It's just that to me some things like assuming Luke would be as strong and as powerful as fully trained Jedi in their prime seems so illogical, it makes me really wonder why other things that seem fairly easy to roll along with seem to make no logical sense to you.
I mean you went ahead and assume there must be -some- reason that a lightsaber stops at the end without something there to rflect or absorb it. Even going so far as to suspect it had something to do with the "Force".
Yet whenever someone starts talking about how something doesn't make sense in the prequels, and someone like myself says, "well that's the Force", people act like it's suddenly a huge cop out.
I really treasure the diversity of opinions on this planet, and part of the reason I came here in particular is because I really do enjoy opinions that are entirey opposite of my own.
As much as I respect all of your opinions, I still get this huge feeling like a lot of you don't like the prequels simply because they -aren't- the OT. Sometimes it seems as though a lot of you had no problem effortlessly suspending your disbelief for the classic trilogy, but now it seems like you guys are expecting the prequel trilogy to be more perfect than the classic trilogy had to be.
I know it ends up coming down to the fact that many of you feel there are far fewer of these "logical hurdles" to leap over in the classic trilogy, but at the same time I can't help but feel like you guys didn't want to jump over -any- logic hurdles for the prequels.
Tiptup, you say that the prequels "failed" to ignite that part of your imagination that really enjoys figuring these kinds of things out. Yet here I am telling you I for one found it to be every bit as engaging for my imagination as the classic trilogy was.
Is it really just that I have such a low expectation for quality that I would enjoy watching paint dry? Of course not. Is it rather that you have such an unmeetable expectation for quality that nothing would have done it for you? Of course not.
But I think it's unfortunate that so many feel as you do, and it breaks my heart to know that no matter how much I try to explain my enjoyment to many of you, it won't help at all.
I think you guys have been really great as far as allowing me to talk about this stuff with you guys. You have all been very polite about it and have gone to great lengths to explain why you all feel the way you feel.
Even if I can't change anyone's mind here, I at least feel I understand your position better than I did before.
Even if I have a real hard time relating to it personally.