The Second Law of thermodynamics at work

Rating: 5/10 (7 August 2007)

"Star Wars", (the original 1977 version) was, in my opinion, one of the truly great movies of all time. Later versions and sequels have been of ... oh, let's say "declining quality." They have reached their nadir with "Revenge of the Sith." This episode is a distressing illustration of the second law of thermodynamics, the mathematical expression of the tendency of all things in nature to run down, wear out or just plain go to hell. I could be wrong, but it seems to me this is due to the enormous freedom granted by advances in computer graphics. That ability has been substituted for the simple - but vast - imagination that drove the original. Compare the opening scenes of "Star Wars" and "Sith" and you'll see what I mean. They perfectly illustrate the falsity of the dictum, "If some is good, more is better."