StarOcean said:
It's the SW community. It was going to be hated from it's very conception |
You know what? I'm not liking this comment too much. Why? I would consider myself one of the Star Wars community and this isn't the first time in the thread that you put us down. I know that you're a mod and all but come on...
I am what you would call a "real" Star Wars fan. I am 42 years old and saw the original movie in the theater when I was four and all of the others when they were released. I didn't piss and moan about how horrible all of the movies were. Sure, I wan't pleased with the Ewoks or Jar Jar, but for the most part I loved each of Lucas' movies. You can look back in my posting history and see that I stuck up for the prequel trilogy while many others bashed it because it was the cool thing to do. It's not like the Star Wars community hates everything just to hate it. I take exception to your comment.
Let me tell you a story. I went to see The Phantom Menace at midnight with my friend, Manny. After it was over I was smiling from ear to ear and he hated it. He looked disgusted, angry, and betrayed. I didn't get it, but it was his opinion and I really felt sorry for him. He was also a Star Wars fan since childhood and looked at it as a disappointment. You see, different people like different things. We both were hardcore Star Wars fans but had differing opinions. Don't say that the entire community hated it because that's just not true. I have seen D21 Lewis defend the prequel trilogy in this thread and know from his posting history that he's a pretty big Star Wars fan.
Fast forward to December 18, 2015. I watched The Force Awakens and couldn't stand it for all of the reasons that I listed in the OP. I am not some horrible member of the SW community that hates everything. At the end of the film I just stared at the screen until it went blank. I felt disgusted, angry, and betrayed just like my friend Manny did at the premiere of the Phantom Menace. As I got up to finally leave, there was gentleman in his late 30s to early 40s at the back of the theater sitting by himself staring at the blank screen. I glanced in his direction and shook my head in disgust. He returned the favor and looked like someone killed a family member. It then occured to me that this is pretty much what Disney did. They killed off the true spirit of Star Wars. The mythos of the force had been completely destroyed. Now someone can just touch a lightsaber and have an "awakening" through osmosis. What normally would take years of training now takes NO training. To say that I'm disgusted by this is a severe understatement. I wonder what Manny would think of this movie...
Disney, in my humble opinion, did not make a movie for hardcore Star Wars fans. They made a movie for people that casually watch Star Wars movies and that, to me is the crime that was commited. I still feel shocked, appalled, and betrayed by what I watched a week ago. Do I take the series too serious? Probably, but that is what it means to be a fan of anything. If a Mario game came out that looked and sounded like a Mario game but didn't play like it at all Nintendo fans would be up in arms. Why? They are Nintendo fans and want things a certain way. I am a Star Wars fan and want things a certain way. You might not agree with me, but don't belittle the Star Wars community because everyone doesn't feel exactly the same way as you.
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