Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site vaxine.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!wanginst!vaxine!reg From: reg@vaxine.UUCP (Rick Genter) Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: Re: _Star_Wars (spoiler) Message-ID: <595@vaxine.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 09:59:17 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxine.595 Posted: Tue Jul 2 09:59:17 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 04:13:53 EDT Organization: Automatix, Inc., Billerica, MA Lines: 29 > > > > > > _Star_Wars_ > > > > by Kelvin Thompson > > > > _Star_Wars_, yet another entry in the recent spate of "Space Operas," is > > a bad, morally empty movie. Look, quick!! It has lights!! It has > > zooming spaceships!! It has laser flashes!! It has explosions!! Look > > closer, and it has nothing. > Star Wars is a FANTASY-Adventure, that just happens to take place > "a long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away". At this it is Excelent! > As for value, I recall that it won an Oscar. (Not bad for what you call > a worthless movie, especially considering that most critics would agree > with you!) > Why to people expect *MUCH* more from a movie in space? (See a > previous posting about Battlestar Galactiac posted to net.startrek) > Look at how much is made off of James Bond movies....Do they have ... and on and on and on. I can't believe anyone has taken this guy seriously. I *really* can't believe so *many* people took this guy seriously. Rick Genter Automatix Inc. ...!decvax!encore!vaxine!reg