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nrgburstI finally re-watched, but this time with my family and I think my kids' baffled reactions said it all:
"But how did Palpatine come back?" "I don't know. They don't actually explain how it happened. He's just the bad guy again."
"How can they yell in space?" "Errr yeaaah, I don't know. I think because it looks dramatic?"
"But how did they make all the ships if it's so hard to get there?" "Oh, yeah, no kidding! I don't know. They don't explain it."
"How come they brought horses? Wouldn't they poop on the ship?" "...Yeah, I really still don't know."
"EWWWW Why is she kissing him?!" *siiiigh* (Sadly I think the answer to that is: "Because Reylo trended on twitter a lot.")
I think what annoyed me most was the Redemption via Love Interest and then Death, especially because Finn and Poe (and even Rey) got sidelined again in favor of "shitty white dude turns out to be a hero in the end!" being the moral of the story. I get that it was supposed to be Anakin|Darth 2.0 but FFS. Does anybody but Zuko ever get a redemptive arc where they don't choose to do the decent thing only once and then die so they don't have to face the consequences of the gazillion shitty things they did before that? Like actually having to do the hard work of making amends to the people they hurt and cleaning up their own mess? Ugh. It's such a cheap redemptive method, and it worked with Darth Vadar because he was tragic. Bratty Supreme Leader: not so much.
I've actually watched some great new things recently too- The Old Guard and Mystic Pop Up Bar. I'm just grumbling here so it doesn't put negative stuff in tumblr tags and start Drama. Man, I remember sitting in the theater being utterly appalled I paid full price, took a day off and had to organize childcare for that and re-watching didn't make me feel any different.
"But how did Palpatine come back?" "I don't know. They don't actually explain how it happened. He's just the bad guy again."
"How can they yell in space?" "Errr yeaaah, I don't know. I think because it looks dramatic?"
"But how did they make all the ships if it's so hard to get there?" "Oh, yeah, no kidding! I don't know. They don't explain it."
"How come they brought horses? Wouldn't they poop on the ship?" "...Yeah, I really still don't know."
"EWWWW Why is she kissing him?!" *siiiigh* (Sadly I think the answer to that is: "Because Reylo trended on twitter a lot.")
I think what annoyed me most was the Redemption via Love Interest and then Death, especially because Finn and Poe (and even Rey) got sidelined again in favor of "shitty white dude turns out to be a hero in the end!" being the moral of the story. I get that it was supposed to be Anakin|Darth 2.0 but FFS. Does anybody but Zuko ever get a redemptive arc where they don't choose to do the decent thing only once and then die so they don't have to face the consequences of the gazillion shitty things they did before that? Like actually having to do the hard work of making amends to the people they hurt and cleaning up their own mess? Ugh. It's such a cheap redemptive method, and it worked with Darth Vadar because he was tragic. Bratty Supreme Leader: not so much.
I've actually watched some great new things recently too- The Old Guard and Mystic Pop Up Bar. I'm just grumbling here so it doesn't put negative stuff in tumblr tags and start Drama. Man, I remember sitting in the theater being utterly appalled I paid full price, took a day off and had to organize childcare for that and re-watching didn't make me feel any different.
