this sums up my thoughts on the film and the fan base very well. To the creator of this video, I say Kudos and drop the mic dude ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2cBTLsWiDg&fbclid=IwAR1lUEbfBOn5Yr2VPJSfqaLPzlQf5WDqjUQEZEfG46_WMcctzcbjJqODgoI
Too much nerd-splaining. He uses the same lore-based logic to explain why TLJ is good as its detractors use to explain why it’s bad. If you have to strain this hard to explain why a fictional work is actually genius, then either you’re desperately trying to convince yourself that you like it or the arguments you’re trying to refute probably aren’t worth refuting. Star Wars is so much more basic than that. These films suffer from so much over-analysis and in the end few of the arguments actually have any bearing on whether the movie is good or bad.
Quoted for truth.
The only intellectualizing done for the OT was for the purpose of trying to understand what made it so good; not to argue that it was good or not good.
No amount of nerdsplaining about the ST’s continuity or the reasons why Rey is who she is and blah blah blah will ever make someone who doesn’t like the film enjoy it any more. That cuts both ways.
In truth I’ve seen far more nerdsplaining from the fans who like the films. Those who hated the ST don’t seem to nerdsplain so much as they try to identify the underlying motivations that resulted in a crap product. The two sides argue past each other. One side of the fan base call out the people responsible for the movie. The other side of the fan base seem more inlcined to call out other fans.