And hell, we like movies for different reasons, too. I like ESB not because "it's darker" or "the characters are better", but because it's HUGE. Characters on different planets doing totally different things, it really sells the fact that Star Wars exists in a *galaxy*.
@@ThatMetroMania and @RavenFal I do have to admit The Force Awakens is a very well made movie with practically perfect pacing which denies any possibility of boredom lol, but the plot and story is weak and I don't think serves at all as a good star wars movie or continuation of the mythology. It all depends what someone is looking for and how invested in the franchise they concerning which movie they find better. Really speaks to the whole subjectivity and no right way to be a fan thing, personally ANH will always be in my top 3 of the star wars movies and constantly switches places with the other 2 up there on a day to day basis depending on how I wake up pretty much
Nah, that was the fault of the bullshit Empire strikes whatever the fuck it was called film. Seriously, VADER is Luke's FATHER?? That makes no fucking sense!!!!! Or how about that Lando guy. Star Wars is now just a statement for civil rights, am I right??? I feel so dirty 🤕
I've read that 'I thought we would have grown too old for such childish things' review before, and it's always so hilariously self-important to me. That reviewer was so busy trying to be mature that they circled right back around to immature. “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
thats not the half of what that asshat said about the film. you should look up "siskel and ebert defend star wars". They are arguing with Simon about whether or not it was good He spews all kinds of hate towards the film
Imagine being one of the poor saps who predicted an early end to the Star Wars franchise and still waking up every morning to see Kylo Ren light-up sneakers and BB-8 oranges
+Marcus Katich Never mind them, they didn't lose out, they were simply wrong. Imagine being one of the people who had a chance to invest in Star Wars, take a cut of the percantages, but decided to turn it down.
No one hates as what each interprets as "bad" Star Wars (to them) more than Star Wars fans. Hence they criticize it in hopes (however foolish) in it appeasing them more whether through characters, stories or the execution of how that story is told in it's respective medium
Shit, they killed it for me. Can't like any of these movies without getting hate by Star Wars fans. You like the prequels and the Original Trilogy die-hards with give you shit. You like the Sequel Trilogy and the Original Trilogy die-hards AND the prequel fans will give you shit for it. This fandom is divided into many groups and what goes on it even applies to spin offs, shows and games. The Clones Wars fanbase hates the Star Wars Rebels show. Rogue One vs The Force Awakens, KOTOR vs SWTOR. It's a toxic bunch, not everyone is bad, but it's enough to ruin it in my opinion.
@@MercerVerse Yeah, this fandom is a mess. I can't even go through the comment section of a scene from Return of the Jedi without getting 90% sequel bashing.
that comes with a bit of "suspend your disbelief" which shouldn't be a problem at first but as the franchise has continued to grow it has subsequently developed it's own set of rules regarding physics and what not and when that specifically is contradicted I feel like it's fair game to criticize.
My mother told me she loved a New Hope at the time and even waited with her dad around the block to get into the theater. My mother is not a huge fan of science fiction, but she did love the original Star Wars.Her review was similar to 4:00 and I find that looking back in the past is so fascinating. I love the video and the idea of going back. THANKS
I liked TFA, I loved TLJ. That's all that matters to me :) But I do hope that when the manbabies move on to hate on other things, the sequels will be more revered online.
@@ramblesrandom spewing constant hate towards not only the movie, but the cast and crew as well, almost 2 years after the movie came out is a manbaby thing to do. Saying shit like "fIrE RuIn JoHnSoN aNd KaThLeEn KeNnEdY!" is a manbaby thing to do. You got valid criticisms? Cool. You act like an entitled baby in comment sections about a piece of entertainment? You're a manbaby.
Well done, tasteful sponsorship mention in your video. Best I've seen for sure. Normally they are so hamfisted and scripted, I'm glad you went this way
The introduction to Kerry O'Quinn's review is perfectly applicable to those complaining about the accuracy of bomb-dropping and the Holdo Maneuver in TLJ. As Harrison Ford once told Mark Hamill, "Hey kid... it ain't that kind of movie."
You can say the same for any movie. Why isn’t there more emphasis on plot and character development in the Transformer movies? “Hey kid, it ain’t that kind of movie.” Doesn’t mean they’re wrong to dislike it. People are bound to catch onto these details once they get used to a franchise. Even people who liked Avengers Endgame have complained about the time travel logic in the film, despite the MCU being consistently depicted as something that shouldn’t be taken seriously.
I was 18 in 1977 when I saw Star Wars and recall that screening vividly. I hadn’t been to a movie in about five years but after seeing the film I became a regular movie-goer. In fact, I got a job as an usher at a cinema soon after seeing Star Wars and then became a cinema manager. The main reason was because Star Wars injected a love of film into my life. I have lots of good memories of that period, far too many for a comments section. The film made quite a difference in my life. I’m thrilled I discovered your channel. Thanks!
