Cultural Icons: We Haz Them

[theemdash]

barbed_whispers has never seen Star Wars. marilla82 has never seen Buffy. They each think missing the other is stranger. I'm here to prove one of them right.

Please feel free to pimp this.

Poll

Comments

[katiefoolery]

I think never having seen Star Wars is stranger, purely because it's been around much longer.

[theemdash]

Despite loving Buffy insane amounts, I have to agree.

[natsuko1978]

Thirded

[myras_girls]

Star Wars is epic. EPIC, I tell you!! Of course barbed_whispers is younger than me by quite a bit and maybe I think it's stranger because I remember when the movie came out in theaters- the first time.

My heart will always lie with Buffy, but a lot of people haven't seen a tv show with a strange title.

But if barbed_whispers does see Star Wars she'll break her trend of never seeing any movie/show with "star" in the title! HER RECORD WILL BE BROKEN. *sings "Like a Virgin"*

[count_to_seven]

I'm amused by the trend in your poll.

Seriously though - even I've seen Star Wars, and I am the least scifi-ish geek ever to geek across the interwebs.

[theemdash]

I'm amused by the trend thus far as well. ;)

[jedimara77]

Strap her down and make her watch Star Wars. FOR SHAME.

[theemdash]

I kind of never want her to watch it now. Because now it's just funny.

[roadrunner1896]

Hehe. I like the poll results. :D

But yes, while I like Buffy more, I think it is stranger to never have seen any of the Star Wars movies. Not only are they out much longer, but for me it is also easier to get caught by a movie rerun on tv than a tv show re-run. Might be the times they air them here, though. But also renting/buying a random DVD is more likely to be a movie than a random tv show for me.

Also, I think all the cultural references everywhere would probably have made me curious at some point.

[theemdash]

Star Wars has been around more than twice the length of Buffy and airs with more frequency and variety. Plus, as you mentioned, the cultural pervasiveness of Star Wars is astounding.

[roadrunner1896]

So clearly barbed_whispers is stranger than marilla82. But only by a little bit. You have weird friends.

[theemdash]

We're watching all of Buffy with marilla82 and momebie (who hasn't watched past about the middle of the second season).

[roniabirk]

I think it's a generational thing, too. If you weren't old enough to go to the first Star Wars movie in the theaters or are now a child of someone who did, you most likely aren't going to have as strong of an urge to see it.

However, the Buffy viewer (IMO) is the person who is in between those two generations - not quite old enough to see SW in the theater and yet not the child of someone who did.

So while I may be biased toward Buffy, if you are between the ages of 25 and 35, I think it is stranger to have not seen any Buffy than Star Wars.

[theemdash]

I can see that, but I'm not just talking about the original trilogy. I mean any Star Wars at all. The original trilogy and the prequel trilogy were released while Buffy was on the air, so I don't think generations have much to do with exposure to Star Wars.

[barbed_whispers]

yeah, but if you've never seen the original trilogy, and you weren't a child who was easily excited by shiny action scenes, the prequels held very little appeal. I believe I actually scoffed at them, and at the people who were excited by them.

[sopdetly]

I'm in that age group and I've never seen Buffy. And I didn't grow up with SW. But SW was re-released in theaters, don't forget, and that's when I saw them. (Of course, I lose nerd cred for therefore not minding the re-releases' changes....)

So I don't think it's an age thing. I think Buffy is a little more specific-genre than SW. I don't like vampire stuff, so it's simply never interested me. SW is more casual and it's easier for people to get into. Plus, being movies vs. TV eps makes SW more accessible to people giving it a watch.