But WILL There Be a Space Balls 2? I Want a Space Balls 2.
Holy shit, this Star Wars marketing push.
Star Wars is one of those cultural things that has just totally passed me by: I watched the prequel trilogy because my brother took me with him to the movies, I never watched the original trilogy until my late teens, and I basically know only the stereotypical things about the fandom and its love-hate relationship with its canon. I must have missed the prime window for obsession or something, because Star Wars just...never clicked with me. It's not like I hate it, I just have no strong feelings about it at all. Actually, now that I think of it, I might have preemptively ruined myself for Star Wars by watching Space Balls first. WHOOPS.
Anyway, as a more or less totally disinterested observer, I'm looking upon this absolutely massive, all-encompassing marketing push with wondering awe. I mean, I'm a Harry Potter and MCU fan, I know from huge media properties! But this is something else. Part of me really wonders, "is this really necessary?" I mean, this movie would be printing money no matter what. This level of total saturation seems frankly excessive. I'm interested to see what direction the fandom takes.
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comments there.
Star Wars is one of those cultural things that has just totally passed me by: I watched the prequel trilogy because my brother took me with him to the movies, I never watched the original trilogy until my late teens, and I basically know only the stereotypical things about the fandom and its love-hate relationship with its canon. I must have missed the prime window for obsession or something, because Star Wars just...never clicked with me. It's not like I hate it, I just have no strong feelings about it at all. Actually, now that I think of it, I might have preemptively ruined myself for Star Wars by watching Space Balls first. WHOOPS.
Anyway, as a more or less totally disinterested observer, I'm looking upon this absolutely massive, all-encompassing marketing push with wondering awe. I mean, I'm a Harry Potter and MCU fan, I know from huge media properties! But this is something else. Part of me really wonders, "is this really necessary?" I mean, this movie would be printing money no matter what. This level of total saturation seems frankly excessive. I'm interested to see what direction the fandom takes.
This entry was originally posted at http://yasaman.dreamwidth.org/468755.html, with
comments there.