In the case of Star Wars, they’re older than me, but they were master pieces and as well as being very carefully written and crafted films, they were doing things with set design, special effects etc that were just unbelievable at the time. Now they really are just tacky throwaway disneyfied ****. I think there are very tangible reasons star wars isn’t as good as it used to be. Marvel just is and always has been a pile of cheesy ****e. I take your point but I think you chose 2 poor examples.
One of the stranger reasons an ex target has moved clubs.... https://www.empireofthekop.com/2025/02/03/liverpool-crocodile-iran-ryan-kent/
It was obviously before my time but maybe someone older who lived through the late 70s and 80s can give some insight but didn’t people consider A New Hope a load of daft bollocks when it first released?
I assume this is more of your infamous sarcasm but the original three star wars films were not carefully crafted at all and the story has numerous inconsistencies as a result.
Not in the slightest. It was a phenomenon. But Luke and leia ending up brother and sister is just one strand that was made up as Lucas went and not some carefully crafted cohesive story.
I just read that people at the time thought it was too weird and niche and A New Hope wasn’t that popular when it first came out in 1977. It wasn’t until The Empire Strikes Back that it started getting more widespread appreciation.
Christ alive, I recall periods watching City on Bunkers were we got excited cos we had actually got a corner such was the dross we used to serve up, over the past 20 yrs or so we have seen some of the most successful periods in our history, winning is always enjoyable, being successful is always enjoyable. We can play the beautiful game all we wish but if we dont score goals and win games ultimately its not enjoyable.
Adjusted for inflation only Gone With the Wind grossed more. It was definitely not weird and niche at the time.
It overtook Jaws as the highest grossing film of all time when it came out, a record it held for five years before being overtaken by E.T.
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As someone who was there at the time I’d say A New Hope was reasonably popular with school kids. If you’d gone to see it as an adult other than escorting your children you’d have been laughed at / treated with suspicion. The Empire Strikes Back is the first film I remember queuing round the block for, but the demographic of that queue again was 100% that of a kids’ film. The Return of the Jedi being a bit of a damp squib probably would have finished the franchise as an artistic endeavour, barring the ongoing popularity of the toys. EVERYONE collected the action figures. It was only when that generation grew up and got the money to start collecting them again that interest was rekindled, the films were remastered, the new films were made and for me it was only then that people started to apply some sort of adult intent to the first three retrospectively. Edit - just to add The Empire Strikes Back was taken a bit more seriously at the time, but only in a ‘surprisingly good for a kids’ film’ way
Was going to reply the same thing. I was between 9-13 when they came out and they were extremely popular with my age group. We were taken with Boys Brigade to watch one of them. Not sure anyone 20 plus was going to the cinema to watch them. Once I hit mid-teens, they were seen as a bit childish. They were on Saturday and Sunday midday TV from the mid-80s to the mid-90s for kids to watch. This perspective changed once the new films came out.
And this is sort of my point and why I brought it up in the first place as people expect SW to have evolved with them when it's still intended as kids films.
The films are def simple films that are easy to watch Not much substance to them Theres insane extended lore though that the nerdiest of the nerds can read Its def more serious and adulty
Hearing a whisper that Hope Solo is coming in as back up keeper. Now a free agent after being released by Tatooine United. Don't blast the messenger.
Star Wars was **** when it came out & they are all still **** now. As are the Marvel franchise ****, Have we signed anyone yet?
