- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Star Wars - please explain to me why it is so great, I never did understand that. Seriously, I'm not even trying to knock it but I am confused when people get excited over it. Personally, I think the new movies suck and the old ones are just average action flicks. The games... I bought KOTOR but it didn't work out as I only like Japanese RPGs (where I actually give a -blam!- about the characters), and I have Rouge Squadron but after Descent 3 and Freespace it feels like crap to play. Probably my biggest problem with Star Wars is that it feels more like fantasy than sci-fi, and I'm a sci-fi junkie. If there's a weapon that destroys planets with a single shot, I want a detailed description of how it works and where it came from. Does it disassociate the molecules? Does it detonate the natural fusion reactor at the planets core? And what's this about a princess? Sorry, but I'm not letting Star Wars off just because it's in "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." Unless the humans there are Forerunner...
If you want an example of what I consider the best of sci-fi, read "Shadow of the Hegemon" by Orson Scott Card and "Neuromancer" by William Gibson.