Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens - rating

Extremely good - recommended
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39%
Enjoyed it
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33%
Overhyped but worth seeing
13
27%
Wait for the streaming
1
2%
Go see The Martian instead ..too dated...too contrived
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#161  Postby Animavore » Jan 19, 2016 9:57 pm

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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#162  Postby Animavore » Dec 21, 2019 1:46 pm

On the Rey is a Mary Sue argument. It's clearly established Rey has a tough life in a rough neighbourhood where she needs to constantly fend off thieves and cut throats. She certainly has a rougher life than farmer boy Luke Skywalker.

That's not just me noticing this, right?

Sure she jumps in the Millennium Falcon and isn't sure how she just flew but I don't see how that's different to Luke hopping in a X-Wing.
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#163  Postby scott1328 » Dec 21, 2019 2:32 pm

Animavore wrote:On the Rey is a Mary Sue argument. It's clearly established Rey has a tough life in a rough neighbourhood where she needs to constantly fend off thieves and cut throats. She certainly has a rougher life than farmer boy Luke Skywalker.

That's not just me noticing this, right?

Sure she jumps in the Millennium Falcon and isn't sure how she just flew but I don't see how that's different to Luke hopping in a X-Wing.

or baby darth vader just knowing how to fly a naboosian fighter at the age of 8
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#164  Postby Animavore » Dec 21, 2019 2:56 pm

It's established after that Rey has piloting and mechanical skills. When asked, 'How did you do that?' and she said she didn't know she just meant she didn't know how she was able to pull off the outmanoeuvring skills, not fly.

So she has that over both the Skywalkers.
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#165  Postby SafeAsMilk » Dec 21, 2019 2:59 pm

I always had to assume that the force gave them special intuition to pilot vehicles. There's no quicker way to get a list of all the problems with the original films then to watch fanbois try to dissect the new ones!
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#166  Postby Animavore » Dec 21, 2019 3:01 pm

Even the song and dance about her able to fight Kylo Ren is answered. He was injured by the Wookie.
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#167  Postby Ironclad » Dec 21, 2019 3:05 pm

She shoots down three TIE fighters with one shot, and overpowers both Luke and Ren in hand-to-hand combat. She is Mary Sue.
The ultimate Mary Sue though has to be Yoda. In the new TV show, The Mandelorian, baby Yoda stops a charging bull/reptile thing and levitates it. A baby.
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#168  Postby Animavore » Dec 21, 2019 3:08 pm

Anyway, the realisation of Rey being a potentially more powerful Force user than Kylo is essential to his character development and arc.
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#169  Postby Animavore » Dec 21, 2019 3:09 pm

Ironclad wrote:She shoots down three TIE fighters with one shot, and overpowers both Luke and Ren in hand-to-hand combat. She is Mary Sue.
The ultimate Mary Sue though has to be Yoda. In the new TV show, The Mandelorian, baby Yoda stops a charging bull/reptile thing and levitates it. A baby.

An injured Ren.

A 50 year-old baby.
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#170  Postby Ironclad » Dec 21, 2019 11:13 pm

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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#171  Postby The_Piper » Dec 22, 2019 12:13 am

scott1328 wrote:
Animavore wrote:On the Rey is a Mary Sue argument. It's clearly established Rey has a tough life in a rough neighbourhood where she needs to constantly fend off thieves and cut throats. She certainly has a rougher life than farmer boy Luke Skywalker.

That's not just me noticing this, right?

Sure she jumps in the Millennium Falcon and isn't sure how she just flew but I don't see how that's different to Luke hopping in a X-Wing.

or baby darth vader just knowing how to fly a naboosian fighter at the age of 8

Despite Obi-wan in the first film calling Anakin the greatest pilot in the galaxy, or something like that. Meanwhile the kid was saying oops while accidentally defeating the empire. :lol:
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#172  Postby purplerat » Dec 22, 2019 2:43 am

Ironclad wrote:She shoots down three TIE fighters with one shot, and overpowers both Luke and Ren in hand-to-hand combat. She is Mary Sue.
The ultimate Mary Sue though has to be Yoda. In the new TV show, The Mandelorian, baby Yoda stops a charging bull/reptile thing and levitates it. A baby.

It sounds like it's The Force that is the ultimate Mary Sue.
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Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens for those who have seen it

#173  Postby Hermit » Dec 22, 2019 2:55 am

Ironclad wrote:With a shitty nappy

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