tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post2140362671940939314..comments2024-03-13T01:55:05.419-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Star Wars: the Limits of Efficiencytrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-74083338147803952022023-10-16T03:02:47.680-05:002023-10-16T03:02:47.680-05:00Innteresting readInnteresting readYoung for the Summerhttps://youngforthesummer.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-39526950746515576082016-01-03T05:31:42.958-06:002016-01-03T05:31:42.958-06:00Can't say I have seen it yet. I will say I had...Can't say I have seen it yet. I will say I had a dream before phantom menace came out where Anakin had more in common with Han solo personality-wise and was more freebooter than fanatic jedi. Consequently Leia and Luke had different mothers...something implied by the first films.<br />And yes it had a giant damn jedi capital ship so big it had a cubic kilometre space dock underneath and I never got to see the whole ship. As a dream it was way better than any movie to date.Sean Robert Meaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-23117187583916275902015-12-29T23:31:01.345-06:002015-12-29T23:31:01.345-06:00I think The Force Awakens (TFA) over-corrects for ...I think The Force Awakens (TFA) over-corrects for the slow pace of the prequels. TFA is rat-tat-tat-tat-tat. It moves too swiftly. That's one of the reasons it didn't feel like a Star Wars film to me.<br /><br />The only SW movies I like are the original three from 1977 to 1983. I'm afraid that Darth Disney simply will never feel the same.Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042661843714609025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-57556923503393040182015-12-29T19:38:08.689-06:002015-12-29T19:38:08.689-06:00My childhood was owned by Star Wars, but today I a...My childhood was owned by Star Wars, but today I am of the opinion that it is nothing more than pop culture trash. A New Hope provided audiences with a very unique experience, it developed FX which had never been seen before, and it was a breath of fresh air considering the films which were it's peers at the time. That isn't the case anymore. Star Wars may have rekindled the Sci-FY genre, but today it has been bypassed by superior stories which do focus on ideas larger then blowing something up. Force Awakens had two hours and said nothing of any importance. <br /><br />I particularly do not like Abrams, those Star Trek films are horrid, which sucks because Star Trek is good Sci-FY, I just hope that they keep him away from Doctor Who.RipperXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506064393275174920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-25953395228673105032015-12-29T18:10:26.690-06:002015-12-29T18:10:26.690-06:00In defence of the melee fight, it's worth poin...In defence of the melee fight, it's worth pointing out that one of First Order's mandates is the elimination of all Jedi, everywhere. Traditional blasters have proven very ineffective at taking out Jedi, so it's not that much of a leap to assume that a Stormtrooper weapon was created to get an upper hand on lightsaber wielding Jedi. That's the weapon we see. <br /><br />It may not be explained, but it's not totally crazy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029734839381323413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-56651846547866388252015-12-29T17:34:37.341-06:002015-12-29T17:34:37.341-06:00Actually, on the opposite side in regards to Han&#...Actually, on the opposite side in regards to Han's replacement ship, I was surprised they didn't show the whole thing off because the Prequels were <i>very</i> much about serving as a Hasbro catalog with "realistic" light and sound. So I kind of took it as an improvement. <br /><br />If you look at the progress of the first and second trilogy, you can see the growing influence of Kenner/Hasbro based on how "toyetic" the ships became. The original X and Y wings scaled to the pilots about the same as a fighter plane scales to people in the real world. By "The Phantom Menace" most spacecraft in the earlier, golden age of the Republic weren't much bigger than an SUV in relation to a human, which is much friendlier a scale for a 3" action figure and accompanying toy ship. <br /><br />That being said, I agree with you on the narrative intangibility of the flying action set/garbage scow Han was flying. It certainly wasn't in character. Even down on his luck and feeling old and tired, you'd think our favorite Corellian smuggler would be piloting a sportier freighter. BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.com