Does anyone care about this?

05-25-07, 04:58 PM

Thirty years!
The movie was certainly ground breaking in its day.

Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope - May 25, 1977

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/...s20040405.html

Sailor Steve · 05-25-07, 05:02 PM

I care, though I had forgotten the exact date. I remember because I had already been married for three years, and had been looking forward to it for months. At the time it was unlike anything anyone had ever done before. I actually saw it before word-of-mouth got out, which means I didn't wait in two-hour three-block-long lines. For several days no one knew about it.

It's still a great movie.

05-25-07, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I care, though I had forgotten the exact date. I remember because I had already been married for three years, and had been looking forward to it for months. At the time it was unlike anything anyone had ever done before. I actually saw it before word-of-mouth got out, which means I didn't wait in two-hour three-block-long lines. For several days no one knew about it.

It's still a great movie.

Sounds like you have a couple of years on me SS. I was sixteen at the time and didn't see the film until August of that year.

Heibges · 05-25-07, 06:16 PM

I was 8, and I saw it at a drive-in with my dad and my best friend. Probably in June or July.

ASWnut101 · 05-25-07, 06:29 PM

I wasn't even born...

Chock · 05-25-07, 11:14 PM

Being interested in writing and graphics, I was following the progress of Star Wars (which it was universally referred to as at the time, none of that Episode blah, a new hope cobblers) quite some time before it was released. Of course at the time, I didn't know it was going to be that big, but I kind of figured it might be quite influential knowing the trouble they were going to with design and special effects.

If you weren't around at the time it was released, I guess it's kind of hard to understand the impact it had. It was the first time that a space battle sequence actually looked like it might genuinely be taking place, instead of a lot of crappy models on string. There had been a few movies with convincingly done space stuff before, notably 2001: A space Odyssey, Solaris and (the little known) Silent Running. But Star Wars was the one where it actually all came together with decent production values and a fun storyline.

Certainly one of THE influential movies of all time. But these days you kind of wish George Lucas would give it a rest and shut up. Expect another overpriced DVD boxed set soon.

Chock

Ramius · 05-25-07, 05:04 PM

Don't remind them, it will only mean another "special" edition will be released.

But has it really been that long

05-25-07, 04:58 PM	#1
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Does anyone care about this? Thirty years! The movie was certainly ground breaking in its day. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope - May 25, 1977 http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/...s20040405.html

05-25-07, 05:02 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I care, though I had forgotten the exact date. I remember because I had already been married for three years, and had been looking forward to it for months. At the time it was unlike anything anyone had ever done before. I actually saw it before word-of-mouth got out, which means I didn't wait in two-hour three-block-long lines. For several days no one knew about it. It's still a great movie. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-25-07, 06:16 PM	#4
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I was 8, and I saw it at a drive-in with my dad and my best friend. Probably in June or July. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

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ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I wasn't even born... __________________

05-25-07, 05:04 PM	#7
Ramius Commander Join Date: May 2001 Location: At sea (again) Posts: 457 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Don't remind them, it will only mean another "special" edition will be released. But has it really been that long __________________ There is a forgotten, nay even forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England

05-25-07, 11:14 PM	#6
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Being interested in writing and graphics, I was following the progress of Star Wars (which it was universally referred to as at the time, none of that Episode blah, a new hope cobblers) quite some time before it was released. Of course at the time, I didn't know it was going to be that big, but I kind of figured it might be quite influential knowing the trouble they were going to with design and special effects. If you weren't around at the time it was released, I guess it's kind of hard to understand the impact it had. It was the first time that a space battle sequence actually looked like it might genuinely be taking place, instead of a lot of crappy models on string. There had been a few movies with convincingly done space stuff before, notably 2001: A space Odyssey, Solaris and (the little known) Silent Running. But Star Wars was the one where it actually all came together with decent production values and a fun storyline. Certainly one of THE influential movies of all time. But these days you kind of wish George Lucas would give it a rest and shut up. Expect another overpriced DVD boxed set soon. Chock

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