Maybe it's simply due to the fact even the die-hard Star Wars fans---those of us who attended the first film on opening weekend and were awed by the scope of the story and the characters (who grew up during the Cold War and could see the parallels)--realized during the abysmal second trilogy that there were no characters we could love or hate. We gave the third trilogy a try because, well Star Wars.
I can't hate Kylo Ren...and I can't love Ren or Finn or anyone. They're shallow abysmal characters who do not relate to any audiences. That and well, the acting (with a few exceptions) is abominable. CGI Carrie Fisher? really??
The story is old...and tired...and there are no parallels in the modern world. Yes, they're trying to make it relevant with open pervasive racism and 'woke af' (lord knows I hate that phrase) characters; but it's simply abysmal.
The best Science Fiction is always relatable. The new trilogy falls far short. I'll wait for the video.
The best Science Fiction right now is on Amazon Prime (thank you Jeff Bezos). The Expanse is relatable, it shows humanity as it is now (and will always be)--haves vs have not. Intelligensia vs Blue Collar. Corporations vs Government. And as a bonus the Earth/Mars/Belter Tech is what we will achieve realistically in the next 200 years or so, which is about the setting of the series.
To pochuye ke?
Maybe Star Trek and Star Wars will finally be buried where they should have been long ago.
I beg to differ. I think the original Star Wars had less to do with WWI and WWII as it had to do with escapism that just happened to be really really well done. Of course I must have been younger than you when it came out, so yeah sure, different perspective. But....
This guy explains a lot of things going on around the time Star Wars came out, and I can definitely relate. The look and feel of Star Wars affected all those shows that came out right after it... because of it.
This is the problem with woke writing. You can't write believable and relatable characters because you can't show certain protected classes in a negative light. Have someone seriously injure Rei? Well that might incite violence against women. Show Finn in a bad light? Well that might be considered racist. It's part of the reason why all the villains in these woke movies are white guys. No one cares if you show white guys cocking up, or being evil. But every black, female, asian, etc character is a represent
There is a lot of creepy sexual stuff going on in the Pern novels that no studio would get near with a 20 foot pole.
I wouldn't worry about it, green rider.
Haha, they've been trying to make a Pern series for ages. It's Allllllmost happened several times. A cartoon was made, but when it was insufficiently non-canon, it was rebranded as Proncess Hwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
Ronald D. Moore had written a pilot episode for a Pern series in 2002. They'd completed casting! They'd built sets! They were almost about to start filming.. and then Warner Bros returned the script with so many required changes that it no longer resembled Pern. Moore dropped out of the pro
Old and Tired (Score:5, Interesting)
I can't hate Kylo Ren...and I can't love Ren or Finn or anyone. They're shallow abysmal characters who do not relate to any audiences. That and well, the acting (with a few exceptions) is abominable. CGI Carrie Fisher? really??
The story is old...and tired...and there are no parallels in the modern world. Yes, they're trying to make it relevant with open pervasive racism and 'woke af' (lord knows I hate that phrase) characters; but it's simply abysmal.
The best Science Fiction is always relatable. The new trilogy falls far short. I'll wait for the video.
The best Science Fiction right now is on Amazon Prime (thank you Jeff Bezos). The Expanse is relatable, it shows humanity as it is now (and will always be)--haves vs have not. Intelligensia vs Blue Collar. Corporations vs Government. And as a bonus the Earth/Mars/Belter Tech is what we will achieve realistically in the next 200 years or so, which is about the setting of the series.
To pochuye ke?
Maybe Star Trek and Star Wars will finally be buried where they should have been long ago.
Dragonriders of Pern anyone?
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I beg to differ. I think the original Star Wars had less to do with WWI and WWII as it had to do with escapism that just happened to be really really well done. Of course I must have been younger than you when it came out, so yeah sure, different perspective. But....
This guy explains a lot of things going on around the time Star Wars came out, and I can definitely relate. The look and feel of Star Wars affected all those shows that came out right after it... because of it.
And of course, all the influences L
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This is the problem with woke writing. You can't write believable and relatable characters because you can't show certain protected classes in a negative light. Have someone seriously injure Rei? Well that might incite violence against women. Show Finn in a bad light? Well that might be considered racist. It's part of the reason why all the villains in these woke movies are white guys. No one cares if you show white guys cocking up, or being evil. But every black, female, asian, etc character is a represent
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Please no, I don't want my childhood ruined. lol
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There is a lot of creepy sexual stuff going on in the Pern novels that no studio would get near with a 20 foot pole.
I wouldn't worry about it, green rider.
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There is a lot of creepy sexual stuff going on in the Pern novels that no studio would get near with a 20 foot pole.
I wouldn't worry about it, green rider.
Haha, they've been trying to make a Pern series for ages. It's Allllllmost happened several times. A cartoon was made, but when it was insufficiently non-canon, it was rebranded as Proncess Hwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
Ronald D. Moore had written a pilot episode for a Pern series in 2002. They'd completed casting! They'd built sets! They were almost about to start filming.. and then Warner Bros returned the script with so many required changes that it no longer resembled Pern. Moore dropped out of the pro
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There's some eye candy just like all the other Star Wars with passing the light saber through the bridge, etc.
But there is no distinctiveness in the characters.