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I’m just saying that if the movie came out in theatres that way, it would be confusing. It’s something new and different, with no introduction or setup, being introduced at the last possible moment.
Personally not a fan because of that. I guess the approach I try to make with any edit, fan or for work, is thinking story first, then cool looks. Doing something because it looks cool, even though it makes no sense, is kinda what gave us the mess that is Rise of Skywalker to begin with.
I have no comment on whether today’s audiences would understand it. But I definitely think audiences of the 1980s would understand it. I think it’s kind of a shame that theaters today are so full with armchair critics who can’t think for themselves that audiences being confused at the lightning being red is a genuine possibility. It’s lightning, that’s red. Not that hard.
I feel like I’m coming off like an asshole here, and I don’t mean to direct this at you, but I really hate that discourse around movies is so dominated by stuff like this. Oh, XYZ wasn’t explained, oh ABC isn’t set up properly, oh LMNOP is unrealistic, when all of this stuff makes sense if people one, stayed awake for the entire duration of the movie, and two, turned on the shriveled husk of meat inside their skulls they call their “brain”.
I blame pop critics like Cracked and CinemaSins.
It’s instant-gratification social media in general. People have self-inflicted ADD and do not have the time to actually digest the latest media, they just want quick explanations and then forget about it 48 hours later. It’s why READING is becoming a problem in society as people can barely focus on a book, much less an article–notice how articles come with “5 min read / 10 min read” at the top nowadays?
People would rather watch a 10 minute youtube that explains a movie than actually watch a movie…and that’s sad, because it will eventually kill the artform. Other than autistic people like us here, the majority of people will not care about the minute details. Unless there’s some sort of major cultural change (on the level of the creation of the internet itself) that forces people to re-focus their minds, it’s just gonna get more and more shallow and superficial and lazy with details.
So, bringing this back on topic…other than a show like Game of Thrones, there isn’t much media geared towards rewarding people for dissecting every single detail. Say what you will about George Lucas’ storywriting abilities…he did have an eye for details. MAYBE Mandolorian will bring back that level of focus, but even that’s got a lot of potential problems with continuity and timelines since it has prequel-canon limitations.