see Star Wars. I was 10, he was 36. I loved it (even though I thought Darth Vader was a robot) but he was so floored we just stayed in the theatre and watched it a second time. (I guess you could get away with that sort of thing back then.)
What people sometimes fail to realize today, is that in 1977 we had never seen anything like that before. Dogfights in space (and yeah, we could see the matte lines sometimes). Imperial Star Destroyers. In 1977 it was simply incredible. Jaw-droppingly incredible.
Today you can see that sort of thing in the theatre every few months - But not back in 1977.
Bringing a few people up to near earth orbit is massively (pun intended) different than launching an actual spaceship that can reach the moon, land and take off again and then fly back
Completely true, Anonymous Coward, but those aren't (weren't) the requirements for the Google Lunar X prize. Contestants had to land a probe on the moon, and have it travel 500 meters while trasnmitting HD video back to earth.
It didn't have to return to earth and it could be as small as required to meet the objectives.
Some can. For example, my wife is an iPhone person - Has been for many years - But when it comes time to upgrade her iPhone 6 she'll be leaving Apple and buying a replacement phone with a headphone jack.
However, she's in what appears to be a small minority.
People are brand-loyal and seem incapable of 'choosing not to buy.'
My observation: - assumption here that the above comment is from a right-wing Anonymous Coward author.
Every right-wing Anonymous Coward adherent will follow the fact-free line, no bonus, bonus, big bonus - Whatever FOX news tells him how to feel, regardless of the facts in front of his face.
The reason being on the right makes you live in a fact-free bubble and different circumstances does not change that.
When I was in Seoul a few years ago I was surprised to learn that almost all smartphones in Korea include an integrated TV tuner, complete with antenna.
This wasn't packet data carried over their data plans - This was OTA broadcast-TV.
You could see all these people commuting on the train watching broadcast TV - Even on flip-phones.
Are these 'puppetmasters' drunk idiots, Anonymous Coward? If these guys dreamed up by conspiracy theorists actually exists, they must be dumb as a bag of hammers.
My son could run a better 'deep-state,' and he's a Lego-obsessed seven-year-old.
This is only because they refused to use the material that was in the books, in the Expanded Universe.
How exactly was that supposed to work, Anonymous Coward?
The EU picks up not long after ROTJ. TFA was filmed 32 years after ROTJ.
Would you have a scroll that is ten minutes long explaining about Grand Admiral Thrawn and Jaina and Jacen (in their late 30s)? You'd have a 50 year old force ghost Mara Jade walking around with Leia?
I notice you didn't address the second point. "The Force is female"
That's because I don't know what you're talking about, Anonymouse Coward. I've only seen the movie once, but nevertheless I don't recall any dialogue talking about the gender of the force.
...and even if I did, I wouldn't care. The fact that a mythical made up fairy tale 'force' has a gender doesn't affect me, or any man, in any way. Feeling threatened as a man by something like this is ridiculous.
So, I have to like the movie because it says "Star Wars" somewhere on the package?
No, you don't have to like the movie.
But you do have to get over the fact that it didn't live up to your expectations. It's just a movie. If you didn't enjoy it, stop watching them and go for a walk instead.
Not accurate? The new movies have 'girl power!' written all over them
First of all, Anonymous Coward, as a male father of a 9-year-old girl, and someone who enjoys the movies, my response to this is "Hooray!"
Secondly, is your masculine ego so weak and fragile that you're somehow damaged by the fact that he lead characters in some fictional fairytale are female?
You worried your little penis is going to dry up and fall off?
Finally, you don't think Fin and Poe are courageous, strong male leads?
There's a reason you saw Star Wars in the theater 13 times in one year and you will be hard pressed to see The Last Jedi 13 times in the rest of your life.
but for whatever reason, people seem to prefer to sheeple around the biggest assholes creative works, rather than banding together and forging their own
Because I have a life. I have a family. Kids. A job. I loved Star Wars as a kid, and enjoy it as an adult, but it's just some movies - Not a hokey religion.
Every year I go to a Star Wars movie and enjoy AT-ATs and Chewbacca and X-Wings and everything else and then I go back to my life. I few months later I buy the Blu-Ray and my kids enjoy it again.
I'm 50 years old. In 1977 I saw Star Wars in the theatre 13 times ("Star Wars" NOT "A New Hope").
I bought the comics. I had the toys. I read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye." I loved everything Star Wars.
Nevertheless.
People need to get over themselves. These movies are not the second coming of Christ. They are *never* going to be able to live up to fanboy expectations, so let those expectations go. See the movies, have a good time, enjoy the light sabers and the Falcon but stop getting so worked up about a 2.5 hours of popcorn fun.
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In 1977 my dad took me to see Star Wars. I was 10, he was 36. I loved it (even though I thought Darth Vader was a robot) but he was so floored we just stayed in the theatre and watched it a second time. (I guess you could get away with that sort of thing back then.)
What people sometimes fail to realize today, is that in 1977 we had never seen anything like that before. Dogfights in space (and yeah, we could see the matte lines sometimes). Imperial Star Destroyers. In 1977 it was simply incredible. Jaw-droppingly incredible.
Today you can see that sort of thing in the theatre every few months - But not back in 1977.
I expect that by 2025 we'll be close to the point where you can book a room in a private space station
Hey Anonymous Coward - You honestly think that a mere seven years from now you'll be able to book a room at a hotel in space?
Are you on the moon already?
Fifty years from now, maybe.
No to mention the fact that half the time he'll contradict himself by saying the exact opposite thing 24 hours later.
Has there ever been a corporate or citizen's welfare program that has not been dropped as soon as the political tides turn in the US
Many.
Why can't you buy a compact pickup truck in the USA?
