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okay okay just sat my ass down and watched Rise of Skywalker (i didn& #39;t care enough to pay actual money for it, lmao) so here are my thoughts.
Pros:
- ILM did an AMAZING job with VFX, some of those ships are sexy af (ahem T-70 X-WIng)
- Decent characterisation for most* characters
- Cohesive, well-thought out plot
- Scenes doing multiple things at once (as they should)
- Better than TLJ and fixed the mess of canon
- ILM did an AMAZING job with VFX, some of those ships are sexy af (ahem T-70 X-WIng)
- Decent characterisation for most* characters
- Cohesive, well-thought out plot
- Scenes doing multiple things at once (as they should)
- Better than TLJ and fixed the mess of canon
Pros, continued:
- Nostalgia factor was strong with this one (Red Five, Wedge Antilles, R2 being awesome, Dejarik, and FUCKING BILLY DEE WILLIAMS WHAT A LEGEND)
- REY& #39;S LIGHTSABER IS AWESOME
- Ian McDiarmid is a LEGENDARY MAN with an EVEN MORE LEGENDARY VOICE GOD DAMNNNN
- Nostalgia factor was strong with this one (Red Five, Wedge Antilles, R2 being awesome, Dejarik, and FUCKING BILLY DEE WILLIAMS WHAT A LEGEND)
- REY& #39;S LIGHTSABER IS AWESOME
- Ian McDiarmid is a LEGENDARY MAN with an EVEN MORE LEGENDARY VOICE GOD DAMNNNN
Pros, continued:
- The touch with all the different Jedi voice actors saying Rey& #39;s name was really nice, they even included Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka!
That all being said, there were several points of this movie that made me cringe, so let& #39;s get down to it......
- The touch with all the different Jedi voice actors saying Rey& #39;s name was really nice, they even included Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka!
That all being said, there were several points of this movie that made me cringe, so let& #39;s get down to it......
Cons:
- Reylo
- Reylo
- No seriously, the kiss was only for fan service...
- Poe got stereotyped into the "Hispanic drug-runner" role, because of course
- Even JJ can& #39;t fix the story after TLJ
- Pacing was a bit uneven
- Soundtrack was a bit lacking (no duel music? really? cmon)
- Reylo
- Reylo
- No seriously, the kiss was only for fan service...
- Poe got stereotyped into the "Hispanic drug-runner" role, because of course
- Even JJ can& #39;t fix the story after TLJ
- Pacing was a bit uneven
- Soundtrack was a bit lacking (no duel music? really? cmon)
Cons, continued:
- Character motivations for Hux and Kylo still make very little sense
- "Use the ion cannons", he says, just before all ships open up with TURBOLASER CANNONS (there& #39;s a big difference btw, see the end of this thread)
- Flying complex routes with no astromech
- Character motivations for Hux and Kylo still make very little sense
- "Use the ion cannons", he says, just before all ships open up with TURBOLASER CANNONS (there& #39;s a big difference btw, see the end of this thread)
- Flying complex routes with no astromech
Okay things:
- The film was kinda self-aware (Holdo Maneuver, SKB was a waste of resources, etc)
- First Order actually was semi-competent in this film
- Horses?
- What happened to the dagger?
- Force visions being physically connected??????
- Force ghosts interacting physically?
- The film was kinda self-aware (Holdo Maneuver, SKB was a waste of resources, etc)
- First Order actually was semi-competent in this film
- Horses?
- What happened to the dagger?
- Force visions being physically connected??????
- Force ghosts interacting physically?
More okay things:
- Hyperspace skipping... they were right in that it& #39;s extremely damaging to do (see: the Falcon is on fire), but blind jumps are obscenely dangerous because you could jump right into a fucking star or black hole or out of the plane of the galaxy...
- Hyperspace skipping... they were right in that it& #39;s extremely damaging to do (see: the Falcon is on fire), but blind jumps are obscenely dangerous because you could jump right into a fucking star or black hole or out of the plane of the galaxy...
And the greatest part of the whole film, of course:
CHEWIE FINALLY GOT HIS MEDAL!!!!!!
CHEWIE FINALLY GOT HIS MEDAL!!!!!!
if anyone cares the difference between ion cannons and laser cannons/turbolaser cannons is that ion cannons are used to drain power (kinda like sheev& #39;s force lightning trick) but usually don& #39;t directly damage targets and also are inaccurate and slow
laser cannons are what you& #39;d wanna use against fighters, they track very quickly bc they& #39;re relatively light weapons but they pack enough power to fuck up fighters. they fire really quickly too, which is important in anti-fighter defense.
turbolasers are like, giant fucking cannons used in ship-to-ship combat (like against an enemy capital ship) but they& #39;re slower-firing and slower-tracking, and also much more powerful. if you can hit a starfighter with it, there will be nothing left at all.
