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Old 11-March-2008, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by soylentgreen View Post
I doubt anyone here who was a kid in 1977 wanted to see STAR WARS for any more sophisticated a reason than "it looks cool".
Yes, but that's different; Star Wars (the first) actually delivered on the coolness it advertised. But most of the time, the ads are the coolest part of a film.
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