I really never had a problem with Hux being made a farce of, or “they fly now” (yes it’s corny, but that’s Star Wars, right?)
It wasn’t until I found this forum that I realized so many people HATE that “They fly now” joke. I will never understand it. lol.
I think the fact that it was in the first clip they released from the film didn’t help! People were kinda set to hate this thing regardless, and the joke became a bit of a pre-emptive flashpoint for that.
That’s exactly it, the joke was just the first really goofy bit of the film people saw so it devolved into vicious mockery in the comments. In all fairness it is a pretty brainless line.