I have seen it argued that 7 is a really good movie with zero ploy holes if you read two novels and a comic book before watching it to get the context. Apparently having content that doesn't need outside explanation is a thing of the past.
If a movie requires outside supplemental media to make sense, maybe it should be retooled so that homework is not required to fully enjoy the movie. What is another half hour to an hour of run time anyway for a modern movie?
A Disney Star Wars shill told me I wasn’t a fan and that the EU was fan fiction. Of course this was someone in their 20s. They said that Lucas saw it as non-canon and I said well Disney threw out the Lucas outline so they are non canon too
E;R's argument is the best counter to that kind of thinking. It doesn't matter if you "explain" why she's better than everyone at everything. The fact is, hypercompetence is bad writing because it takes all stake out of anything that character does. I don't care if Rey found the Gomu Gomu fruit and then gravity trained for 5000 years, she's still boring. An explanation for why you made an overpowered, boring character doesn't make that character interesting.
Exactly. There are good examples of characters that are overpowered but written well. There's this character in Galaxy's Edge named Tyhrus Rechs (pronounced like the dinosaur) who is really really good at killing people because his genetics were fucked with to make him stop aging, become immune to almost all diseases and is equipped with armor that is basically from another dimension. He's literally 5000 years old and has been fighting the entire time, but he struggles with being that old and generally barely survives overwhelming odds. He actually has to try to win and is constantly getting banged up, gets shot, shit like that. It's not a cake walk for him.
Rey just effortlessly does everything and has zero personality behind it. It's not that hard to make a good character they just didn't.
I have seen it argued that 7 is a really good movie with zero ploy holes if you read two novels and a comic book before watching it to get the context. Apparently having content that doesn't need outside explanation is a thing of the past.
If a movie requires outside supplemental media to make sense, maybe it should be retooled so that homework is not required to fully enjoy the movie. What is another half hour to an hour of run time anyway for a modern movie?
I was told that you're "not a real fan" if you don't read tye extra stuff
A Disney Star Wars shill told me I wasn’t a fan and that the EU was fan fiction. Of course this was someone in their 20s. They said that Lucas saw it as non-canon and I said well Disney threw out the Lucas outline so they are non canon too
It's all so tiresome. Star Wars EU expanded the universe and Disney still uses it, just in a way that they don't have to pay royalties.
E;R's argument is the best counter to that kind of thinking. It doesn't matter if you "explain" why she's better than everyone at everything. The fact is, hypercompetence is bad writing because it takes all stake out of anything that character does. I don't care if Rey found the Gomu Gomu fruit and then gravity trained for 5000 years, she's still boring. An explanation for why you made an overpowered, boring character doesn't make that character interesting.
Exactly. There are good examples of characters that are overpowered but written well. There's this character in Galaxy's Edge named Tyhrus Rechs (pronounced like the dinosaur) who is really really good at killing people because his genetics were fucked with to make him stop aging, become immune to almost all diseases and is equipped with armor that is basically from another dimension. He's literally 5000 years old and has been fighting the entire time, but he struggles with being that old and generally barely survives overwhelming odds. He actually has to try to win and is constantly getting banged up, gets shot, shit like that. It's not a cake walk for him.
Rey just effortlessly does everything and has zero personality behind it. It's not that hard to make a good character they just didn't.