I think what happened to the new Star Wars is what happened to videogames when the 3-D movement hit. Videogames were always about addicting gameplay and story, rarely about graphics. Then, graphics seemed to be a huge push. Every review seemed to focus on graphics and 3-D. I remember talking to kids about a new game and they’d be like “Man, that game is soooo cool, have you seen the graphics?.” I really feel like now that people aren’t so ecstatic that a game is 3D, game companies have really focused more on gameplay, replay-ability ( if that is a word ), and story.

Watch out, I am putting on my contraceptive glasses held to gether with a paper clip and a band aid here, full geek out. As far as the whole Serenity vs. SW, I do have to admit I have seen every one of the 6 SW in the theater when released since EpIV. I have been in love with the SW world and have even read almost all the books. As far as the non scarred worlds an no battle scars on the vehicles, Rog, you have to remember that when the Sith Lords take over the senate, they use up all of the revenue to build the Death Star. The people were taxed to death and had to do with what they had by building ships out of old war torn cruisers and such. They basically were bankrupting the citizens for their evil plot. EpIV is the depth of a depresion and the people are starting to rebel. In EpIII, the war really is still just begining. The Empire in the hands of the senate was still very prosperous and was building new war ships to combat the rise of the Sith, and really, had been in a long period of peace through out the galaxy so there wouldn’t be battle scars on ships that had never seen battle.

If there is a real need to compare Serenity to anything, Flash Gordon is the more genre true comparison since both really are based on serials from the early days of film.

I loved Serenity, but I would not begin to compare it to another movie as it is its own movie.

Batman rocked. Own it.