You'd be wrong there. The original movies didn't get a much more favorable critical reception than the PT, and that never stopped people from going to see the movies. The OT had fairly little impact back then on people over 16 y.o. (if you wanted to bore to death my older cousins or the babysitters back then, you went on and on with your SW obsession...), and if it draw in an adult audience, it's largely because the VFX were so unique that people wanted to see that, and parents went along with their kids too. The adults cared little for the "silly" characters and story, they enjoyed the movies because they were unique. The prequel trilogy couldn't enjoy that "novelty effect".
However, that's not how it was perceived back then. I can only speak from the perspective of a German boy at the right age for TESB and ROTJ, but back then everyone seemed to love those movies. They were everywhere, the toys, there were special pages in rather "conservative" TV magazine and so on. Whether the New York Times disliked the films or not mattered very little, you didn't get the impression that the films were looked down upon by anyone, actually. Of course we live in different times now. TPM came around the same time as internet access for everyone and things changed.
Still, I can't think of a boy my age back then who didn't love those films, some girls did too. I still notice this today with people around that age who never abandoned their fascination for that galaxy and get shiny eyes when talking about the original trilogy, but few of them coped with the new trilogy as well as I did, it seems.
But I entirely agree with everything else you said. My friends' little boys are all crazy about The Clone Wars and Lego.
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You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
What if Episode 1 was good?
- 28/02/2012 05:11:40 AM
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Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid
- 28/02/2012 01:51:50 PM
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Re: Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid
- 28/02/2012 02:12:37 PM
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Are you talking about the guy with the deep thick voice who affects a stupid tone?
- 28/02/2012 06:29:15 PM
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Errrr you're not really addressing the video
- 28/02/2012 02:55:46 PM
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Re: Errrr you're not really addressing the video
- 28/02/2012 04:22:16 PM
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Because 7-10 year olds are really into trade regulation?
- 28/02/2012 07:42:43 PM
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Qui-Gon is the protagonist if you absolutely need one (though I don't know why you do)
- 28/02/2012 10:59:23 PM
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Actually, I didn't get that far. The guy annoyed me so much I shut it off after the last point
- 28/02/2012 06:45:43 PM
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Hah, I do!
- 28/02/2012 07:55:52 PM
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Re: Actually, I didn't get that far. The guy annoyed me so much I shut it off after the last point
- 15/03/2012 02:10:17 PM
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Re: Talking people are annoying, especially when their first idea is stupid
- 28/02/2012 03:16:48 PM
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I'd really like to see some discussion with Lucas being challenged
- 28/02/2012 08:05:16 PM
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There is little to none canon that doesn't get signed by Lucas and his little helpers
- 28/02/2012 10:30:34 PM
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Re: There is little to none canon that doesn't get signed by Lucas and his little helpers
- 29/02/2012 12:48:54 AM
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I mean, the Solo/Leia love story wasn't particularly complex
- 29/02/2012 06:42:37 PM
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Re: I mean, the Solo/Leia love story wasn't particularly complex
- 02/03/2012 06:06:48 PM
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I thought the Padme-Anakin relationship was kind of plausible, just not addressed well in the films
- 02/03/2012 08:52:52 PM
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Who here thinks they could make a better Episode I ?
- 06/03/2012 06:43:58 PM
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