kiwiatlarge said:
Yes, though in actuality it is more likely explained by your first point:
Star Wars as a series has always been full of repetition and allusions to previous events or things. Such as the often used phrase, "I have a bad feeling about this."
It's become the Dr. Seuss of space fantasy. Whereas Seuss' works have been described as conveying 'relentless repetition', Star Wars embeds relentless familiarity. Until it doesn't, and then the problems begin for some...
For example, the overly-complex plot of the Prequel Trilogy compared to the Original Trilogy; the overly-comedic aspects of the Prequel Trilogy compared to the Original Trilogy; the change in direction for Luke in the Sequel Trilogy, and so on.
Whenever the series becomes unfamiliar there's a battle ground waiting on a forum somewhere. Yet the same is also accurate when the familiar is noted to have become too familiar.
Creators of fiction can't win over everybody, and the internet has given a global soapbox to anyone who cares to tell them so.
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...didn't know December 2019 would be this fun.
Yeah Khev
(and the tent was easy target, vs probably guarded prized working AT-ST that had been scrounged by the raiders after the Empire fell. IMO it's a backstory that would fit these raiders having the AT-ST at all, in the middle of nowhere. The raiders didn't strike me as ex-soldiers, just scummy scavenger types. The AT-ST was up pretty fast which meant someone was close by who could operate it. )
People don't have to watch. For me can't wait for next episode and to be able to binge watch entire series.
I can buy that explanation.
And I did like that the dramatic rise into the air finally implied how people actually get *into* the bloody things (the method being that the AT-ST's are able to squat down to ground level when not in use.)
Not to mention a guy that supposedly has sexual intercourse with droids ignored C-3PO as if he weren't even there.
Look....I know I'm a crotchety old man at the ripe old age of 42. (Honestly, I don't feel that old but I've been called a boomer so often lately I'm wondering where my AARP card is. Come on....42 isn't THAT old!)
But I totally understand how kids these days can see things we loved from the 80s and think it's horrific....like for example all the sexual assault that I personally found hilarious and justified in "Revenge of the Nerds" in 1984, (and the blatant racism and homophobia)....but even I have to admit that now....holy christ man, those guys should all likely do some time for what they did.
(Except Dudley "Booger" Dawson....he'll never not be awesome to me....come on, he's been combing the high schools all day looking for a date!)
But to take something innocent and innocuous like freaking STAR WARS.....come on people.....STAR WARS.....and try to shoehorn gender identity and pansexuality and intersectionality (whatever the hell that is) into what was harmless, wholesome entertainment just comes off as mean-spirited and ugly to me.
First of all, Lando was introduced because even in the 70s people complained that there were no black people in SW!! So they introduced this cool, suave, ladies man. Yeah, he was shady...but he redeemed himself in the end. He was a cool, complex character.
He did NOT want to **** C-3PO.
Siiiiigh......I've gone from being a Goonie to being freaking Mama Fratelli.
Haha, yeah. I said the last Episode was another solid episode on one of my Instagram posts last week. But that it was my least favorite of the 4 episodes so far. But you'd swear I said something bad about their mothers. "No one's ever happy", "You complain too much", "you're so negative",blah, blah etc
The show is great but there's definitely faults and some plot holes to discuss. Same with everything else. People just don't know how to handle constructive criticism over something they love and getting defensive is the only reaction they know. So sad.
However, I do actually somewhat agree with his premise, as poorly worded and antagonistic as it is.
There does seem to be two camps: the camp (typically made up of older folks) that is devoted to the OT and the “accepted” position within their camp is that if you’re a true lover of SW and the OT characters, then you worship the OT and hate everything about the ST and any other type of new SW (with the exception of R1 since it’s a direct tie-in to their beloved OT) because it’s robbing them of their childhood. Then there’s the camp (typically made up of younger folks) that loves the ST and anything new SW and the agenda it pushes, who feel that anyone who hates anything new about SW and worships the OT is just a boomer who is opposed to any sort of change.
Both sides are overly sensitive to any criticism of the two trilogies depending on which one they hold close to their hearts, and both camps are just as guilty of what they accuse the other camp of.
Consequently, you basically just get a bunch of nerds of various ages doing this:
Then again, liking SW now isn’t really considered as nerdy as it was say 20 years ago when it was more exclusive and not mainstream the way it is now.
And you can just forget Blazing Saddles.
