tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post7357194948071780162..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens Reviewtrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-84574422724684653102021-11-14T10:14:19.230-06:002021-11-14T10:14:19.230-06:00https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/st...https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/troubleshoot/detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-v2-v3#how-to-detect-status-enable-and-disable-smb-protocols-on-the-smb-serverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-56109418839429090162016-04-01T15:06:39.904-05:002016-04-01T15:06:39.904-05:00Well-written review! I agree with your comments on...Well-written review! I agree with your comments on the smallness and vagueness of the universe 100%.<br /><br />Personally I liked Finn's character; the idea of a stormtrooper changing sides and joining the heroes is a nice story element. As others have pointed out, it is a little odd that he doesn't hesitate more to fight and kill his former comrades.<br /><br />I have to disagree on Rey, though. Nothing against the actress, but I found the strong woman trope overdone in her case. Many other reviews have pointed this out, so I'm sure I'm just retreading here, but she was a stronger, more skilled fighter than all the men (even able to take on 3 thugs by herself), an expert pilot, a quickly skilled force user, and a more talented engineer than Han (shocked me that they made her appear more knowledgeable about the Falcon than him). She didn't display any real weaknesses, which are necessary for interesting characters.Bushihttp://pcbushi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-67814520678843331062016-01-14T21:32:53.519-06:002016-01-14T21:32:53.519-06:00My question is, what do you do with a planet sized...My question is, what do you do with a planet sized weapon that uses up it's sun/energy source in two shots? It can never be fired again, and you can't move it. E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-65164785789900374312015-12-20T13:52:14.403-06:002015-12-20T13:52:14.403-06:00Pierce: Yes! I was very shocked Finn didn't h...<b>Pierce:</b> Yes! I was very shocked Finn didn't have more issues shooting and killing stormtroopers. Granted, he's terrified of the First Order, and knows what will happen to him if he does anything less. But still, yeah, I was expecting <i>something</i> about that to pop up.<br /><br /><b>Meaney:</b> You'd think so, but they're pretty vague about all of that. :/<br /><br /><b>JB:</b> Glad to hear it made her a fan, at least. Yeah, here's hoping for something not quite so dependent on the action beat for VIII.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-88613333415431841792015-12-20T13:42:31.901-06:002015-12-20T13:42:31.901-06:00Roger G-S: Attack the Block's been on my list ...<b>Roger G-S:</b> Attack the Block's been on my list for a while. Clearly, I need to see it sooner.<br /><br /><b>Nicholas Bergquist:</b> I'm thinking this is very much a JJ Abrams sort of thing, as I recall having similar issues in his Star Trek. He just doesn't seem to get how big space is. He did a decent job here, but I fear his on personal ticks don't jive well with Star Wars long-term, and I'm not disappointed to see he's not going to be directing VIII.<br /><br />trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-39272221350160458692015-12-19T21:25:12.415-06:002015-12-19T21:25:12.415-06:00Just saw the film this evening, but promised my ch...Just saw the film this evening, but promised my child I wouldn't do any writing on the laptop this weekend (I'm on my phone at the moment), so my review will have to wait. Just want to say my wife, too (who is not a SW fan and who, after seeing this film<br />Is, for the first time ever, totally excited by the franchise), felt it was cramped or rather that it "went to fast." She says it's the first time she's seen a film that she wishes was LONGER because the pacing was so frantic through the last half/two-thirds it made the development between the characters "unrealistic." And because, like me, she just would've preferred more of such excellent cinematic fare.<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-1154125440079570062015-12-19T11:15:50.172-06:002015-12-19T11:15:50.172-06:00Wasn't cloud city and the gas giant bespin in ...Wasn't cloud city and the gas giant bespin in the same starsystem as hoth?Sean Robert Meaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-22473208791722373352015-12-19T02:04:04.553-06:002015-12-19T02:04:04.553-06:00Your review is pretty spot on. I'll say that e...Your review is pretty spot on. I'll say that even though Jakku might as well be Tatooine, I'm glad they at least branched out and showed us some new planets. <br />My only problem with the film was Fin had absolutely no hesitation killing stormtroopers. It could be explained that he knew better than anyone that the troopers wouldn't hesitate to kill him. But I thought that might have been a more interesting story. And building off that, shouldn't the rebellion have a bit more of a problem with blowing up a whole planet? Surely not everyone on that planet was evil. Leia is like "theres still good in Ben, talk to him, bring him home.", but what about everyone else? If Fin can defect, and there is hope for their Sith leader, shouldn't they have at least tried a little diplomacy? Fin could have tapped into the speakers and been like "I used to be like you, come on guys, this is wrong, join the rebellion, stop the super weapon!". But otherwise I was thrilled with the movie. It really hit all the right notes. Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342275462566805167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-2148411055717521832015-12-18T19:55:01.422-06:002015-12-18T19:55:01.422-06:00Totally agree.....the scope is really off. The Sun...Totally agree.....the scope is really off. The Sunkiller weapon when fired clearly implied (on my first viewing) that it was blowing up stuff in the same system or nearby....certainly in the same system as the planet Maz Kanata was on. On the second viewing (yeah, I have seen it twice already) I caught the dialogue in the resistance about it being an impressive hyperspace weapon....which at least implies that the weapon's firing over vast distances and maybe leaving an amazing signature visible for hundreds of light years that propogates through hyperspace. Or, I'm guessing...even the resistance fighter dude says no one knows how it works.<br /><br />I was also bothered by Rei and Chewie's trip at the very end, which for dramatic purposes looked like it took exactly as long as it did on screen, suggesting the destination at the end (trying to avoid spoilers here...) was like 30 second's travel away in hyperspace. Puleeeassse! Worse than when the Millenium Falcon popped on over to Bespin with it's hypdrive out.Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-89742428205367488742015-12-18T19:17:05.013-06:002015-12-18T19:17:05.013-06:00Agree on the small universe. It feels like the fir...Agree on the small universe. It feels like the first few sessions of a new campaign where you're just focusing on the adventure and throwing a few large-scale ideas in that you can use later. Everything else was great and the passing of the baton from one generation to the next was very well done. The film very much had the feel of the novels by Zahn which recombined the old elements (mega-weapons, space chases and dogfights, base infiltration, weird alien nightlife) while remaining enjoyable.<br /><br />The one thing that nagged at me was that Finn seemed at first to be too casual and exuberant to have been brought up as a killing machine. When he later says he used to work sanitation it makes more sense, that he's basically a civilian contractor caught up with the bad guys, kind of continuing the philosophical discussion in Clerks. In my headcanon what would have really tied the themes together is revealing he was drafted into the Troopers because of manpower shortages - that the New Order, while dangerous, is also kind of shoestring and cut-rate compared to the Empire, linking to Ren being shown as an unhinged, hotheaded Vader wannabe. <br /><br />If you like John Boyega his role in Attack the Block shows off his talent a lot better.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.com