• Underwaterbob@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    This was the moment I checked out of the prequels. Vader, as a child, built C-3PO? I’m supposed to continue suspending my disbelief, now? Impossible.

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      3 months ago

      That’s what you’re supposed to do, though. They’re fun space cowboy movies. Anybody who gets upset about the prequels being cheesy or having plot holes is just remembering the originals through rose-colored lenses.

      Revolutionary for the time, sure, but the fact that some of it didn’t work in spite of the level of ambition is (for me, at least) part of the charm.

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        3 months ago

        Looool.

        You’re right that the OT are just fun movies that are much less impressive than when they came out.

        The prequels are hot steaming piles of shit in comparison though. Maybe you need to remove your rose tinted glasses?

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            2 months ago

            If that’s how you feel, ok. I’d love to hear your reasoning for why any of the prequels are better than FA.

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              1 month ago

              If absolutely nothing else, none of the prequels are just a blatant, shittier retread of Episode IV. They all at least have their own identities, even if the identities of Episodes I and II are shit. When not taking Episode IV into account, Episode III is still absolutely better than FA even though it’s just like a 7/10.

              Even though Episode I and II are actually agonizing for me to sit through, I would still put them above FA because they’re not just shallowly copying someone else’s homework to make a nostalgia-addicted fanbase collectively shit their pants.

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      3 months ago

      Mine was Padme dressing in BDSM gear around the incel monk with an obvious crush on her, and then saying he made her uncomfortable when he started creeping on her

      Generally I think women should be able to wear what makes them feel pretty/empowered/safe without getting creeped on, but goddamn, read the room chica!

      Also, “I hate sand”. Kenobi H Christ, it’s awkward