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Reality bytes. (letters).(Letter to the Editor)
I found the letter "Star Wars Flaws" on pg. 6 of the August 2002 issue interesting, and I agreed with its points. However, these comments come from someone who wants things to make sense.
I'm a baby boomer, weaned on The Three Stooges and every TV detective created. If you try to make sense of the film business, you remove its license to steal, beg, borrow, and generally pull the wool over viewers' eyes. It's a visually recorded magic act of sorts.
Consider TV detective Joe Mannix, who would have had multiple skull fractures and contusions, if not comas, because in episode after episode he got hit in every part of the head with every conceivable object. We didn't know in the '60s that Mr. Sulu of Star Trek would not have had to contend with mechanical toggle switches and chronometers. But we didn't care about the details ... and we still don't--we watch for the excitement of it all.
As a low-budget indie videomaker, I look back at all those great movies and TV shows of the past and find that none of them make much sense, either. ...
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