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by saltlord 06/20/2020, 4:52pm PDT |
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Back before Star Wars was the monomyth of America, when we hadn't seen all the visual franchise components that are now iconic (star destroyers, walkers, troopers, fighters, cantinas, implants, droids, lightsabers, blue milk, whatever else), there was no fanbase to demand more of them just for the sake of satiating a desire to see more Star Wars delivered to them.
As soon as it got a following, every film was to a greater or lesser extent a fan film. And now Disney owns the franchise and wants to wring money from it so they made you (and me) Rogue One and they put all that shit in there, blended into a smooth liquid that we'd exchange for the entry fee. It is distinct from the rest of the franchise in its tone, in what sort of story it told; it was a tragic film in the definitive sense, in that everyone died at the end. That's been the definition of tragedy since Shakespeare, maybe since the Greeks.
This shift in tone was driven by the attempt by the new Franchise owners to appeal to fans, so that you'd sit in the theater and grunt in pleasure while you got an audiovisual lightshow full of all those elements. But this set of elements was never really necessary elements of the core heroic narrative, or the adventure they took us along for - they were just what the props and effects teams made to facilitate telling the story of some relatable young boomer yearning for adventure on his family farm. And it was ultimately a far saner, more wholesome worldview for the first-gen fanbase to yearn for adventure than for the current Rogue One fans (which I am one of) to crave all the trappings of the old adventure films in a story about futility, death, and another round of pointless sacrifice.
My writing is fine. Your brain's pretty bad tho, can't even do media analysis! 8D |
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Knives Out (SPOILERS) by blackwater 03/08/2020, 10:34pm PDT 
Never a good sign when your suspension of disbelief fails by San Fernando Investor 03/09/2020, 2:35pm PDT
Re: Never a good sign when your suspension of disbelief fails by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/14/2020, 3:06pm PDT
Re: Never a good sign when your suspension of disbelief fails by San Fernando Investor 06/15/2020, 10:14pm PDT
THE LAST JEDI fails in various ways but succeeds at being a big swing. by Fullofkittens 06/16/2020, 7:04am PDT
People who blow TLJ for taking a risk always ignore the bad writing and NT by it makes me cringe to read it 06/16/2020, 8:17am PDT
RoS is boring af and its writing is much, much worse. NT by Fullofkittens 06/16/2020, 9:46am PDT
They're both terrible but you're the only one here defending TLJ by Mysterio 06/16/2020, 10:01am PDT
I'm just glad we get to watch another season of the Mandalorian by saltlord 06/16/2020, 10:38am PDT
dont ask questions just consume product and get excited for more product NT by fag 06/16/2020, 10:56am PDT
they're not questions, they're reasons to entrench useless positions NT by saltfag 06/16/2020, 9:38pm PDT
shoving popcorn into my big fat stupid mouth just happy to see Picard on screen NT by saltlord brainlet 06/18/2020, 11:53am PDT
FoK is speaking as a creator. You are speaking as a consumer. NT by You consume. Thats your job 06/16/2020, 12:07pm PDT
consume my dick NT by fag 06/16/2020, 12:35pm PDT
You aren't intelligent enough to be part of this discussion. You consume this di NT by You consume. Thats your job 06/16/2020, 3:02pm PDT
Shaddap NT by I Hate Epic 06/17/2020, 8:00am PDT
The writing is uniquely terrible in a way nerds can relate to by IPB 06/20/2020, 5:38am PDT
I thought that dialogue was clever (because I am a nerd?) by Brody Wilder 06/20/2020, 7:08am PDT
Oh wait, I just got the pun in data "vault". It's a verb as well as a noun. by Brody Wilder 06/20/2020, 8:45am PDT
Hahaha by blackwater 06/21/2020, 4:11pm PDT
Completely agree by Vested Id 06/16/2020, 10:40pm PDT
Solo and Rogue One both tried to break new ground in their own way by saltlord 06/18/2020, 5:49am PDT
Rogue One was great by Vested Id 06/18/2020, 4:13pm PDT
Rogue One was a fan film with a budget glued to maximum cringe fanservice. by Mischief Maker 06/19/2020, 6:26pm PDT
Speaking of superior fan-films that don't waste your time: by Mischief Maker 06/19/2020, 6:27pm PDT
Yuck, the quality on that mashup is horrible. Here's the full quality originals: by Mischief Maker 06/19/2020, 6:30pm PDT
Holy moly these are good NT by Mysterio 06/20/2020, 7:54am PDT
It had problems but it was like a good 90s kids film by Vested Id 06/19/2020, 11:56pm PDT
you are one of the problems with the franchise because you have a taste for Rogu by saltlord 06/20/2020, 4:52pm PDT
And yet it's the only Star Wars movie I'd rewatch by laudablepuss 06/20/2020, 9:23am PDT
"Your writing is bad so I won't quote it" by Um, know your place, retard. 06/19/2020, 8:19pm PDT
Hi five dude NT by Vested Id 06/19/2020, 11:54pm PDT
I don't know who this mysterio was but Vest won that exchange hands down NT by saltlord 06/20/2020, 4:53pm PDT
IT BROKE NEW GROUND! by Mike 06/21/2020, 10:38am PDT
they changed their minds after watching the mandalorian by saltlord 06/22/2020, 6:56am PDT
Star Wars movies are for kids maaaan by blackwater 06/19/2020, 5:43pm PDT
fuck you for posting this by saltlord 06/20/2020, 4:54pm PDT
It was aight NT by Horus Truthteller 06/16/2020, 5:55pm PDT
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