The Dial Comes To Town

[The Mystical Man]

I love this:

Good times.

Sixty years later:

I love the reactions of the audience. When was the last time a visionary presented something new that made the audience go berserk? When the Star Destroyer appeared at the beginning of A New Hope, the audience applauded, even though they didn't know what Star Wars was. We don't have those kinds of exciting experiences anymore, because at this point in time we know everything, and even the seemingly new isn't really new anymore. It's difficult to blow people's minds away, because the mind is familiar with everything. Disrupting that familiarity with something truly novel is very difficult, if not impossible, these days.

Edited October 2, 2022 by The Mystical Man