Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Dalton (A) on August 18, 2010 at 13:18:23

In Reply to: RE: They are responsible for creating the generation that equates movies with... posted by Victor Khomenko on August 18, 2010 at 06:03:13

The Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Earthquake, et al.

These were the first really big special effects blockbusters, where visual effects so completely trumped any mundane considerations such as plot or characterization. Star Wars didn't start it.

Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture are probably what killed the disaster genre almost for good (until Titanic brought it back and gave as The Perfect Storm, Twister, Deep Impact, Armegeddon, etc.). Can't you at least give Star Wars some credit for doing that?