rocknroll41

G&G-Fan said:

Bit of a hot take, I’ve never cared for Duel of the Fates (the fight itself not the music). It’s way too overstimulating for my ADHD ass, half the time I can’t follow what’s going on. The character work is too barebones for me to care.

My favorite duels are Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader from ESB and ROTJ, a great balance between ferocious but not batshit insane choreography with great character work.

I enjoy the two final duels in ROTS to a degree, but at the same time am miffed at how the Anakin vs. Obi-Wan duel, among may other prequel elements, serves to retroactively make OT Vader look weak when he was intended to be a powerful masterful warrior (they had him be the only one to wield a saber with one hand for a reason). I also think they need to be toned down too.

I agree that the PT duels (especially duel of the fates) are still overrated.

I never thought I’d say this, but the prequels have grown on my quite a bit, and I like them better than the sequels now.

Rogue One and Andor have also grown on me, whereas all the other Disney films/ shows have gotten worse for me over time.

The OT is still just as good as it’s always been.

adywan said:

Has the cancellation been officially confirmed? All of the articles i’ve seen floating around are quoting from the same site that originally posted this “scoop” which only claimed that their “sources” told them. Haven’t seen anything coming from Lucasfilm or Disney about this.

The original scoop came from Deadline, which is considered an official trade and therefore like 99% accurate. It’s the next-closest thing to Lucasfilm/Disney saying it themselves. In fact, studios often intentionally pass these tidbits along to trades behind-the-scenes to avoid the embarrassment of saying these things themselves.

I know we’ve gotten on a huge tangent here, but regarding RLM; I really think they’re old and out of touch these days.

I just watched their review of Alien Romulus, for instance, and they were asking questions like “where did all these new facehuggers come from?” When the movie clearly stated that they were genetically engineered using dna from “big chap.” At one point they also go “the first film clearly established that every alien hive needs a queen,” when that was really only established in the second film. They completely forgot about the egg-morphing from the deleted scene of the first (which I’m pretty sure is on the director’s cut, which they claim to have seen).

That’s just one of several examples of how lately they’ve been making more mistakes/ overlooking details. Their memories are getting hazy, and they seem to have a harder time actually paying attention to the things they’re watching/ reviewing… IDK, they just act really old now. Too old, too ignorant, too grumpy, etc.

Just got back from seeing Alien Romulus and loved it.

Updated Top 10 for this year:

1.Dune: Part Two
2.Alien: Romulus
3.Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
4.Inside Out 2
5.Young Woman and the Sea
6.Deadpool & Wolverine
7.Drive-Away Dolls
8.Kung Fu Panda 4
9.Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
10.Madame Web (so bad that it’s good)

The max rebo kid seems cool, at least.

Finally saw inside out 2 and enjoyed it just as much as everyone else, thankfully.

Updated ranking of 2024 films I’ve seen so far:

1.Dune: Part Two
2.Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3.Deadpool & Wolverine
4.Inside Out 2
5.Young Woman and the Sea
6.Drive-Away Dolls
7.Kung Fu Panda 4
9.Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
9.Madame Web (so bad that it’s good)
10.Godzilla x. Kong: The New Empire

rocknroll41 said:

rocknroll41 said:

Would it be appropriate for me to use this thread to share some blog posts I’ve been writing lately about the things I’ve been doing to work through my own mental trauma?

Following up on this:
https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/06/my-new-take-on-journaling.html?m=1

https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/08/specific-tips-for-journaling.html?m=1

Continuing on from the above, I also started interviewing some of my own friends about their experiences with mental health, self-improvement, etc.

For whomever may be curious:
https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/08/abroad-at-home-mental-health.html?m=1

https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/08/endurance-expression-mental-health.html?m=1

rocknroll41 said:

Would it be appropriate for me to use this thread to share some blog posts I’ve been writing lately about the things I’ve been doing to work through my own mental trauma?

Following up on this:
https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/06/my-new-take-on-journaling.html?m=1

https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/08/specific-tips-for-journaling.html?m=1

Would it be appropriate for me to use this thread to share some blog posts I’ve been writing lately about the things I’ve been doing to work through my own mental trauma?

daveybjones999 said:

Vladius said:

Kellythatsit said:

rocknroll41 said:

Great write-up Acbagel!

Unfortunately I don’t think simply making “a little something for everyone” (i.e. different things for different people) is enough to unite the fandom, as each group generally seems to think Star Wars should only be made for their tastes specifically (even if not everyone admits it). Doesn’t help also that a ton of YouTubers nowadays make an entire living from hating Star Wars, no matter what it does.

Of all the groups you mentioned, I’m in the one that you described as “not very protective, fine with whatever direction Disney takes.” I honestly think at this point they should just keep doing whatever they’re doing, cause people will get mad no matter what. There was a time when even ESB was divisive, ffs!

Yeah I agree with this also. But Lucasfilm/Disney also need to have the balls to stick with projects or story direction. Don’t crib notes from fans. Sure learn from mistakes but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Key example: Solo.
The movie was perfectly fine. Did it set the world on fire? No. Were there other key issues that also effected it’s performance? Absolutely. But don’t set up an ongoing story and then abandon it because “shit happens”. Learn the right lessons and fix the errors. Make the next one a banger. Ensure the next in the Solo series is unmissable.

