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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9594044">Just to be clear I wasn’t saying he isn’t cool or that I dislike the character. I was saying I didn’t realize he was such a break out character until years later (I didn't even pick on his name, but I noticed in the mid-80s kids in my class knew he was. My other point was that I think his coolness largely boiled down to his aesthetics (which isn't a criticism, especially in a space opera where characterization ought to rely heavily on the physical costuming of the characters). Though another poster mentioned a few other implied things that also contributed (to me that is just good writing and filmaking if you can get people interested in a character with just a handful of techniques like that). In a lot of wuxia you get that, where a character shows up and the characterization boils down to something specific in the appearance (like an expression and the way the eyebrows are done). So you will have characters show up whose sole purpose is to die the moment after meeting the protagonist, yet they are memorable and you feel you know something about them On the yucking on someone's yum thing. It doesn't bother me if someone dislikes something I like, or dislikes something that is popular. How they express that opinion matters though. I have had people here express a contrary opinion than mine on a movie or book where it goes beyond saying they dislike something, think it isn't cool, to attacking people who feel different (and I think that is out of line in these conversations and quick indication that a person is relying on insults rather than giving a real opinion). I think if you are doing it win a way that belittles the other person''s taste, insults their intelligence, etc, then that is pretty rude. But if someone doesn't like something I do like, I want them to give their honest opinion. I like the Ewoks for example, but I know a lot of people can't stand them. Disagreeing about that and about how good RoTJ is, is entirely fine with me. Even if it is a contrarian opinion. I'm okay with that. I do think if someone is going to say 'that's uncool' or 'that is overated' I would at least them to give their reasons because that goes a bit beyond just their instinctual feeling about the thing (if something is overrated, that means other people are overrating it so I would want to know why the person feels that's the case)</blockquote>

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