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Star Wars 9
Tova:
Okay. /shrug :angel:
JoeCovenant:
Oh...
Just saw a wee interview with Daisy at the London Premier last night...
Interviewer: "So what is it about Star wars thats made it last so long?"
Daisy: "...it's FUN..." (good, good) "And... and it's silly! And JJ does silly really well..."
(Chasm opens in the ground near my feet.)
Y'see, to ME "Silly" is Jar Jar. "Silly" is teddy bears beating imperial walkers. "Silly" is "Dirt-offa-ma-shoulder" Skywalker. "Silly" is "Holding for General Hugs" etc etc - "Silly" was what started the decline. (For me).
BUT... (Glimmer of hope)
IF Daisy means "Silly" as Finn drinking huge beastie water, or Finn falling over and activating the Holo Chess, or basically JJ's more understated humour - (Well.. except for "So who talks first?...") - then that's fine...
I'm STILL hopeful!
BenRG:
FWIW, I think Daisy probably is categorising 'fun' and 'silly' together in the context of "you shouldn't take it too seriously". Given the undeserved blame that has been thrown at her and her colleagues for the decisions made by the producers, directors and script-writers, I can see why she'd say so.
I can't imagine any Star Wars fan worth their salt disagreeing. One of the great differences (at least in my experience of them) between Trekkers and Warsies is that you won't catch Warsies sitting in the theatre, wearing a head-light and perusing the Incredible Cross-Sections books to make sure that the set designs and scaling are 'according to canon'.
Star Wars aren't completely random popcorn flicks (at least not anymore - not since The Empire Strikes Back). However, beyond demanding that the iconography be treated with a modicum of respect, I don't think that most fans will throw a fit over a little technical retconning or "we're changing a bit of the deep lore or in-universe laws of physics because the story needs it". I hope that my brother and sister Warsies still remember the franchise's origin in George Lucas's desire to update the RKO Serial pictures of the 1930s-50s.
Blue Kitty:
If you're not interested in seeing the new Star War this weekend, may I interest you in something else
RedWolf4:
. . . . .
I. . .
I am intrigued, but like in the same way you're intrigued when you see one of those 'Seconds from Disaster' tv shows.
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