I have this really amazing fantasy that every time Hello Greedo decides to make a video, he descends down to a softly lit cellar with rows and rows of identical Stormtrooper helmets on a wall, picks one up slowly and heads over to the camera to film...
May 1977. My mother and I were visiting my granny in Clarksville, Tennessee..Dad had to work and stayed behind. During that week when we called home to my dad he talked about a movie he just saw STAR WARS and he was so excited about it. When we got home we went and Star Wars was etched into my being...and it has been ever since. Its amazing to look back and think about the phenomenon that is Star Wars.
Did you just criticize critics by using the phrase "transcend the pretentious realm of their own contrivances"? I suppose we'll add criticism critics to the list.
that's a well thought out roast. I never consider one opinion to more valid than another so I think the whole esteemed reviews of the critics is total bull shit. Saying that I'm a bit of a hypocrite myself as I tend to use some of their consensus to defend/attack films that come up in conversation on the internet where I don't agree with someone who's given a hot take lol
@@dropbearattack I mean, if you were making a funny, cool! I missed it. OTOH, I imagine some people took the comment at face value and unironically agree with it. This is the internet, after all.
@@AngeloBarovierSD Well, I said that I think that most people understood the idea; that being that the substance of the comment is in my opinion, accurate, but there is no need to state it in the terms I used unless you are trying to be as pretentious as the original movie reviewers. You are correct about the nature of the internet, you never know what people are thinking until they tell you and then it really gets weird. Peace.
I was 8 years old when it came out, but didn’t see it until December of that year for my birthday, and I still remember how it impacted me. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw and couldn’t get it out of my head. I would see it a year later for my 10th birthday (movies actually lasted that long in the cinema). I still remember reading newspaper reviews and being really angry when I’d find a negative review. LOL
Man, reviews were a lot more poetic in the 70s. Imagine if they did it like we do now. "Parsecs are measurements of distance, not time - an amateur mistake emblematic of an amateur filmmaker. 1/10"
Also, Star Wars was like Shovel Knight: a beloved property that wasn’t original, but did a fantastic job with the conventions it borrowed that it resonated with many people.
I've always thought of what theories people had of the film's in-between the movies of the Original trilogy, like we do today for the new movies. Who is Darth Vader? what truely happened to Obi-wan when he disappeared? Did the empire fall after the death star was destroyed? What were the Clone Wars? Will Boba Fett from the Holiday Special be in a sequel? It'd be fascinating to see what people thought back then.
If the internet was around back then people would've lost their minds over the Vader is Luke's dad & Leia is Luke's sister revelations. Endless videos (both positive & negative) would've been made discussing it.
The trope going through these reviews was that it wasn’t interfered by business and was that of a single artistic design. Something of which we have definitely lost sight.
I grew up in California. The guy down the street had a "Revenge of the Jedi" poster. He worked for the studio. At the time, I had seen Empire twice, but had never seen Star Wars. Didn't matter. Empire was a FANTASTIC movie and I was enthralled. It provided enough story that I didn't need to see the first movie. When I finally got to see A New Hope, I was disappointed. It was short and the story was simplistic. It lacked the pacing and the banter I enjoyed so much in Empire.
I was 21 in 1977. I was a cynical movie fan who went into the movie wanting to be convinced it was to be taken seriously. At first I thought it was a mixed bag of fun and childish fantasy, but by the end I felt I was hit by a wave and all I could do is watch the action, hear the wonderful music, and feel an absolute elation. My first thought was that it was a CLASSIC. A movie that would be loved for generations. A thrill ride and a joyful one, and movie making that was both an homage to the past and a path to the future, and a film that would make a lot of little boys happy. The audience burst into applause at the end. It was an absolute moment of bliss. I cannot describe how high I felt for hours. I haven't felt that high since.
My dad was 13 years old when Star Wars came out and he remembers he and his friends didn’t have money to buy tickets for all three of them, so like the rebellious kids they were they snuck into the back door of the theatre and were able to see the movie and it changed their lives He was able to see Empire and Jedi with his friends (except they actually bought tickets and didn’t need to break in to the theatre) and they loved it the late 70’s and early 80’s must’ve been a great time to be a kid
I was a teenager in 1977 and saw Star Wars on opening day. I was floored! It was fantastic! I came home and read the reviews for Star Wars in the paper - all of the reviews were negative. However, after Star Wars was clearly a blockbuster (a month later), all the reviews were positive! I’d love to see a comparison between the reviews on opening day, and the reviews a month later.
