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From: Dartreb

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Date: 12/25/2015 15:51:19
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I agree with you, but the originals are part of my childhood, and although I estimate that Interstellar or The MArtian are much better movies, I still have some particuliar affection for SW.

On the other hand, everyone loves Gravity which is just an awful terribad movie, this is what a call a massive disappointment, and the latest SW isn't such thing.

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Date: 12/26/2015 07:49:48
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But at least were you born!?


Yes Joe, I was 2 years old, already a big boy
But obviously too young to grasp what was going on at that time.


How can you talk about a marketing product in 1977 ?


You are right ofcourse, i actually meant the marketing machine that it became later and certainly that it is today. Because in present time, it is more marketing than anything else. But i agree when you say the first movies were better and were the real "original" ones. Now, it's just about making money, and that's sad. Because i already heard a lot of feedback about SW fans about the last movie, and they weren't really thrilled by it.

But you don't need to get excited about it Joe, i absolutely understand how you feel, because my brother is also a big SW fan...and discussions arise once and again if i dare to touch the subject, lol. Just expressed my own opinion, that's all.


PS : are we trashtalking now before tonight's game ?


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From: BigT

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Date: 12/26/2015 08:03:08
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I love SF movies as well, but calling SW a merchandising product and nothing else is not really true

I have never bought a single merchandising product from SW and just watch the movies and I am sure there are plenty other people like me

For the movie gravity and the martian, I didn't watch them because I didn't feel like they were a must watch

Another critic I have for the current movie is that at the start they build the new plot very well, but ass soon as they are in this bar things are going to fast it felt like they just rushed through everything, maybe I would have loved to see two smaller movies with great development instead of one big movie that is only half developed

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Date: 12/26/2015 19:37:41
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I love SF movies as well, but calling SW a merchandising product and nothing else is not really true

I have never bought a single merchandising product from SW and just watch the movies and I am sure there are plenty other people like me


I never called it a merchandising product, i called it a marketing machine, that's something very different. The merchandising is only a derivative of that marketing machine.

Long before the movie actually came out, the marketing machine was already running heavily to make everybody warm for the upcoming event. And nothing comparable with any other movie, this was on a whole other level. It was like the whole world suddenly was under the spell of Star Wars. One thing i've gor to hand it to them though, they sure know how to play "the game", if you know what i mean.
The box office records weren't set because of the quality of the movie, they were allready "set" before the movie even came out. That how powerful their marketing machine really is !

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From: BigT

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Date: 12/27/2015 02:46:05
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Oh sorry I miss understood you

Well yes their marketing was on top, but I think they can afford such a huge investment due to their big revenues they were expecting

The only reason why they didn't make the 1 spot in, the movie with the highest revenues in the 1st week was because in Japan ht emovie only starts the 4th January