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Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by darkerside » Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:50 PM UTC

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #73

darkerside wrote: post #66

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He asked JJ to make changes to TFA to set up his vision for TLJ. JJ certainly shares blame (TROS was garbage and everybody knows it, including JJ), and the flaws you describe are accurate. But this was RJ's movie, given to him by the executives at Disney, with no interference to speak of. How can you not blame the man with the smoking gun?

> He asked JJ to make changes to TFA to set up his vision for TLJ. Do you have articles about that? I hadn't heard about it. It's also surprising considering that JJ didn't do the same back to him, especially with the whole "no, her lineage IS special" thing. Weird power dynamics. > How can you not blame the man with the smoking gun? Because it was all garbage? Honestly, if they'd continued on TLJ's path, I think it…

https://www.inverse.com/article/40133-star-wars-luke-skywalk...

I agree it was all trash, and honestly, as much as I resent TLJ, it would have been a better trilogy if they went down the shit path that RJ sent them down. JJ didn't even try.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by betwixthewires » Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 1:00 AM UTC

This is probably one of my favorite fan theories out there, because I loved the show as a kid and I think it is probably what the writers had in mind as a joke.

Another fan theory I'm a bit of a fan of that I've seen only once or twice online (and the creators allude to it strongly in an interview) is that Rick from Rick and Morty is Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory as an old man.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by darkerside » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 7:47 PM UTC

toast0 wrote: post #64

darkerside wrote: post #40

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Ridiculous that the entire movie was basically a setup for one scene that admittedly looked cool, but also made no sense in the context of the universe. Can't believe they let someone like that steer an American cultural icon into the ground.

Unfortunately, by the third movie, Lucas didn't have to listen when other people said no (or nobody told him no anyway), and the quality plumetted. It doesn't take a lot to ignore the junk in Return. But the prequels are crap between a lack of interesting story, lack of interesting characters, lack of interesting sets. Somehow character are in the desert of wherever, but aren't hot and there's no sand movement at all…

I was tremendously disappointed in the prequels. With time, I think I've seen that the underlying story was actually quite good. A talented youth is insidiously corrupted under the nose of an older brother figure whose trust blinds him. It all leads up to a climactic battle where the mentor disfigures his student and leaves him for dead. The galactic politics are actually really intriguing if you bother to get a sense for what's happening.

Unfortunately, it's all derailed by very clumsy writing, poor acting direction, and shoddy editing, to say nothing of overwrought expectations.

At least that's my take. I still don't love the prequels, but I can see and appreciate the underlying story that was attempted to be told. "The bones are good" as they say.

I don't think the sequels will age so well.