Last week in the Milky Way galaxy on planet Earth during the early 21st century...
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Before my brain connected the dots, I thought I was looking at a picture of some 'rebels' from some African republic hiding out in the jungle.
Putting Disney garbage aside for a second -- it bodes really poorly for our culture that all entertainment these days is derivative. Sequels, prequels, rehashes, reimaginations, spin-offs, parodies, gender-bent -- it's all garbage.
I'm so thirsty for original ideas. It's so concerning to me that studios would rather try to milk a cow that has long since run out of milk.
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once is a pretty unique take on a well known premise. It manages to be batshit insane, heartfelt, and speaks to relatable human condition.
To be fair, Star Wars has a long history of using modified versions of real weapons as props. This does look particularly low effort, however.
u/Grumman is right, this is well below the acceptable tolerance level of any Sci-Fi.
I would even go so far as saying this is a worse decision than giving them:
I think my mind could fucking tolerate the levels of stupid in this decision if was an FS2000 because it really does look like a Sci-Fi weapon in it's original configuration. But if you're gonna use a dirty old AK, just say fuck it and give them a fucking M1 Garand. I want you to feel as stupid as they look.
Star Wars isn't science fiction. It's fantasy adventure.
Well, this lazy shit also isn't acceptable in fantasy adventure, so I fail to see the relevance...
Science fantasy
Eh. Futuristic-medieval fantasy adventure.
Adding the word "science" sort of implies there would be SOME sense of discovery and some realism to the setting.
Which are not things you could ever accuse Star Wars of having.
Adding spaceships and robots in space doesn't make something scientific. It's just reskinned skyships and golems on the ocean.
Isn’t a lot of SciFi just that though? I like Dune, but, being a scientist myself, I don’t really see the “science” in it.
When it came out in the late 70s, a lot of adults of the time described it as a "space western", and about the only things to compare it to at the time was stuff like Buck Rogers or Star Trek (which itself was called "Wagon Train To the Stars".)
Nuclear take right there.
Han's heavy blaster is the only prop that comes to mind that was anywhere close, retaining the Mauser's "broom handle" grip. The Sterling SMG doesn't have much surface detail to retain, so it's just the basic layout with the sideways magazine port that betrays their origin.
Also to be fair, and probably pissing off Star Wars fans a bit, I think that normal guns would be more effective than the blasters in the actual films. They’re so slow that you can dodge them. Thanks I’ll show myself out 😃
But they look and sound cooler so...style points?
Star Wars should've been sold to the Chinese.
But they shouldn't look exactly like specific models of Earth slug throwers.
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
The issue isn't that they have slug throwers, it's that they have AKs.
Firearms in Star Wars could be very cool to see, if done in an interesting way. AKs are a deal breaker though. Either makes something that looks cobbled together, something like a Luty or a Sten (not identical, just along those lines); or something that looks archaic, perhaps an old-school revolver-style gun; or a gun that looks more advanced than most current firearms, like the mentioned XM8 or FS2000 (although, again, not identical.) I think the last one could be interesting, and would fit. In a setting where they'd advanced from projectile launchers to lasers, the 'old, funky, and outdated' projectile launchers would still look more advanced than our current guns, most likely. So I'd say a super advanced but beat up looking firearm would be interesting and fit the theme.
I'm guessing "Obi-wan," but I'm wondering why I'm seeing so much forest in the shit I'm seeing. He's a hermit on a desert planet.
You're correct. It's a still from Andor.