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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Most disappointing films.
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 18:18:59 -0800
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On 3/5/2025 8:46 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:59:32 -0600, Lynn McGuire
> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/18/2025 3:30 AM, D wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2025, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <f0dc1e8c-b338-1261-cf4d-5ff6d5f503e4@example.net>,
>>>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, William Hyde wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In a conversation the other day I came up with a list of these, and
>>>>>> to my
>>>>>> surprise they were all SF/F.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (1) The Return of the Jedi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (2) The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi version)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (3) Dune (Lynch version).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not that I haven't seen far worse movies, but in each of these cases
>>>>>> I was
>>>>>> expecting something better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course other people may have different lists.  And I did like Dune
>>>>>> somewhat more the second time I saw it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> William Hyde
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with Dune. LOTR (b) I saw when I was 12, haven't seen it
>>>>> since, so
>>>>> cannot say. I like 1. On my list are all the new star wars movies.
>>>>> Absolutely horrible! They should have let the original 3 stand, and not
>>>>> produce prequels that dishonored the memory of hte original. =(
>>>>
>>>> Rogue One is pretty good.
>>>
>>> Maybe I shall have to look into Rogue one. Andor is pretty good. Maybe
>>> Rogue one is too?
>>>
>>>> I actually quite enjoyed TFA, but then I didn't believe Han was
>>>> actually dead (I was pretty sure that with the big build-up on Maz,
>>>> her connection with the Force and having gotten a light saber
>>>> possibly through teleportational menas that she was going to pull
>>>> some mojo that would be revealed later.  TMF me.)
>>
>> "Rogue One" is awesome.  It is based on the single line in the Star Wars
>> IV movie (the first one), "Many Bothans ??? gave up their lives for this
>> information.".
> 
> /A New Hope/ (aka Star Wars IV) came up for viewing about a week ago.
> That line was not in it.
> 
Lucas kept re-editing the original trilogy so one can no longer be 
certain exactly WHICH version you will be watching unless you have it on 
disc.

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