I think you’re projecting your feelings onto him, he doesn’t hate Star Wars, he was just the wrong director for the job of making a middle movie in a trilogy. He’s a great director, and Episode 8 is a good movie in a vacuum. It’s just a terrible movie if you’re trying to bridge Episode 7 and 9.
I wish Disney had just let Abrams direct the whole sequel trilogy and given Rian Johnson a standalone movie like Solo. It’s pretty clear Disney had no fucking clue what they were doing with Star Wars after they acquired it.
Solo proved that to me, the whole mystery of han just completely washed away by making a single film that shows every reason for everything about him.
Its like they were just going down a checklist
“Oh so we do the kessel run, and how he met chewey, and get this we show why his last name is solo and its just the lamest shit ever, oooh oooh lets also give him a love interest that was never referenced again ever!”
Statistically, it probably tracks that Rogue One, Andor, and The Acolyte are good simply because eventually something won’t suck if you put together the right combination of artists by accident.
I just didn’t find it compelling, and there were no real stakes.
In contrast, The Acolyte had a few layers and kept bringing up new questions every time one was answered, and kept us on our toes since nobody was wearing plot armor.
I’d never seen a movie that came across as actively hostile towards the supposed intended audience before. And this was before I heard about him dunking on fans on social media. If he really doesn’t hate Star Wars, he sure did a good job of pretending to. But hey, it convinced me to never watch either Disney Star Wars or anything else he’s done in the future, so expectations successfully subverted, I guess.
To be fair, 7 and 9 were terrible movies to create a middle movie for. 7 didn’t really set anything up, it just tore down what was already there. Then 9 took an established story from the EU and pissed on it, then threw it on the big screen.
Where did you get the idea that 9 was written before 8 was made?
7 set up a few things, 8 just threw everything in the trash without setting up anything to replace it. 9 was hastily scrapped together because 8 left nothing to work with.
I think you’re off by one there. 8 took what 7 set up and tried to make it something that wasn’t following the well-trodden path of Star Wars past. It tried to some unexpected things that were nonetheless interesting and could have been really great, if 9 hadn’t come along and torn down everything 8 for the sake of placating the “fans”.
7 only set things up in the fevered dreams of people desperate to consider it a good movie. It took everything that could have happened in the thirty year span between the originals and the sequels and threw it in the trash.
I think you’re projecting your feelings onto him, he doesn’t hate Star Wars, he was just the wrong director for the job of making a middle movie in a trilogy. He’s a great director, and Episode 8 is a good movie in a vacuum. It’s just a terrible movie if you’re trying to bridge Episode 7 and 9.
I wish Disney had just let Abrams direct the whole sequel trilogy and given Rian Johnson a standalone movie like Solo. It’s pretty clear Disney had no fucking clue what they were doing with Star Wars after they acquired it.
One might argue that they still don’t have a clue.
Solo proved that to me, the whole mystery of han just completely washed away by making a single film that shows every reason for everything about him.
Its like they were just going down a checklist
“Oh so we do the kessel run, and how he met chewey, and get this we show why his last name is solo and its just the lamest shit ever, oooh oooh lets also give him a love interest that was never referenced again ever!”
“WRITE THAT DOWN PATRICK ALL OF IT”
like the key and peele sketch about gremlins 2
Statistically, it probably tracks that Rogue One, Andor, and The Acolyte are good simply because eventually something won’t suck if you put together the right combination of artists by accident.
Did you watch it? I certainly wouldn’t call it good.
Yeah, I enjoyed it. Far cry from the snoozefests of Boba Fett: Sand Mayor, Obi-Whine, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Ass in a Flight Suit.
Where can I find more about “Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Ass in a Flight Suit.”?
It’s the only compelling part of Ahsoka.
It’s rare to see Rosario Dawson’s assets eclipsed.
Ray Stevenson’s character was worth every second I invested on this show.
Plus I liked the witch stuff and some of the fights were alright.
My feeling is that often these expensive shows tend to become a blob for all in order to reduce the rating for TV14.
I mean, is there such an audience that cares for Ahsoka as a character and is under 18?
I just didn’t find it compelling, and there were no real stakes.
In contrast, The Acolyte had a few layers and kept bringing up new questions every time one was answered, and kept us on our toes since nobody was wearing plot armor.
I’d never seen a movie that came across as actively hostile towards the supposed intended audience before. And this was before I heard about him dunking on fans on social media. If he really doesn’t hate Star Wars, he sure did a good job of pretending to. But hey, it convinced me to never watch either Disney Star Wars or anything else he’s done in the future, so expectations successfully subverted, I guess.
To be fair, 7 and 9 were terrible movies to create a middle movie for. 7 didn’t really set anything up, it just tore down what was already there. Then 9 took an established story from the EU and pissed on it, then threw it on the big screen.
Where did you get the idea that 9 was written before 8 was made?
7 set up a few things, 8 just threw everything in the trash without setting up anything to replace it. 9 was hastily scrapped together because 8 left nothing to work with.
I think you’re off by one there. 8 took what 7 set up and tried to make it something that wasn’t following the well-trodden path of Star Wars past. It tried to some unexpected things that were nonetheless interesting and could have been really great, if 9 hadn’t come along and torn down everything 8 for the sake of placating the “fans”.
7 only set things up in the fevered dreams of people desperate to consider it a good movie. It took everything that could have happened in the thirty year span between the originals and the sequels and threw it in the trash.