1634

This. Luke was never OP and constantly made mistakes. Even at his height, at the beginning of Jedi, he nearly got himself killed vs the monster. (OK, he also came up with a terrible plan that made no sense).

1635

And you mean to insist that the movie events take place exactly concurrently? That, perhaps, it is not possible for movies to show scenes in dramatic pacing synchronization rather than precise chronological synchronization?

Rey’s scene takes place seconds later, yes, but that does not mean that the Resistance fleeing does as well. In fact logically that doesn’t make sense either, since the First Order had to gather forces, fleets, find, and then cause the Resistance base to flee first. However that was not important for the story in the way Rey’s events were. So they could have happened days, weeks, even months after Rey arrived at Luke. But we are only seeing the dramatically important events.

1636

To be fair, that worked with the original trilogy, while an overarching plan resulted in prequels that were, uh, not so good.

1637

While the critical reviews may temper my expectations, I have seen plenty of poorly reviewed movies that I enjoyed. And frankly, at 58 it has more positive reviews than negative. As each movie in the latest trilogy has been made, the franchise has been increasingly polarizing. A split among reviewers doesn’t concern me that much. I will go see the movie and judge it on my own.

1638

Now that’s a glass half full attitude right there. We need more of that shit around here.

1639

I still have hopes of a good time. JJ Abrams movies always have things that don’t make sense, etc., but he does a good job of keeping the pace up so you don’t notice. I always appreciate that magician’s sleight of hand. I don’t want to know the trick, I want to think it’s magic, and so my first viewing of his movies are usually pretty thrilling experiences.

1640

NoNe Of It WaS eArNeD!!1!!1!

Non sithpost version: I disagree, and no matter how much you shout this will not change my mind. You disagree, and no matter how much I shout back will not change your mind. I particularly hate that line of criticism against Rey, since it really was pushed by some with a malevolent agenda even if not all who agree share said agenda. But, straight up, there is an ugly core of it, no matter how much it wrapped in justifications. So whenever it is pushed in earnest, I get more than a little punchy about it.

Particularly since I got real sick of the Mary Sue complaints years before TFA even came out. Beaten into near meaningless by those who didn’t understand what it meant. So any time I see it used, especially since it mostly only applies to female leads and never equally competent male ones, I’m gonna push back.

1641

And the increased powers of Rey have been explained. People may not like the explanation but they did address it. The Force is using Rey to actively seek balance. The stronger Ren gets the more the force compensates through Rey. She is not a “mary sue” she is a tool of a greater power. Hate that the force is actively powering up a person to keep balance, that’s fine but don’t insist that there’s no explanation for her powers.

1642

Dude, you specifically said “Time between TLJ and TFA? Unclear.”, when it can’t be any more fucking clear if it bit you on your condescending ass. The film starts right where the prior one ended. Full stop. That’s a fact. Don’t try to bullshit your way out talking about other events that occur in frame after the on camera opening of the film.

There is no time skip between films. It’s the same scene (filmed a second time apparently since Rian couldn’t even get the lighting right for the shot).

1643

Dave, Imma give you a minute to calm down and not post my initial reaction. I generally think you’re a decent enough guy.

But just because Rey picks right up does not mean the rest of the resistance does. Her story only synchs up at the end.

Also if you think I’m a condescending ass for posting my honest thoughts and no just shitpost trolling the obnoxious bullshit I’ve seen and am tired of seeing repeated as absolute fact? How do you think I feel about the people who won’t shut the fuck up about every minor thing they want to bitch about.

That last bit not directed at you, for the record. Directed at some, absolutely, but not you.

1644

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1645

I just want to know if there is another Rambaldi Device or a Giant Red Thing. We got red Sith Troopers, BUT WHAT ELSE?

1646

My brother will be in town for Christmas/New Years, so I’m looking forward to seeing it with him. I just looked up my local theater to see if tickets are still available. Looks like there’s plenty of seats (they are putting this on a LOT of screens) in good positions. Unfortunately it looks like the 2D IMAX screen is pretty much gone for the whole weekend. We might wait until next weekend to see it if we want to see it the 2D IMAX showing.

Lots of movies I could watch with him in the next two weeks though. Ford vs Ferrari, Jumanji, Knives Out, maybe Frozen 2 if his daughter wants to join us.

1647

If there is any time gap, it’s minimal. See this.

What you’re saying was mentioned vaguely by Snoke in TLJ (I think), but apparently JJ was not satisfied by this explanation, as you’ll see.

1648

What the hell. So many critics acting like children around this movie, either defending or attacking it.
Scott Mendelson throwing a big tantrum on Forbes… Peter Travers unironically writing “yeah it’s not perfect but Star Wars is not a movie, it’s family”. Really?

1649

If they can convert half a planet into a giant cannon while leaving the other half mostly intact, then of course they can make it travel across the galaxy. Why couldn’t they?

1650

It couldn’t move, but it didn’t need to. It used some sort of hyperspace beam iirc so it could basically hit anywhere without moving.

1651

Nope. It moved. Check out the lore.

1652

A link would have been nice…

1653

Check out Number 2. The Starkiller base’s rocket thrusters.