20th June 2005, 6:32 AM
I know I said that right before I saw Phantom Menace. I said it in a past tense after seeing it, too.
I for one prefer to think of Star Wars as being that campy, cool one that I grew up with. I associate the prequels entirely differently, almost as an alternate Star Wars, because the two trilogies are so non-compatible on virtually every level.
All of the Jones movies took place in the 1930's. One could place it in the 40's, making him a decade older... after all, if Indy was as old as River Phoenix was when he portrayed him in 1912, Indy must've been born about 1895, making him about 50 in 1945. That's plenty aged enough. The 50's was a different world, and mark my words from this very day, however good it may be for whatever reason, it will not be anywhere as good as the classics.
I for one prefer to think of Star Wars as being that campy, cool one that I grew up with. I associate the prequels entirely differently, almost as an alternate Star Wars, because the two trilogies are so non-compatible on virtually every level.
All of the Jones movies took place in the 1930's. One could place it in the 40's, making him a decade older... after all, if Indy was as old as River Phoenix was when he portrayed him in 1912, Indy must've been born about 1895, making him about 50 in 1945. That's plenty aged enough. The 50's was a different world, and mark my words from this very day, however good it may be for whatever reason, it will not be anywhere as good as the classics.
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