an urge to watch Star Wars?

[crispygoat]

I've never seen any of the movies, honestly it looks boring, but today during spare (High School free period) there were these 4 stereotype nerds talking about Star Wars... and I remembered winning the Star Wars Trilogy Special Editions on VHS when I was young.. So now, do I really want to watch the 3 first episodes of Star Wars ?

[tplyons]

Start with #4. It was the first.

I used to insist that Star Wars was nerdy. Now I still agree, but it is one of the best stories of all time. Classic hero/villain theme, archetypes, etc. A VERY well made story/movie.

Go for it.

[MakiSupaStar]

[Valerus]

I love the series. Watch it.

[mimaz]

I don't care for science fiction much, and really, I don't even watch movies very often. BUT- ya gotta see Star Wars....every last one of them. Classic!

[lemur821]

Originally Posted by crispygoat

I've never seen any of the movies, honestly it looks boring, but today during spare (High School free period) there were these 4 stereotype nerds talking about Star Wars... and I remembered winning the Star Wars Trilogy Special Editions on VHS when I was young.. So now, do I really want to watch the 3 first episodes of Star Wars ?

If by "first three" you mean the three oldest, do it now! If you have a problem with cheese, you should watch Dune first to put things in perspective.

[Eublet]

Dune is not something to be watched, only read.

[neurotictim]

Originally Posted by Eublet

Dune is not something to be watched, only read.

+1 The Dune series of books is phenomenal... The movie (I don't know if there's more than one, but I guarantee you I won't watch any more if there are) was horrid.

I'm a Star Wars geek from as far back as I can remember. There's a whole slew of books that compliment the movies, it's definitely something you can sink into with complex characters, plots, and all.

[peterbright]

Watch it you should.

[Gubna]

start with episode 1.
if you can suffer Jar-Jar Binks, you can withstand ANYTHING!

Seriously, start with episode four, the original star wars (now referred to as A New Hope), then watch Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.

As far as Dune goes, both the original movie (in which bass player Sting had a small part), and the Sci-Fi Channel remake were different but both interesting. And yes they made a sequel called "Children of Dune". I didn't see that.

[crispygoat]

Yeah I have Episodes 4, 5 and 6. Not 1 , 2 and 3.

[cheesemonkey]

4 5 and 6 are awesome... but the next three 1 2 and 3 have bad story line compared to the originals but just load it with special affects to make it looks good.

[fenderhutz]

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

[Peaved]

You don't have to be nerdy or even a fan of SciFi to enjoy
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. They're fun movies.

[FL Knifemaker]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

ROFLMFAO!!!

[StanFan]

Originally Posted by Eublet

Dune is not something to be watched, only read.

Man there's a movie I slept through.

[neurotictim]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

Seriously. I laughed out loud. Hard.

[Mon Rominee]

Originally Posted by StanFan

Man there's a movie I slept through.

Yeah, that was the David Lynch catastrophe, yes? Such a horribly unnervingly unfocused BLUR of the whole storyline for nothing more than a styling exercise... I think the Sci Fi revision was mush more faithful to the text, yet still a tad half hearted. At least the Weilding weapon was addressed better...and the Shai Haluud looked better...

M

[Eublet]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

Mau'dib? Is that you? My, you haven't aged a day!

[Rattman]

Originally Posted by Eublet

Dune is not something to be watched, only read.

Indeed... the movie is simply insulting, it is so poor in quality.. just a terrible screenplay production. The Dune series in print however is extremely satisfying.. a MUST read, at least once in your lifetime.