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Old September 7th, 2019, 03:49 PM   #158
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Default Re: Battlestar Galactica Movie News

Yes, Gal Gadot is a very worthy successor to Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman.

We definitely have some different viewpoints. I personally loved the Craig-era Bond films... Casino Royale and Skyfall were the best. Quantum of Solace was largely forgettable, and Spectre was pretty good. Actually, of all the 007 films I've seen, I have to say, Skyfall is my all time favorite.

The SJW stuff really has to hit me in the face in order for me to have aversions to a movie or show. What turned me off to not even wanting to watch Captain Marvel was actress Brie Larson's constant virtue signaling and feminazi agenda....her "wokeness" that she kept touting at every opportunity. Her off-camera virtue signaling killed any interest I could otherwise have potentially had for CM. Thankfully, her appearance in Avengers Endgame was kept to a minimum.....but there was one scene in the climactic battle that damn near killed the battle (and the movie itself) for me. It is a foreshadow of the very dismal future we face with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Phase IV.

I will agree that I think they should've kept Wonder Woman's origins in World War II instead of going all the way back to WWI. I am, however, very anxious to see Wonder Woman 1984. (I just hope that, if she ends up taking a dip at some point in the movie, they do NOT put her in that ridiculous, all-concealing blue-dive outfit that always ticked me off whenever Lynda Carter had to go for a swim as Wonder Woman.)

When it comes to Disney Star Wars, here's my stance:
-The "Story" movies far outstrip the Sequels thus far. (Both the Story films take place in the Galactic Civil War era...Rebels vs Empire...my favorite era in the SWUniverse.) Rogue One is my all time favorite Star Wars movie. To paraphrase Kevin Smith (whom I otherwise do not put a lot of stock in when it comes to Star Wars): "Rogue One puts the WAR back in Star Wars!" Rogue One is unapologetically a war film. It shows a Rebel Alliance that wasn't always squeaky clean and above board. It shows some of the horrors of war (within PG-13 and Star Wars standards). It is not so much about the broader scope of the Rebel Alliance vs the Galactic Empire as it is about the little guy/gal who gets caught up in the fervor of the GCW. Whereas Episodes I-VI tended to sort of romanticize war, I felt that Rogue One showed its much uglier and unwanted side.

-The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi....both of those movies, whilst enjoyable to me, really left me wanting. The sequel characters just aren't as compelling as those with whom we grew up during the original trilogy. Rey, for whatever reason, seems to be able to do everything at least as well as, if not better than the Legacy characters. She comes by her Force powers with little to no effort or training. She is admired or loved by pretty much everyone...except perhaps Luke. By definition, Rey is a Mary Sue. She does have plenty of flaws, but they do not offset her unexplained abilities with The Force. Her ferocity as a fighter, yes, that can be explained....but not (at least yet) her inexplicable abilities with The Force, and using a lightsaber. The Last Jedi throws EVERYTHING for a loop, and does disrespect some of the Legacy characters (like Admiral Ackbar who was killed off with no more fanfare than a disposable Rebel trooper in the original Star Wars)....just so they can bring a "Whaman" into the spotlight in the form of V.Adm Holdo (Laura Dern) who just seems to come from out of nowhere, looking like a Gender Studies professor at (insert the Leftist college of your choice). Personally, I didn't mind so much what was done with Luke Skywalker. Lots of fans call him "Jake Skywalker" because of his diminished status and stature in the SW Universe, and I can empathize with them over that. Even Mark Hamill was extremely dissatisfied with the portrayal of Luke in TLJ. However, I did not see those things. I still saw the smarmy, bantery Luke that I knew from the OT...and the way that he was setting about to instruct Rey in their first lesson had me laughing. To me, that just seemed like something Luke would do, even if he were still the swashbuckling Jedi knight of Return of the Jedi.

Yes, there were a LOT of missed opportunities with the Sequel films, and sadly, those opportunities may never rise again, due to the death of Han Solo, the passing of our beloved Carrie Fisher (who apparently will still appear in The Rise of SKywalker thanks to some unused footage from The Force Awakens), and now the death of Luke Skywalker. I am not overly enthused about Episode IX..... at this point, I can only see it as big screen Damage Control, rather than think about it being a Star Wars film to be experienced.
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