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Video - The Last Jedi: A Hate Letter to Star Wars and its Fans (Analysis with SPOILERS)
YouTube ^ | Dec 21, 2017 | David Stewart

Posted on 12/21/2017 5:04:21 PM PST by Republican Wildcat

Video: "analysis of the latest star wars movie, The Last Jedi, in which writer/director Rian Johnson tells a nihilistic story that attempts to deconstruct all elements of the star wars mythos and destroy the attachments of the audience to Star Wars' characters, themes, and mythos."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: rianjohnson; starwars; thelastjedi
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I pretty much got the same impression as this commentator. It's such a shame they decided to just destroy what Star Wars used to be without any regard to concepts such as cohesive storyline, good v. evil, etc. Like the rest doesn't matter and shouldn't matter.
1 posted on 12/21/2017 5:04:21 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

That’s what SJW’s do. They destroy things other people love.


2 posted on 12/21/2017 5:08:07 PM PST by JohnyBoy (The GOP Senate is intentionally trying to lose the majority.)
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To: Republican Wildcat
With the possible exception of Luke Skywalker, every man in the movie is portrayed as a reckless hot-shot who constantly makes dumb, risky mistakes and has to be bailed out by the much wiser and intelligent women around them. Come to think of it even Luke Skywalker was portrayed as inferior to the barely-an-adult Rey in both skill and wisdom.

Also, the big baddie Kylo Ren has all the intimidation value of your average ANTIFA member. He comes across as a spoiled "special snowflake" millennial with daddy issues. He spends more time talking about his feelings and throwing temper tantrums than displaying any real menace. Darth Vader is turning over in his grave (or ash pile I guess).

3 posted on 12/21/2017 5:19:47 PM PST by apillar
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To: Republican Wildcat

White guys we will kill you off. Dont want you around anymore even though you all pretty much built the world and all the technology we have today.


4 posted on 12/21/2017 5:36:30 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JohnyBoy

And SJWS tend to make the most awful storytellers in recent years too. Pregnant superheroine and a bitter stereotypical gay guy who was written as straight for 50 years were among the big achievements of SJWS in recent years.


5 posted on 12/21/2017 5:48:47 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Republican Wildcat

Young girls are the new “men” in the movies.


6 posted on 12/21/2017 5:50:40 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

>White guys we will kill you off. Dont want you around anymore even though you all pretty much built the world and all the technology we have today.

That’s what happened in Haiti.


7 posted on 12/21/2017 5:54:23 PM PST by JohnyBoy (The GOP Senate is intentionally trying to lose the majority.)
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To: apillar
Come to think of it even Luke Skywalker was portrayed as inferior to the barely-an-adult Rey in both skill and wisdom.

SPOILERS:

They didn't do a good job at all with Luke's character in this film. In the previous films, Luke sees good in Anakin and works through the whole Return of the Jedi to convince Vader to turn to the good side, and finally achieves it. Yet in this film, when he sees the dark side in Kylo, he just tries to kill him in his sleep?

Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi - Darth Vader's Death

Here is one of the greatest scenes in any movie I have ever watched. The Last Jedi completely negates it.

8 posted on 12/21/2017 5:58:56 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Chainmail

I’m so sick of seeing leading female characters, 90 lbs. Beating men 3x their size like they were made of paper. What a joke.


9 posted on 12/21/2017 6:30:41 PM PST by bigtoona (Make America Great Again! America First!)
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To: JohnyBoy
That’s what happened in Haiti.

It's also what happened in Rhodesia, which resulted in Zimbabwe.

Mark

10 posted on 12/21/2017 6:35:53 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Republican Wildcat

After the movie production companies complained bitterly that RottenTomatoes.com hosted reviews that made ticket sales nearly impossible, they said “something had to be done.”
So I look at the 92% (i.e.,”Fresh”) critics reviews for this last Star Wars and compare it with the low fan scores of 52% (i.e., “Rotten”) and believe that the movie studio somehow figured out how to get better percentage reviews from critics but when the fans go and see what they’ve done to the franchise, the score tanks as “rotten”.


11 posted on 12/21/2017 6:42:47 PM PST by ransomnote
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Because I love my husband I am going to this torture chamber of a movie in a few days. I hate star wars, but love.........


