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Star Wars!

  • 26-04-2019 10:12pm
    #1
    The Golden Miller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭


    The old popular culture phenomenon. There's alot of hype with this new Avengers film, and it reminds me that once that's over Disney are going to go into overdrive promoting Star Wars. I like a bit of Star Wars, but I hate having to see Kylo Ren and Rey's face plastered everywhere for 6 months.

    I get that it broke boundaries in it's day, but I don't really understand the perennial hysteria that surrounds it 3 generations later. It's popularity and success seems immune to any criticism, and no matter how much some of the films are panned they will smash records.

    There's been huge popular culture hits like Harry Potter in the meantime, but after their initial success they kind of float into the background as something new comes along. Not Star Wars though, 40 years later the juggernaut just keeps rolling on, with no end in sight


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  • #2
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,694 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Well, theres a rant nobody asked for.


  • #3
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    Star Trek going for longer \\//


  • #4
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I'm as lost as a black hole..,


  • #5
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    And now the weather...


  • #6
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    And now the weather...

    Looks like rain Ted


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  • #7
    PsychoPete
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    Because its a female jedi now


  • #8
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    Because Disney bought it to sell merch


  • #9
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Live long and prosper


  • #10
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,915 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    The high horse brigade wrote: »
    Because Disney bought it to sell merch

    They bought it to make money.

    And they are certainly going to make as much as they can. It'll be star wars ad nauseum from here on in, so get used to it.

    And I say this as a massive SW fan in my day.

    But I've grown up now. I'm not as anal about it now, but fun to watch my kids get into it the way my parents watched me do the same.


  • #11
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    NIMAN wrote: »
    They bought it to make money.

    And they are certainly going to make as much as they can. It'll be star wars ad nauseum from here on in, so get used to it.

    And I say this as a massive SW fan in my day.

    But I've grown up now. I'm not as anal about it now, but fun to watch my kids get into it the way my parents watched me do the same.



    Neeerrrrdddddssss


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  • #12
    Farawayhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    Star wars is quite boring. :O


  • #13
    The Golden Miller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭The Golden Miller


    Dale Doback wrote: »
    Well, theres a rant nobody asked for.

    I've had a few


  • #14
    McMurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja4v-qiFvBg


  • #15
    Capt'n Midnight
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    IvySlayer wrote: »
    Star Trek going for longer \\//

    Godzilla and James Bond have been going far longer


  • #16
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    NIMAN nailed it plus oldies have drummed into their offspring how good it was so it's inherited nostalgia to a huge degree, makes for big business.

    Like looking at Woodstock '69 through rose coloured shades, or thinking fighting in Vietnam was someway cool, like war in any form is acceptable.

    I just want a day in a hughie.....


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