The Link between Tolkien, Peter Pan, and Star Wars...

[Boo Radley]

Hmmmm... I like just about anything that's Science Fiction or Fantasy, but I also like Historical.
AND I like Woody Allen (Well... his older stuff). Actually, I like most comedies as long as they derive their humor from wit as opposed to slapstick.
But, wait... I also like the Three Stooges!!!

I am a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, surrounded by a light, flaky crust.

And I liked the first three Star Wars and loathed the last three.

I'd have to say that those of us who like everything that's been mentioned in this thread have very good imaginations.

[Elfchick7]

I feel the same about Star Wars. The first three were so much fun. The second three....no comment. *glares at George Lucas*

[Boo Radley]

As for Peter pan, I've never read the book. Or at least if I did, it was ages and ages ago.
I've seen the telecast of the (I think) Broadway version with Mary Martin as Peter and Cyril Ritchard as Hook, but I don't think I've seen it since... the mid '60's? something like that, at least.
Oh, and I think I've seen the Disney version, but again, that was decades and decades ago.
And decades.

[Elfchick7]

If you want, you can read the book online here: http://www.readbookonline.net/title/6/

It's waaaaaay down on the bottom of the page. Enjoy, all!

[Lindale]

Doing a sort of comparison between Tolkien, Barrie, and Lucas's respective works? Let's do a quick comparative lit thingy (my degree!) here. All are fantasy, but not like Garcia Marquez's magical realism that had direct historical sources.

Tolkien had great influence from the myths and stories he loved since he was a kid; apparently, so did Barrie, but I do not think Barrie went all the way into studying cultures and other myths and language to create Neverland. Arda, was, well, Arda, a universe of its own with its own Creation myth and histories, its rich histories gathered from its Ages. And Lucas. Lucas, he admitted (sorry I don't have a link, can somebody...) having Tolkieny influences (I think there's a thread or two or more that can be helpful here, Tolkien and Star Wars stuff), like Palpatine=Morgoth and Vader=Sauron. Lucas created, like, two generations, two trilogies. Tolkien, he had Arda. Barrie, just a generation, just Peter Pan, a sort of escapism from the mundane and common. Not that TOlkien and Lucas did not do so either, but hey. They expanded. A galaxy with its own races and aliens and its Senate and Empire, and a Universe with its 'the One', its Guardians, its Children.

Given more time, I wonder, what could Lucas have done with his galaxy? Not that I'm expecting another Creation myth or something, but what? Pity there's only two trilogies.

Now the trilogies... hmm... The first trilogy had brilliant plots but not advanced technology, and it almost seemed like a joke the part that the spear-bearing Ewoks fought the Clones. THe second? Brilliant effects... not so brilliant, but brilliant nonetheless, plots.

[Morthoron]

I despise Star Wars and its banal acting and New Age psychobabble religion. Also, I can live without reading or seeing Peter Pan ever again. Sorry to not fit into your hypothesis. *bows*

[Finduilas]

I despise Star Wars

Please don't despise it. Some of it's acting is terrible, at least half of it is stupid, and other things, but it isn't that bad.

I personally like Star Wars, but I don't love it . I can totally understand anyone's dislike like of it, seeing as my mom has yet to sit through an entire episode. But I don't think that my like for it is at all related to my like for ME and LotR. I watch Star Wars mostly for amusement.