Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 04:45:21 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: A fresh take on the Star Wars films Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240507112300.00000489@example.com> <20240507145836.00002627@example.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 33 Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 09:45:21 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1965 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17cd7a51016a7bef$29864$291924$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 2366 On 5/7/24 3:04 PM, moviePig wrote: > On 5/7/2024 2:58 PM, Rhino wrote: >> On Tue, 7 May 2024 13:33:28 -0400 >> moviePig wrote: >> >>> On 5/7/2024 11:23 AM, Rhino wrote: >>>> A friend send me a link to this video today and it seemed to be very >>>> appropriate for this newsgroup so I'm posting it here: >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnEIDUXSULI [11 minutes] >>>> >>>> I'd never thought of Star Wars as essentially being a silent film >>>> with music replacing dialog but the presenter makes a reasonably >>>> strong case for his argument. There are clips of interviews with >>>> John Williams giving his thoughts as well. >>> >>> 'Dialogue'.  Heh... >>> >> Is this your idea of a spelling flame? >> >> I know perfectly well that "dialogue" is the correct spelling everywhere >> in the Anglosphere *except* in the USA. which insists on the simplified >> spelling "dialog". I know and use both spellings. I just happened to >> use the American spelling today. So what? > > The dialogue in the first SW was laughable ...enjoyable only because one > could think the corn tongue-in-cheek, rather than the solemn myth-making > it turns out was intended.  The actors themselves were astonished. Agreed. How Cowboys and Indians in Space got to the level of hype it has is beyond me.