| Goodnightmoon said: I don't really think so but if we have to consider that she is Mary Sue then we have to consider that mainstream cinema is plenty of Marty Stus, but nobody ever complain nearly as much about those cause you know, they were men. |
Or perhaps because these Marty Stus you speak of were not in the Star Wars universe but rather in their own universe with its own set of rules and their own CAPABLE antagonists who give the protagonist considerable difficulty.
You know who comes close to Mary Sueness? Hit Girl from the film Kick Ass: she defies odds and does things no kid her age should be able to do much like Rey does things with the force no newcomer should be able to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JfjO1PZxXc
One key difference?
Hit Girl gets rescued:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiuIU_88rNw
To add to that, Star Wars was always a franchise to be taken seriously while Kick Ass was more of a comedy-action type of film. The tones are different and the rules are different too: Luke helped establish the rules in the SW universe and in Kick Ass, Big Daddy helps establish the rules there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1E6GiB_BPU
I love Hit Girl and can't stand Rey in part because Hit Girl, even as ridiculous as the universe she is in can be, shows she's not untouchable and needs help in the end but Rey is always able to help herself when her predecessor, Luke, demonstrates several times that he too is in need of help. Help that was so vital, it saved his life.
To hell with Rey.
Last edited by KLAMarine - on 14 January 2018
