First, are you the same person who started the last thread like this? I think his name was Tom, or Thomas.. Tone, writing and comments are very familiar. How do you feel about eewoks?
While some may find the stuck thread a love fest, I find this thread, and the one that it's copying, full of a LOT of hollow issues. Some are right on, but nothing is perfect, except maybe ESB.
Another desert planet? Sure.If it had been a forest planet, or snow planet it would have been "Another _____planet?
Who was an orphan in the OT?
Luke was with family, was he not? He had blue milk and meals prepared for him after a day of bombing around canyons shooting innocent fauna, while Rey has to scavenge for food and eats alone in the shell of a war machine. Not getting the copycat thing here at all - care to elaborate?
Orphan that has the info about a superweapon?
What info does BB8 have about a death star? Maybe droids are the thumb drives of the Star Wars universe. Or in this case, thumb drive holders.
Beach Ball droid designed...? Wasn't BB8 derivitive of an idea for the original R2?
Final battle/Death Star?
Well, got me there. I wasn't crazy about that one either. But I do like Poe's character. Another new thing, not many people going after him...
LOTR character? You wouldn't mention it if Andy Serkis wasn't "playing" the character.
Kylo.... Agree, somewhat. could have involved more story to it. But they are introducing several new characters, as well as reintroducing 3 OT characters. Tangled web, may have suffered (even more, by some opinions) from getting too attached to one characters arc.
And he's not meant to be a replacement for Vader. This what gets me about the complainers. When they mimic things, its a fault. When they don't, it's also a fault. Kylo is a villain in training, and conflicted about his destiny. He's sorta like Luke in Star Wars. Ah, but there's that whole copying the OT thing again...
TIE fighters changed/evolved throughout the OT. There were TWO types of TIEs in TFA, did you catch that?
The defecting trooper is a decent idea. It's new, there were no defecting troopers in the OT. Again, something new that it chastised...
Not getting the hate directed towards CGI characters, especially when so many defend the pT stuff. Double especially when you can look in a cantina scene, and be okay with Mosquito-like characters sitting a table and you can tell they're not real. Nor is the guy with the tusks in his face sitting with the female bounty hunter. Can suspend disbelief for one, but not the other? Maz wasn't that bad... and hardly Yoda-like.
I cannot deny the callbacks of the OT with this movie, it works to move the plot along. However, it's not xeroxed as complainers make it out to be.
Things that bugged me: the flying spaghetti monsters. The under use of the gangs that board Solo's freighter (and the fact that they just board with no problem?) There's things I'd like to have seen and didn't, but that didn't ruin the experience for me, and I went in fairly spoiled on details/characters. Not saying it was a perfect movie - it was not. But some of the issues people have - have bigger holes than what trying to call out.
It was an entertaining ride for me. I enjoyed it much more the second time. And the third viewing. Have yet to view it on IMAX or large digital screen yet. Can't wait.
First, I started a new thread so as not to belittle, argue, disagree with, or denigrate those that liked this movie!
If you did, then go for it and continue to enjoy it and please do not read on!
but for me Episode 7 was a complete let down, here is why for me:
episode 7 : the force snoozes.
episode 7 : the slight and unimaginative "re-imagining" of Episode 4; A New Hope!
Another desert planet??
Another desert planet orphan?
Another desert planet orphan that has information about a Death Star super weapon inside a droid that the bad guys desperately want!!??
A beach ball droid designed purely to sell toys to 8 year olds!!??
Another "Death Star"!!??
Another final battle against the Death Star!?
A character from Lord of the rings running the "first order"!?
they could have made the whole kylo ren grandfather/father thing surprising and/or suspenseful instead of just throwing it out there so unimaginatively!
kylo ren looks nothing like either Han or Leia!
with two crew member......where exactly are the TIE fighter engines?
Han dies and Chewie and Leia just walk past each other afterwards without even acknowledging it let alone consoling each other.
They may be "the first order" but they are not even a fourth rate Empire!
kylo ren would be an embarrassment to Darth Vader and is THE lamest SW villain ever!
I think the whole creative process got away from them when they came up with and congratulated theselves too much for the whole defecting stormtrooper idea and then this:
jj: " I know!......instead of Threepio having a silver leg,.......let's make his arm red!"
Applause from the production staff! ; "brilliant jj!"
jj; and let's reverse the colours the TIE fighters to make the different too!"
" Brilliant jj!" respond the staff!
Seriously!!?????
Is this all ya got??
and THE worst bit of disney direction for the new movies: the little Titan AE, Yoda-esque Character saying: " the lightsaber called to you"! WTF?
Can the horrible 8 year old humour and disney channel laugh track be far behind?
PS, capitalization given only where deserved!
So is it just me?
I would like to hear that it's not!
Thomas
