[ SECRET POST #3647 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3647 ⌋

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[America's Next Top Model]


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[Westworld]


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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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Comments

Re: Star Wars

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't seen Rogue One.

The prequels... well, Phantom Menace is just straight-up garbage. I don't think it has any redeeming qualities whatsoever. Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith are both definitely better but I don't think they're ultimately good movies. The thing is, both of them have a lot of interesting things going on, in terms of the aesthetics and genre choices and themes. There's a lot of space to play with there. It could be really rich and good. But the execution just fucks it up. So little of that stuff ends up showing up on the screen. They just end up being boring and inept.

I would say my single favorite part of the original movies is how badass everyone is, especially Han and Leia. Also the organic-ness of the worlds and the aesthetic choices - I know it's a cliche but it does look lived-in and I really enjoy that aspect of it. It's really well done.

I really liked TFA. Much better than the prequels. It's not a perfect movie - you could definitely trim a bunch in the first half, probably some of the early Rey desert scenes and definitely the whole monster chase sequence, and I think it should have spent a little more time sketching the relationship between the heroes. And of course it's not very original at all. But still, it's a really fun and intensely charming space adventure movie with a lot of cool shit and everything in it is really likable. Also, the cast is so pretty. Especially Boyega, Ridley, and Oscar Isaac - they're all so pretty, especially Daisy Ridley, who is ridiculously beautiful. I'd be lying if I said that wasn't part of my reaction to the film.

I have read a bunch of Star Wars fiction - mostly when I was a lot younger, but I've read a pretty good portion of the novels up through the Yuuzhan Vong or whatever stuff. Not much after that. Unfortunately, most of the books are pretty bad. The best it ever really gets is "competent military SF". I did really like Luke and Mara Jade's relationship, for reasons I frankly can't recall.

Re: Star Wars

[(Anonymous)]

I agree about the monster-chase sequence in TFA. I thought that whole segment could be lifted out of the movie without missing anything.

I've only started reading EU stuff but I agree with your assessment of the books. I've been disappointed with how Zahn is writing women in the Thrawn trilogy and I'm not sure why Mara Jade is so well loved (at least with how far I've read). But, the "competent military SF" has been on point.

Have you ever watched CinemaWins's take on the prequels? I'm not trying to convert you, since I agree there are a lot of issues with the prequels, but I thought CinemaWins's videos were really interesting in finding positivity in the prequels.

Re: Star Wars

[(Anonymous)]

I think the Mara Jade affection is just for general badassness, more than any specific character traits? IDK. Like I say I really can't remember why I liked it in the first place.

I haven't watched the CinemeaWins thing - I'll check it out - but in my experience, most of the people who are trying to defend the prequels do it mostly by gesturing at the traces of all of that good, rich, interesting stuff and talking about how interesting it is. And I agree that stuff's interesting, I just don't think it's well-executed. So I haven't been too convinced by those arguments generally. But I'll definitely check it out like I say.