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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 247274" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes. I hear what you&#039;re saying. Part of me feels I could learn to love this world if I spent some time there, but perhaps that&#039;s because there&#039;s part of me that is enticed by certain elements of the story: the soapy revelations and light versus darkness and whatnot.But you&#039;re right: chances are if I get through one film and don&#039;t enjoy it, chances are the franchise wouldn&#039;t be for me. Another series I feel guilty about not watching in full. I&#039;ve loved what I&#039;ve seen (the end of Tom Baker&#039;s era when I was young. The first few episodes of the entire series plus Jon Pertwee&#039;s first full season when I was in early adulthood). As well as all the rules of the series the fact that the universe and lore are so expansive - by sheer volume of filmed episodes -&nbsp; is off-putting. I&#039;d feel a little overwhelmed at the thought of starting. I feel similarly about the Marvel Cinematic Universe with all its crossovers and chronology. It&#039;s a big commitment.Perhaps there&#039;s an element of that with Star Wars. It&#039;s more intimidating to begin a series that runs for twenty hours than a two hour film or even a six and a half hour trilogy. Names of characters from different eras - plus spin offs and animated thingies - have lodged in my brain by osmosis, making everything seem so complicated and confusing.Yes - I&#039;m coming at that one from the other side because I&#039;ve watched it so many times and devoured behind-the-scenes material and writings of the series like a hungry shark. I could tell you very scientifically what&#039;s great about it, but the bottom line is that the film had a huge impact on me the first time I watched. The spark was there. If that hadn&#039;t happened, no amount of re-watches or study could have made it meaningful to me and I&#039;d be obsessed with another film that had that spark for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 247274, member: 23"] Yes. I hear what you're saying. Part of me feels I [I]could[/I] learn to love this world if I spent some time there, but perhaps that's because there's part of me that is enticed by certain elements of the story: the soapy revelations and light versus darkness and whatnot. But you're right: chances are if I get through one film and don't enjoy it, chances are the franchise wouldn't be for me. Another series I feel guilty about not watching in full. I've loved what I've seen (the end of Tom Baker's era when I was young. The first few episodes of the entire series plus Jon Pertwee's first full season when I was in early adulthood). As well as all the rules of the series the fact that the universe and lore are so expansive - by sheer volume of filmed episodes - is off-putting. I'd feel a little overwhelmed at the thought of starting. I feel similarly about the Marvel Cinematic Universe with all its crossovers and chronology. It's a big commitment. Perhaps there's an element of that with [I]Star Wars[/I]. It's more intimidating to begin a series that runs for twenty hours than a two hour film or even a six and a half hour trilogy. Names of characters from different eras - plus spin offs and animated thingies - have lodged in my brain by osmosis, making everything seem so complicated and confusing. Yes - I'm coming at that one from the other side because I've watched it so many times and devoured behind-the-scenes material and writings of the series like a hungry shark. I could tell you very scientifically what's great about it, but the bottom line is that the film had a huge impact on me the first time I watched. The spark was there. If that hadn't happened, no amount of re-watches or study could have made it meaningful to me and I'd be obsessed with another film that had that spark for me. [/QUOTE]

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