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thismeintiel on 02 January 2018
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haxxiy said:
Soundwave said:

At NINE YEARS OLD though? lol. The only human capable of flying death pods at 1000 mph? 

His mom getting fucked by Force penis to magically create a baby? 

None of that stretches the lore too much? C'mon guys. 

I actually think it would work if Rey is somehow willed by the Force and in particular Anakin himself from the Netherworld of the Force after Luke shuts himself off. It makes sense because Anakin is not going to just sit there and watch everything he set right be ruined by his idiot grandson. 

Thematically it works perfectly too, because Kylo Ren is obsessed with being the next Darth Vader, the irony would be if Anakin chooses Rey to basically inherit his power. So she is basically everything Kylo thought he should be by birthright, that works very well thematically. 

I could see that, even though really it doesn't even require that kind much explanation. She's the chosen one/golden child/messiah. Force chose her to end the Dark Side. And what the Force wants, the Force apparently gets it seems. 

You are taking the word of a kid who says "nothing can kill a jedi" and has lived since age three or so at a small spaceport and its outskirts too much at face value. Not to mention he never even finished a race before salvaging a nice pod for himself (good enough on itself that Sebulba bought it afterwards) and being trained a little bit on the ways of the force by Qui-Gon. If those aliens were actually that much sturdier at taking on g-forces and having faster reflexes etc. as you believe we would have seen them everywhere on galactic military, and it would probably deserve more than an off-hand comment which may or may not be interpreted that way.

As for Anakin's conception, again the same question, we have only Shmi's word to base on. Qui-Gon believes on her and that it is the will of the force, and even speculates on physical phenomena that might have led into it (midi-chlorians and so) but we never see the direct evidence, which makes it seem more mystical / spiritual than Leia flying or whatever (a subtlety with the supernatural and magical shared by the likes of Tolkien and Poe which makes them superior to their wackier counterparts and knockoffs to most people). If Shmi had been impregnated by the force on-screen on Episode I by some flashy SFX you can bet there would have been way, way more backlash.

 

I don't think he is remembering thinks correctly, again. But, I guess this is the only argument he has so he keeps repeating it. Anakin being Space Jesus, as well as being a Gary Sue (I don't think many used this term, but this is what they were actually talking about) for little kids, was two of the largest complaints about the film. There's a reason Lucas toned it down, as well as never mentioned a virgin birth again, in the remaining prequels.

Lucas-Rio said: 
It is now at 50% of approval at RottenTomatoes, still slowly dropping. Maybe only a matter of,time before it drops under 50%.

The fans have spoken, the professional reviews smoke some heavy stuff or got some heavy dollars before watching the movie. Don't forget than among the 50% approval, there are a lot of casuals, Marvey and Disney lovers. The approval among SW fans must be around 10%.

Idk about the 10% comment, but definitely ouch about the 50%.  Gotta laugh about people wanting to ignore the 1s and 2s, but want to keep the 9s and 10s, just so it's rating can go up. 

KLAMarine said: 
SuaveSocialist said: 

LOL

You forgot to read the last paragraph.

I'm sure that part helps ease the blow of not making $400-$600 million more dollars on a mainline SW film.

Disney breathes a sigh of relief.

Btw Mr. Socialist, are you sticking up for Disney?

If it turns out it made the same 80% of its total BO this past Monday, like TFA did for this point in time,  it'll actually be down by ~$750M WW.