Interesting distinction, but you're right. I don't consider star wars to be science fiction literature. I've heard a lot of people made guesses that star wars imagery, but IMHO I don't think it's that sophisticated. I loved the original trilogy, but it doesn't have thoughtful social commentary that you'd see with Heinlein. For me, A New Hope was "the young brave knight rescues the princess from the evil warlord and slays the dragon". And, for that, it was most enjoyable. It wasn't deep, though. Most of its perks were cinematic.
I'm seeing it in the theatre because it's the best place to see the eye candy. It is a shame what happened with the movie version of Starship Troopers. The movie was dumbed down. Eric Wayne Putterill wrote: >I'll wait till it's out on DVD to rent. > >When the first Star Wars came out I had been into SF for about 5 >years, after reading Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Heinlein, E E Smith etc. >I was really excited about seeing it due to all the hype. But I was >really disappointed, Star Wars just seemed childish after reading the >greats and to be honest I have never really changed my opinion. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158007 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
