They dont care cause for some reason KK and RJ are under the delusion that Adam Driver is a star.
Finn was the most compelling fucking character in tfa, John gave us the best fucking performance and won a goddamn BAFTA for it and this is what he gets ??? rian johnson can eat my entire shit
Great stuff basically RJ is lying bitch ass bastard. Finn basically has the same “arc” as last time just with less screen time and less plot relevance cause this time his actions are pointless. What he and Rose do on their adventure makes no difference, the only difference is this time Finn gets to beat Phasma. Poe has an irrelevant mutiny subplot that goes nowhere cause Holdo suicide rams her ship into the Supremacy proving she is good all along. Which changes nothing because it is all pointless as the Resistance is slaughtered until Rey, Finn, Poe, Leia and Rose are the only humans of note that remain. Rose ends in a coma saving Finn, how original RJ. Finn and Poe barely interact at all. But hey at least Poe meets Rey at the end. And guess what it ends with some random black kid (who you meet earlier for like a minute) showing the Force by pulling a Broom apparently. As an extra slap in the face I suppose to anyone who wanted Finn to have the Force. So yeah RJ shunts all the POC into worthless subplots that do not change or impact the plot at all. But basically goes look I am not racist this random black kid has the force who will never see again...wink wink. We get basically no Finn and Poe interaction or Finn, Poe, Rose and Rey interaction at all.
No wonder no one wants to talk about this stuff in the reviews. RJ put less then the bear minimum in this part of the plot. Not only is it a bad subplot nothing they do has any significant impact on the fucking plot. So basically all the diversity they patted them on the back for mostly consists of a fucking smokescreen cause they had to do something with the characters and couldn't fire them all. But dont kid yourself RJ doesn't give one solitary shit about them.
But hey he put the focus on a conflicted white male “bad boy”, had Rey swoon over his abs and character assassinated Luke Skywalker so greatest star wars movie since Empire.
We gave them chance with TFA...RJ and KK decided to square the racism.
me: i hate tlj
whites: why
me: it’s so racist
whites: yea you havent seen it so why do you hate it
as if racism is not a good enough reason to hate something lmao???????
I would be concerned again especially since the comics was a revolving door for POC outside of Nico. Alex Killed then went to White Room then to Hell somehow and got rez. Victor looks like he is about to be rezzed from getting killed in comics. Ultron tie in will be tricky. and Xavin eh that was really a mess ending with Xavin sacraficing themselves for Karolina and lets be honest Karolina was a “insert insult of choice” to Xavin.
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Before the backlash I know I’m gonna receive for this post… I’m Mexican living in Mexico, ergo I’m “PoC” but it was completely unnecessary to change the race of the character. I’m completely against whitewashing, I believe character race must stay as the source material. But come on, this change was completely unnecessary.
Lol there is no way KKK hires Taika Waititi. With the racist bs she let slide for this movie...there is no way those two are compatible at all. He be fired day one for not wanting to cast a British white brunette, make a white man the focus and denigrate men of color.
so are you gonna watch tlj? based on the reviews i've seen from some of my sources i'm bailing lol disappointed but not surprised
I’ve decided not to see it. I got an early viewer’s take on it and there is no way I’m supporting a movie that so badly sidelines a Black character who was clearly set up to be the protagonist in the first movie. Honestly I could cry right now, fuck me for thinking this franchise could refrain from blatant racism for two whole movies right? At least I can move on now and stop expecting that this trash fire franchise could turn itself around.
Yeah its gonna be great.
I mean it!!! My askbox is opened and I won’t spoil anyone else, I just really need to know what happens. PLEASEEEEE!
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guilty pleasure of mine someone talking about how when they identify as seabird people think that just means seagull and that’s really a shallow understanding of his identity that’s sad, mate sad =(
Sure but can you really have a good story and ending for Finn and Poe when the man who helped ruin their lives. Poe’s by destroying pretty much everyone who ever knew and torturing him. Finn’s by backing the organization that loves child slaves and putting him in a coma. Gets a happy ending and rides off into the sunset? I mean really I am sorry there is no way they come out of that looking like anything but spineless ******. There is no good story ending to my mind for Finn, Poe or Rose that ends with Kylo Alive.
Abrams had the actors who tried out for Kylo read the scene from Pride and Prejudice read the part where Darcy tells Elizabeth he's decided to marry her even though her family is shitty and poor, and she rejects him for it. This makes me dread that he's complicit in this, since Elizabeth eventually marries Darcy anyway.
so uhh i dont think ive heard this before but if its true… i dont really care. my biggest concern isnt making sure reylo doesnt happen… i just want finn (and poe) to get good storylines. i want finns past to be explored, for finn to go through some angst, for finn to have his fs abilities explored, for poe to grow as a leader, etc. i really dont care about reylo but if it makes you feel better i dont think jj would make reylo canon. he made kylo join the space nazis and jj is a jewish man so i cant see him going for a redeemed kylo at all.
