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#790773
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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There are two main reasons why I like Stargate SG-1 (and its spinoffs) less and less as time goes by:

1. It's a thinly disguised knockoff of Star Trek crossed with Babylon 5 -- ie. completely derivative without any new ideas of its own.

2. The self-entitled SG-1 fanboys who piss and moan that the upcoming reboot trilogy is going to ignore the SG-1 continuity (while completely disregarding the fact that SG-1 ignored everything about the original movie beyond the basic plot. Double standards much?).

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#790616
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What do you HATE about the EU?
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TheFourthHorseman said:

darklordoftech said:

TheFourthHorseman said:

The old EU was just unwieldy. I couldn't get into it. I actually tried to read some wiki logs on characters and events. The entries were novel length. 

This so much. Immediately after ROTJ, soul-sucking aliens invade, then an orange-uniformed woman takes over the Empire, then a "Dark Jedi" almost becomes a dark side god, then a blue-skinned alien takes over the Empire, then Palpatine returns in a clone body, then Palpatine returns in another clone body, then a star-destroying superweapon shows up, then an alien from another dimension attacks, then some aliens from another galaxy attack, then some bugs attack, then one of Leia and Han's children goes dark, then a planet of Sith and a tentacled mind-controlling monster attack, then 100 years later the galaxy is ruled by another Sith army.

 

Well that's.... A lot of nonsense.... That happened. Oh my.

Why do I get the sense that it doesn't sound  any less dumb in the actual books?

In my own more-or-less humble opinion, some of the above is better executed than darklordoftech makes it sound. The iron pyrite still outweighs the gold, however.

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#790592
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What do you HATE about the EU?
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TheFourthHorseman said:

I'd hope Disney keeps a tighter hold on the new EU so it doesn't get that convoluted again.

Unfortunately, the Story Group that's in charge of the nuEU is pretty much made up of the same folks who ran the old EU, so I fully expect it to collapse into another shoddy mess of bad writing, poor characterization*, and ludicrous retconning within a decade or two.

*Truth be told, I think it's already succumbed to the first two.

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#790399
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Last movie seen
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TV's Frink said:

ray_afraid said:

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Took me awhile to get around to seeing this, but I knew I was gonna love it. I love MAD MAX and ROAD WARRIOR and all the reviewers I admire said they loved it.
I didn't love it. I'm not even sure I liked it...
The cars were very cool, the stunts were wild, the film had a great look to it...
But, even with all it's action, the film was just terribly boring.
I didn't give a crap about any of the characters and found them all to be dull as can be. Especially Max, whom you'd think would have a bit of charisma about him. But, none.

 My wife, who hates action movies, loved this.  I think she's right and you're wrong.