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#1516642
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Unpopular Opinion Thread
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Spartacus01 said:

In my opinion, George Lucas should never have done the Prequel Trilogy, and he should have gave the responsibility of writing the Prequel story to the Expanded Universe authors from the 90s and 2000s. Instead of having a Prequel Trilogy, I would have liked the entire Clone Wars and Anakin’s fall to be developed in a very long comic series, like Tales of the Jedi but even longer. Like, I would have loved to see Lucas abandoning his plans for making the Prequels in 1996/1997, and giving Tom Veitch the task of writing a long comic series to tell Anakin’s fall and his adventures during the Clone Wars. This way, we could have had both Tales of the Jedi and a long Prequel comic series. I would have still liked the current Prequel actors to serve as models for the appearance of the characters, though. So, Hayden Christensen would still be Anakin, Natalie Portman would still be Anakin’s wife/girlfriend, and Ewan McGregor would still be Obi-Wan.

A part of me agrees, but the other part of me believes that the prequel era should’ve remained a mystery. And I utterly and completely loathe the Padme character, both in how she’s written and performed. I’d insist on the Mother Skywalker character being completely reimagined.

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#1516432
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Last movie seen
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JadedSkywalker said:

Also reduce or get rid of all the Jesus allusions. Like i get it and i respect that the director is a Christian but it gets overwhelming after a while.

Never seen MOS, but I’ve never been keen on the “Superman is Jesus” angle regardless of the portrayal, and I say that as someone who comes from a Christian background and still retains an affinity for Christianity. Siegel & Shuster were Jewish; Kal is a Moses analog with a bit of Samson thrown in.

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#1515976
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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RicOlie_2 said:

A bit like how the government has continually sabotaged the free market system?

You appear to be conflating the free market and capitalism. If you have a half-hour to spare, I suggest watching this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lMzuq84IHQ

Almost like neither system works, because of the way human beings are…

“Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless dabbler in science, presumes to speak authoritatively of human nature. The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet, how can any one speak of it today, with every soul in a prison, with every heart fettered, wounded, and maimed?”

— Emma Goldman

Human nature is not a rigid, fixed thing; it is elastic, with the capacity for selfishness and selflessness existing in equal measure. It’s only our environment which pushes us in one direction more than the other.

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#1515950
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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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CloakedDragon97 said:

The Lion King is extremely overrated. I don’t dislike it at all and actually think it’s pretty good, but it doesn’t even compare to other animated movies I’ve seen.

Any film which simps for monarchy is overrated. Yes, even ones with talking cartoon animals.

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#1515949
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A '<strong>Rumour and News</strong>' thread for reported new Star Wars films and tv series
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RicOlie_2 said:

I don’t hate that, depending on how they do it, but do we really need alternate timeline or multiverse stuff in Star Wars? That just makes it like every other sci-fi universe…

Hmmm. One shitty SW universe or several? Poison is poison, though I’d prefer to pick my own if it’s an option.