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Completely Unrelated / Re: [SPOILERS] Star Wars Episode 7: Ticking All The Wrong Boxes [SPOILERS]
« on: 2015-12-31 05:37:36 »
I enjoyed it, I felt the parallels to the original weren't too distracting. Outside of how consuming enough media all plots will seem rehashed to some extent the movie felt largely like a prelude. "Here are new characters in a familiar setting with a familiar plot line. The Empire is still building doomsday devices, the Rebels are still fighting back in their X-Wings, the Jedi are still in hiding."
After the backlash the prequels got, perhaps it's not surprising they took a safer route. I imagine the future movies will deviate much more greatly and perhaps it's best to remember the stories are part of a greater whole. As an introduction to new characters and the dispatching of old ones, I felt like it did its job though it's by no means a stand-alone movie.
Funny to still see so many old faces hanging around this forum, almost a decade later.
EDIT: Can you believe it? My Avater finally expired off Mirex's trashbin.
After the backlash the prequels got, perhaps it's not surprising they took a safer route. I imagine the future movies will deviate much more greatly and perhaps it's best to remember the stories are part of a greater whole. As an introduction to new characters and the dispatching of old ones, I felt like it did its job though it's by no means a stand-alone movie.
Funny to still see so many old faces hanging around this forum, almost a decade later.
EDIT: Can you believe it? My Avater finally expired off Mirex's trashbin.
