OK. I'm... impressed (?) by how fast this thread has grown in the last two days. Fucking hell. After seeing all of this recent stuff, including how the movie is under-performing in Europe my general reaction is...
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Kennedy, you ignorant slut.*
I don't like to repeat myself but it's amazing how badly they fucked up. First off, a book has to be written about this. It really does. Wait until those NDAs are done and then some enterprising person needs to get out there and do lots of interviews and compile as much dirty laundry as they can then publish it 'cause I think it'd be a seller. Lastly, let's not write off this Disney Trilogy just yet because I see a great way it can be useful: as a means of teaching film students how not to do a trilogy. Not to mention how not to do a 'sequel series'. I heard someone's already using The Last Jedi as how not to write a screenplay or something. Go further than that. Use the entire trilogy. As long as this disaster exists, there might as well be some good use out of it.
Also because I don't want to just bore you guys with a random post laughing at this shitshow, I do want to share a few thoughts regarding that recent first issue of that
Rise of Kylo Ren comic. I could be wrong here 'cause this fucking thread has grown like 200 pages since I've been able to post a reply but has anyone pointed out that we're finally getting details regarding the Knights of Ren in this? And their so-called 'philosophy' is just as edge-lord as you'd imagine:
Nice job there, Abrams. You really kept your promise about that whole 'we'll find out more about the Knights of Ren.' We finally are in one terrible comic.
Then there's the issue of the actual destruction of Luke's Jedi Temple. This could just be Marvel's terrible art here but the implication is that it wasn't Ben that destroyed the temple and the majority of the students but a 'outside force' that did so. If true, it's pretty damn clear to me the reasoning behind it: It's to 'white wash' Kylo a bit so it's more palatable for his so-called 'redemption'. 'Oh look, he really isn't the sci-fi equivalent of a school shooter!' Some mysterious person is behind it. He's a good boy! He didn't do nothin' wrong! '
What a bunch of trash.
*Yes, I love classic SNL. You know, before people like Akroyd went bat-shit. Well, more bat-shit than what he was in the past.