Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Bloop said:
Watched half of the first episide before getting tired of it. Really surprised there's so many people here that love it, especially the people that always bellyache about everything else, including other Star Wars content.

Is it a good story? Maybe, though I wasn't interested in it (I didn't watch enough to find out if it improves). Is it "Star Wars?" To me, no. At least not what I saw. The esthetic is too "real world." Lucas created a universe that had similarities to ours - a farm boy, longing for adventure, etc - while Skeleton Crew is just our world with minor changes. If this were a sci-fi story set in our future, fine, that works. But it's not. I get taken out of any Star Wars story that has elements that are too "human," including Lucas's own works - for example, the 50s diner with straight up blues music playing that Obi-Wan visits in AOTC, or that one head of the two-headed pod race announcer. But Lucas still did a better job of riding the line of creating something familiar yet different enough that it felt new. He even made the right decision to cut Luke hanging out qith his friends at Toschi Station, which was too evocative of 1970s earth teens. People are talking about Skeleton Crew being like The Goonies, which I get, but I got the feeling Disney is trying to make it like Harry Potter.

Before the critics here bash me, I admit I didn't watch all of it, but it didn't grab me. I just wasn't interested in the story of some kid from the suburbs that wants to be a Jedi, or the girl that races speeder bikes because "there's nothing else to do on this planet." I guess the message of this is that suburbs are boring. It obviously is trying to ape Luke's story from the original Star Wars, but it misses the mark. Like I said earlier, maybe the story itself is good overall and maybe it gets more interesting, but I just didn't care to stick around to find out. I think there's a lot of people trying to convince themselves this is great like we did when the prequels came out.
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Thanks for sharing your view. So far I’ve been enjoying it as a light-hearted kid show.
 
I see The Explorers comparison, but it still is just remaking the original Star Wars. It starts with another Corellian Corvette, like the Tantive IV, getting violently boarded by a masked villain who's looking for something that ends up not being there (the Death Star plans replaced with credits), then we cut to a young boy who longs for adventure, adding a young girl who has the same desire (which mitigates any compaints of gender-swapping the "Luke" character by having one of each gender).

I get that Disney is trying to appeal to kids and non-Star Wars fans, people that didn't experience the original films in the theater. Fans like me aren't the target demographic any more and Disney just wants to keep making money off this franchise for as long as they can. I mean, they still hope to retain some of us by offering something similar, literally remaking the original movie again, as they did with TFA. Just more "same but different."
 
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Bloop said:
I see The Explorers comparison, but it still is just remaking the original Star Wars. It starts with another Corellian Corvette, like the Tantive IV, getting violently boarded by a masked villain who's looking for something that ends up not being there (the Death Star plans replaced with credits), then we cut to a young boy who longs for adventure, adding a young girl who has the same desire (which mitigates any compaints of gender-swapping the "Luke" character by having one of each gender).

I get that Disney is trying to appeal to kids and non-Star Wars fans, people that didn't experience the original films in the theater. Fans like me aren't the target demographic any more and Disney just wants to keep making money off this franchise for as long as they can. I mean, they still hope to retain some of us by offering something similar, literally remaking the original movie again, as they did with TFA. Just more "same but different."
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I’ve often said that Star Trek 2009 was a remake of ANH.

A farm boy is approached by a wiser older person telling him that he has a destiny greater than he can imagine. (Kirk and Pike)

He gets carried away on a ship and faces off against the Death Star. (Romulan mining ship)

Alderaan is destroyed. (Vulcan)

Princess Leia is captured on the death star and Luke and Han go to rescue her. (Captain Pike on the Romulan mining ship, Kirk and Spock rescue him)

The Death Star is destroyed by a tie fighter. (Spock and the jellyfish ship)

We even had Han and Chewie with Scotty and the little lizard guy.
 
Halliwax said:
Loved that movie
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I mean how could you not love this

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Bloop said:
Watched half of the first episide before getting tired of it. Really surprised there's so many people here that love it, especially the people that always bellyache about everything else, including other Star Wars content.

Is it a good story? Maybe, though I wasn't interested in it (I didn't watch enough to find out if it improves). Is it "Star Wars?" To me, no. At least not what I saw. The esthetic is too "real world." Lucas created a universe that had similarities to ours - a farm boy, longing for adventure, etc - while Skeleton Crew is just our world with minor changes. If this were a sci-fi story set in our future, fine, that works. But it's not. I get taken out of any Star Wars story that has elements that are too "human," including Lucas's own works - for example, the 50s diner with straight up blues music playing that Obi-Wan visits in AOTC, or that one head of the two-headed pod race announcer. But Lucas still did a better job of riding the line of creating something familiar yet different enough that it felt new. He even made the right decision to cut Luke hanging out qith his friends at Toschi Station, which was too evocative of 1970s earth teens. People are talking about Skeleton Crew being like The Goonies, which I get, but I got the feeling Disney is trying to make it like Harry Potter.

Before the critics here bash me, I admit I didn't watch all of it, but it didn't grab me. I just wasn't interested in the story of some kid from the suburbs that wants to be a Jedi, or the girl that races speeder bikes because "there's nothing else to do on this planet." I guess the message of this is that suburbs are boring. It obviously is trying to ape Luke's story from the original Star Wars, but it misses the mark. Like I said earlier, maybe the story itself is good overall and maybe it gets more interesting, but I just didn't care to stick around to find out. I think there's a lot of people trying to convince themselves this is great like we did when the prequels came out.
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I can't speak for anyone else but I'm not desperate for new good SW content or trying to convince myself of anything. I don't like things simply because they're labeled SW. I'm also not generally swayed by popular opinion. I just like what I like. For whatever that's worth.

We all have different tolerance levels before deciding whether or not to push forward especially if we're not into it from the get go. I decided that I was most likely going to finish the series regardless. For me it's not just the show, it's the experience of watching it with friends. Most love it and a few are not so keen on it.

Honestly I didn't care for the first episode very much and share many of your grievances with it. The second episode got progressively much better, especially with feeling more like Star Wars. The third was a massive improvement and frankly really enjoyable. I agree that there seems to be more "earth" in this. Initially that and a few other things were off putting but whether or not they will be long standing issues with the rest of the series remains to be seen.

No one has to watch whatever they don't want to obviously. It is harder to discuss content when assessments are made without the full or most of the picture. It's like discussing a 2 hour movie with someone whose only watched the trailer.
 
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Fun episode, though I think there could have been more buildup to Fern doubting herself as Captain. It was mostly Neel's story until it was suddenly her's.

I hope the payoff for At Attin is worth all the buildup.
 
Been loving the show! It’s fun, but also deeper than people give credit. Haters aren’t looking past the surface.

Pretty sure I’ve figured out the ending to a tee, but keeping hush to avoid ruining the fun. You’ll be floored, everything will make sense. As I go scrounging for evidence to back my Wacky Fan Theory™, I keep uncovering layers and Layers and LAYERS not just of the expected Easter eggs and sillyness, but also nuance and some fairly deep allegory. The whole thing is gonna warrant at least a third watch. If we ever get a “Making Of” book, it’s gonna be like a foot thick.
 
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