Hunter Lawrence - Good point! It seems like the critics base their appraisals on the budget of the movie instead of whether they genuinely liked the movie or not. One problem is that older critics simply can’t think like kids or young adults, but they review kids’ and young adults’ movies anyway. I certainly don’t think like my teenage relatives, and I can barely remember how I thought when I was a teenager or young adult. I don’t have the same sense of awe anymore. I was truly awed by Star Wars. I was awed by lines like “If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” It helped that I thought Alec Guinness was a really awesome actor (I had seen “Bridge on the River Kwai” which was an amazing movie).
Being a fan in 2019 be like: "You really like the prequels over others? You prequel apologist!" "You really like the originals over others? Ugh, you OT supremacist..." "You really like the sequels over others? Lol, you Disney shill, how much are they paying you?" "You really like at least something in all the movies? You can't call yourself a true fan if you don't dislike (insert thing)"
Yep... there will always be those who "get" a thing... and those who don't... no matter if the thing is aimed at them (or not). And that's human nature (as well as showbiz). 😊
*Commenting on HelloGreedo’s video until he hearts my comment day:* 53 I can’t wait to see you read the reviews for Return of the Jedi. Those will be unnecessarily harsh..
? That tends to be the pattern for films that aren't as good or strong and consistent. I think the critics can be over harsh and obnoxious a time but it's creative and makes me laugh and just think "these damn pricks know how to use words" and majority of the movies that cop it more so than others are generally more deserving in places than others. I don't think ROTJ is a bad film at all and the consensus of the critics support that statement (though I think believing a critic's opinion to be more valid than another is ludicrous for anyone that thinks this way, however coming from me that may be hypocritical as I tend to use the consensus of critics on a film as evidence for support when in discussion lol) and I have it 4th on my star wars film rankings
@Geralt of Trivia I love the opening scenes with Vader and then the whole act at Jabba's palace and then I love Yoda's scenes as always along with the final confrontation with Vader vs Luke and all these moments are among the very best in Star Wars but I don't think the rest of the movie is that good.
and we love you for doing these videos Hello Greedo.. I likr to think it helps the Star Wars fan community collectively put things back into perspective .. and get the fandom back to a happy place where we all love it for didferent reasons at different times because Star Wars has been great for different reasons at different times .. for everyone these movies are ... enjoy them you should ..
@@Idk-fl2ed I'm not saying you have to like Endgame or Infinity War or even Star Wars but the reviews come off like they are better then the people who do. You don't have like a popular thing but don't have to be a dick about it either.
Interesting reviews. Contrary to what is usually claimed now: I think that from the start (1977) Star Wars had mixed reviews from "specialized" film criticism. I am not sure either whether Star Wars was so universally claimed as we tend to hear today compared to the Prequel Trilogy or the Sequels. Those reviews, or at least some of them, to some extent dismantle this ingrained idea that the Original Trilogy was well received. I would even dare to say that not all the audience liked Star Wars just like today.
First Galactic Civil War (Rebels+Original Trilogy) vs Clones Wars (Ep. 2: AOTC+TCW (Film/Series)+Ep. 3: ROTS) vs Second Galactic Civil War (Resistance+Sequel Trilogy) What is the best Star War? Ep. 1: TPM has no war but one battle.
I would say The Clone Wars. The animated series gave me a new outlook on that conflict with its focus on the Clones. 1st Civil War is a close second. I can’t rate the Sequels war yet because it’s still an ongoing conflict with very little in terms of additional stories to flesh it out
I remember a Reddit post that someone made comparing an ESB and a TLJ review and they were surprisingly similar 😂 Obviously ESB is a masterpiece and far better but it was an interesting post! EDIT: the movies are all good in my eyes, maybe I should’ve said ESB is more iconic or more loved by the OT generation or something. You know what I meant, not as many people hate on ESB compared to TLJ
Perhaps I'm an outlier, but I wouldn't say that ESB is "obviously... far better" than TLJ. While I do prefer it, I don't think it's that clear and easy of a decision to choose between the two.
Everyone's a critic, but the difference between then and now is today literally everyone can have their say, and with minimal tech savvy, say it to the whole world. People actually relied on professional critics back in 1977 to tell them what a movie was about and suggest whether it was worth their time and money to see it.
Can you imagine people in the 2040's looking at the fan-reviews of The Last Jedi, and going "Jesus, did these people thought they were watching some kind of visual Holy Bible? I mean, sure, not the BEST Star Wars film, but these people act like they were witnesses to a massive genocide. It's just a freaking movie!"
Simple-Commentator-not-really 2040’s a 60 year old Geeks+Gamer’s: RiAn JoHnSoN iS wOrSe ThAn HiTlEr!!! TLJ iS wOrSe ThAn MeIn KaUmPf!!!! DiSnEy iS wOrSe tHaN nAzI GeRmAnY!!!!
