>Star Wars ... certainly not derivative rubbish One of the biggest-grossing franchises in film history is rewarmed 30s SF pulp with a bigger effects budget. >

>Star Wars ... certainly not derivative rubbish One of the biggest-grossing franchises in film history is rewarmed 30s SF pulp with a bigger effects budget. >more awful movies while trying to argue that 'this is what people want.' Moviegoers don't want the same old thing. But they also don't want this weird Lynch/Cronenberg (snobbish Godard) stuff. We should have books and films with enough cultural cachet that almost everyone should be experiencing them simultaneously (ie, there's too much fragmentation). But there should be small, independent, unique voices. So when it comes right down to it, what we really want is something comfortable (known) that doesn't quite feel that way (but not too much) and everyone shares as a cultural touchstone, but one which is unique and special to each individual. This seems to be the real problem we're running against.