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I kind of absolve Johnson for this plot hole however. This will probably piss people off, and that is not my intention, but here is my reasoning... why haven't any of us, or any of the previous directors, thought of hyperspace kamikaze as a possible weapon before? In real-life, Nuclear weapons exist, but all sides seem to for the most part understand that the use of those weapons are so devastating, harmful and potentially mutually destructive, that no one dares use them (anymore), and we all understand why we don't dare use them. Han establishes right in the very first movie that light speed travel is dangerous and destructive if not done right or rushed. ("Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?") If that's true, then when faced with certain annihilation, why didn't anyone attempt a suicide jump at the Deathstar to save the resistance? If it was too easy of a solution for the resistance to use and therefore not included as an option within the SW universe, the question should have been asked and answered right then and there in episode 4 so we could all understand, as we do with Nukes, why they aren't to be used except in the most extreme of circumstances. For example: ("Han, remember what you told me about jumping to hyperspace? Even a small X-wing might be able to disable that dish long enough to allow the resistance to evacuate the planet and escape!" "Luke, we can't do that, it would tear a whole in space", OR "create a worm hole", OR "destroy the hyperspace lane forever", OR, "turn us all into tribbles...") or something, anything. And that would have settled it. We would return to episode 9 and see the fallout of Holdo's maneuver - and while it saved what remained of the resistance, we'd see the steep cost of that act. But it was never asked and never answered. So the use of the hyperspace kamikaze here in TLJ didn't create a plot hole IMO, it merely exposed one.
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Yeah, I thought it was great. I love Baldwin's schtick and I found it to be very creative (I don't want to give anything away). The ending was super fun, too.
The Boss Baby was also nominated for Oscar for Best Animated Film but I think Coco wins it because its story was even better, IMO, and the animation was just stunning. I've never seen anything like it before. |
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If the adults aren't into it, they're not taking their kids to future films, either. Congrats, Rian! |
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I'm sorry you didn't like it Dane. I'm sorry your kids didn't like it. My little girls really did. And my 8 year old hasn't really been that big of a star wars fan. This one brought her a bit more on board. Congrats, Rian!
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Nothing. Nada. Zero. You're just a guy on the internet that reads fan sites that you agree with and parrot their conclusion(s). It doesn't matter whether or not *I* personally liked the film. The results are disastrous for Disney. |
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![]() Dane simply won't acknowledge that Ep. VII was an unprecedented, historic event with it being 10 years since the previous SW movie, and 32 years since we last saw the original main characters. VIII is the third SW movie in two years, no Han, and many thought VII was just a rehash of IV. No one on Earth, except Dane, thought the box office would be anything like VII. |
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If the results are as disastrous to Disney as you claim, then they possibly shouldn't have just left every decision in the movie to Johnson and focus-grouped the shit out of the thing! But they didn't. That's not Johnson's fault. He made the movie he believed in. Disney will do what Disney will do with the result. I doubt they are going to just pull up stakes on the work they've done in Disneyland, and I seriously doubt ticket sales at the park will suffer at all for it. Or maybe they will... I DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW. I'm just a guy who is an expert in MY OWN FREAKIN' OPINION and am trying to engage in polite discussion with other people who want to exchange ideas about a movie that we saw. Why don't you go to a board that just has all of your expert hollywood buddies on it, as you seem to be the only one here that you deem qualified to speak on the matter? Please freakin' put me on ignore.
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If you think that Disney cleared 14 acres at Disneyland (their biggest expansion ever) and Disney World in favor of a Star Wars Land that is centered around Poe, Finn, Rey, Ren and BB8, only to see disappointing box office results (and issue after issue with directors, screenwriters and the Solo film), you're very mistaken. |
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I'll also add that all the complaints about Rey being too skilled in the Force--that firmly started in Ep. VII. She was bending minds and kicking ass with the light saber. If her skills are what ruined VIII for you, you forgot that you're suppose to hate VII for that same reason as well.
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