Is there a good way to do this for the Clone Wars movie and then also the show? A lot of people will agree that the movie is not good, but the show is very good and that it only ever got better with each Season. I am curious what the professionals have to say about both.
I can't help but notice that reviewers who didn't like Star Wars approached it from a similar angle. They panned the movies child like innocence and lack of (as they would call it) a deeper message. If a movie isn't filled with biting cynicism and bitter social commentary, what good is it? Rather than subverting and deconstructing the themes and archetypes of our collective mythos, Star Wars had the unmitigated gall to embrace those themes. As they saw it, Star Wars was an unsophisticated light show for the deplorable masses of the lower castes. People well beneath their own high station. The condescending, sneering, elitism exhibited be many of these critics makes me want to vomit. It warms my heart to know that history has not kind to their Star Wars reviews.
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I love A New Hope. My sister thinks it’s boring. No movie pleases everyone. I think that’s something people are forgetting.
RavenFal rlly is low key boring, but the locations are iconic
RavenFal my girlfriend also thought the first was boring and loved the force awakens
And hell, we like movies for different reasons, too.
I like ESB not because "it's darker" or "the characters are better", but because it's HUGE. Characters on different planets doing totally different things, it really sells the fact that Star Wars exists in a *galaxy*.
@@ThatMetroMania and @RavenFal I do have to admit The Force Awakens is a very well made movie with practically perfect pacing which denies any possibility of boredom lol, but the plot and story is weak and I don't think serves at all as a good star wars movie or continuation of the mythology. It all depends what someone is looking for and how invested in the franchise they concerning which movie they find better. Really speaks to the whole subjectivity and no right way to be a fan thing, personally ANH will always be in my top 3 of the star wars movies and constantly switches places with the other 2 up there on a day to day basis depending on how I wake up pretty much
Hilariously enough, when I was younger I thought Empire was kinda boring.
I absolutely hated this movie when it first came out. It completely ruined the franchise
You almost got me there.
Nah, that was the fault of the bullshit Empire strikes whatever the fuck it was called film. Seriously, VADER is Luke's FATHER?? That makes no fucking sense!!!!!
Or how about that Lando guy. Star Wars is now just a statement for civil rights, am I right???
I feel so dirty 🤕
*Got us in the first half aint gonna lie*
@@sealionstudios8597 Ikr right?! Ben is a ghost?! That sacrafice was for nothing!
@@needle3268 No. Star Wars is the worst movie ever!!!
I've read that 'I thought we would have grown too old for such childish things' review before, and it's always so hilariously self-important to me. That reviewer was so busy trying to be mature that they circled right back around to immature.
“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
"It is all as exciting as last year's weather reports" Wow, that's harsh.
What if the 1976 weather reports were super suspenseful?
Anthony Rando
You never know!
@@anthonyrando6447 Who knows, maybe there was a lot of tornado activity in 1976.
thats not the half of what that asshat said about the film. you should look up "siskel and ebert defend star wars". They are arguing with Simon about whether or not it was good He spews all kinds of hate towards the film
These old reviews are so interesting. They prove that history repeats itself, thanks Greedo for another entertaining video!
Indeed. Now imagine if the internet had existed then, as it does now. It really wouldn't be much different.
Imagine being one of the poor saps who predicted an early end to the Star Wars franchise and still waking up every morning to see Kylo Ren light-up sneakers and BB-8 oranges
@Geralt of Trivia Star Wars themed Clementine bags
+Marcus Katich Never mind them, they didn't lose out, they were simply wrong. Imagine being one of the people who had a chance to invest in Star Wars, take a cut of the percantages, but decided to turn it down.
Don't forget the Star Wars lettuce they were selling for The Last Jedi
@@phillyskyguy9535 I had to look it up to be sure and I've never been so disappointed to find out something was true
Every Star Wars movie ever made has been the "one that killed the franchise"
No one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans.
We can agree on one thing.
They are killing it.
@@NyJoanzy the fans? That's a bit paradoxical because there's no revenue or discussion without the fans and hence no franchise without the fans
No one hates as what each interprets as "bad" Star Wars (to them) more than Star Wars fans. Hence they criticize it in hopes (however foolish) in it appeasing them more whether through characters, stories or the execution of how that story is told in it's respective medium
Shit, they killed it for me. Can't like any of these movies without getting hate by Star Wars fans. You like the prequels and the Original Trilogy die-hards with give you shit. You like the Sequel Trilogy and the Original Trilogy die-hards AND the prequel fans will give you shit for it.
This fandom is divided into many groups and what goes on it even applies to spin offs, shows and games. The Clones Wars fanbase hates the Star Wars Rebels show. Rogue One vs The Force Awakens, KOTOR vs SWTOR.
It's a toxic bunch, not everyone is bad, but it's enough to ruin it in my opinion.
