Aug 21st - Response #2 - My first movie(s) and my Star Wars story

MY questions for this vlog:

1 - Which of the Star Wars movies did you see first?
2 - Did you see that movie on VHS/DVD or at a movie theater?
3 - Did you stand in line to see Episode One - The Phantom Menace?
4 - Do or did you own any Star Wars toys?
5 - Which of the 6 SW films is your favorite?

OK - this is a video response to Brian's much shorter vlog about the first movies he saw on the big screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4errncCR64

Feel free to answer his original questions as well (in the comments or make a video response):
1 - What is the first movie you remember seeing on the big screen?
2 - What is the first Disney (animated) movie you saw at a movie theater?

Links for this vlog:

check out Brian's YT channel - he's got some great vids:
http://www.youtube.com/systemjap

List of Disney Animated feature films:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_features
Disney list that includes original release date and re-release dates (click on the film)
http://www.disneyanimation.com/aboutus/history.html

Escape to Witch Mountain:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072951/
Hottie = Kim Richards (she had a sexy voice!)
See Tuff Turf!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090213/

Thanks for watching!
-Jacen (an insider SW reference - OK, I'll stop being a geek now)

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[Rictof]

1. A New Hope

2. VHS

3. Nope, I had to wait for DVD. I had a lot going on in that period of my life.

4. I always wanted some, but my mother was on a strict budget back then. Now I just don't care to own any since I'm not a figurine kind of guy unless it's for anime.

5. Unlike most people, I liked Return of the Jedi the most.

First movie on the big screen was Ghostbusters 2, but we walked out because it got too scary for my 4 year old self.

First Disney movie in theaters was Peter Pan.

[TaishaJason]

ROTJ is getting a lot of love among the comments here...

I love the lightsaber duel in the ROTJ between Darth and Luke - epic stuff.

[napendakenya]

For perspective, I was born in 1984:

1: A New Hope.

2: VHS (I still own the VHS box set of the original movies)

3: No, I caught a matinee on a weekday

4: As a kid I had Luke and a random alien from Mos Eisley Cantina. Now, all I have is a Darth Maul t-shirt and a charachter card for Winter.

5: tie, empire strikes back and return of the Jedi.

First movie I remember: The Little Mermaid.

more star wars:

favorite book: Truce at Bakura

gripe: They killed Darth Maul too quickley!

[TaishaJason]

I totally agree about the death of Darth Maul... I was a little surprised, after all the hype surrounding the character - how his image was on so much merchandise, that they killed him at the end of the film - but I guess there can be only TWO and George wanted to move the story along. They've brought Maul back in the comics occasionally and he is an interesting character with the best lightsaber.

[Phonoise]

Mouse Detective and The Rescuers....I grew up on those in the 90's

[intheinaka]

5 - ROTJ will always hold a special place in my heart, as I remember watching (literally) every night when my mum went to work, I don't think any film has ever come close to matching the amount of times I've seen that film. I did have fast-forward through Darth Vader's scariest moments, and of course, the tragic death of the Ewok.

[intheinaka]

1 - I saw a New Hope first, on VHS after getting them for Christmas, around 1997 I think. It blew my little 7 year-old mind out of the water, I was hooked.

2 - See above.

3 - I don't remember, but I saw it with my family in a really old theatre in Cornwall, they still had an intermission and everything!

4 - I owned toy Tie Fighters, X-Wings, Star Wars Tazos, novels, encyclopaedias...everything and anything I could get my hands on with my pittance pocket money!

[KiwiLordVIII]

1- EP 4

2- VHS

3- My brother bought first showing tickets, so yeah.

4- I have an original AT-AT.

5- I like the original three equally. Cop-out answer, no?

Original Question

1&2- I was at a cousins birthday party, and they wanted to see little mermaid, so, that's what we saw. The first movie that made an impression on me though, was Jurassic Park if for no other reason than Studio 28 had a full scale T-Rex head coming through the ceiling of the lobby. It was a good movie too...

[winDragon79]

Well i'm only 18 but, I'll try and answer your questions. lol

1. The Original(New hope...wasn't called that back then :P)

2. I actually saw it on tv. I think it was like "WB sunday movies" or something like that. I remember cuz it must have been around 1pm when I watched it.

3. I don't think so...but the theater was so crowded ppl were sitting on the floor. I was literally 3ft from the screen.

4.A blue lightsaber

5.Return of the Jedi or Revenge of the Sith (hard choice)

[PadawanKim]

1- A New Hope

2- VHS

3- No, but I did see it 7 times...

4- I own several of the action figures and a lighsaber lol

5- I always change my mind about this one, but as a kid my favorite was always Return of the Jedi

[stormko]

Great vlog. Do more like that.

[andyhoov]

I was born in 87 so I missed out on the releases but I had seen them all on tape before I can even remember and have seen them countless times since.

I did see Phantom Menace in theaters but luckily I didn't stand in line for it.

Did I own any Star Wars toys? More than I can count! The toy line had a renaissance in the mid ninties and stole my interest away from GI Joe.

The best movie is Empire beyond a shadow of a doubt. RotJ might have been the best if the Ewoks were dropped.