What if ANH had bombed?

Deleted Deleted Member @Deleted Posts: 0	What if ANH had bombed? Jul 18, 2018 1:27:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 1:27:02 GMT Would Star Trek be the franchise with all the rabid fanboys? Would anything else have emerged to fill the void?

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What if ANH had bombed? Jul 18, 2018 20:03:31 GMT coldenhaulfield likes this

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Post by shinnickneth on Jul 18, 2018 20:03:31 GMT

Jul 18, 2018 1:27:02 GMT @nxnwrocks said:

Would Star Trek be the franchise with all the rabid fanboys? Would anything else have emerged to fill the void?

People throw this around like it's an insult. There's nothing wrong with being passionate and a fan of something. I've been a Star Wars fan for many years - I'm not going to stop because certain people want to try to stigmatize the word.

Your question is a hypothetical scenario. We could talk about it until we're black and blue, but it has no basis on fact. Maybe Star Trek would have become something bigger. Maybe not. Who knows.

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jamesbamesy Revered Member @jamesbamesy Posts: 16,071	What if ANH had bombed? Jul 22, 2018 1:50:36 GMT via mobile coldenhaulfield likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesbamesy on Jul 22, 2018 1:50:36 GMT It would change history FOREVER.

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What if ANH had bombed? Jul 22, 2018 12:00:24 GMT via mobile coldenhaulfield likes this

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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jul 22, 2018 12:00:24 GMT

It probably would be a another sci-fi film that would gather a cult following.

It would be interesting to see how modern sci-fi would look like without something like Star Wars making a big impact.

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What if ANH had bombed? Jul 25, 2018 5:17:42 GMT

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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 25, 2018 5:17:42 GMT

Jul 18, 2018 1:27:02 GMT @nxnwrocks said:

Would Star Trek be the franchise with all the rabid fanboys?

Star Trek movies wouldn't have been greenlit without Star Wars. Apparently there were discussions prior 1977, & yet it was Close Encounters & Star Wars' success which allowed it.

I do however wonder what genre might've been in vogue from 1977 onwards. Maybe we even get superhero era even earlier. Alien, Blade Runner, franchise toys, sci-fi video games... none of it without SW.
Indiana Jones wasn't dependent on SW, so maybe we get more throwback heroes like Robin Hood or whatever.

Diving deeper, I know Lego space was probably not dependent on SW, seeing as enough of it was about astronauts & rockets. Sci-fi as we know it today possibly stuck in NASA land.

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What if ANH had bombed? Jul 28, 2018 23:57:52 GMT twothousandonemark likes this

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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jul 28, 2018 23:57:52 GMT

Jul 18, 2018 1:27:02 GMT @nxnwrocks said:

Would Star Trek be the franchise with all the rabid fanboys? Would anything else have emerged to fill the void?

If ANH had flopped SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much would be different today. SO MUCH.

No, Star Trek would not be the franchise amongst fanboys. Paramount made Star Trek the Motion Picture as a direct result of the success of Star Wars. They basically said, as all studios do, "what do we have that can make SW sized money?" and they had the rights to Star Trek. ST the Motion Picture revived the ST franchise, if not ST would have been relegated to Lost In Space levels of interest.

No, without SW:ANH the entire landscape of motion pictures AND pop culture at large would not be the same.

All the movie studios suddenly started making lots more sci-fi movies and movies that had vast merchandising potential which led to the growth of pop culture at large. Suddenly we saw Superman the Movie, Star Trek the Motion Picture, The Black Hole (they cant all be winners), Alien, Blade Runner, The Terminator, etc. All of which led to the growth of several franchises!

Before SW we did not collect toys. There were some G.I. Joe collectors and some model train collectors, but that was it. After SW it was cool to collect dolls i.e. "action figures". It was cool to be into sci-fi. It was cool to be into comic books. George Lucas made one of the most BRILLIANT deals ever in that while the studio retained the movie rights he retained the licensing rights! No studio would ever allow that ever again.

Comic conventions would be about nerdy guys that live in their mothers basements, now it for everyone, including hot babes who cosplay in skimpy outfits!

My grades would have been better in grade school because I would have been paying attention in class instead of thinking about SW!

SO MUCH would be different!!!

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