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I don’t get how people can call out every tiny problem of the sequels and prequels then just gloss over all the trash in the originals.
Star Wars is fun. It’s way more fun if you don’t think about too much.
What trash in the originals?
I mean, Obi-Wan just turning into nothingness for starters.
Luke being capable of flying an X-wing out of the blue and killing a bunch of enemies because he was able to hit a few womprats back home? He is a much bigger Mary Sue than Ray ever was.
How about Vader being unable to sense his own daughter when she is right next to him?
Or how he commanded not to shoot the escape pod because it didn't have any lifeforms. When it costs them nothing.
And that is just the first movie.
None of these things ever bothered me when I watched the originals and they won’t bother me despite having been made aware of them by you.
Far more egregious, for me, is the way the sequel series has been edited. The movies have this unrelenting pace of cuts every couple of seconds. It never lets me relax and slowly take in a scene. It’s a completely different style of filmmaking from the original series (which had a lot more long, contemplative shots).
But then I might be a dinosaur here as I see a lot of people complaining about the length of the original trilogy and seeking fan edits to speed up the pace. I have my own personal theory that this is a result of social media (such as Instagram and TikTok) and the way Hollywood has catered to younger audiences and their lack of patience for slower paced films.
I miss slower paced films and I find almost no new films appealing (the most recent one I really enjoyed was No Country for Old Men).
Really? Your problem with the sequels is the editing and nothing else?
That's a first.
Moreover, your complaint isn't about the sequels. Your complaint is about the evolution of movie making. The original trilogy had those long takes because cinema was still fairly early and evolving. That's why the editing also jumped between OT and PT.
It’s my main problem. I found it so awful I would never want to watch them again.
Lots of ink has been spilled about the characters and plot and other issues people have with the sequels. For me they’re mostly irrelevant because the physical experience of watching the films is too uncomfortable for me to even think about that stuff.
Love it! Thanks for the laugh!
... Oh come on. You have got to be joking.
Agreed. People will go insanely critical on the Sequels and Rey/Kylo but then just make jokes and dismiss Luke and Leia. But sure. The original trilogy was super planned out. That's why the lightsaber combat suddenly changed between episodes and why Lucas ended up re-editing the originals a dozen times to piss everyone off.
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