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‘Star Wars’ and the Crisis of Masculinity
Acculturated ^ | 12.31.2015

Posted on 12/31/2015 7:01:09 PM PST by Perdogg

Why did Kylo Ren turn evil?

That’s a central unanswered question of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ren is the film’s villain, a young acolyte of the late Darth Vader. (Spoiler alert: He is also the son of two of the film’s famous characters, whose names I’m going to reveal).

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hate; hateleads2darkside; muchhatred; muchhatredisense
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To: Yardstick

Well I must bow to your all knowingness. Bless your heart!


61 posted on 12/31/2015 9:33:55 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Yardstick
I feel a song coming on.
62 posted on 12/31/2015 9:36:42 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Perdogg

Adam Driver plays Kylo Ren. He looks odd. I figure that is why he was hired.
He was in the marine corps but was also on the tv show Girls which is a freak show. The movie was terrible.


63 posted on 12/31/2015 9:37:29 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: roamer_1

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll kiss ten bucks good-bye.


64 posted on 12/31/2015 9:38:21 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: heartwood

#20 it will be a black hole they will use next.


65 posted on 12/31/2015 9:39:03 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Empireoftheatom48

I understand it was just Episode IVa - the same movie with different characters. I don’t care either way; maybe I’ll see it when it comes on TV.


66 posted on 12/31/2015 9:39:53 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: BenLurkin

Gosh...what a pic.


67 posted on 12/31/2015 9:40:22 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Sirius Lee

#28 Here you go. It is from Alien Pirate Bay.
https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/13117633/Star_Wars_Episode_VII_The_Force_Awakens_2015_720p_-_P2P


68 posted on 12/31/2015 9:41:35 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: heartwood

“How many times must a Death Star blow up before the Sith alter their plans?”

How many times must the welfare state blow up before the Progressives alter theirs?


69 posted on 12/31/2015 9:47:04 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: kearnyirish2

The movie is a two hour commercial for new toys that people pay to see.


70 posted on 12/31/2015 9:50:19 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Perdogg

Guys, it’s just a movie. Don’t read anything into it. Watch it, like it, or hate it, but don’t overthink it. It’s just for entertainment - nothing more. Sometimes the cynicism of some of the posters on here is just way, way over the top - chill out.


71 posted on 12/31/2015 9:58:01 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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To: Moonman62

Moichandising!


72 posted on 12/31/2015 10:02:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: rusty schucklefurd
  Exactly - I had a great time watching it. It was the most enjoyable movie I've seen in a very long time.
73 posted on 12/31/2015 10:11:59 PM PST by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

It was an enjoyable Family Movie.


74 posted on 12/31/2015 10:14:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Maurice Tift

I enjoyed it too. Just a fun film with a couple of surprises


75 posted on 12/31/2015 10:17:37 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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To: minnesota_bound

That file is not real so do not bother downloading.


76 posted on 12/31/2015 10:22:13 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: dfwgator
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll kiss ten bucks good-bye.

It.was.a.w.f.u.l. Awful. So completely and utterly meh... with a touch of bleah... And a bucket of Uunngh! I literally contemplated leaving every 10 minutes or so...

I was completely unimpressed. Not angry... not even passionately unimpressed. Just normally unimpressed by the buttload. With ketchup. not even salsa. Just ketchup. and not fancy ketchup. just run-of-the-mill watered-down, slightly less than crappy diner ketchup.

Some meh, smeared between two slices of meh. A generic meh sandwich, with crappy ketchup. From a gas station. for 10 bucks. I felt like I was 'sort of swept away, a little' to Des Moines, IA... so very meh.

77 posted on 12/31/2015 10:30:34 PM PST by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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To: Perdogg

The effects were good and it was decent entertainment and worth seeing once. To me it was about the same level as the last 3 Star Wars movies — maybe -— but not in the same league with the first three movies in the franchise. Reason? The writing was weak.

I also found the voice of the young darth vader wannabe to be quite pathetic. It sounded like they used a cheapo headset mic in his helmet. All that money and they used a headset mic? That part of the movie reminded me of Space Balls as it seemed like they were spoofing Darth Vader’s voice


78 posted on 12/31/2015 10:53:13 PM PST by plain talk (wages he means minimum wage=)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

This movie will be gone in a week or two. It sucks and will be gone quickly. It has no life beyond the hype.

I look forward to its embarrassing disappearance.

I say this as someone for whom the original Star Wars shaped my childhood. We were all Luke Skywalker or Han Solo when I was a kid.

They have totally squandered this, with totally boring politically correct crapola.

I guess we’ll see how the original concept survives.


79 posted on 12/31/2015 11:26:26 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: heartwood

Ask Bob Dylan...


80 posted on 12/31/2015 11:27:37 PM PST by Salamander (I may be lonely but I'm never alone...and the night may pass me by, but I never cry...)
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