You guys have not mentioned the effect TV had on the movies. Back in the 40's and even into the 50's not everyone had a television, so the movies were the only places to get visual entertainment (other than live theater)
You guys have not mentioned the effect TV had on the movies. Back in the 40's and even into the 50's not everyone had a television, so the movies were the only places to get visual entertainment (other than live theater)
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djgylend wrote:Star Wars is kiddie sci-fi, with basic mindnumbing plots that never really evolve beyond the good v. evil trope.
My psych teacher mentioned to us that George Lucas was considered by Sigmund Freud's greatest student(I forget his name) to be his greatest student. The whole Star Wars plot was based off of a concept/theme in psychology. It's funny how far simple things can go and be successful.
actually star wars is largely based off of the philosophy of transcendentalism. the whole idea of 'the Force' goes along with it exactly. humans are good naturally but are corrupted by society (thus yoda saying to qui-gonn and later obi-wan in episode 1: "he is too old"). by getting closer to yourself, to what is inside, you reach your full potential to be good. unlearn what you have learned.
star wars is not kiddie sci-fi, as should be evident by the hundreds of books which have spawned from the original three movies. their are countless plot lines. the star wars universe is far vaster and detailed than that of star trek.
With apologies to Eddie Murphy, remember when Kirk f***ed that green b!tch?
Simple. Both suck!!!
No, he's right actually. It's based off of Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces and the cosmogonic cycle. Campbell examines the archetypes present within all different types of mythology to posit that there is actually one "monomyth", which all mythology fits into, courtesy of their common symbols and archetypes. This leads him into the cosmogonic cycle, which is the journey that the archetypal hero must go through in each of the myths to reach his final goal. If you look up the cycle, you'll see that Lucas follows it EXACTLY. Regardless, back to the original point, Campbell's book relies on the work of Freud and Jung to back up his assertions, so I can see why they would say he was one of Freud's greatest students. I've never heard of Lucas saying anything about transcendentalism, but he's been on record saying that Campbell was a major influence on his creation of the Star Wars mythology. That being said, I will agree with you that star wars is not kiddie sci-fi, but I'm going to disagree with the idea that the Star Wars universe is vaster and more detailed then the Star Trek one.
American English is my primary and best language but I certainyl enjoy "foreign" movies Chinese and French in particular..and I could not in my life sit through Goen with the WInd...I rented it once and I got throough about 30 minutes