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[rhodanum]

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Because I want more people to see this: han_spinel on Twitter created a lovely fan-trailer for "The Phantom Menace", a shot-for-shot visual parallel to "The Force Awakens" official theatrical trailer.

TPM is the film that made a Star Wars fan out of me and it's heartening to see it loved and appreciated, particularly now, in the year of its 20th anniversary.

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[sonofgodzilla]

That last comment is very wry and very apt.

I don't know either of these shows, you know, although stuff like Mysterious Cities of Gold was par for the course when I was young.

[rhodanum]

Oooh, I've heard a lot about Mysterious Cities of Gold, though I never caught it when it was airing on TV. It's on my (admittedly very large) backlog, along with other classics I either missed or only watched as a child and now have the opportunity to look at with adult eyes.

[sonofgodzilla]

It was like the show for children for a while - I never really liked it that much, I was much more into Ulysses 31 and Battle of the Planets because I was the archetypal science fiction nerd kid when I was little. I might have to go back to Mysterious Cities myself just to try and remember what all the fuss was about.