Humorous comparison between Rey and Luke: https://youtu.be/PE2at2Wo9sU
I would love to see a video that similarly misconstrues and ignores from the other way around.
What was misconstrued or ignored?
Are you really going to make me go point by point?
I can’t make you do anything, really, I was just curious what was wrong with it. Point-by-point isn’t necessary, but if there’s like one or two main points then I’d be interested in reading them, since I thought it was pretty funny myself.
Well, I will say in general that this video is the nexus of the two main criticisms of the film - that it was too similar to ANH and that Rey is a (barf) Mary Sue - and in the process points out some flaws in the arguments for the former while also misrepresenting aspects of the latter to better conform to the both criticisms. Ultimately, like many critiques of TFA, it misses out on valuable details which counter both issues.
Basically I’ll just say that many things that are glossed over in that video extrapolate in ways that justify many of the things that people take issue with.
If I’m crazy enough I might post a full rebuttal later. If you want an example now I’d just say something like Rey raising herself vs. Luke being raised by his aunt and uncle glosses over that Unkar Plutt was her guardian so there was some help given, but also that that necessitated an independence at a young age which accounts for many of her skills that Luke did not have.
I didn’t find the video funny but I’ll admit videos that critique movies like this are a pet peeve of mine, regardless of how amusing they might be.