>> From an entertainment perspective, they are rather 
>> dissapointing - especially when compared to the originals.
> 
>   Even though I'm of the right age, I still managed to mostly miss all the
> Star Wars phenomenon. Thus I didn't have too many expectations about the
> newer movies, and IMO they were quite enjoyable.
> 
>   To tell you the truth, I don't really like the original trilogy
> (currently known as episodes 4-6), especially not the first movie.
> It has some interesting ideas, but it's not profound enough to raise
> enough interest in my opinion. Technically it sucks. It sucks even
> compared to other, better movies of the era (Alien being a prime example).
> 
>   It's not that I dislike all movies of the late 70's, early 80's because
> they aren't technically comparable to current movies. There are, in fact,
> many movies of that era which I think are true masterpieces, and others
> which are simply good. Alien I already mentioned. Other examples include
> The Thing, An American Werewolf in London, The Exorcist, and perhaps the
> best of them all, The Shining.
> 
>   The Star Wars movies, especially the first one... I just don't like it.

Well, in that case I think we can conclude that you simply look for a 
different thing in a movie than I do. ;-) (Most of the films you 
mention, I wouldn't enjoy at all...)

I am curios though... I thought the original Star Wars was from the 
1970s, whereas the film Alien was from 1985 or so?

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