tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post7221956780164152844..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Star WarsRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-38341642667428154732007-06-03T09:37:00.000-04:002007-06-03T09:37:00.000-04:00Man! Now I feel old. SW came out the year I gradua...Man! Now I feel old. SW came out the year I graduated highschool. I saw it then and it totally blew me away. Of course, a lot of that was the special effects -- they were revolutionary at the time. And yes, the idea of this all having happened somewhere else, and in the past instead of the future was a neat way to approach the temporary suspension of disbelief, though I must admit I didn't know anything about such story-telling techniques back then. For me, a teenage boy at the time, with a similar day-dreamer's disconnect from the larger world around me, the identification with Luke was incredibly powerful. It was a great quest story and a grand adventure. <BR/>So, Happy Birthday, Star Wars! ::raises his glass in joint celebration:: May the Force be with you! Always!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-5037156658480138682007-06-02T22:29:00.000-04:002007-06-02T22:29:00.000-04:00Star Wars blazed so many trails? Well, maybe in t...Star Wars blazed so many trails? Well, maybe in the movemaking business. Otherwise, I must respectfully disagree. Star Wars traveled a road beaten down by thousands of years of human history. The secret of its success is George Lucus' understanding of mythology. Star Wars resonates because it follows the path of storytelling which has resonated with the human spirit since the origin of our species.<BR/><BR/>I agree with everything else in your column, however, and raise my glass of Romulan Ale.<BR/>;)Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-85482013726750396962007-06-02T16:14:00.000-04:002007-06-02T16:14:00.000-04:00Thirty years? Can't be. ::Linnea looks aghast:: I'...Thirty years? Can't be. ::Linnea looks aghast:: I'm THAT old? Sheesh. ::pours a celebratory glass of vino and joins Colby for show...::Linnea Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633057411107208569noreply@blogger.com