@@MercerVerse Yeah, this fandom is a mess. I can't even go through the comment section of a scene from Return of the Jedi without getting 90% sequel bashing.
I love these reviews because people were saying the same shit back then that you see on Twitter now. The scientific accuracy part shows
that comes with a bit of "suspend your disbelief" which shouldn't be a problem at first but as the franchise has continued to grow it has subsequently developed it's own set of rules regarding physics and what not and when that specifically is contradicted I feel like it's fair game to criticize.
“It’s like poetry, it rhymes...”
history repeats itself again
AHxIntrovert44 actually history does repeat but spirals things differently can happen but feel similar
My mother told me she loved a New Hope at the time and even waited with her dad around the block to get into the theater. My mother is not a huge fan of science fiction, but she did love the original Star Wars.Her review was similar to 4:00 and I find that looking back in the past is so fascinating. I love the video and the idea of going back. THANKS
I love going back in time to see what people thought of these films. Makes me excited to see how people treat the sequels some day compared to now.
I liked TFA, I loved TLJ. That's all that matters to me :) But I do hope that when the manbabies move on to hate on other things, the sequels will be more revered online.
@@c-hildy i agree 100%. Im gonna love this trilogy no matter what but i hope more people can love it eventually.
@@c-hildy you're expressimg a mentality that denies people from expressing criticism, and when they do, they're 'manbabies'
@@ramblesrandom spewing constant hate towards not only the movie, but the cast and crew as well, almost 2 years after the movie came out is a manbaby thing to do. Saying shit like "fIrE RuIn JoHnSoN aNd KaThLeEn KeNnEdY!" is a manbaby thing to do. You got valid criticisms? Cool. You act like an entitled baby in comment sections about a piece of entertainment? You're a manbaby.
ShadowShade19 yeah the people who reviewed it and gave it good reviews will turn around and say they were wrong, and will say the movie is garbage
Well done, tasteful sponsorship mention in your video. Best I've seen for sure. Normally they are so hamfisted and scripted, I'm glad you went this way
Hey thanks, Josh. Had a lot of fun with it.
@@HelloGreedo I can tell! Thats what makes it good and congrats on the sponsor!
I definitely agree! I almost fell out of my chair, I was laughing so hard! If I do go with DSC, I will use your promo!
Hated it. Makes me want to unsubscribe.
@@johnmarc1986 do it.
The introduction to Kerry O'Quinn's review is perfectly applicable to those complaining about the accuracy of bomb-dropping and the Holdo Maneuver in TLJ. As Harrison Ford once told Mark Hamill, "Hey kid... it ain't that kind of movie."
I'd love a video of Harrison Ford giving dry & matter of fact responses to current Star Wars logic or plot hole issues 😁
Amen, brother.
You can say the same for any movie. Why isn’t there more emphasis on plot and character development in the Transformer movies? “Hey kid, it ain’t that kind of movie.” Doesn’t mean they’re wrong to dislike it.
People are bound to catch onto these details once they get used to a franchise. Even people who liked Avengers Endgame have complained about the time travel logic in the film, despite the MCU being consistently depicted as something that shouldn’t be taken seriously.
I was 18 in 1977 when I saw Star Wars and recall that screening vividly. I hadn’t been to a movie in about five years but after seeing the film I became a regular movie-goer. In fact, I got a job as an usher at a cinema soon after seeing Star Wars and then became a cinema manager. The main reason was because Star Wars injected a love of film into my life. I have lots of good memories of that period, far too many for a comments section. The film made quite a difference in my life. I’m thrilled I discovered your channel. Thanks!
I have this really amazing fantasy that every time Hello Greedo decides to make a video, he descends down to a softly lit cellar with rows and rows of identical Stormtrooper helmets on a wall, picks one up slowly and heads over to the camera to film...
May 1977. My mother and I were visiting my granny in Clarksville, Tennessee..Dad had to work and stayed behind. During that week when we called home to my dad he talked about a movie he just saw STAR WARS and he was so excited about it. When we got home we went and Star Wars was etched into my being...and it has been ever since. Its amazing to look back and think about the phenomenon that is Star Wars.
Film critics, food critics, art critics, very few of them transcend the pretentious realm of their own contrivances.
Did you just criticize critics by using the phrase "transcend the pretentious realm of their own contrivances"? I suppose we'll add criticism critics to the list.
that's a well thought out roast. I never consider one opinion to more valid than another so I think the whole esteemed reviews of the critics is total bull shit. Saying that I'm a bit of a hypocrite myself as I tend to use some of their consensus to defend/attack films that come up in conversation on the internet where I don't agree with someone who's given a hot take lol
@@AngeloBarovierSD
I think that most people liked the comment because they understood the humour, perhaps you didn't.
@@dropbearattack I mean, if you were making a funny, cool! I missed it. OTOH, I imagine some people took the comment at face value and unironically agree with it.
