Quote Originally Posted by WebLurker View Post
Bet people said the same thing about Star Wars back in '77.
Star Wars was completely different. Star Wars was a phenomena that changed cinema. People saw special effects that they never saw before and it was the first very mainstream science fiction epic. It was the pop culture film for an entirely generation. Even the people in the "it" hollywood crowd new it was a game changer and they tried to give it as many Oscars as it realistically merited to honor it (nobody expected to win best picture anymore than people though Joker or another box office film would win). But it was alread highly respected and you couldn't go anywhere without seeing it.