The Dark Side (permanent post)

[annathecrow]

Welcome to the Dark Side. This post’s comment section is dedicated to all the angry, inflammatory, defamatory and otherwise outright negative things you might want to express. Not that saying negative things isn’t allowed in the weekly chat corners, but… you know how you sometimes just Have Thoughts about something, and you don’t feel like you can talk about it because everyone around you seems to love it? Those go here.

 

Some rules:

• No personal attacks.
• If you don’t want people replying to you, mention it in the comment.
• Follow the general comm rules.
• …that’s it, I think.

 

Comments

[fleurviolette]

Hello again! I think the issue with the critics and fans being critical of the prequels is different from the disney sequels. Some fans didn’t like the original director’s vision vs. a portion of fans not liking a mega corporation/multimedia company buying an ip to churn out movies for profit.

The prequels, in spite of the flaws, was still planned out and part of the creator’s vision. Each movie in the prequel trilogy rhymed with the original trilogy.

Meanwhile the disney sequels are disjointed and nonsensical because there was no concrete plan. The directors cared more about their own visions rather than continuing the story.

[astromech1138]

Oh for sure. The faults of the sequels are overall so much harder to look past than the prequels for a variety of reasons. (Although people were definitely disillusioned with the marketing machine that surrounded the prequels--see the Jar Jar Binks lollipop for instance--or, rather, don't!!) I was just speaking from my personal experience as a SW fan in 1999! And the heartbreak lol.

It's interesting to read JW Rinzler's "Making of" books about the OT because it becomes very clear how collaborative those movies were, and how much a part of their success the collaboration was.