It’s the same now with the Acolyte. It was a bit hit/miss but there’s more story to be told. Learn the right lessons. Fix the main issues. Whether it’s pacing, character development, production quality, whatever. But back in your story. At the end of the day we just want good, well told stories that we can reflect on with satisfaction.

It was way more than “a bit” hit or miss, and the story literally can’t go anywhere because it will always result in the prequels happening. All it does is bash on the Jedi more in dumber and dumber ways.

They are cribbing notes from fans, the large group of prequel/Filoni fans who like anything that has prequel/Clone Wars/Rebels characters in it.

I think you’re forgetting that tons of people love the prequels and would love to see a well-told story of how the Jedi got to the point that they’re at during them. Just because some people don’t like them or how the Jedi are portrayed during the prequels doesn’t change that. There’s a whole lot of good storyline potential to exploring that shift regardless of whether or not some people want Star Wars to tackle that or not. What Disney Star Wars needs to do is appeal to fans of all 3 trilogies, but they really seem to only be catering to Prequel fans which is the main issue. Other than Andor there’s no Star Wars project attempting to appeal to fans of the original trilogy, and there are also no projects currently out trying to appeal to fans of the sequel trilogy. The only thing even attempting to target those fans is the currently in production Rey movie. They need to appeal to fans of all 3 and to do that they need to greenlight projects targeting each of these 3 eras.

Good point. From 2014-2017, they focused solely on OT nostalgia, and then they noticed the generational shift and now focus mostly on PT nostalgia. That said, I would have to guess the Lando movie will have “OT vibes.”

Updated ranking of movies I’ve seen this year so far:

1.Dune: Part Two
2.Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3.Young Woman and the Sea
4.Deadpool & Wolverine
5.Kung Fu Panda 4
6.Drive-Away Dolls
7.Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
8.Godzilla x. Kong: The New Empire
9.Madame Web (so bad that it’s good)

Just saw Deadpool & Wolverine. I liked it. It’s the weakest of the three Deadpool movies, but the best mcu movie we’ve had in a good while. It handles its cameos with more care than Multiverse of Madness did (though I don’t hate that movie as much as everyone else did). End credit sequence was very emotional.

I guess my only major complaint is that there were a bunch of continuity errors, though I guess that’s always been the case with most of the Fox-era films.

There was a time when I was against the idea of “they should just do gritty stuff like Rogue One and Andor and the EU and nothing else,” but even I’m starting to gravitate towards that mindset now. I think prioritizing all ages (kids) is no longer a viable option. Kids today barely have the attention span for a tiktok video now, let alone a movie, and nobody buys toys anymore.

According to MSW, proper filming starts in 3 weeks, but they already filmed some key scenes in secret recently. Most likely just the scene or two where Mando himself will be unmasked, since Pedro has to prioritize Fantastic Four this summer.

idir_hh said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fanedits/s/DVFpHtWUQo

Found an awesome 2.3 h movie edit of the film on Reddit, highly recommended everyone give it a watch.

That was great! And once again, proof that most of these D+ shows should’ve just been movies instead.

I’ve also seen movie fan edits of both Kenobi and Ahsoka that I thought were far superior to their actual show counterparts.

Great write-up Acbagel!

Unfortunately I don’t think simply making “a little something for everyone” (i.e. different things for different people) is enough to unite the fandom, as each group generally seems to think Star Wars should only be made for their tastes specifically (even if not everyone admits it). Doesn’t help also that a ton of YouTubers nowadays make an entire living from hating Star Wars, no matter what it does.

Of all the groups you mentioned, I’m in the one that you described as “not very protective, fine with whatever direction Disney takes.” I honestly think at this point they should just keep doing whatever they’re doing, cause people will get mad no matter what. There was a time when even ESB was divisive, ffs!

Mixed feelings about this season finale (and the show as a whole, just like all the other Star Wars shows).

We still don’t know the Sith names of Qimir or creepy guy in the cave, so I actually still think Qimir is Plagueis and they just made his master a Muun to throw fans off.

I guess this also means that the reported Knights of the Old Republic movie from a few years ago is canceled now, since this finale borrows a lot from that story.

https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2024/07/future-star-wars-films-in-order-of.html?m=1

Apparently Disney got hacked and a bunch of mcu-related spoilers are about to leak. This happened to them before. Their general plan all the way up to Endgame leaked in early 2015. Wonder if something similar will happen to Star Wars.

They’re building sets for this now (some pics just leaked via MakingStarWars).

I guess this movie really is gonna film at the same time as Fantastic 4 (which means we probably won’t see Pedro’s face much in this).

Either way, at least it’s happening!

Skybatman said:

hey guys, what do u think of this ? in the credits of this week episode, play this license song.
https://youtu.be/I0UXRwVrNo8?feature=shared

It’s a good song.

If the mother was gonna give Osha to the Jedi, then why did she start to turn herself into black smoke? Had she not done that, Sol probably wouldn’t have killed her…

One of many things in this episode that just felt so random and weird…

Sneider said again today that he heard that Shawn Levy’s movie might also be about Rey and that she might be “older” in that one.

Not a fan of these flashback episodes. Ep3 and ep7 probably shoulda just been one episode, just like how ep4 and ep5 shoulda just been one episode. Even the titles seem to suggest that this was originally the plan anyways.

Also, the way the Jedi apprentice kid just rushes back to the castle after analyzing the dna was stupid. The dna alone was enough proof that their mission was complete. They coulda just sent that info back to Jedi HQ and headed home.