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11 Serious Problems With The New Star Wars Movie (Spoiler Alert)
Daily Caller ^ | 2:20 PM 12/23/2015

Posted on 12/23/2015 3:13:34 PM PST by Perdogg

Bedford’s Editor Note: This is pretty on-point, and will spoil “The Force Awakens” a lot if you haven’t seen it, and even a bit if you have. So thanks for that, Blake.

After years of staggering hype, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opened to nearly-unanimous positive reviews and the biggest opening of any film ever. Dozens of laudatory reviews are praising it as a worthy successor to the Original Trilogy.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
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To: Perdogg

I grew up in the Star Wars era, have never seen a single one of them.


81 posted on 12/24/2015 6:53:57 AM PST by nobamanomore
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To: minnesota_bound

BRUCE! the shark from Jaws!

I thought that he had been damaged and was discarded.

How old is that picture, anyway?


82 posted on 12/24/2015 7:41:35 AM PST by TheOldLady (I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
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George Lucas didn't ruin my life.
F**king Polio did!!

(Click Harry above for the RLM review)
83 posted on 12/24/2015 7:42:26 AM PST by RandallFlagg ("Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -Charlton Heston)
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To: TheOldLady

That is Steven Spielberg that Jaws is having for lunch.


84 posted on 12/24/2015 8:16:20 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Perdogg

The moviemakers aren’t seeking our dollars. They are seeking the dollars of the younger demographics.


85 posted on 12/24/2015 8:44:12 AM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

J.J. Abrams blew up the planet Vulcan in Star Trek. If he does another Star Trek movie he will blow up Earth.


86 posted on 12/24/2015 8:51:54 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

No kidding? Cool! Thanks!


87 posted on 12/24/2015 10:08:46 AM PST by TheOldLady (I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
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To: Seruzawa

Actually they’re seeking ALL the dollars. The generation that made this the most lucrative franchise on the planet is now in their 40s to 60s, they’ve got money, they’ve shown a fondness for not moving past their childhood obsessions, and they spent 1 BILLION dollars on merch for a movie that wasn’t even out yet in 24 hours. Kids are nice dollars, but kids don’t actually have their own dollars, in the end adults still need to spend the money, either for themselves or for their kids. Of course they want the kids hooked because Disney is still going to own this in 20 years and they’re still going to want dollars.


88 posted on 12/24/2015 10:13:13 AM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: Little Ray

I really, really, REALLY cannot abide anything that Abrams does, especially because he so relishes destroying decades of storytelling in movies people have come to love.


89 posted on 12/24/2015 10:29:09 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: freepertoo

Well, Han can’t come back as a Force ghost...he is not Force sensitive.


90 posted on 12/24/2015 10:32:52 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: freepertoo

He might be. That’s a subject of great discussion in fen. We’ll find out in a year and a half which way it bounces in current canon.


91 posted on 12/24/2015 12:29:12 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: discostu

Fen...heh...ever go to Media West?


92 posted on 12/24/2015 1:58:05 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: freepertoo

No. I’m strictly unprofessional.


93 posted on 12/24/2015 2:14:55 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: Perdogg

This review is generally accurate. I would add its basically episode 4 redux.


94 posted on 12/24/2015 10:08:20 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

See post 28.


95 posted on 12/24/2015 10:11:19 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Perdogg

I haven’t seen the movie yet so I want to avoid spoilers. But if one of the things “wrong” with it is manual weapons targeting, I’m with you.


96 posted on 12/24/2015 10:16:53 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: MrEdd

Yeah. :)


97 posted on 12/24/2015 10:23:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Fledermaus
No, that was Episode I. It’s basically the first one from 1977.

Only this time with a chick playing the "Luke Skywalker" role. Do we have to have female heroines in EVERY movie now?

98 posted on 12/26/2015 1:49:14 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Seruzawa

99 posted on 12/26/2015 1:55:10 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Perdogg

We just saw this. Entertaining, but this guy’s observations are pretty spot on. This is a sort of juvenile rehash using tropes from Jar Jar Abrams’ Star Trek reboot: Untrained barely disciplined handsome guy gets made Captain of a Starship upon graduation from the Academy. Same here except they use a chick and make it even more unbelievable.


100 posted on 12/27/2015 1:04:19 PM PST by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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