Subj : Re: [OT] Star Wars (was: Re: Kirk and Spock i
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Date : Mon Jun 16 2014 09:10:17

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Subject: Re: [OT] Star Wars (was: Re: Kirk and Spock in the news, again (link))

In article <539d7ad0$0$2919$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, Wouter
Valentijn <liam@valentijn.nu> wrote:
> Your Name schreef op 15-6-2014 00:01:
> > In article <539bf9f5$0$2866$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>, Wouter
> > Valentijn <liam@valentijn.nu> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >
> >> Nah, I think the stories themselves took a nose dive. They became more
> >> 'kiddiefied'.
> >> I'd keep 'Star Wars' and "The Empire Stikes Back', but the rest....
> >
> > They were always aimed at kids - roughly 13 year old boys. George Lucas
> > said he wanted to make movies (both Star Wars and Indiana Jones) that
> > were like the ones he saw in cineams *when he was a kid*.
> 
> Somehow I got the feeling they feel the age bar should be lowered.... 
> Towards 8 year old boys.

Sort of. It's more the fact that kids seem to grow up faster these
days, so today's eight year old is like yesteryear's 13 year old.
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