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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Most disappointing films.
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 21:42:44 -0600
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On 3/5/2025 8:18 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> 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.

Han shot Greedo first !  I have it on VHS.

Lynn