{"id":37677,"date":"2022-06-02T14:35:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=37677"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:01:32","slug":"everything-is-better-than-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/02\/everything-is-better-than-star-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything is Better than Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/02\/everything-is-better-than-star-wars\/shock-waves-dvd-insert\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shock-Waves-dvd-insert.jpg?fit=640%2C975&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,975\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shock-Waves-dvd-insert\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shock-Waves-dvd-insert.jpg?fit=640%2C975&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37678\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shock-Waves-dvd-insert.jpg?resize=640%2C975&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shock-Waves-dvd-insert.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shock-Waves-dvd-insert.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a scan of an insert from the DVD package of <em>Shock Waves,<\/em> a movie originally released the same year as <em>Star Wars<\/em> which also starred <em>Peter Cushing<\/em>. <em>Star Wars<\/em> was a huge success and it did change the way that movies are financed, made and marketed, but it can be argued that it is <em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> the greatest science fiction movie ever made. On the other hand, <em>Shock Waves <strong>is<\/strong><\/em> the greatest <em>underwater Nazi zombie<\/em> movie ever made!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"First Movie Poster I Ever Bought\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/2379656277\/in\/photolist-2mmcWRx-2mm7UgP-2jxXdhc-27ebwMH-Fen8yX-CawpbD-AdWuuJ-7znKjP-6YLQme-6Nvd6f-6dBUB8-6dAYzi-4KepAs-4ChmUv-4t4o2U\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/2158\/2379656277_99effd7548_m.jpg?resize=180%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"First Movie Poster I Ever Bought\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I used to collect movie posters back when the movie studios and advertising agencies used illustrations and movie posters were worth collecting. I do have the <em>Star Wars<\/em> &#8220;B&#8221; sheet which was used some time during the film&#8217;s initial release. It was back before home video so it played in theaters for well over a year. I liked that &#8220;B&#8221; sheet poster a lot more than the original <em>Star Wars<\/em> poster by the Hildebrandt brothers, but I would trade them both for an original <em>Shock Waves<\/em> poster. I think I would have it professionally framed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a scan of an insert from the DVD package of Shock Waves, a movie originally released the same year as Star Wars which also starred Peter Cushing. Star Wars was a huge success and it did change the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/02\/everything-is-better-than-star-wars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,5084],"tags":[191,5342,76,5340,192,5168],"class_list":["post-37677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff-joe-likes","category-whats-on-tv","tag-191","tag-bob-larkin","tag-horror","tag-shock-waves","tag-star-wars","tag-zombies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9NH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20125,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/12\/18\/slaves-to-star-wars\/","url_meta":{"origin":37677,"position":0},"title":"Slaves to Star Wars","author":"Joe","date":"December 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Star Wars' place in the annals of film, fantasy and fandom history is undeniable, and I have no doubt that the film has inspired countless careers in the arts and generated more breathtaking illustrative and sculptural works than any other movie, but when is enough going to be enough? 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Every other film\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;What I Miss About Comics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"What I Miss About Comics","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/what-i-miss-about-comics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cylons-is-Golden-det.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37957,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/21\/everything-is-better-than-star-wars-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":37677,"position":2},"title":"Everything is Better Than Star Wars","author":"Joe","date":"June 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Star Wars clobbered me over the head with its bombastic musical score, fantastic sound design and revolutionary optical effects. I was dazzled as were millions of other kids in the Summer of 1977. It was like a new religion -- the religion of summer blockbusters started with the release of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"German Dawn of the Dead Poster","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3934\/15437573899_e98858d852_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3934\/15437573899_e98858d852_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3934\/15437573899_e98858d852_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1960,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/12\/07\/geek-cred-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":37677,"position":3},"title":"Geek Cred","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, I was part of the first wave of official Star Wars Fan Club members back in 1977. 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