Star was has been ridden to death, then some, and then some more, until only bloody goop was ground across the floor. By Jar Jar Abrams nonetheless, who never managed to tie any story together at the end in his life.
All trying to ride on the former glory of movies barely anyone who watches them even knows anymore. Fan fiction level space opera, written by a teenager who thought he got sci-fi because he put a knights and magic" fantasy story in the "future^Wpast.
The first two and a half movies were fun when I was a kid, but that's about it. They appear silly now.
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all st
When I saw Rogue One, I thought "ok, cool, this side-quest sortof movie turned out to be the best Star Wars movie since Empire." I know some folks pooh pooh it because they thought the characters were killed off too quickly, but I liked almost everything about it. It's super-underrated, but fortunately gets fairly overlooked when folks shit on modern Star Wars.
When I saw Rogue One, I thought "ok, cool, this side-quest sortof movie turned out to be the best Star Wars movie since Empire." I know some folks pooh pooh it because they thought the characters were killed off too quickly, but I liked almost everything about it. It's super-underrated, but fortunately gets fairly overlooked when folks shit on modern Star Wars.
I liked it because it's war and, especially in asymmetric warfare, the smaller side will often lose whole units in combat. However, I was very upset that the whole story glossed over the sacrifice of the many Bothans who died to bring them that information.
The "grittiness" of Rogue One seems to have kind of spilled over into The Mandalorian which I am very interested to see. (You have to be intrigued by a show that includes shots of bloodied stormtrooper helmets on spikes.)
You're right. The story glossed over that... because it hadn't happened yet. "Many Bothans died to bring us this information." was a line by Mon Mothma in Return of the Jedi and said in regard to obtaining the plans for the SECOND Death Star.
You're right. The story glossed over that... because it hadn't happened yet. "Many Bothans died to bring us this information." was a line by Mon Mothma in Return of the Jedi and said in regard to obtaining the plans for the SECOND Death Star.
Clearly, we need Rogue Two, set in the time period between Empire and Jedi, featuring the Bothans.
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Seriously, who cares? (Score:3, Insightful)
Star was has been ridden to death, then some, and then some more, until only bloody goop was ground across the floor. By Jar Jar Abrams nonetheless, who never managed to tie any story together at the end in his life.
All trying to ride on the former glory of movies barely anyone who watches them even knows anymore. Fan fiction level space opera, written by a teenager who thought he got sci-fi because he put a knights and magic" fantasy story in the "future^Wpast.
The first two and a half movies were fun when
Re: (Score:5, Interesting)
The first two and a half movies were fun when I was a kid, but that's about it. They appear silly now.
I watch them now and think: in Episode 4 in the opening, they knew they were being chased and couldn't outrun the Star Destroyer, and apparently they also knew where the Empire would enter the ship. Why not set up barricades in the corridor instead of lining up like targets? And in ESB, why did the ground troops defending the base all decide to get out of the trenches and start running towards! the Imperials? And let's not even get started on the battle on Endor in RotJ. No camouflage, and let's all st
Re:Seriously, who cares? (Score:2)
When I saw Rogue One, I thought "ok, cool, this side-quest sortof movie turned out to be the best Star Wars movie since Empire." I know some folks pooh pooh it because they thought the characters were killed off too quickly, but I liked almost everything about it. It's super-underrated, but fortunately gets fairly overlooked when folks shit on modern Star Wars.
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When I saw Rogue One, I thought "ok, cool, this side-quest sortof movie turned out to be the best Star Wars movie since Empire." I know some folks pooh pooh it because they thought the characters were killed off too quickly, but I liked almost everything about it. It's super-underrated, but fortunately gets fairly overlooked when folks shit on modern Star Wars.
I liked it because it's war and, especially in asymmetric warfare, the smaller side will often lose whole units in combat. However, I was very upset that the whole story glossed over the sacrifice of the many Bothans who died to bring them that information.
The "grittiness" of Rogue One seems to have kind of spilled over into The Mandalorian which I am very interested to see. (You have to be intrigued by a show that includes shots of bloodied stormtrooper helmets on spikes.)
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"Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
You're right. The story glossed over that... because it hadn't happened yet. "Many Bothans died to bring us this information." was a line by Mon Mothma in Return of the Jedi and said in regard to obtaining the plans for the SECOND Death Star.
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"Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
You're right. The story glossed over that... because it hadn't happened yet. "Many Bothans died to bring us this information." was a line by Mon Mothma in Return of the Jedi and said in regard to obtaining the plans for the SECOND Death Star.
Clearly, we need Rogue Two, set in the time period between Empire and Jedi, featuring the Bothans.