Are There Any Valid Criticisms? (aka Kalessin's Rant)

[Rimbaud]

Aiwendil, you are correct, but I must confess on reading the quote you picked from me that I miswrote what I intended to say. When I talked of the 'average Star Wars watcher', that sounds as if I were describing a fan. I meant the average person with no prediliction for science-fiction/fantasy who happened to be watching Star Wars from a neutral, non-genre-specific viewpoint. The fans of course, as you say, are only too aware of the film's greater merits. It stands out for me as being one of the view from this genre to have aroused 'outside' praise. The literary world's recent distate of The Iliad is, again as you say, unfortunate. As for Dune, the other I mentioned. It seems to have been lumped in with the idealistic sci-fis of the 1970s when it is anything but. I wish the books in that series had a wider readership.

Thank you for correcting me. My words did not accurately represent me in what I had intended to say. I am clearly no author! [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]