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Re: Jawa Sandcrawler '02
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Date: 
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:18:22 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Tobbe Arnesson wrote:

I think the magic is lost today or if you're an adult. Still it's
really great movies but I don't think it'll become a part of my life
in the same way as it would've if I saw them as a kid/teen -
especially in a time like they were made in with moon travels etc..

Another thing that made a big difference (IMO) is that before Star Wars,
there was a fairly long drought of 'big' science fiction movies.  Sure,
there were some movies around, but not many.  So I think people were
much more receptive to Star Wars in 1977 than they would have been if it
came out a couple of years later, after Close Encounters of the Third
Kind, and some other late-70's movies.

Steve



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  Re: Jawa Sandcrawler '02
 
(...) I think this is exactly right, and I would suggest that the other late-70's might not have been possible or successful without many of the techniques established during Star Wars, not to mention the market-credibility of science fiction (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Jawa Sandcrawler '02
 
(...) I'm working on it :) I was born in '78 and played more with LEGO then watched TV when it was on there. I think the magic is lost today or if you're an adult. Still it's really great movies but I don't think it'll become a part of my life in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)

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