• mmddmm@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Cop goes postal after corporation just letting his mother die and refusing to protect his wife. Goes and pushes for a Nazi coup…

    Damn, the story of the prequels is so good, it’s a shame the movies don’t really explore it.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      1 day ago

      They wasted a movie. The first one should have jumped in during Anakin and Obi-wan’s friendship in the clone wars. Have some flashbacks to a childhood and how he got to be Jedi, but the brotherhood be the focus. Even have the love interest be then, maybe being Anakin’s first test of who he loves more. The second can be tons of character buildup and struggle, the third the fall.

      Someone years ago on YT did a speculation of this, and the center of the clone wars (or at least where those two were) is Alderaan. The biggest flaw in rewatching and now more accepting of the prequels is that his fall feels very rushed and forced. Give more development time to explore the whys, and the viewer will both sympathize and hate Anakin’s decisions more.

      • mmddmm@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 day ago

        IMO, there is also too much crammed there.

        You either have large politics, centered on the Senate, or you have small politics centered on the people. Or maybe it’s missing a movie dealing with the Republic stuff.

        • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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          1 day ago

          Rick McCallum: “It’s so dense.”

          Shut up Rick Berman, you ruined Star Wars just like you ruined Star Trek…wait, you’re not Rick Berman. What is it with Ricks?

          • mmddmm@lemm.eeEnglish
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            1 day ago

            Hum… I didn’t know who he was…

            Interesting, he seems to have gathered the most control over TNG at the same time the series became really good. He kept the tradition of making not-really-good movies, but then I’m not sure I can complain about that.

            • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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              1 day ago

              I edited it for those who haven’t seen the RedLetterMedia review of the prequels.

              For what it’s worth, even some of Gene’s ideas were a bit…much. Luckily most of what we got for the Star Trek franchise, at least the main parts, were pretty great with some great writing. There’s just some stumbles here and there throughout every once in a while.