Comment The truth may frighten... (Score 1) 710
The question with this survey is not really which movie is better (though that's fun to debate, of course), but why _this_ group surveyed voted as they did.
Here's the terrible truth on that. What's the average age when you hold a fanboy survey of some sort? Shall we say, charitably... 25?
Well, a 25-year-old would have been 1 year old when Return of the Jedi came out. That is to say, they never saw the original trilogy except on a small TV. Or perhaps when their dad dragged them so see the re-release, while telling them how cool it was. But the sense of wonder wouldn't be nearly as great 20 years after its release, in a world with lots of other spaceship flicks and a crappy new Star Wars trilogy to burden the originals. ("Great, a movie starring voice talent from Family Guy and Batman?")
I'm not afraid to say "I like Star Wars 'cause I'm old." :) Frankly, Chiwetel Ejiofor's assassin and Darth Vader are both among the cooler villains the movie universe has to offer. Enjoy both!
Here's the terrible truth on that. What's the average age when you hold a fanboy survey of some sort? Shall we say, charitably... 25?
Well, a 25-year-old would have been 1 year old when Return of the Jedi came out. That is to say, they never saw the original trilogy except on a small TV. Or perhaps when their dad dragged them so see the re-release, while telling them how cool it was. But the sense of wonder wouldn't be nearly as great 20 years after its release, in a world with lots of other spaceship flicks and a crappy new Star Wars trilogy to burden the originals. ("Great, a movie starring voice talent from Family Guy and Batman?")
I'm not afraid to say "I like Star Wars 'cause I'm old."
