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Topic	Anagram Ranks Anything Star Wars-related with a Write-Up (spoilers)
Anagram 10/28/20 10:37:58 PM #496:	Voort saBinring Seems like a fairly standard "good orc" character, with the added twist that he was given superhuman math powers via genetic engineering. Ignoring all questions about why genetic engineering isn't used more often in Star Wars, this character seems completely unremarkable! The Fandom Menace So this is a group of people dedicated to complaining about the PT and ST? Eh, okay. I can't fault them. Despite this topic, I honestly don't care that much about Star Wars. It's worth a GameFAQs topic here and there, but that's about it. Hardware Wars This came out in 1977! That means they had months to make it, and still just knew that everyone would know this movie. I guess that's not too dissimilar from a skit made the same year as Avengers Endgame making fun of it, but still. Unfortunately, this commits the cardinal sin of comedies, which is that it's not funny. This is to be expected, since it predates the invention of humor in 1984 with Ghostbusters. Most of its jokes rely on either the idea of recreating Star Wars moments with kitchen appliances or extremely lazy puns (Leia is "Anne-droid" despite not being a robot, etc). This is worse than making a Star Trek parody starring Captain Smirk, whose only character trait is that he smiles a lot, because at least that makes sense as a joke. One thing I did note here is that it makes fun of the lame Obi-Wan/Darth Vader swordfight. I guess even in 1977, audiences still weren't impressed. The Future of the Franchise It's very bleak. Since the Disney takeover, there's been one competent use of the franchise, which is the Mandalorian. Everything else was mishandled to enormous degrees. I also don't think you can really launch a franchise around the Mandalorian? It was clearly intended as a side project with lower stakes, so I don't think it works as the central point of the IP -- and yet that is what it has become. That Old Republic TV show they're hyping also looks terrible. I just don't think this franchise has anywhere to expand, and its core ideas (Rebels vs Space Nazis with ninja wizards mixed in) are just not that interesting once you're over them. I think Star Wars benefits a lot from the particular moment in time when it came out: the 70s and 80s, just before like IP branding was a major thing. Star Wars was one of the first codified fantasy/sci-fi works out there, one that set the stage for everything that came afterward... but it's over. Like, I just kind of view Star Wars as being over. It's like Harry Potter -- I guess you can do more stuff with if it you want to, but the position it occupies in pop culture is over, and there's nowhere to really take the idea and make more things out of it, and making more movies and books and whatever won't change that. Basically, I cannot imagine anything happening except Disney maintaining this franchise as an undying zombie for the foreseeable future. It may even be a worse fate than Star Trek's. Prerelease Hype for Phantom Menace As RLM put it, never will there be something so hyped up that's such a disappointment. Franchise revivals didn't really happen back then, so everyone wanted to see this. This was the movie to see in 1999, it had been sixteen years since the previous Star Wars film! Now franchise revivals happen constantly. We had three different Spiderman and Terminator universes in ten years. What I'm saying is that that excitement of an old franchise returning to glory and then disappointing everyone will never happen again. Now only the disappointment is left. What're the last big fantasy/sci-fi franchises that remain unruined? Lord of the Rings, but I'm sure the Amazon show will handle that job. I guess it's Back to the Future. Cavalry Charge Across a Star Destroyer I mean, I get it. You want a non-technological faction fighting the First Order, like the Ewoks versus the Empire. My question is why? What does this add to the movie? People complained about Leia using the Force in space, but this is so much worse. At least Leia has magic powers. I realize that they're in an area of space inundated by magical Sith evilness and that's why they can breathe, but the more you mix the mystical and the physical, the less interesting things become. I also kind of think that no one would raise horses for a cavalry charge in the Star Wars universe? Animals to move around on special terrain like desert and tundra are one thing, but dedicated cavalry charge animals in a universe with speeders and lasers? You're mixing genres and completely pitching realism here. I realize that Star Wars was always silly, but generally speaking, the technological aspect of things was always as grounded as a space opera can really be. Anyway, dumb. Fanboys (Film) I've never seen this, and I can't really comment on a movie I don't know much about. Sorry! Kell Tainer This guy screams "minor character." I guess you have to have these types of unimportant nobodies in the story to give the real characters time to shine. Apologies if he's actually super important, though! I kind of like the idea of a pilot who just retires and becomes a landmine disposal expert, though, that's kind of neat. This Topic Someone already nominated this topic! So I guess I'll talk about the topic itself. Pretty nice, standard topic made by GameFAQs. No glitches. I have pages set to 50 posts, as do all civilized people, so it's got the maximum of ten pages. All-in-all, not bad. The Idea that Critics who like TLJ are Paid Shills I don't believe they're paid shills, I just believe they have boring opinions. I almost never look up professional or audience opinions of movies before I see them, so I can't give any specific examples of TLJ critics being bad or paid, but really, I think it's possible to genuinely like TLJ. I'm not one of the people who does, but hey. Kanye West I do not listen to his music or care about his political opinions. I grew up in Calabasas, which back then was obscure. Then celebrities like Justin Bieber, the Kardashians, and Kanye West made it famous. I can't really fault him for that, but the guy just seems so obnoxious. Maybe his music is fantastic, but to me he'll always be the "Imma let you finish" guy. