^Ya know I really cant disagree with most of that. I don't know where I would fall in the range of "Star Wars" fandom...I saw all the movies in the theater starting at the age of 4 with ESB in 1980, read most of the EU, watch the animated series. played some vid games as a teenager/adult. never played any board games or collected any toys...I have all released media on DVD. I Prefer the original unaltered trilogy, but I don't hate all the others...On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most fanatic)...I'd say I'm probably a 7?
Anyway...I see a lot of my friends, co-workers, acquaintances ...whatever going insane for this film. So many making plans to see a midnight showing last night. I may be partly jealous, but partly disillusioned as well. One of my closest friends who IS way more hardcore about SW than any of these other people has given up altogether, has no plans to see the film at all....Kind of sad really. I plan to see it as soon as I can, but real life obligations make that impossible for at least a week, maybe longer. I figure Ill get to it when I can.
Sometimes I think maybe I have the wrong attitude. "SW" had this beloved geek culture, and now that Disney has
seemingly made everyone fall in love with it, some long time fans don't want to be a part of it anymore. I'm not sure where I will ultimately end up. If I see a young kid dressed as Luke Skywalker saying he's the biggest star wars fan ever, some may equate this to a young sports fan wearing the jersey of a star player that retired long before he was born. Some fans say he has no right to wear that jersey. Some say you are a fan no matter what. I can see both sides. Young people have as much right to be excited about things as the older fans...but man can they be annoying about it sometimes.
. Of course living in a world with internet and instant access to everything, and everyone feeling free to post their opinions on social networking sites and video channels brings a new element. One I think I'm better off to avoid.
Of course curling up on the couch later and watching the original film may renew my excitement, if only when I do eventually see this film, I can take all the buzz, and fandom surrounding all of it and block it all out, and just watch the film for what it is.
There are no more good TV Shows, only ones that haven't disappointed me yet.