That claim sounds ‘ intriguing ‘ Seth ... kinda like ( sort of , maybe - but not exactly mind you ) ... how a persons ‘ SWIQ ‘ might be judged .
Purely out of curiosity ( and for fun ) , any chance you could tell me where i sit on this spectrum ?
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I can’t! Every time I post anythin g political (usually respoinding to somebody crying about how SJWs are ruining their lives) I get reported!
And I find it amazing how someone can openly admit that they hated the PT so much that they deliberately went on the internet to ruin the experience for others then post in the TLJ thread that they utterly detest fanboy crybabies assuming ownership and and agency over Star Wars.
Easy. Because when the PT came out I was a 20-something, fresh out of film school, chip on my shoulder having punk with a superiority complex. Now I am a 40-something, family man and a working TV and movie screenwriter who has had gotten his fair share of hatemail because I took risks with a beloved franchise character. I gained some perspective about how Hollywood works, how movies get made, and how screaming babies on the internet are not representative of anything.
Also, fandom has become infinitely worse in the almost 20 years since TPM came out thanks to social media giving everybody a voice with no requirements of empthy or respect, and a sense of community amongst as*holes to the point that they feel they have said agency and ownership of their chosen franchise. I don’t require anybody to share my opinion, but I also enjoy debating on why I think they are wrong. But when somebody starts to actively try to ruin other people’s joy, I don’t like it. I also don’t like absurd generalizations that are borderline hate speech or dragging politics into talk about Star Wars. So when I see that crap, I call it out.
So the short version is: I grew up.
But given that I disagree with most everything you say, I doubt you’ll find this answer satisfactory and will proceed to make random quotes or comebacks to try and make me seem like a hypocrite— of which I am not interested in responding to.