Why do WWII films represent weapons consistent with the era?

False. Not just an unpopular opinion - it’s bad

YIsForBrigham

12/4/20 9:03pm

Especially the Disney-era ones... atrocious.

seacougar

12/4/20 9:36pm

But at least they are diverse and are showing powerful women

Ojiisan

12/4/20 9:38pm

That's the funny part. All the woman but Rey are train wrecks.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:44pm

Rebuttal: Original Trilogy is middle of the pack of all Star Wars material

backprop

12/4/20 9:04pm

RE: Rebuttal: Original Trilogy is middle of the pack of all Star Wars material

slowhiteguy

12/4/20 9:07pm

Thrawn, Rogue One, original x-wing series, KOTOR, the Mandalorian, off the top

backprop

12/4/20 9:35pm

Rebuttal, that opinion is dumb

LakeshowCougs

12/4/20 9:12pm

That’s an even worse opinion.

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:33pm

If you can't enjoy the others, just pretend they don't exist

Jericho

12/4/20 9:05pm

Rogue One is the best in the franchise.

TheHop

12/4/20 9:06pm

It is certainly the best of the new stuff.

slowhiteguy

12/4/20 9:08pm

Too many diversity hires. I didn't watch it for that reason alone.

BlueFever

12/4/20 9:09pm

Huge eye roll. RO was fantastic.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:10pm

Rogue 1 ruins A New Hope. It is no longer the careful

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:33pm

LOL. What? Luke still had to make it there to take the shot. The horrible weakness was always there. Now there is just

shimmy

12/4/20 10:01pm

Not a weakness. It was a design. Like just pushed the button.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:03pm

Right. The fact the weakness was a design doesn't change a single thing for Luke's story.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:05pm

It's no longer a man over machine story.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:08pm

I disagree completely. Nothing Galen Erso did undermined anything Luke did, and vice versa.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:11pm

Yes it is. He still can't hit the vent with a targeting computer, has to use the

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:11pm

I thought the point was that Galon Urso built in a self destruct mechanism.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:30pm

You're way over thinking this, but I don't think we'll convince each other.

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:36pm

You really think that is a big plot hole? 😂😂

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:05pm

The fact that the empire spent that many years and resources building the death star that was capable of being blown up

shimmy

12/4/20 10:06pm

No it wasn’t

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:15pm

It made a ton of sense that the Death Star could be brought down with 1 shot?

shimmy

12/4/20 10:27pm

Yes

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 10:41pm

It was never a plot hole. "The Empire doesn't consider small one man fighters a

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:05pm

The death star being brought down with one shot is a plot hole.

shimmy

12/4/20 10:07pm

You can call it a bad story telling, but it is addressed specifically.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:09pm

The casting does not negatively impact the film.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:17pm

Agreed. That’s TLJ tbh

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:34pm

It did for those of us who can't stand revisionists

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:45am

Diversity hires? So in a universe with not only many races but also and infinite

akmewg

12/4/20 9:19pm

Watch Episode 4 and tell me all about those diverse humans. 🙂

BlueFever

12/4/20 9:26pm

Episode 4 was a film made in 1977 in the UK so not really shocking that most of

akmewg

12/4/20 9:34pm

Only that's not the reason for all the white actors.

BlueFever

12/4/20 9:39pm

So you don’t like the new ones because they don’t have an exclusively white cast?

DieHarder

12/4/20 10:05pm

No, I don't like the new ones because crybabies

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:49am

Wow, tripling down on it, did Lucas just get more Woke in 2 years between IV and

akmewg

12/4/20 10:07pm

Yes. There's an interview where Lucas stated that a friend of his once asked

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:52am

This is a really bad take. It really makes you look a bit, you know...........

spugeddy24

12/4/20 10:19pm

Racist?

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:55am

LOL, revisionists? It's fiction.

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:24pm

RE: LOL, revisionists? It's fiction.

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:57am

My point is, there was no revisionism. It's a fictional world where they can

russkiejedi

12/5/20 9:01am

You've got this mixed up with Revisionism.

BlueFever

12/5/20 9:04am

Boardname doesn’t check out.

TEXAS

12/5/20 6:42am

Your sources aren't very good. 😉

BlueFever

12/5/20 8:58am

This is an all-time classic "I'm not racist, but..." post

CommodoreCoug

12/5/20 7:47am

This is a better classic, in the spirit of Philip K. Dick:

BlueFever

12/5/20 9:00am

Star Wars is science *fiction*, not a documentary about earth in 21st century

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:31pm

Sure but it’s a fictional story where race really doesn’t factor in to the

akmewg

12/4/20 9:38pm

False, KOTOR had a better plot twist 🙂

panacablue

12/4/20 9:09pm

Since ROTJ I think Rogue One, The Last Jedi (yeah I said it), Mando, Clone Wars, and Rebels are all at least as good

shimmy

12/4/20 9:10pm

Solo is actually pretty good. TLJ caused people to push back on solo but it was solid.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:11pm

Yep. I get why TLJ ruffled feathers. I loved it though.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:11pm

I’m one who hated TLJ and really liked Solo. I think a lot of SW content has been decent despite not liking the latest 3

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:12pm

I agree with this

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:17pm

Solo is a forgettable generic heist movie with a Star Wars add on skin applied.

BYUtka

12/4/20 9:16pm

What do you think is the secret sauce that makes SW movies anything other than a generic hero journey with a sci fi skin

shimmy

12/4/20 9:31pm

Star Wars and Empire both caught lightning in a bottle which doing two times in

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 10:35pm

TLJ is a good Star Wars film? You do not understand Star Wars.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:18pm

He said Solo was good

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:19pm

You may be right. Not sure the way it's worded.

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:21pm

He’s saying Solo was good but people didn’t want to watch it after TLJ

puntersarepeople

12/4/20 9:29pm

Correct.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:36pm

TLJ was garbage.

spugeddy24

12/4/20 9:36pm

I understand both film and SW.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:25pm

Do lasers shoot straight in space?

DMVCougar

12/4/20 9:32pm

If you have a problem suspending disbelief, you should probably just tap out of

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:36pm

Suspension of belief only works if the universe follows rules. If not, the

wildeone

12/4/20 9:44pm

Star Wars rules are a nightmare. The force rules are all over the place.

shimmy

12/4/20 9:44pm

They just can't help themselves. Force powers have seen exponential growth.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:47pm

Right, so you either deal with it, or you check out entirely. A race of walking

russkiejedi

12/4/20 9:50pm

Silly yes, but home court advantage is a thing in war.

Jacksonian76

12/4/20 9:54pm

Yeah, home court didn't seem to do much for the Aztecs and Incas. Or even the

russkiejedi

12/4/20 10:27pm

While true, it is more logically inconsistent not only with the OT and PQ,

wildeone