tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post811958899751986411..comments2024-02-13T04:29:44.662-05:00Comments on Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: Star Wars: The Force Awakens ThoughtsKirith Kodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12322297953184168725noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-17189698954499564912016-01-06T13:03:57.594-05:002016-01-06T13:03:57.594-05:00And, to back up my disappointment:
http://io9.giz...And, to back up my disappointment:<br /><br />http://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-backstory-you-desperately-want-to-know-about-th-1751196966<br /><br />All the backstory <b> that should've been included properly </b>.Rob Kaichinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854173258346444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-57125539512225236982016-01-06T09:34:51.152-05:002016-01-06T09:34:51.152-05:00I've been pondering on commenting on this.
I ...I've been pondering on commenting on this.<br /><br />I think, my problem is that I found it ideologically bankrupt. It was a rehash of popular elements of the previous film, with sections stolen from the expanded universe.<br /><br />All the reviews I've seen focus on one thing: nostalgia. "If you're looking for a 'Star Wars' film, this is it!" and so on. It didn't seem to risk anything: the prequels <i> were </i> Star Wars, but different. This is Star Wars, but rehashed. <br /><br />The themes are basic the writing unoriginal. It seems more designed to sell toys than build a universe. Phasma is the obvious thought here. Obviously she was meant to do something, but we didn't get anything.<br /><br />I share your distaste for the 'Abrams does imagery 101' scenes, and did laugh when the 'New Republic' was destroyed. Did anyone care? They destroyed a system. So what?<br /><br />Which leads me to my main disagreement with your post: the pacing struggled. This is another tradition in a J J Abrams film. He loves action scenes, and despises, as far as I can tell, the progression between them. <br /><br />Every scene that I thought could end calmly, launched into chaos and inanity: the 'Meet the Old Timers' scene; then suddenly aliens, gangsters and horror, when Finn and Rey meet; TIE Fighters attack! and the worst of all, the 'Cantina homage' scene; couldn't end calmly, no, we had to have another attack. <br /><br />It <b> needed </b> the political backstory, just so the rest of the film makes sense!<br /><br />I feel that this is just another example of how J J Abrams plays (ruins) with source material to make the 'coolest' film he can. <br />Rob Kaichinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854173258346444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-4458061525488641582016-01-05T00:21:25.814-05:002016-01-05T00:21:25.814-05:00I had two Eve thoughts when I saw the movie. First...I had two Eve thoughts when I saw the movie. First, when Poe does that absolutely ridiculous bit of flying, I think I actually said out lod, "Can't blunt the Stunt." Second, when the MF does that loooong flight at the end to find Luke, I envied their lack of having to use jump gates.Kevan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147920478213250519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-5242401472832624612016-01-04T17:58:29.969-05:002016-01-04T17:58:29.969-05:00Why does this story YET AGAIN focus on parents dum...Why does this story YET AGAIN focus on parents dumping their kids somewhere else and other kids having daddy issues ?<br /><br />I was totally hoping (for the first part of the movie) that it was Luke under that mask, trying very hard to use the First Order to replace the Old Republic, and that it had gotten away from him. To have Luke unwittingly be the bad guy who was trying to be good would have been a nice change of pace.Knug Lidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168621175894976018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-37821243888434725982016-01-04T17:05:46.975-05:002016-01-04T17:05:46.975-05:00It bugged me that we only see standard TIEs and X-...It bugged me that we only see standard TIEs and X-Wings. I am assuming that this is to keep to the iconic ships. But no A, B or Y-Wings? <br /><br />Why do the jedi run away from their problems and hide? Peace and Order in the galaxy does not come when you are under a rock.<br /><br />I did not mind the Maz character - I like that she provided insight to the heroes without it seeming like dull exposition.<br /><br />Stereotyped pirates boarding the freighter was cheesy.<br /><br />Also enjoyed the lost of the light scene - which I really only appreciated on the second viewing (in 3D).<br /><br />Despite some nitpicks, I also look forward to the DVD, and hope for an excellent commentary track being included.Easy Eskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882509080454825895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-3709334684556039852016-01-04T12:42:47.027-05:002016-01-04T12:42:47.027-05:00I agree with most of your comments to one degree o...I agree with most of your comments to one degree or another. Certainly there have always been borderline silly moments in Star Wars, it is kind of the whole pulp side of things. Sometimes those get really stoopid, like Ewoks, or Jar Jar, and sometimes they just get sorta silly. I found a lot of this new movie sorta silly. But very little stoopid silly. If that makes sense.<br /><br />What I hope is that this serves as a nice fan-service base against which we can all move on and go tell some better stories in the coming movies. This will obviously never end, so hopefully this one will make better sense in hindsight as a good, solid launching pad to even better Star Wars adventures.Rixx Javixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484974346562922694noreply@blogger.com