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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Sci-Fi Wi-Fi > Dome: it nailed the vibe
 
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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Zoran posted:

Basically, this:



The ethos of TLJ is ultimately that we should see the rot underpinning the surface conflict—the problems of child slavery, war profiteering, and the like that were even tolerated under the New Republic—and then conclude: never mind that, the struggle between two paramilitary factions that no one seems to care too much about is in fact the most important thing in the world. It's tepid post-Cold-War liberalism in film form, making token gestures at real issues while offering nothing and glorifying constant retreat in the face of fascism.

horseshoe theory, but for thinking TLJ is bad

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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

 https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson/status/1230968565047549952?s=20

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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

nemesis_hub posted:

The entire ST is a complete mess, not just TROS. They each have some redeeming facets but overall are stunningly bad. They have a layer of superficial modern blockbuster slickness that keeps stupid people entertained (or at least just momentarily distracted which is what big budget movies are now) but they, and not the prequels, deserve the incomprehending derision.

Nothing, not jar jar, not yipeee, not nooooo, not any of the insane anti prequel hysteria memes, is as insultingly, nihilistically stupid and bad as the Fortnite transmission, the neoliberal hillarybot centrism of TLJ, the pathetic cantina scene in TFA, etc.

If you buy into the idea that the prequels are legendarily, epically bad but that the sequels are good,ok, or even just “normal” bad, you are an idiot. The depiction of Finn is much more racist than anything about Jar Jar. The difference in the reception of the two trilogies is a scathing indictment of nerd culture.

TLJ is good actually

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