No I said that you are insulting your own intelligence.
while just conveniently ignoring how it was never explained that Palpatine was alive in the film. How in the hell is that not worthy of criticism. A guy who died in ROTJ and we don't get to see how/why he is back, let alone his announcement to the galaxy because they put in a ****ing video game?
THAT IS A NECESSARY EXPLANATION NEEDED.
Nonsense. It's an unnecessary explanation because it has absolutely no bearing on how the characters overcome the conflicts they are faced with in the film. How did Jason Voorhees survive drowning and successfully live off the land until adulthood? How did the Ark move from Jerusalem to Tanis? Why is it filled with death ghosts and laserbeams? What is the Riddle of Steel? How did the xenomorphs get into the ceiling after all the barracades were secured? What exactly is Alex Murphy; dead, living, something in between? Answer: It doesn't freaking matter because there is more important **** for the characters to deal with.
Sure it's fun to nerd out and theorize whether Murphy really was dead dead or only mostly dead (lol) or go pour through schematics in the ALIENS role-playing game to see what secret access hatch the xenomorphs used to get into Operations but that's just nerdy side stuff that absolutely doesn't need to be explained on film. As long as the characters are reacting to events properly and nothing breaks the film's own internal logic and "rules" then they're good. Did TROS err on the side of ambiguity with regard to Palps' return? Obviously. Did they openly break any rules by bringing him back when the established universe allows for cheating death, cloning, and magic? Nope. So it's perfectly valid to wonder about the details of his return but it didn't play into the clear and present danger that the heroes had a very limited amount of time to deal with and therefore wasn't critical information for the audience to have.
The fact that you keep harping on some Fortnite ad and extra info spelled out in the novelization as being "necessary" just reaffirms over and over again how you personally need much more hand holding and guidance through a story than audiences who came before you ever did. I can only assume that you were utterly lost trying to understand the opening crawl of ROTS since you apparently *needed* those animated shorts on Cartoon Network to see what it described? Did you have no clue what was going on in ANH for 40 years until Rogue One showed you what happened in *that* opening crawl? You constantly (though not consistently) equate stuff being fleshed out for the fun of it with things needing to be fleshed out. They aren't one and the same.
There we go again with the JuSt A fAnTaSy StOrY, just a fantasy story but you are piecing together parts of the novelization to apply to the movie to make Snoke make sense. You are more guilty of what you are accusing us of
Don't put your own words in my mouth.
I never once said that Snoke's role didn't make sense. I just think the extra details from the book about him being a Plagueis clone are *cool* and so therefore am including them in my own head canon for TROS.I told you, I don't really want to have big discussions about the prequels. I've dissected those films a hundred times over, think they pretty much suck so would rather spend my time discussing films I like. And you can write your 1,000 word essays bashing TROS but since I don't agree with any of it what's the point in me quoting every line just to counter your own very subjective opinion that I can't relate to in any way? It's not like I'm going to change your mind and since you can't get why I like the movie what's the point? So one word replies or no replies is what you get.
Now don't be taking my posts personally. Even me saying that you are openly insulting your own intelligence is mostly in jest. Mostly.
It's still all just "my take." Nothing more. And it's not like I'm singing the praises of Schindler's List no I fully realize that I'm gushing over a movie that somehow (lol) is equal parts 80's slasher movie as it is Lord of the Rings. That is such an awesomely bizarre combination that also hits all the right wish fulfillment beats with regard to where I wanted them to take the mythos that I can't help but love it. But as I've said from the beginning I'm not surprised that TROS just went too off the rails for many others.
Those Cocoa Puffs are far better than those Froot Loops you eat
Lol, I'll give you that one. Eating Froot Loops while watching Rey cuddle the snake does sound like a pretty good combo actually.
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