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That's the problem though. Snoke should have been interesting.Snoke isn’t really that interesting to be honest with you. When they revealed Palpatine’s laugh in the trailer I think everyone forgot about Snoke. The Knights of Ren are rumored to be in this one.
That in a nutshell is the problem with TLJ. Rian Johnson was so busy subverting expectation and undercutting drama with forced humour that he forgot that he was actually adding a chapter to an ongoing story. And of course,Disney being a massive corporation, take each movie as an isolated, solitary thing. So TLJ was a success, because it made money. Solo, which caught the backlash from TLJ, was a failure and a bad film.FOr me they had to explain Snoke. It is completely unacceptable to have Darth Chicken Thigh just 'be there' as the big bad. Emperor 2.0. YOu MUST explain him in context. They didn't.
The way Luke was treated was awful. Turning him into a creepy old man. Fuck no
I've heard some interesting rumours that reconcile who Snape, I mean Snoke was, with the return of Palpatine. But they are pure speculation, though allegedly from a reliable source.That's the problem though. Snoke should have been interesting.
I'm guessing Palpatine will appear as a hologram perhaps in a holocron discovered by Kylo Ren (THE stupidest villain name ever). I cannot see him being fully resurrected as a clone or whatever, and resolved, within the space of one film. He'll just give Ren some advice based on his experience with his grandpa and Ren will go off, take a job as a mild mannered reporter, and fight crime as a symbol of hope...oh wait, that's Superman.
FOr me they had to explain Snoke. It is completely unacceptable to have Darth Chicken Thigh just 'be there' as the big bad. Emperor 2.0. YOu MUST explain him in context. They didn't.
The way Luke was treated was awful. Turning him into a creepy old man. Fuck no
Kylo Ren (THE stupidest villain name ever).
That's Japanese for poison, so is not that bad
That's Japanese for poison, so is not that bad
No one out pizza's the Hutt's!Pizza the Hutt...I mean Jabba the Hutt.
Solo is never going to become a cult classic. It’s a competent movie but it never really takes any chances or does anything new.
I think The Last Jedi will always be viewed by critics as one of the best in the series. I think its stature among some fans will improve to when they see how it fits into the bigger narrative of the trilogy as a whole and not just against The Force Awakens.
That's Japanese for poison, so is not that bad
I agree on Solo.
But your claim on the Last Jedi? heh that's a BOLD claim sir. I'm making a hot sports prediction that this last movie will completely undermine the undermining that TLJ made on Force Awakens.
I'm fairly sure hatred of Ewoks is an internet gamer/nerd/gamer-nerd thing as everyone I know offline either likes them or doesn't mind them. Yub nub!
RotJ came out the summer between 5th and 6th grade for me, so I was just barely uncynical enough to not think about how it was a move to sell toys.My problem with the Ewoks was that they were very cutesy and seemed at the time to be purely to sell toys. There wasn't a ton of toy marketing before Star Wars, and they really didn't have the hang of it at the time. But they discovered Star Wars related toys were a big hit probably after TESB. When the Ewoks appeared in RotJ, it felt very calculated. Especially when the rumors started circulating that they'd replaced Wookies in the original story idea. So, they tended to pull me out of the movie and I found them distracting.
My problem with the Ewoks was that they were very cutesy and seemed at the time to be purely to sell toys. There wasn't a ton of toy marketing before Star Wars, and they really didn't have the hang of it at the time. But they discovered Star Wars related toys were a big hit probably after TESB. When the Ewoks appeared in RotJ, it felt very calculated. Especially when the rumors started circulating that they'd replaced Wookies in the original story idea. So, they tended to pull me out of the movie and I found them distracting.
Back when I saw RotJ in the cinema there were some scenes that were a bit dark and intense for me. I mean, it was my very first Star Wars cinema experience and I absolutely loved it, but in retrospect I'm not sure I would have taken young me to see it. I guess it varies a lot from person to person, depending on things like innate sensitivity, but the Emperor is a pretty scary dude and Jabba's palace is a dark and miserable place full of creepy monsters communicating in guttural tongues.I’ve got no issues with Ewoks per se but find fans liking the Ewoks and yet taking the films super seriously and claiming they aren’t for kids is pretty contradictory. I knew guys in film classes who made very grandiose claims for the the OT. I remember after Phantom Menace came out I ran into one of those guys and asked him what he thought. His disappointment was visible. ‘It’s for kids,’ he said. Yeah I pointed out, just like the original films.
For me, it is the context. It's in a romance scene, and there is nothing worse for setting a romantic mood than going off on a tangent about things that you find irritating.Can you guys help me with something? Perhaps this will make me look like an uncultured fool, but can anyone tell me exactly what's wrong with Anakin's "I don't like sand" line from the prequels?
This is regularly held up as an example of terrible dialogue, but it always seemed pretty innocuous to me.
Can you guys help me with something? Perhaps this will make me look like an uncultured fool, but can anyone tell me exactly what's wrong with Anakin's "I don't like sand" line from the prequels?
This is regularly held up as an example of terrible dialogue, but it always seemed pretty innocuous to me.
For me, it is the context. It's in a romance scene, and there is nothing worse for setting a romantic mood than going off on a tangent about things that you find irritating.
I lived in a desert for years, so while I agree entirely with Anakin's feelings on sand, it just isn't a topic that I deploy for the purposes of wooing.
OK, I always took that scene as casual conversation drifting into attraction without either party realizing it at first, so it never bugged me. The fireside scene … now, that was painful romantic dialogue.
OK, I always took that scene as casual conversation drifting into attraction without either party realizing it at first, so it never bugged me. The fireside scene … now, that was painful romantic dialogue.
I find the reaction to TLJ which holds it to be a betrayal or undermining of what TFA set up to be puzzling: It's actually a ruthless follow-through on the situation TFA set up.