TV’s Frink said:
I find it funny how people will complain that the film didn’t do anything different, and then go on to complain about the things that JJ did that were actually different.This exactly summarizes my frustration with a sizable percentage of our fandom. If it isn’t that people are nitpicking about things that don’t pertain to the film in it’s totality.
Alderaan said:
He got weaker in the dark side as the film went along though. That’s the problem some people have with this character. It would have been so easy to fix too. He should have just wasted Finn, then play-fought Rey, only allowing her to live because he’s attracted to her, or he wants to train her or something. Then she taps into the force and fights him off for just a moment, then deus-ex-machina, the ground opens up and she escapes. Kylo would still be a threatening obstacle heading into the next film, and his arc wouldn’t have blown up.“Yes, yes! To Alderaan you listen. The Starkiller Base. Remember Ren’s failure at the Starkiller Base!”. Ren is a problem, not TFA not being enought like ANH.
As far as I know, every movie has its villain, even if it’s not an actual character (unless it’s a documentary, maybe 😄 ). I’m not against Ren not being like Vader, but that there’s barely any threat in TFA: it’s not about making TFA like ANH, it’s just that he’s a bad villain, consequence of a not-so-good writing, to me.
I don’t think you understand what the character of Kylo Ren is supposed to be . Kylo Ren is not supposed to be a good villain yet. He is a mentally unstable kid who masquerades as someone who has power like Vader but has yet to be fully trained.
Also not so good writing has nothing to do with it. The writer’s made him a would be Darksider because part of his arc will be him becoming exponentially stronger in the sequels.