I’ve met Dave in person and I respect his opinions even when I don’t agree with them. Dave’s contrarian takes are based on more than spleen or provocation and I want to see if there’s a discussion to be had.
Last year when I realized I had no need for Disney+ I took 9 days and watched the 9 Star Wars movies just to check them off the list. My take on the original (or ep. 4 for the purists) is that Lucas wanted to make a fun adventure film and didn’t care if the mythology or plot made any sense. Just get the characters into and out of danger and lead up to the big battle scene. And going back to my question to Dave there was something charming about how primitive the effects were. When the movie first came out the kid who lived across the street from me and was a high school senior told me he saw the film 4 times in its first week. I saw it later and was nowhere near as impressed. I wouldn’t dispute Dave saying it’s not a good movie but I’d like him to back that up. I don’t know of many movies that had that effect on their audiences. On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > HOW long have you been on this list reading Dave's curmudgeonly contrarian > opinions? > > > On Jun 18, 2025, at 7:19 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > Specifically the pre-enhanced version or the movie in general? > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Saw it a while back and realized it's just not a very good movie. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Monday, June 16, 2025 at 7:27:00 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote: >> >>> And screened at a British Film Institute event, hosted by Lucasfilm's >>> Kathleen Kennedy, who said that the flick and its exhibition were "not >>> illegal"... but one reporter who *might* not have been around for the >>> original, thought it was just as bad as what George did to it later... >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-1977-screening-version-review-1236291808/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6e404d12-569a-4ed5-8316-7c555d463eccn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6e404d12-569a-4ed5-8316-7c555d463eccn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEY2ZxY%2B55RUaEO7CS7G%3DFZJ82r3Wq8GgV5YXcKc43dLg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEY2ZxY%2B55RUaEO7CS7G%3DFZJ82r3Wq8GgV5YXcKc43dLg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F633571C-43E2-430A-8F93-7E11BE56BCD6%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F633571C-43E2-430A-8F93-7E11BE56BCD6%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFdF4m_hHk2vfTScTv5eEkrMna_PQgB%2B22XO7XLEpEMDQ%40mail.gmail.com.
