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> How? How can a new movie ruin an old movie? I think it must be kind of like desecrating a corpse. Maybe watching someone dig up and do something prolonged an

> How? How can a new movie ruin an old movie? I think it must be kind of like desecrating a corpse. Maybe watching someone dig up and do something prolonged and unthinkable to the body of your dead grandmother can't undo all the lovely years you had together, but if witnessing that act enraged you, you might find that suddenly every time you see her photo or visit her grave you're reminded of what you saw and that it upsets you all over again.

ryandrake 3y ago
Not saying I fully buy it but I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars, the average of past + present. Every new Transformers or Indiana Jones or Ice Age makes the overall work worse, regardless of whether you even see it.
- mcphage 3y ago
  > I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars They may believe that, but it's not true.
- bee_rider 3y ago
  I think it is not just diluting the quality to get a worse average. Fiction often involves the audience filling in the gaps: Someone drops a hint that characters have known each other a long time; you can imagine that as you’d like. In the end, you get “and they lived happily ever after,” you decide what “happily ever after” looks like. Sequels and prequels need to add more drama and action, so happily ever after never ends up being all that happy.
- toast0 3y ago
  > I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars, the average of past + present Lucas was at the helm for Return of the Jedi, Star Tours, and the three prequels. I think we can't lay the blame for the Holiday Special on him, but that certainly happened too. There's the Ewok tv movies too, which thankfully I've never seen. Even if all the Disney Star Wars films are crap, they're just continuing the trend. I prefer to simply believe there are two Star Wars films, and let others believe what they want to believe.
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- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  Andor is well worth a watch though

ryandrake 3y ago

Not saying I fully buy it but I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars, the average of past + present. Every new Transformers or Indiana Jones or Ice Age makes the overall work worse, regardless of whether you even see it.

mcphage 3y ago
> I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars They may believe that, but it's not true.
bee_rider 3y ago
I think it is not just diluting the quality to get a worse average. Fiction often involves the audience filling in the gaps: Someone drops a hint that characters have known each other a long time; you can imagine that as you’d like. In the end, you get “and they lived happily ever after,” you decide what “happily ever after” looks like. Sequels and prequels need to add more drama and action, so happily ever after never ends up being all that happy.
toast0 3y ago
> I think the fans’ point is that what Disney is doing to Star Wars today is diminishing the entirety of Star Wars, the average of past + present Lucas was at the helm for Return of the Jedi, Star Tours, and the three prequels. I think we can't lay the blame for the Holiday Special on him, but that certainly happened too. There's the Ewok tv movies too, which thankfully I've never seen. Even if all the Disney Star Wars films are crap, they're just continuing the trend. I prefer to simply believe there are two Star Wars films, and let others believe what they want to believe.
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ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
Andor is well worth a watch though