I hated JJ’s Finn but at least Finn had fucking plot relevance and some agency. RJ doesn't even give him that...so will see what JJ wants to do. Never did I think I be praying for JJ to save Finn...and Poe. JJ has more power this time against KK then he did last time though. He made Disney 2 Billion and KK has fired far too many directors to do it again.
do you think Finnrey still has a chance? Or is it just Finnrose and Reylo now?
its all abusive ships from here on out!!!
nah but really idk… if jj retcons the shit out of this film maybe finnpoe or finnrey will get a chance but… dont put too much hope on that. we cant even get finn a barebones arc idk about a good romance. ;/
Honestly seems like we are getting Twilight Fan Fiction. Yeah sure Kylo may have saved Rey when they took out Snoke but considering Kylo only did that for a power grab that doesn't scream redemption to me. Especially if Kylo wanted redemption all he has to do after killing Snoke is immediately change First Order Policies by freeing child soldiers, dismantling super weapons, etc. But they are the two main hetero white characters so of course they should bang. This type of romance plot only works if A) the bad boy isn't actually the monster everyone says he is or B) the character at least had a relationship in the past before one of turned into a monster. It does not work when said girl meets said guy after knowing he is monster and seeing him kill his father/her mentor in cold blood and almost kill her supposed Best Friend.
Honestly this all boils down to the problem with Rey Random. Ignore her unique raw force power. Rey has no connection to the plot if BB-8 didn't just will of the force its way right into her. She is not resistance/rebellion, she is not first order/empire, she is not related to anyone important or has any reason to care about getting involved in the plot except being Super Powerful in the Force for reasons. She is anchorless and totally unconnected her only connection is being the lead. Han is Dead. Luke is Dead and because of the sad passing of Fisher, she wont be around as Leia. So we have if the spoilers are true, the cast of Rey, Finn, Rose, Poe, Chewie, the Droids and maybe a few extras all fleeing on the Falcon with the rest of the Resistance Obliterated and Kylo ruling the galaxy. Now besides Rey who apparently has the hots for Kylo why would the rest of the characters with everyone they know dead give one **** about saving Kylo’s soul. It doesn't logically compute. Ergo the tension is massively undercut either Rey is the worst heroine I have ever seen where she is conflicted as the New Empire oppress the galaxy and picks off her supposed friends or she commits to killing Kylo pissed that he tricked her. Kylo v Rey is just not compelling like Vader v Luke or Kenobi v Anakin because their connection is finding each other attractive for like a week and being super special force unicorns.
Its like RJ basically ignored TFA for the most part and just used it as rough outlines for character backgrounds. But even saying that I could easily throw in a few retcons that give Rey Random a reason to care about Kylo beyond he is “hot“ and saved me once and I hate Reylo. Just have Rey be a fellow student at the Jedi Academy that Kylo was close to and thus when he turned couldn't bring himself to kill. So he paid some fake parents to dump her on a backwater and somehow wiped her memory or maybe she suffered some memory loss from injuries during the attack. It even fits in with TFA lines like “What Girl“ and “It is You“ that are unexplained. There still Rey Random and gave her a decent reason to care about Kylo and feel some conflict.
People who don’t get how Rey being the daughter of two junk dealers who abandoned her for money and who thus most likely won’t play any role in the future is unsatisfying writing haven’t understood a single thing about how you construct a plot. The way this was built up Rey random is only satisfying IF her parents are relevant to the plot, even as new characters. Otherwise there was literally no point keeping this a secret, bc it leaves us exactly with what we know from TFA. It adds nothing. Rey already saw herself as noone and figured out whoever left her on Jakku won’t be coming back. Furthermore: If you come up with the idea to construct a character with a unique raw Force power, and decide this character’s power will match the power of Darth Vader’s grandson, there must be a reason for it in the plot. You can’t just go “well, this is just how it is, it’s coincidence” This is unsatisfying and like someone didn’t even try. It’s lazy.
Well you see that be in character and this movie was all about making Luke look bad so Kylo could look good. But that begs question what was the explanation for how Luke couldn't sense Han Dying or an entire Solar System disappearing while hiding in a Force Nexus?
To be honest, the minute Luke learned that Kylo Ren killed Han Solo, he should have geared up and trained Rey and gotten to the Resistance pronto. The minute.