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Re: Uninspired Youth
Posted By: Louis Wu <halo@bungie.org>	Date: 2/5/02 3:45 p.m.
In Response To: Uninspired Youth (Aaron) : You know, I really had no idea what you were all fired up about until you : said you were 16 years old... Then it kind of made sense. : Let me break it down for you, junior. : First off, let me just let Jurassic Park go. No one mentioned it, and I have : no idea what it has to do with anything relating to this string of posts. : Now Star Wars - Here you're just talking out of your ass. For those of us who : were ACTUALLY ALIVE when Star Wars first came out, we experienced much : more than just some sci-fi movie. It was a PHENOMENON - a grand, epic, : "space opera," as it's been called. It quickly became a part of : American Pop Culture, just like baseball and apple pie, and quickly spread : THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. It opened our imaginations, and served as : inspiration for so many things that followed. In fact, if you interviewed : the entire Bungie staff, I would be shocked if there was a single member : that WASN'T a Star Wars fan. : Growing up with the original trilogy (Phantom Menace doesn't apply), EVERYONE : was into Star Wars. It's what we played in the backyard with our : treebranch "lightsabers," what we filled our toyboxes with, what : was on our lunchboxes, and to this day (as you have seen here), it's what : is STILL quoted in eveyday conversation! It's so much a part of our : culture that people actually KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT when you quote : from a Star Wars film - and it somehow makes us feel closer having : something in common, even among complete strangers. : Now, you can analyze all of the political/social/religious undertones all you : want, and curse Lucas as the antichrist, but ranting and raving like some : streetcorner crackhead will earn you and your "opinions" no : respect. : I may not be a firm believer in ALL that Star Wars represents, but it is a : part of me just as it is a part of my generation... Which, by the way, : also happens to be the original hard-core gamer generation. (hint: I'm 28) Heh - so you were, um... 4? when Star Wars came out? :) (Yeah, yeah, I know, the second two were later, and by the time RotJ was released, you were actually a reasonable age... just givin' you a hard time. I'm not as old as Marty, but I remember watching Star Wars in the theatres, when it came out...) I'll buy the rest of the argument, though. :)

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Warhog jump movie	Justin	2/4/02 6:33 p.m.
word *NM*	Red Hot Ryan	2/4/02 6:52 p.m.
The force is strong with this one. *NM*	Aaron	2/4/02 7:33 p.m.
STAR WARS SUCKS!!!!!:--( God I'm Pissed	ben ranum	2/4/02 9:26 p.m.
A mind is a terrible thing... *NM*	SpudBoy	2/4/02 10:56 p.m.
A waste is a terrible thing to mind... *NM*	vector40	2/5/02 12:22 a.m.
Re: lol	Obi-Wan	2/5/02 10:19 a.m.
Re: STAR WARS SUCKS!!!!!:--( God I'm Pissed	Ruzhyo	2/5/02 12:55 p.m.
Re: STAR WARS SUCKS!!!!!:--( God I'm Pissed	Douglas	2/5/02 8:09 p.m.
Re: STAR WARS SUCKS!!!!!:--( God I'm Pissed	Douglas	2/5/02 8:11 p.m.
After some time to think...	ben ranum	2/5/02 8:54 p.m.
Re: Actually i kinda agree (OT)	Douglas	2/6/02 12:12 a.m.
Uninspired Youth	Aaron	2/5/02 2:00 p.m.
Re: Uninspired Youth	Louis Wu	2/5/02 3:45 p.m.
Re: Uninspired Youth	Aaron	2/5/02 4:27 p.m.
Re: Uninspired Youth	Louis Wu	2/5/02 4:35 p.m.
Re: Uninspired Youth	Aaron	2/5/02 7:57 p.m.
Re: Uninspired Youth	Louis Wu	2/5/02 8:19 p.m.
Re: Uninformed Youth	Lophan	2/6/02 7:22 a.m.
Re: "This bickering is pointless..."	Lophan	2/6/02 7:19 a.m.