From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com

In article <489236cd$0$17170$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com wrote:

> Anybody  wrote:
> : "Star Wars" is meant to be a "B" sci-fi flick ... or more precisely a
> : "B" sci-fi serial. George Lucas was trying to make something similar to
> : the movie serials he saw in cinemas as a kid - Tarzan, Flash Gordon, etc.
>
> I understand that.  But it was also intended to be a major motion picture
> with serious effects, serious dialogue, serious budget, etc.  It was aimed
> at a much wider audience and had loftier goals than pretty much every scifi
> movie before it (except 2001).

Not really.



> And I still consider 2001 a monumental work of art.  But obviously it's
> not for everyone.

"Work of art" - that's basically sums up the entire problem with it.
It *IS* a work of art (or at least trying to be with all the arty-farty
nonsense) rather than a work of entertainment.  :-)

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