I’ll never forgive the bastard for the mega lazy ending to Lost.
And I can’t be the only one tired to the bone of Star Wars by now?
Yet I’ll still presumably contribute to Abrams’ bank balance when it’s Bluray time.
I’ll be compelled to by the fans in the gang.
Let's face it, it's been a rollercoaster right from the original Trilogy with people loving Episodes IV and V and VI dividing opinion.
I've seen I and hated it. I didn't think II was much better and I still haven't watched III!
That leaves VII, VIII and IX. VII felt like a fan service and I still haven't watched VIII. I enjoyed both "Rogue One" and "Solo" as offshoots.
The trouble is, you get on board with a franchise you almost feel compelled to get to the end. And ever since Lucas took up the reins again, I've just regarded them as technical exercises meant to show off your Home Cinema that very much reflected the style of the time.
I mean, if you go back and watch the original Trilogy again, they are much more focused on character building and story telling, with the lightsabers and space battles being used relatively sparingly. This balance started to shift during the middle Trilogy, and now it feels almost the complete opposite and very much in the vein of modern blockbusters.
I write this as a 55-year-old who went to see Episode IV six times during the Summer holidays of 1977. If I were 14 now, I think I would probably love the last three films, wouldn't be too sure about the first three and maybe find the middle three laughably slow and antiquated!
And yes, like you I will add it to the Blu-Ray collection. I've got the cream-coloured Box with the first six films, plus VII and VIII as individual releases, I'll probably add this as an individual release (when it's dropped in price heavily) to finish off the collection. There'll probably be one mega Box with all nine films and, no doubt, a stupidly expensive 4K release too to get suckers - sorry, fans - to update YET AGAIN what they've already got too (no thanks).
It feels like it's mostly about generating income now, that the films are just vehicles for that rather than artistic statements in their own right, but maybe opinion will soften as time passes, including my own!