CaptDust comments on "A new report from Nielsen and published by Variety reveals that nobody is watching the most recent trio of core Star Wars films"

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

That palps line represents so much more than the dialog quality to me though. It's all about the context, TRoS built up nothing around this and suddenly jumps sideways into a plot that neccessated invalidating a significant moment of the original trilogy. It's jarring as a viewer and there's no explaination for why it's happening. THEN the film has the audacity to imply through dialog, actually the audience should not worry about the details - this is what we're doing. Almost feels insulting in some ways.

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[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I agree. It’s just a snippet of Lucas level dialogue in a trilogy that otherwise isn’t Lucas grade throughout. SW fans may have shat on the Prequels when they came out but have more or less forgiven and embraced them for what they were because the hardcore fans know George is a great visionary, terrible execution. The actors did the best they could and there’s a charm to what the director wanted to convey but the clunkiness of the words. The shift from Hayden and Ahmed hate to fan love shows that realization. SW now operates in two realities. The realistic grimdark of Andor, or the classic good vs evil camp of Lucas. The sequels delivered neither.

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I still can’t make it through rewatching the prequels, which premiered my first year of college.

I think nostalgia will probably polish the sequel turds just like it has done with the prequels.

I just want the in fucked with OG prints in 4K, and I’ll rewatch Andor and Rogue One, and even fucking Skeleton Crew one more time.

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