Yeah, maybe not too popular, but my love for Star Wars disappeared the minute I saw the very first preview of Force Awakens. I remember my childish excitement fading away and thinking "welp, there goes another one" and pretty much wrote the whole thing off. I do recall being semi-interested in the black trooper's deprogramming that was implied in the preview (obviously they skipped all that to focus more on Mary Sue fucking around in the desert and slapping male helping hands away like a grrlboss should).
I eventually did watch it because some friends had it on in their house while I was staying over and I wasn't into it at all, except maybe the nostalgia-berries with the original cast (that weren't ever put in the same scene).
The Star Trek "soft" reboot films prepared me, somewhat, for how other franchises would be rebooted and ruined. Granted, I had no way of predicting just how badly they'd fuck it up.
Yeah those disappointed me when I realized that it was a soft reboot with an alternate timeline. I didn't even know that going in and was annoyed at the laziness of the writing. Who wants to do all that research and keep it consistent when they can just give us a time travel scheme so they can just make shit up...
Well, you were more perceptive than me. I was over the moon at the visual innovations of blockbuster setpieces (Star Destroyer wreck, X-wing scenes) and thought the way the trailer was structured proved that JJ understood the spirit of Star Wars. By the time I walked out of the theater I had already realized I would have to cover up my disappointment and confusion in front of friends. Then the horror of it sunk in pretty quickly after that.
For me it was the moment Leia did the Mary Poppins in Space. Only reason I didn’t walk out was I had taken my son to see it. He was 7 and was just having a good time being at the movie theater in general so I didn’t want to ruin his fun.
Yeah, maybe not too popular, but my love for Star Wars disappeared the minute I saw the very first preview of Force Awakens. I remember my childish excitement fading away and thinking "welp, there goes another one" and pretty much wrote the whole thing off. I do recall being semi-interested in the black trooper's deprogramming that was implied in the preview (obviously they skipped all that to focus more on Mary Sue fucking around in the desert and slapping male helping hands away like a grrlboss should).
I eventually did watch it because some friends had it on in their house while I was staying over and I wasn't into it at all, except maybe the nostalgia-berries with the original cast (that weren't ever put in the same scene).
The Star Trek "soft" reboot films prepared me, somewhat, for how other franchises would be rebooted and ruined. Granted, I had no way of predicting just how badly they'd fuck it up.
Yeah those disappointed me when I realized that it was a soft reboot with an alternate timeline. I didn't even know that going in and was annoyed at the laziness of the writing. Who wants to do all that research and keep it consistent when they can just give us a time travel scheme so they can just make shit up...
Well, you were more perceptive than me. I was over the moon at the visual innovations of blockbuster setpieces (Star Destroyer wreck, X-wing scenes) and thought the way the trailer was structured proved that JJ understood the spirit of Star Wars. By the time I walked out of the theater I had already realized I would have to cover up my disappointment and confusion in front of friends. Then the horror of it sunk in pretty quickly after that.
For me it was the moment Leia did the Mary Poppins in Space. Only reason I didn’t walk out was I had taken my son to see it. He was 7 and was just having a good time being at the movie theater in general so I didn’t want to ruin his fun.