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JCC Harrison Ford is being cranky about geek culture

Discussion in 'Community' started by VadersLaMent, Aug 15, 2013.

  1. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    So, what would happen if Star Wars or Indiana Jones were first released today?
    “Everyone would be ahead of it, and everybody would know what it was, and it would be no fun at all.”​
    Also, Star Wars and Indiana Jones wouldn’t work today, because you jackass kids don’t watch movies properly anymore!
    “People used to go to movie theaters. It was a community experience, and that was part of the fun. Now people see a movie on their iPad, alone, with interruptions for snacks.”​
    But hey, come on, let’s be fair — kids are still engaging with movies! Just look at Comic-Con! Or don’t if you’re Harrison Ford.
    “It’s another form of engagement. I think the success of Comic-Con is based on the partnership between the fans and the service providers, the entities — I won’t necessarily call them filmmakers — that supply the film product that supports their particular interest, whether it’s vampires or science-fiction fantasies or Transformers or whatever is going on.”​
    Well. He isn't wrong. Er, not entirely. I mean I was spoiled for ROTJ because I read the book before I saw the film and it only made me want to see it more.

    [​IMG]
     
  2. squir1y

    squir1y Jedi Master star 3

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    Yeah it's true. And I respect him for saying it! He wouldn't be Harrison Ford without his cranky (yet awesome) cynicism. I would say "May the Force Be With Him" but that's probably the kind of thing that would make him wanna punch me... and it would be a highlight of my life.
     
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  3. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Old Man Yells At Cloud Distribution.
     
  4. Zapdos

    Zapdos Force Ghost star 5

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    Good for him
     
  5. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    A man notoriously disinterested in interviews gets annoyed in interviews. ASTONISHING NEWS BUT THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW.
     
  6. Saintheart

    Saintheart Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    But...but...I was ahead of Star Wars. From memory I wound up listening to the audio book first, before I was old enough to see the movie. So when I did see it, it completely blew my mind. The age of good geek movies isn't over, it just takes lightning in a bottle like it did with Star Wars -- see The Dark Knight for details.
     
  7. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    I find it much less fun to be "ahead of" a movie but I don't know that being "ahead" is a unique phenomenon. I knew before I saw ROTJ that we would see Vader unmasked, I just didn't know why--and that was through talk at my middle school in 1983, no Internet, and I wasn't even paying close attention.

    As far as the movie-watching on the iPad--it seems that Ford would be crankier about the chatterboxing and the prices at movie theaters but who knows.
     
  8. Eeth-my-Koth

    Eeth-my-Koth Jedi Grand Master star 9

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    Expressing an opinion is being cranky? He's pretty spot on with that opinion too.
     
  9. Boba_Fett_2001

    Boba_Fett_2001 Chosen One star 8

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    =D=
     
  10. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    From hearing about his appearance at the Ender's Game panel at SDCC and the kind of questions he was asked, it kind of reminded me of that episode of The Simpsons where the actor who played Fallout Boy in an old Radioactive Man TV series is asked stupid questions by the kids and acts like he wants to be anywhere else but here.
     
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  11. Piltdown

    Piltdown Jedi Master star 5

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    Forumgoers reply to thread with sarcasm.
     
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  12. I Are The Internets

    I Are The Internets Shelf of Shame Host star 9 VIP - Game Host

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    Ummm this is news?
     
  13. Kiki-Gonn

    Kiki-Gonn Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Meh, his comments were pretty tame and he makes some good points.
     
  14. Lord Vivec

    Lord Vivec Chosen One star 9

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    WATCH MOVIES THE WAY I THINK THEY SHOULD BE WATCHED
     
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  15. Violent Violet Menace

    Violent Violet Menace Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Exhibit 1:
    Exhibit 2:
    See? He's right. It ruins it when you're ahead of it. Damn you, Piltdown!
     
  16. DarthMak

    DarthMak Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Get off his lawn...
     
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  17. Katana_Geldar

    Katana_Geldar Jedi Grand Master star 8

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    So, the fact that near me a Indy marathon is playing means nothing...
     
  18. Sandtrooper92

    Sandtrooper92 Jedi Knight star 2

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    I completely agree with Harrison.

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