This is the internet, after all.
@@AngeloBarovierSD
Well, I said that I think that most people understood the idea; that being that the substance of the comment is in my opinion, accurate, but there is no need to state it in the terms I used unless you are trying to be as pretentious as the original movie reviewers.
You are correct about the nature of the internet, you never know what people are thinking until they tell you and then it really gets weird.
Peace.
Leave it to Roger Ebert to basically sum up why everyone loves star wars
I was 8 years old when it came out, but didn’t see it until December of that year for my birthday, and I still remember how it impacted me. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw and couldn’t get it out of my head. I would see it a year later for my 10th birthday (movies actually lasted that long in the cinema).
I still remember reading newspaper reviews and being really angry when I’d find a negative review. LOL
Man, reviews were a lot more poetic in the 70s. Imagine if they did it like we do now.
"Parsecs are measurements of distance, not time - an amateur mistake emblematic of an amateur filmmaker. 1/10"
Do this for Return of the Jedi!
@@Minotaur_ What?
Also, Star Wars was like Shovel Knight: a beloved property that wasn’t original, but did a fantastic job with the conventions it borrowed that it resonated with many people.
Love the advertising thrown in. 😂
Censored for Fan outrage is an amazing thing.
Sorry to sound whiney and demanding but when do you plan to upload Mecha Luke 2?
I support this comment.
5:00 So can we now finally call a truce with Trekkies?
No. Never.
Trekkies have wanted a truce for years! Star Trek is about peaceful coexistence, Star Wars is about... well, war! You want peace? You guys start!!!
Swish Fish Star Treks about peace, eh? I dunno, those people who tore apart Discovery didn't seem very peaceful.
JK.
The Star Wars fandom is in a period of civil war.
@@Stretchdiazz I prefer to consider that "cowboy diplomacy".
I've always thought of what theories people had of the film's in-between the movies of the Original trilogy, like we do today for the new movies. Who is Darth Vader? what truely happened to Obi-wan when he disappeared? Did the empire fall after the death star was destroyed? What were the Clone Wars? Will Boba Fett from the Holiday Special be in a sequel? It'd be fascinating to see what people thought back then.
If the internet was around back then people would've lost their minds over the Vader is Luke's dad & Leia is Luke's sister revelations. Endless videos (both positive & negative) would've been made discussing it.
This channel is my childhood I always loved watching it
The trope going through these reviews was that it wasn’t interfered by business and was that of a single artistic design. Something of which we have definitely lost sight.
I think these are my favourite vids of yours. Do one for AOTC!
Wow the amount of effort you put into the ad lmao. That was funny stuff
I grew up in California. The guy down the street had a "Revenge of the Jedi" poster. He worked for the studio. At the time, I had seen Empire twice, but had never seen Star Wars. Didn't matter. Empire was a FANTASTIC movie and I was enthralled. It provided enough story that I didn't need to see the first movie. When I finally got to see A New Hope, I was disappointed. It was short and the story was simplistic. It lacked the pacing and the banter I enjoyed so much in Empire.
HelloGreedo and star wars explained are best star wars youtube creators.
Star Wars will forever be immortalised
I was 21 in 1977. I was a cynical movie fan who went into the movie wanting to be convinced it was to be taken seriously. At first I thought it was a mixed bag of fun and childish fantasy, but by the end I felt I was hit by a wave and all I could do is watch the action, hear the wonderful music, and feel an absolute elation. My first thought was that it was a CLASSIC. A movie that would be loved for generations. A thrill ride and a joyful one, and movie making that was both an homage to the past and a path to the future, and a film that would make a lot of little boys happy. The audience burst into applause at the end. It was an absolute moment of bliss. I cannot describe how high I felt for hours. I haven't felt that high since.
I dont need to imagine being in 1977. I was there. I was 8. It was awesome. I saw it at a drive in theater with Silver Streak
I love reading old Readers Digest magazines and looking at all the old ads for cars and appliances.
Awesome channel HG.
The Rinzler book is probably the best thing i have ever read on the making of Star Wars.
I will always love Star Wars I don't care what anyone say.
Nah...you don't HAVE to love it just because have the Star Wars name on it.
Great video. All the plugs and the dollar shave club ad was classic Greedo. Great work! I’m sure it took a ton of time to put together.
My dad was 13 years old when Star Wars came out and he remembers he and his friends didn’t have money to buy tickets for all three of them, so like the rebellious kids they were they snuck into the back door of the theatre and were able to see the movie and it changed their lives
He was able to see Empire and Jedi with his friends (except they actually bought tickets and didn’t need to break in to the theatre) and they loved it the late 70’s and early 80’s must’ve been a great time to be a kid
I was a teenager in 1977 and saw Star Wars on opening day. I was floored! It was fantastic! I came home and read the reviews for Star Wars in the paper - all of the reviews were negative. However, after Star Wars was clearly a blockbuster (a month later), all the reviews were positive!
