Despite their discovery a century and a score ago, binary stars weren't prominent in film and TV that I recall. In 1977, the choice was one of a thousand details to follow Jaws in 1975 that ampliflied the expectations of a summer film. The term "blockbuster" comes from those two films, I thought. Their combined success was another of the cycle of "disruption" to the steady-state Aether of the studio system. That's the film studies dogma, anyways.
Lucas' indulgence of attribution is a boys' club camaraderie
As a kid, the binary stars...I simply hadn't seen on the big screen and their anomaly evoked awe and Astronomy went from block drawings of Galileo and Newton and a diminishing memory of Moon landings to...Sagan, with Spock somewhere between. It made Astronomy as cool as sports.
When I read much later how filmmakers echo one another
Actually, astronomers have known for a long time that most brighter star systems are binary [csiro.au]. Their appearance in science fiction movies isn't because filmmakers are copying eac
Their appearance in science fiction movies isn't because filmmakers are copying each other. It's because someone involved with making the film wanted to make their science fiction a little more founded in science fact, and had an astronomer review the script.
~Solandri
I wrote what I did without drafting, and you are correct to point out "isn't because filmakers copy each other". Filmmakers frequently acknowledge artistry from colleagues in other nations/cultures and even "echo back" within and across genre. I'm not studied in film, only a cinephile, but the information is out there: ___ film influences ___ film. American versions of Japanese and back again...French, Italian, Swedish, and Russian...largely between early 60s thru 90s when (conveniently ignoring Bollywood)
Anyway, the two suns on Tatooine? After reading about Lucas' purposeful referencing of Kurosawa, acknowledging its inspiration, and his central theme of fathers and sons and the histories of conquest, or invasion (vader/father), the two suns were metaphor for his sensibility of dualities separating and inexorably uniting humanity's search for meaning within the constraints of violence.
Tomato3s and Celery Stalks (Score:3, Interesting)
Lucas' indulgence of attribution is a boys' club camaraderie
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Actually, astronomers have known for a long time that most brighter star systems are binary [csiro.au]. Their appearance in science fiction movies isn't because filmmakers are copying eac
Re: (Score:2)
Their appearance in science fiction movies isn't because filmmakers are copying each other. It's because someone involved with making the film wanted to make their science fiction a little more founded in science fact, and had an astronomer review the script.
~Solandri
I wrote what I did without drafting, and you are correct to point out "isn't because filmakers copy each other". Filmmakers frequently acknowledge artistry from colleagues in other nations/cultures and even "echo back" within and across genre. I'm not studied in film, only a cinephile, but the information is out there: ___ film influences ___ film. American versions of Japanese and back again...French, Italian, Swedish, and Russian...largely between early 60s thru 90s when (conveniently ignoring Bollywood)
Re:Tomato3s and Celery Stalks (Score:2)
Anyway, the two suns on Tatooine? After reading about Lucas' purposeful referencing of Kurosawa, acknowledging its inspiration, and his central theme of fathers and sons and the histories of conquest, or invasion (vader/father), the two suns were metaphor for his sensibility of dualities separating and inexorably uniting humanity's search for meaning within the constraints of violence.