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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-05-24 06:34 pm

[ SECRET POST #3429 ]


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[personal profile] arcadiaego 2016-05-25 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought the speech was appalling the first time I watched the film but the second time I actually felt it make sense. Plus it's hard to act brilliantly while yelling.
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[personal profile] fishnchips 2016-05-25 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It definitely felt like he watched some Hitler speeches for practise.
(I'm German so this very, very obvious and heavy handed spaze nazi business is extra cringey.)
Like, yes, I agree that it makes sense in the context of the movie and the speech itself isn't even the worst part - the worst part was the not-even-slightly-disguised-Nazi-rally scene setting. I still think it was painfully and mindnumbingly lazy.

(Anonymous) 2016-05-25 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I know Lucas used stuff from Triumph of the Will for the first trilogy but it's always confused me because other than "we're going to rule everything", the Empire never had any sort of Nazi-ish goals.
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[personal profile] fishnchips 2016-05-25 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The thing about this: we don't even really know what the First Order wants, so ideologically, calling them "literal space nazis" isn't exactly accurate. The very obvious styling is another thing, obviously.

(Anonymous) 2016-05-31 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
It sort of reminds me of ACROSS from Excel Saga. They use a lot of Nazi imagery but their leader HATES Nazis and everything they stand for. He uses the symbolism because it's been proven effective.
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[personal profile] fishnchips 2016-05-31 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, I know the people who designed things for the First Order said they took their inspiration directly from the Nazis, and I'm not saying they didn't, but the "huge and imposing architecture" and the red white and black colour scheme was massively popular in other dictatorships as well for a reason (and the Nazis had prominent designers like Hugo Boss design them sleek uniforms on purpose, because they knew it was effective).