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As a non Star Wars fan, I'm excited FOR Star Wars fans because of JJ Abrams. If anyone can rescue the franchise from the cesspool of the prequels, it's him.
SW fans are going to be pleasantly surprised when the new movies come out, and have a level of excitement that parallels the original films.
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I agree. Even though the Star Trek reboots cerated a new timeline, I thought they were well done and a lot of fun. But then I'm not a Trekkie (or Trekker or whatever they call themselves..).
Btw, go see the new Avengers in 3D so you can see the latest Star Wars trailer in 3D - which, sadly I have not. Yet.
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Of course they will. They've already got the biggest case of cinematic blue balls in history, possibly only matched by gamers waiting for "Half Life 3."
Since everything is an action movie now, I expect Abrams to do just fine. He knows how to make a good action movie that will get good reviews and make money. The new "Star Trek" movies did well because they weren't "Star Trek" -- they were action movies with simplified/overdriven Trek characters in them. I know fans who prefer to say that the franchise ended with "Star Trek VI" because the TNG movies were so embarrassing. And these are hard-core Trek fans, too -- they don't embarrass easily.
Hey, I figured I might as well chime in since we were already so far off topic.
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Man, I remember back in 1998 or so when some shady independent software stores were doing pre-release sales of Duke Nukem Forever. $50 got you a voucher for a copy of the game when it would be released that you could pickup when it arrived. I always wondered how many of those places are still in business...
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