I’d love to see a comparison between the reviews on opening day, and the reviews a month later.
Now it seems to be the opposite. Everyone loves it when it first comes out, and then starts to hate it once it's been out for awhile.
Hunter Lawrence - Good point! It seems like the critics base their appraisals on the budget of the movie instead of whether they genuinely liked the movie or not.
One problem is that older critics simply can’t think like kids or young adults, but they review kids’ and young adults’ movies anyway. I certainly don’t think like my teenage relatives, and I can barely remember how I thought when I was a teenager or young adult. I don’t have the same sense of awe anymore. I was truly awed by Star Wars. I was awed by lines like “If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” It helped that I thought Alec Guinness was a really awesome actor (I had seen “Bridge on the River Kwai” which was an amazing movie).
As usual, Ebert does it best...
Damn all these reviews trying to sound smart. Just ends up confusing everybody.
Love this kind of videos, it’s just so awesome to see the parallels between then and now
4:24 that could not be any more truthful
Being a fan in 2019 be like:
"You really like the prequels over others? You prequel apologist!"
"You really like the originals over others? Ugh, you OT supremacist..."
"You really like the sequels over others? Lol, you Disney shill, how much are they paying you?"
"You really like at least something in all the movies? You can't call yourself a true fan if you don't dislike (insert thing)"
1.5/10: NOT ENOUGH SAND
You had me at “But Wipes” sending $5 to Dollar Shave Club
I didn’t even understand half of those reviews. How the style of written reviews changed that much since the 70’s?
This video, is definitely one of the good ones
Thanks Hello Greedo. I'm craving Cracker Jacks now.
You're amazing...what else is to be said?
JOY GOULD BOYUM are you from the future cause dauym! We are absolutely living in the the canonization of comic book culture.
I NEED more of those ads, Greedo!
Yep... there will always be those who "get" a thing... and those who don't... no matter if the thing is aimed at them (or not). And that's human nature (as well as showbiz). 😊
Damn, some of these are brutal 😂
5:25 hold up, but wasn't something about the original is that the start was slow back then???
And now I fully believe hellogreedo showers with his helmet on
*Commenting on HelloGreedo’s video until he hearts my comment day:* 53
I can’t wait to see you read the reviews for Return of the Jedi.
Those will be unnecessarily harsh..
? That tends to be the pattern for films that aren't as good or strong and consistent. I think the critics can be over harsh and obnoxious a time but it's creative and makes me laugh and just think "these damn pricks know how to use words" and majority of the movies that cop it more so than others are generally more deserving in places than others. I don't think ROTJ is a bad film at all and the consensus of the critics support that statement (though I think believing a critic's opinion to be more valid than another is ludicrous for anyone that thinks this way, however coming from me that may be hypocritical as I tend to use the consensus of critics on a film as evidence for support when in discussion lol) and I have it 4th on my star wars film rankings
@Geralt of Trivia I love the opening scenes with Vader and then the whole act at Jabba's palace and then I love Yoda's scenes as always along with the final confrontation with Vader vs Luke and all these moments are among the very best in Star Wars but I don't think the rest of the movie is that good.
LaRone CT-HK47 I agree!
Geralt of Trivia it was a very inconsistent movie if you ask me
This video was great, loved your stuff since 2016
and we love you for doing these videos Hello Greedo.. I likr to think it helps the Star Wars fan community collectively put things back into perspective .. and get the fandom back to a happy place where we all love it for didferent reasons at different times because Star Wars has been great for different reasons at different times .. for everyone these movies are ... enjoy them you should ..
Jeremy Shofner The only real shame is that it’s probably gonna take another 15 years or so to start really settling in.
@4:59: I bet that business was run by a Ferengi. Where do I send my money! hehehehehehehe
The tea sipping had me dead xD
that's some QUALITY content, my friend
6:06 Same as my reaction: What?
I’ve come to believe that HelloGreedo is the Yoko Taro of youtube.
oh boy i want some force beams
Some of the bad review sound just like the pretentious review of Endgame and Infinity War.
Or some people who genuinely don't like something? It's all about opinions.
@@Idk-fl2ed I'm not saying you have to like Endgame or Infinity War or even Star Wars but the reviews come off like they are better then the people who do. You don't have like a popular thing but don't have to be a dick about it either.
Badman3000 just out of curiosity, what was that review about?
@@katherinealvarez9216 I don't understand your question
@@badman3000 Sorry, what were the pretentious reviews for Endgame and Infinity War talking about?
Roger Ebert was a great critic.
I love you man! Keep it up!
Thank you Greedo, for making these videos.
