Are you as sick as I am of Star Wars?

This is becoming a senior version of the Children's Hour...
 

I saw it once. Maybe not even all the way through...meh. My cousin probably has every toy ever connected with it...I personally don't understand the fascination.
 

Ralphy1 said:
All of the hype and the merchandising is just too much and shows how shallow we have finally become. Surely seniors should avoid involving themselves in this childish outpouring of interest...
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Stars Wars. The first chapter in the do not play with your toys book. Leave in the original package, stare at it while it ages then resell a decade or two later for a new Mercedes.

Pop culture madness at it's finest.
 
I got subjected to the first Star Wars flick ad nauseum several years ago when my grandsons played it over and over and over and over and over. I got to where I could recite the dialogue. Star Wars just isn't my cup of tea, tho my sister loves that stuff.
 
Ralphy1 said:
No, but perhaps those of a mature content, and occasionally one of an overly mature content...
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The Star Wars stories are not immature, unless you regard stories/legends like Camelot and Robin Hood to also be immature. The themes are timeless and for a while the first SW trilogy was one of the literary choices in NSW senior English studies. They studied the films using the same critical techniques that we used to read Shakespeare.

I've used a bible study series with some very intelligent junior high school boys that used themes from Star Wars to link to the same values in the bible.
 
Ralphy, I'm with you, I am ready to scream at every person who's seems giddy about it because it's everywhere even eclipsing Christmas, which wouldn't be a bad thing if it were something I had an interest in say SpongeBob. :D


fureverywhere said:
I saw it once. Maybe not even all the way through...meh. My cousin probably has every toy ever connected with it...I personally don't understand the fascination.
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I went to see the first one because, well, my boyfriend of the time wanted to see it, though I was fascinated by the creativity, I couldn't wait for the movie to be over. Silly me though, when Billy D Williams stared in one of the later ones, he at the time was someone I had grown up with a crush on, I couldn't resist going to see that other SW whatever # it was. Disliked that version even more.


Shalimar said:
Star Wars often grabs the attention of people who love fantasy as well. People who love The Hobbit can gravitate to Star Wars and Star Trek. Different type of morality play.
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I really do get it that some people love SW movies and the whole fantasy theme, but, sometimes emotions of liking it doesn't work to spread over to some of those who also like other fantasy themed movies. I thoroughly enjoyed the first LOR and went to see the second as well with great anticipation I loss interest with the third, but, I've mildly enjoyed watching the others on dvd and I've definitely enjoyed some of the later Star Trek movies as well. I just can't get into Star Wars, I like Dark Vader's earlier character and the storm troopers, but most everything else about the characters and the movie annoyed me.

I don't disrespect the people who love Star Wars movie, I can geek out for other sci-fi fantasy movies just as much as the next person, as well some already are aware, :D but, the SW hype is driving me bonkers even more so than I already am. Though I would like to cuddle r2-d2 or whatever the newest version is called it's the cutest little bot. :)
 
I'm a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. As a result I've read the books (over and over at one point), seen the 1939-1946 American movie series with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, a lot of other movie versions and the latest version, Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch (fantastic series!).

You could call me a fan boy.

Thing is, I take it personally when a version comes out that I don't like, like the "updated" American TV version Elementary where Holmes is a recovering drug addict, and Watson is a female.

No.

It goes against the Code.

I know it's all fantasy, that I was being childish when I was a married man, with kids, and had what amounted to a shrine to Holmes in the basement.

Next to the model trains. And the bar.

Being childlike is different than being childish. I think we all need to recapture the magic of childhood at some point, and if a movie like Star Wars can do it for some people, all the better.
 
Being childlike is different than being childish. I think we all need to recapture the magic of childhood at some point, and if a movie like Star Wars can do it for some people, all the better.
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Couldn't agree more. The ability to see the world through the eyes of your inner child, while still retaining your adult perspective is a wonderful gift.
 
fureverywhere said:
I saw it once. Maybe not even all the way through...meh. My cousin probably has every toy ever connected with it...I personally don't understand the fascination.
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SifuPhil said:
I'm a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. As a result I've read the books (over and over at one point), seen the 1939-1946 American movie series with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, a lot of other movie versions and the latest version, Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch (fantastic series!).

You could call me a fan boy.

Thing is, I take it personally when a version comes out that I don't like, like the "updated" American TV version Elementary where Holmes is a recovering drug addict, and Watson is a female.

No.

It goes against the Code.

I know it's all fantasy, that I was being childish when I was a married man, with kids, and had what amounted to a shrine to Holmes in the basement.

Next to the model trains. And the bar.

Being childlike is different than being childish. I think we all need to recapture the magic of childhood at some point, and if a movie like Star Wars can do it for some people, all the better.
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I feel your pain on the Holmes matter, The latest American TV version has killed it for me, but, I'd still go see the Movie versions whenever they put them out, I was a fan from school days too, the books were part of our reading collection in my classes and I loved me some Sherlock stories. :)

And as I said, I don't fault the Star Wars fans, but, I'm still sick of hearing all the fan far as anyone would be of something they don't much care to hear hype about any other subject matter. Does one want to hear all the hype about the newest insert other hyped thing people want to glorify that any one of us may not be into and I bet someone will want to stick a pin in the fun of others. They do it to me all the time. Like SW fans, I pay the spoil sports no mind as should the 40 -70 y/o men who will be sporting SW attire to the showing of these movies.
 
Well, one example that I can think of off hand is professional - or even amateur - sports.

Things like the Super Bowl or the World Cup - they are hyped beyond belief and bring in millions of dollars. People arrange their lives around sporting events such as these, waiting all year, planning their days off from work, traveling across the country, paying hundreds of dollars for tickets (not to mention the hats, mugs, T-shirts, etc.), going ballistic with their cheering ...

Sound familiar?

But when you get down to it, what's the harm? Sure, I don't like sports, but I wouldn't deny the opportunity to someone else to enjoy them.
 
Obviously my pathetic attempt at Satire bombed,hopefully due to sleep deprivation.Lol. No I don't see Star Trek, Star Wars, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, or Narnia, as childish. Imagination and a sense of wonder can keep one's mind supple and engaged.
childlike, I hope so.
 
SifuPhil said:
Well, one example that I can think of off hand is professional - or even amateur - sports.

Things like the Super Bowl or the World Cup - they are hyped beyond belief and bring in millions of dollars. People arrange their lives around sporting events such as these, waiting all year, planning their days off from work, traveling across the country, paying hundreds of dollars for tickets (not to mention the hats, mugs, T-shirts, etc.), going ballistic with their cheering ...

Sound familiar?

But when you get down to it, what's the harm? Sure, I don't like sports, but I wouldn't deny the opportunity to someone else to enjoy them.
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Somehow, you must not be understanding, no one is saying there is harm, quite the opposite, saying I understand, doesn't mean I have want to hear and enjoy the hype, I can be annoyed and still understand and let people have their moment of joy, not trying to stop them, just wish it would stop already so it isn't the main story on every news programming, even my mainstay like nightline which I often tune into for more interesting and often serious news stories, but, has now become more focused on pop-culture each night when it was more often in the past hard hitting news.

Again, no one is saying people shouldn't have fun with Star Wars, I've said it time and time again there's nothing wrong with having fun seeing these types of movies and being into it..
 

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