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:946434630] in Anagram Ra... [t:79033688]...</cite> <quote>Voort saBinring Seems like a fairly standard "good orc" character, with the added twist that he was given superhuman math powers via genetic engineering. Ignoring all questions about why genetic engineering isn't used more often in Star Wars, this character seems completely unremarkable! The Fandom Menace So this is a group of people dedicated to complaining about the PT and ST? Eh, okay. I can't fault them. Despite this topic, I honestly don't care that much about Star Wars. It's worth a GameFAQs topic here and there, but that's about it. Hardware Wars This came out in 1977! That means they had months to make it, and still just knew that everyone would know this movie. I guess that's not too dissimilar from a skit made the same year as Avengers Endgame making fun of it, but still. Unfortunately, this commits the cardinal sin of comedies, which is that it's not funny. This is to be expected, since it predates the invention of humor in 1984 with Ghostbusters. Most of its jokes rely on either the idea of recreating Star Wars moments with kitchen appliances or extremely lazy puns (Leia is "Anne-droid" despite not being a robot, etc). This is worse than making a Star Trek parody starring Captain Smirk, whose only character trait is that he smiles a lot, because at least that makes sense as a joke. One thing I did note here is that it makes fun of the lame Obi-Wan/Darth Vader swordfight. I guess even in 1977, audiences still weren't impressed. The Future of the Franchise It's very bleak. Since the Disney takeover, there's been one competent use of the franchise, which is the Mandalorian. Everything else was mishandled to enormous degrees. I also don't think you can really launch a franchise around the Mandalorian? It was clearly intended as a side project with lower stakes, so I don't think it works as the central point of the IP -- and yet that is what it has become. That Old Republic TV show they're hyping also looks terrible. I just don't think this franchise has anywhere to expand, and its core ideas (Rebels vs Space Nazis with ninja wizards mixed in) are just not that interesting once you're over them. I think Star Wars benefits a lot from the particular moment in time when it came out: the 70s and 80s, just before like IP branding was a major thing. Star Wars was one of the first codified fantasy/sci-fi works out there, one that set the stage for everything that came afterward... but it's over. Like, I just kind of view Star Wars as being over. It's like Harry Potter -- I guess you can do more stuff with if it you want to, but the position it occupies in pop culture is over, and there's nowhere to really take the idea and make more things out of it, and making more movies and books and whatever won't change that. Basically, I cannot imagine anything happening except Disney maintaining this franchise as an undying zombie for the foreseeable future. It may even be a worse fate than Star Trek's. Prerelease Hype for Phantom Menace As RLM put it, never will there be something so hyped up that's such a disappointment. Franchise revivals didn't really happen back then, so everyone wanted to see this. This was the movie to see in 1999, it had been sixteen years since the previous Star Wars film! Now franchise revivals happen constantly. We had three different Spiderman and Terminator universes in ten years. What I'm saying is that that excitement of an old franchise returning to glory and then disappointing everyone will never happen again. Now only the disappointment is left. What're the last big fantasy/sci-fi franchises that remain unruined? Lord of the Rings, but I'm sure the Amazon show will handle that job. I guess it's Back to the Future. Cavalry Charge Across a Star Destroyer I mean, I get it. You want a non-technological faction fighting the First Order, like the Ewoks versus the Empire. My question is why? What does this add to the movie? People complained about Leia using the Force in space, but this is so much worse. At least Leia has magic powers. I realize that they're in an area of space inundated by magical Sith evilness and that's why they can breathe, but the more you mix the mystical and the physical, the less interesting things become. I also kind of think that no one would raise horses for a cavalry charge in the Star Wars universe? Animals to move around on special terrain like desert and tundra are one thing, but dedicated cavalry charge animals in a universe with speeders and lasers? You're mixing genres and completely pitching realism here. I realize that Star Wars was always silly, but generally speaking, the technological aspect of things was always as grounded as a space opera can really be. Anyway, dumb. Fanboys (Film) I've never seen this, and I can't really comment on a movie I don't know much about. Sorry! Kell Tainer This guy screams "minor character." I guess you have to have these types of unimportant nobodies in the story to give the real characters time to shine. Apologies if he's actually super important, though! I kind of like the idea of a pilot who just retires and becomes a landmine disposal expert, though, that's kind of neat. This Topic Someone already nominated this topic! So I guess I'll talk about the topic itself. Pretty nice, standard topic made by GameFAQs. No glitches. I have pages set to 50 posts, as do all civilized people, so it's got the maximum of ten pages. All-in-all, not bad. The Idea that Critics who like TLJ are Paid Shills I don't believe they're paid shills, I just believe they have boring opinions. I almost never look up professional or audience opinions of movies before I see them, so I can't give any specific examples of TLJ critics being bad or paid, but really, I think it's possible to genuinely like TLJ. I'm not one of the people who does, but hey. Kanye West I do not listen to his music or care about his political opinions. I grew up in Calabasas, which back then was obscure. Then celebrities like Justin Bieber, the Kardashians, and Kanye West made it famous. I can't really fault him for that, but the guy just seems so obnoxious. Maybe his music is fantastic, but to me he'll always be the "Imma let you finish" guy. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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