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WhiskeyDisk 04/27/19 12:04:30 AM #171:	Entity13 posted... Meanwhile, Rogue One--which definitely WAS a movie no one asked for--came out and polarized audiences in terms of good or bad. Someone in charge of making the movie said they had to go out of their way to subvert expectations because of things on the internet like Game Theory and other analysts that broke down what things did or could mean, meaning RO suffered rewrites that didn't need to be there. Quality issue? Sure. Was the movie necessary? No. Finally Solo came out with some questionable choices of its own, but was a fine film. People just lost interest, dooming it. Hold the phone there Ent. Rouge One was far better than Solo despite the ultimate outcome of both films being known going into either of them. The key difference was, that you knew with Rogue One there were going to be no happy endings for anyone involved except R2D2. The stakes were high, but everyone else was a meat popsicle from the get go. On the other hand, In Solo, there were literally no stakes at any point for any character whose name you knew ahead of time. Not only did they try to shoehorn every passing reference Han made in the OT into one film, but there was literally no amount of peril you could put Han, Chewie, or Lando in that amounted to anything whatsoever. Unless you'd spent 40+ years living under a rock, there was absolutely no suspense because you knew the outcome. Anyone you hadn't met previously was chum, but the main draws were invincible by default. At least with Rogue One, you knew they were all going to die, but there was suspense in the telling of the tale. You knew fuck all about anyone that was introduced except for the whistling droid, and the inevitable Leia Organa cameo that was going to end the film. Plus, there was the gratuitous Badass Vader scene which more than made up for it compared to the demystifying of the Kessel Run in Solo. Rouge One at least had the advantage of telling an original story. Solo was doomed from the start by actually telling too much of nothing. Edit: all of that probably needed spoiler tags in hindsight... --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:921121000] in PotdMon: N... [t:77558720]...</cite> <quote><cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>Meanwhile, Rogue One--which definitely WAS a movie no one asked for--came out and polarized audiences in terms of good or bad. Someone in charge of making the movie said they had to go out of their way to subvert expectations because of things on the internet like Game Theory and other analysts that broke down what things did or could mean, meaning RO suffered rewrites that didn't need to be there. Quality issue? Sure. Was the movie necessary? No. Finally Solo came out with some questionable choices of its own, but was a fine film. People just lost interest, dooming it.</quote> Hold the phone there Ent. Rouge One was far better than Solo despite the ultimate outcome of both films being known going into either of them. The key difference was, that you knew with Rogue One there were going to be no happy endings for anyone involved except R2D2. The stakes were high, but everyone else was a meat popsicle from the get go. On the other hand, In Solo, there were literally no stakes at any point for any character whose name you knew ahead of time. Not only did they try to shoehorn every passing reference Han made in the OT into one film, but there was literally no amount of peril you could put Han, Chewie, or Lando in that amounted to anything whatsoever. Unless you'd spent 40+ years living under a rock, there was absolutely no suspense because you knew the outcome. Anyone you hadn't met previously was chum, but the main draws were invincible by default. At least with Rogue One, you knew they were all going to die, but there was suspense in the telling of the tale. You knew fuck all about anyone that was introduced except for the whistling droid, and the inevitable Leia Organa cameo that was going to end the film. Plus, there was the gratuitous Badass Vader scene which more than made up for it compared to the demystifying of the Kessel Run in Solo. Rouge One at least had the advantage of telling an original story. Solo was doomed from the start by actually telling too much of nothing. Edit: all of that probably needed spoiler tags in hindsight... --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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