12 posted on 12/21/2017 6:56:00 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: bigtoona

Hollywood is pushing the myth that young women are predominately fit, athletic, and combat-ready.

In reality, young women are short, tend to be plump, and in the service at least, make up that struggling group lagging far behind the males during the morning run. Somewhat surprisingly they get pregnant really often, too.

They won’t be happy until all of our daughters are under the draft and we lose any semblance of combat capability.


13 posted on 12/21/2017 7:01:47 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail
Hollywood is pushing the myth that young women are predominately fit, athletic, and combat-ready.

The underlying reason is because young women are the primary demographic that buys movie tickets. Young men don't. They download them online for free.

14 posted on 12/21/2017 7:06:26 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: apillar

Agreed.
Poe Dameron is constantly put down by his female superiors, whether Lea or the purple haired woman. I understand if she doesn’t want to tell Mr. hot shot the plan, but at least SAY you have a plan but I will not discuss it with you.
The black guy is corrected by the Asian chick.
Luke is challenged by Rae who ends up with the books but magically knows everything anyway.
Kylo Ren is put down by Snoke, mocked by peers, a man-boy who only comes into his own when he offers Rae a place beside him and she refuses. It was probably the closest thing to love he’s capable of.
Every man was put in his place.

If a white guy is smart, compentant and strong, he’s only allowed to be the villain in modern Hollywood. If he’s the lovable Dad, he’s either stupid or clumsy or ignorant, always saved by superior Mom.

To quote Dr. Jordan Peterson, women who had bad experiences with me cannot distinguish competence from tyranny. And media is now bereft of strong GOOD men.

Even Luke is taken down a few notches, from the revelation he tried to kill his apprentice to hesitating to burn down the tree.

Luke gets a pass as the nonviolent white guy hero who dies, but STILL gets overshadowed by the new future, a white girl.


15 posted on 12/21/2017 7:19:00 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Republican Wildcat

What do you expect from somebody named “Rian”


16 posted on 12/21/2017 7:28:37 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: Republican Wildcat

Someone wrote this hilarious comment under the video:

“Star Wars Episode 9 PLOT LEAK REVEAL!
Princess Leia dies offscreen due to a wicked First Order plot led by General Hux, who then retires & becomes a clown in a travelling circus.

Ray, Rose & Finn develop a love triangle. Rose becomes pregnant, & everyone is happy until Rose & Rey decide they dont need a man in their life. The baby is born, and grows up with 2 Mummies. Rose tells Finn he must return to the planet Canto Bight & turn them from their terrible ways.

Finn spends an hour of screen time preaching the way of love & pacifism to the residents of Canto Bight & fails to convert a single person as they are all so terrible. The mission is hailed as a great success.

Ray finally pursuades Kylo Ren to turn to the Lightside. He orders the disarming of the First Order, and they become the Galaxys Peace Corps. rebuilding everything they have destroyed.

Poe comes out of the closet after Finn marries Rose, and unable to live in a future so empty of everything he loves (War & Finn), kills himself. Nobody notices except BB8, who goes “Boo-hoo-doop”.

C3PO & R2D2 become servants of the Canto Bight Institution for Cute orphans & entertain the kids in 30 seconds of screen time.

Chewbacca (now a Vegetarian) becomes a farmer on Kashyyk.

Scientists discover a way to make every new baby become female.

Ray, having ended war in the Galaxy is elected President of the Union of Galactic Planets & presides over a time of peace & happiness for ever, as the Force makes her Immortal & gives her the power to change the mind of anyone who disagrees with her, as they are obviously wrong.”


17 posted on 12/21/2017 7:39:29 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Republican Wildcat

Disney could buy the rights to Beethoven, and pay him 4 billion dollars, but their music would still be Disney multicultural nonsense. Disney can make Disney movies, and apparently not Star Wars movies. They sure know how to, “portray China in a positive light,” which is one of the stipulations they need to abide by to get their movies played in China.


18 posted on 12/21/2017 7:45:55 PM PST by goldendelicious
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To: bigtoona

Speaking of 90 lb characters, isn’t it odd that the gravity on every single one of these planets is EXACTLY the same?


19 posted on 12/22/2017 4:15:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: goldendelicious

Just wait until China buys Disney.


20 posted on 12/22/2017 4:16:39 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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