Thanks for review my favorite Movie ever really some people were salty about it
Interesting reviews. Contrary to what is usually claimed now: I think that from the start (1977) Star Wars had mixed reviews from "specialized" film criticism. I am not sure either whether Star Wars was so universally claimed as we tend to hear today compared to the Prequel Trilogy or the Sequels. Those reviews, or at least some of them, to some extent dismantle this ingrained idea that the Original Trilogy was well received. I would even dare to say that not all the audience liked Star Wars just like today.
Can you do the same with Empire Strikes Back?
Your Plinkett at 5.00 is uncanny
What a great video, keep it up!!
First Galactic Civil War (Rebels+Original Trilogy) vs Clones Wars (Ep. 2: AOTC+TCW (Film/Series)+Ep. 3: ROTS) vs Second Galactic Civil War (Resistance+Sequel Trilogy)
What is the best Star War?
Ep. 1: TPM has no war but one battle.
I would say The Clone Wars. The animated series gave me a new outlook on that conflict with its focus on the Clones. 1st Civil War is a close second. I can’t rate the Sequels war yet because it’s still an ongoing conflict with very little in terms of additional stories to flesh it out
Do Empire reviews next?
That was the first one I did.
Greedo!!! When are we gonna get more clone wars episodes?
06:07 I just chocked on my food you bastard xD
I love these videos.
This was fun 🤓🤙
I do suppose that a new hope is rather different without the context of rest of the series
I remember a Reddit post that someone made comparing an ESB and a TLJ review and they were surprisingly similar 😂 Obviously ESB is a masterpiece and far better but it was an interesting post!
EDIT: the movies are all good in my eyes, maybe I should’ve said ESB is more iconic or more loved by the OT generation or something. You know what I meant, not as many people hate on ESB compared to TLJ
Perhaps I'm an outlier, but I wouldn't say that ESB is "obviously... far better" than TLJ. While I do prefer it, I don't think it's that clear and easy of a decision to choose between the two.
Perhaps we can sort this out by making Ugnaughts and Ewoks fight to the death.
@@Oooga-Chaka lololol I think this would be a very practical & sensible way to sort things out!
Empire and Last Jedi are my two favorites :)
TLJ is in my top 3, but I find ESB to be the better film (the pacing is a difference maker), with ANH taking the #2 spot
wow. newspaper and magazine writers sure used to use more sophisticated language back then
Thanks greedo
If you actually used shampoo on your helmet, you are dedicated to this ad.
Please do this for Return of the Jedi Reviews back in 1983.
Were people really hyped back then?
I used to hate you cuz it annoyed me when you hate on the prequels, now you act like an adult I like you
Classic video. Thanks Hello.
Everyone's a critic, but the difference between then and now is today literally everyone can have their say, and with minimal tech savvy, say it to the whole world. People actually relied on professional critics back in 1977 to tell them what a movie was about and suggest whether it was worth their time and money to see it.
Can you imagine people in the 2040's looking at the fan-reviews of The Last Jedi, and going "Jesus, did these people thought they were watching some kind of visual Holy Bible? I mean, sure, not the BEST Star Wars film, but these people act like they were witnesses to a massive genocide. It's just a freaking movie!"
Simple-Commentator-not-really 2040’s a 60 year old Geeks+Gamer’s: RiAn JoHnSoN iS wOrSe ThAn HiTlEr!!! TLJ iS wOrSe ThAn MeIn KaUmPf!!!! DiSnEy iS wOrSe tHaN nAzI GeRmAnY!!!!
Is there a good way to do this for the Clone Wars movie and then also the show? A lot of people will agree that the movie is not good, but the show is very good and that it only ever got better with each Season. I am curious what the professionals have to say about both.
Big fan greedo
I ain't even mad at the ad it was funny
Any ad with a stormtrooper helmet in it makes me smile.
I can't help but notice that reviewers who didn't like Star Wars approached it from a similar angle. They panned the movies child like innocence and lack of (as they would call it) a deeper message. If a movie isn't filled with biting cynicism and bitter social commentary, what good is it? Rather than subverting and deconstructing the themes and archetypes of our collective mythos, Star Wars had the unmitigated gall to embrace those themes. As they saw it, Star Wars was an unsophisticated light show for the deplorable masses of the lower castes. People well beneath their own high station. The condescending, sneering, elitism exhibited be many of these critics makes me want to vomit. It warms my heart to know that history has not kind to their Star Wars reviews.
This is a great reminder that the original film (and trilogy for that matter) were not as universally loved as some people today think.
Some critics got Star Wars wrong back then, just as they are still doing today ;)
imagine myself in 1977??? Ok! So i am in the comunism regim and i can't see star Wars a New Hope
I’d probably be listening to music or getting high or something. Whatever kids did back then.
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