Because of the "Chicken Tax" instituted in 1963:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Bringing a few people up to near earth orbit is massively (pun intended) different than launching an actual spaceship that can reach the moon, land and take off again and then fly back
Completely true, Anonymous Coward, but those aren't (weren't) the requirements for the Google Lunar X prize. Contestants had to land a probe on the moon, and have it travel 500 meters while trasnmitting HD video back to earth.
It didn't have to return to earth and it could be as small as required to meet the objectives.
Can't the public push back and choose to not buy?
Some can. For example, my wife is an iPhone person - Has been for many years - But when it comes time to upgrade her iPhone 6 she'll be leaving Apple and buying a replacement phone with a headphone jack.
However, she's in what appears to be a small minority.
People are brand-loyal and seem incapable of 'choosing not to buy.'
Uh... Latvia's a real country, Anonymous Coward. Look it up.
My observation: - assumption here that the above comment is from a right-wing Anonymous Coward author.
Every right-wing Anonymous Coward adherent will follow the fact-free line, no bonus, bonus, big bonus - Whatever FOX news tells him how to feel, regardless of the facts in front of his face.
The reason being on the right makes you live in a fact-free bubble and different circumstances does not change that.
When I was in Seoul a few years ago I was surprised to learn that almost all smartphones in Korea include an integrated TV tuner, complete with antenna.
This wasn't packet data carried over their data plans - This was OTA broadcast-TV.
You could see all these people commuting on the train watching broadcast TV - Even on flip-phones.
Picture:
http://modernseoul.files.wordp...
Up until recently it was a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3.
and the puppetmasters behind the scenes
"Puppetmasters?"
Are these 'puppetmasters' drunk idiots, Anonymous Coward? If these guys dreamed up by conspiracy theorists actually exists, they must be dumb as a bag of hammers.
My son could run a better 'deep-state,' and he's a Lego-obsessed seven-year-old.
This is Slashdot. Any discussion of electric cars is required to include these obligatory posts -
"My daily commute is 252 miles. Therefore, electric cars are useless to anyone and everyone."
(Variation also acceptable: "Twice a year I drive 600 miles to Phoenix. Therefore, electric cars are useless to anyone and everyone.")
"My electric power comes from coal, therefore all electric cars are more polluting than my Grandpa's 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass."
"Widespread adoption of electric vehicles will destabilize the grid and require us to build over 9000 coal-power stations"
"EVs will never be economical when the battery only lasts a couple of years and costs $9,999.95 to replace."
You, sir, win the internet today.
Extend it to the airport.
And to Downtown Las Vegas (Fremont Street)
Your masculinity threatened by some humorous non-canon T-Shirts, Anonymous Coward? Unbelievable.
This is only because they refused to use the material that was in the books, in the Expanded Universe.
How exactly was that supposed to work, Anonymous Coward?
The EU picks up not long after ROTJ. TFA was filmed 32 years after ROTJ.
Would you have a scroll that is ten minutes long explaining about Grand Admiral Thrawn and Jaina and Jacen (in their late 30s)? You'd have a 50 year old force ghost Mara Jade walking around with Leia?
I notice you didn't address the second point. "The Force is female"
That's because I don't know what you're talking about, Anonymouse Coward. I've only seen the movie once, but nevertheless I don't recall any dialogue talking about the gender of the force.
...and even if I did, I wouldn't care. The fact that a mythical made up fairy tale 'force' has a gender doesn't affect me, or any man, in any way. Feeling threatened as a man by something like this is ridiculous.
"Surely they can't literally mean bombers? That makes no sense in space!"
There's plenty of gravity in space. What do you think keeps the moon from flying away? And it's 250,000 miles out there.
So, I have to like the movie because it says "Star Wars" somewhere on the package?
No, you don't have to like the movie.
But you do have to get over the fact that it didn't live up to your expectations. It's just a movie. If you didn't enjoy it, stop watching them and go for a walk instead.
Not accurate? The new movies have 'girl power!' written all over them
First of all, Anonymous Coward, as a male father of a 9-year-old girl, and someone who enjoys the movies, my response to this is "Hooray!"
Secondly, is your masculine ego so weak and fragile that you're somehow damaged by the fact that he lead characters in some fictional fairytale are female?
You worried your little penis is going to dry up and fall off?
Finally, you don't think Fin and Poe are courageous, strong male leads?
There's a reason you saw Star Wars in the theater 13 times in one year and you will be hard pressed to see The Last Jedi 13 times in the rest of your life.
Yes. In 1977 I was 10 years old.
but for whatever reason, people seem to prefer to sheeple around the biggest assholes creative works, rather than banding together and forging their own
Because I have a life. I have a family. Kids. A job. I loved Star Wars as a kid, and enjoy it as an adult, but it's just some movies - Not a hokey religion.
Every year I go to a Star Wars movie and enjoy AT-ATs and Chewbacca and X-Wings and everything else and then I go back to my life. I few months later I buy the Blu-Ray and my kids enjoy it again.
I'm 50 years old. In 1977 I saw Star Wars in the theatre 13 times ("Star Wars" NOT "A New Hope").
I bought the comics. I had the toys. I read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye." I loved everything Star Wars.
Nevertheless.
People need to get over themselves. These movies are not the second coming of Christ. They are *never* going to be able to live up to fanboy expectations, so let those expectations go. See the movies, have a good time, enjoy the light sabers and the Falcon but stop getting so worked up about a 2.5 hours of popcorn fun.
unless something's happened that didn't make the news I though Bezos owned the Washington Post. Which is probably Enemy number 3 or 4
The Free Press is enemy #1. WaPo, CNN, NYT, LA Times et al are just the enemy's armies.
They are.
Not really.
In my Samsung Galaxy S5 you pop off the back, put in a new battery and replace the back. That's "user replaceable."
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