Well not to worry. Anything that directly acknowledges the ST as canon, which something set after it and featuring its main character obviously will, is an easy pass for me no matter who was directing.
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But then you also have ask WHY is she making movies for these people, instead of making a movie for the other 99% of the audience that’s actually there hoping to experience a good film."I like making men uncomfortable...not you though!"
Say what you ******* mean then. You like to make A hole, misogynists uncomfortable to get your point across and the rest of us are fine. This kind of non-specific generalization against all men **** drives young guys to go watch Andrew Taint! And women like her wonder why misogyny is on the rise in young boys. Well done!
Edit: 'a**hole' automatically gets corrected to 'fine fellow'
Those people aren’t going to like your movies no matter what you do, so stop trying to simultaneously appease and agitate them.
It’s so backwards.
She's an activist. She wants to get in their faces and in their content so they have to see it but it's just driving other people away.
It's like the stop oil protesters blocking the roads. You're not winning people over and getting them to support you by inconveniencing them.
It's a tough thing to crack though. If she went and made a chick flick with the same kind of themes, the guys she wants to make uncomfortable wouldn't go see it, so it wouldn't get the point across. This way does for a little while, but then you push the rest of the audience away and everybody stops watching.
I'm all for social commentary and raising awareness in films, look at Robocop and it's satire of Capitalism, but that was done in a genius way. They're too heavy handed in their commentary around it and it's getting a lot of push back because of their 'my way or the highway' attitude.
Can you imagine Stan Lee in the 60's creating the X-Men as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement and coming out in interviews saying "I want to make white people uncomfortable!" 
Yes, the results gleaned from open, in your face antagonism will apparently surprise these people. And there are very real consequences to it all on the larger scale outside just the arts and entertainment arena. I probably can't risk being any more specific. But these activists seriously need to reconsider their approach......or carry on shooting themselves and their causes in the foot.
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Make me uncomfortable, but if your whole point is to make me uncomfortable then you've lost me. I'm not seeing your movie.
A favorite movie of mine is Fried Green Tomatoes. Far from being a movie geared towards me. Saw it by accident. Movie we wanted to see was packed, so we had some time to kill and snuck in to this one for some odd reason. Saw about a third of it and got kicked out 'cause we didn't pay for it. I was so bummed we got kicked out that we ended up going to see it the following week. Don't know if the makers of this movie had an agenda or not, but they had a damn good story with characters that made me care.
A favorite movie of mine is Fried Green Tomatoes. Far from being a movie geared towards me. Saw it by accident. Movie we wanted to see was packed, so we had some time to kill and snuck in to this one for some odd reason. Saw about a third of it and got kicked out 'cause we didn't pay for it. I was so bummed we got kicked out that we ended up going to see it the following week. Don't know if the makers of this movie had an agenda or not, but they had a damn good story with characters that made me care.
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I just hope Hamill doesn't lend himself to this drivel again, his likeness or his voice (as force ghost).
Though Disney likely already own his cg likeness, and can pull soundbites to have it say anything they need.
Force Ghost Luke: ROTJ: "I was a Jedi like my father befo...."
Rey: "Men, that is why you all failed, and I had to re-kill the re-emperor, another man for you"
Force Ghost Luke: "No that was just terrible writing "
Force Ghost Leia: Slaps Force Ghost Luke.
Trans-handicapable-afro-filipino-gay-neon-haired Jedi: Now you're uncomfortable, cause brave, stunning women are speaking and now we are rebuilding the Jedi you failed! And if you don't love it you are a proven bigot!
Cue : John Williams theme.
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We know that this will be the routine because we've seen it play out exactly like that several times now.
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All of us agreeing that this approach to the movie is divisive and just hurts everyone in the long run is giving me the warm and fuzzies.
There actually IS something wrong with ‘equity’ because it’s replaced merit as the determining factor for who is getting hired.
Merit should always be the primary factor. Trying to engineer ‘equity’ into the equation just doesn’t work. Hire the best people for the particular project regardless of colour or sex and let the ‘diversity’ chips fall where they may.
And what if some people don't get a fair shot? There needs to be equity in opportunity.
"Merit should always be the primary factor." Equity levels the playing field so that merit can be the primary factor.
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I'm playing devil's advocate only because this response occurred to me, but I'm very much torn on the whole issue really.
Say you have a kid with a bionic leg who can kick 100 yard field goals. The 'merit' is there, so do we cast aside all the natural talent who just can't obtain a bionic leg for whatever reason. The real world says 'yes'. Winning is everything. But in that world, you end up with a lot of disenfranchised people. Like we have now. And sooner or later, that pool gets very, very large. [see French Revolution]
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