This is fun - the 1977 @NewYorker review of a strange new movie called “Star Wars”:http://nyr.kr/11VYoMP
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“an overweight computer who's a mixture of bald pate, traffic lights, and mailbox”—R2D2
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@JeffTheBeerSnob fm@NewYorker archives, A 1977 Star Wars review: The robot-and-computer couple seems to be out of Beckett or vaudeville.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker The two characters were more or less cribbed from Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker talk about throw-backThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker The music wasn't memorable??Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker: A 1977 “Star Wars” review: “imagining something a great deal worse than [Iran]'s possessing nuclear...”http://nyr.kr/11VYoMPThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Probably didn't come across this review, being 8 yrs old at the time but having seen SW, this captures vibe overall.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Great NYer review! Passes the litmus test: on reaching the end of the review, you are to have no idea what the movie's about.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"But it is exuberantly entertaining."
#StarWars RT@NewYorker: A 1977 “Star Wars” review http://nyr.kr/11VYoMP#TNYarchive”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker We need more prose like this.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker How do you review "Star Wars" and not mention Darth Vader by name?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Re: Star Wars review, circa 1977-> How VERY New Yorker that review sounds.
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