Movies and the viewing experience.

I'm trying hard not to be a curmudgeon.

I think as I get older, my views about things become more jaundiced. Or perhaps it's that I find I should compromise less when it comes dedicating my attention to something I don't care about, see no value in, or am convinced that giving something a second look has no merit.

This should not be confused with being conservative or less open-minded. I'm always interested in seeing new things, checking out some band I've not heard of, and so on and so forth. I admit I like to re-watch things that I've enjoyed over. I blame that on Star Wars and VHS.

On the other hand, I think I've always been of the mindset that if I know or confirm something in my mind to be crap and not worth my time, I shouldn't dedicate any more time to it.

Look - I liked and enjoyed watching the two trilogies - both the Original Trilogy (OT) and the Prequel Trilogy (PT). Yes they were different, and filmed in different times with different technologies, but as a cohesive whole, I think overall George Lucas did a good job telling a story. And back in the 1980's - like most kids - hearing about a Sequel Trilogy (ST) made wonder what story they could really tell. After all, the main villains were vanquished. Good had triumphed over Evil, and that was it.

I don't have a positive impression of what's to come though.

To begin with - no Lando? That's a pretty obvious character missed and the only non-white human from the OT, and they DON'T bring him back? But they brought back every other white person?

Of course, I could be very wrong about it all. Lucas is somehow still involved behind-the-scenes apparently, and Kasdan is behind the script - so something good might come out of it, yes?

To begin with, I don't respect the guy behind it (you can look him up yourself - you know who he is). None of his TV shows were interesting, and he fucked up one movie franchise. Yes Star Trek under his helm sucks now. So based on his track record I'm under no illusions that Star Wars is going to be any better with Mr. Remaker.  He's like Steven Spielberg without any substance, or Michael Bay - a guy who through the Transformers mess has proven he cannot distinquish a good script, story and plot beyond the ones he's filmed; all he sees are dollars.

And I get the impression that if people thought Lucas sacrificed story-telling and acting for CGI and marketing in the PT, they have no idea what's in store for them now.