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Spanish Meatloaf
Title: Denim Clad Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: Olympia, WA
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Is there anyone that anyone knows that hasn't seen star wars. There was a poll in kenya by CNN and 100% had seen one of them. ONE HUNDRED FUCKING PERCENT!
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Drew Linky
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Joined: Jun 12 2009
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I know one person who hasn't. My best friend since seventh grade, and she has no prospects of seeing it in the near future. I'm currently planning with my other friends to bind her and force her through the original trilogy.
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
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i never asked anybody. cant help you out on that one.
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
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I know I've met people before that have never seen any of them. It doesn't happen too often though, Star Wars is steadfastly ingrained into modern pop culture, so it's definitely hard to avoid, at least by name.
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Drew Linky
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Joined: Jun 12 2009
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It doesn't help that this kind of poll can be extremely inaccurate. The chances that absolutely EVERYONE on this planet has seen Starwars are pretty slim, as ingrained into popular culture it is. The only reason they reported 100% is because the people they interviewed happened to see it. That doesn't mean absolutely everyone has.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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My best friend's wife, my mom's best friend and grandmother have never seen any of them.
My sister claims she has seen IV, but when I asked her who Obi-Wan is, she responded by saying, he was a guy in the movie... he taught Luke things. I think she sat down and watched it, but didn't actually "watch" it.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
My best friend's wife, my mom's best friend and grandmother have never seen any of them.
My sister claims she has seen IV, but when I asked her who Obi-Wan is, she responded by saying, he was a guy in the movie... he taught Luke things. I think she sat down and watched it, but didn't actually "watch" it. |
He was in fact a guy, who taught Luke things, though.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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He absolutely was. However, when I asked what kinds of things, she couldn't answer. I know she was watching but not caring or paying any attention at all. Pretty much how I get through reality TV when my wife has the remote.
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
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Polls are bullshit. There are so many factors to consider when evaluating the supposed accuracy of a poll. For website polls, consider that sites target demographic. Whenever I hear about a poll from foxnews.com, I immediately disregard it, as the site is most likely frequented by people who are going to support whatever "point" or "fact" FOX News is trying to represent anyway. I'm sure there are less shady polls out there, but there is still an extreme amount of extrapolation when applying the opinions of even a few hundred thousand people to, say, the opinions of potentially billions, depending on the relevance of the issue.
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| Pretty much how I get through reality TV when my wife has the remote. |
I've had to do this with girlfriends in the past... and I have the feeling it'll happen in the future too. I don't mind some of them if I watch them from the beginning, Survivor and Top Chef/Hell's Kitchen mainly, when I have cable. I did enjoy the initial Joe Schmo show as well.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| Does Joe Schmo count? |
It is a parody, but in order to parody, one must incorporate elements of that particular medium/genre, so I'd say yes.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
Posts: 5316
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My dad has never seen it. Actually he did go to see Episode 1 with me, but he fell asleep 20 minutes in. After that, he's never had the reason to try and watch again.
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aeonic
Title: Sporadic Poster
Joined: Nov 19 2009
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Posts: 2747
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I would trade having seen Episodes I or III with anyone who hasn't and just remain having seen II, IV, V, and VI. You know. If that were possible.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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I would gladly pay $100 to have my memory erased from seeing any of the Star Wars prequels.
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Unykle Broh
Title: Idiotique
Joined: Jul 24 2009
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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Maybe everyone on the planet has heard of Star Wars, but there are tons of people who have never actually watched them.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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I know too many people (all girls, sadly) who have never seen a single Star Wars movie. They've of course heard of it though.
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Neutral-Bob
Title: Zarkin Frood
Joined: Aug 17 2006
Location: Casa Del Guapo
Posts: 964
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My girlfriend hasn't seen any of them. I'm not about to force her though.
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"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C.S Lewis |
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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| Doddsino wrote: |
| I would gladly pay $100 to have my memory erased from seeing any of the Star Wars prequels. |
Hey, they weren't that bad, they got progressively better in my opinion.
They are also far better than most of the shit, Hollywood cranks out annually.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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True, but they still weren't even close to the originals. Hell the originals got all fuxored up with all that shit he added in later. New Jabba's palace amirite? 
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Undeath
Title: Facepuncher of Asses
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: Here
Posts: 608
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You know, taken in a "shut off your brain" kind of way, I DID like the prequels, I really did. In a "I'm grown up" way, yeah, the prequels raped the originals. But then, I TRIED to be objective. Let's face it-- nothing new is as good as something you grew up with. I remember loving He-Man as a kid, but when watched now, the nature of its toy commercialism is blatantly obvious and completely detracts from it. It's all a matter of how you watch it, I suppose.
Then again, I love me some Star Wars. I've even forced myself through the turkish Star Wars.
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eatpork
Joined: May 24 2010
Location: Detroit, Michigan
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My girlfriend saw them for the first time just last week. So... she's officially lamer than people in Kenya, that's pretty lame.
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
Location: Away from Emerald Weapon
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| Undeath wrote: |
| Then again, I love me some Star Wars. I've even forced myself through the turkish Star Wars. |
Hmm. I'm detecting a pattern.
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Drew Linky
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Joined: Jun 12 2009
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Has anyone else seen the Chinese-subtitles-direct-to-English version over Youtube? It's fucking hilarious.
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
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I do know some people who haven't seen the newer Star Wars movies (episodes 1-3). Lucky bastards.
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Drew Linky
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Joined: Jun 12 2009
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Hey, they're mildly enjoyable, minus 1's childishness and 2-3's HORRIBLE Anakin acting.
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