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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7705789" data-attributes="member: 4937">Really?&nbsp; Most of my friends are so angry about TFA, they are ready to join the Rebel Alliance and storm Disney.&nbsp; Those that aren't actually livid about the movie are taking the same 'wait and see' approach that you saw with TPM - &quot;Maybe the next two movies will redeem it.&quot;If someone wanted to pull out the negatives to the original trilogy, stomp on them, urinate on them, throw kerosene on them and fling a match at them, they couldn't have done a better job displaying their hatred of Star Wars than they did in making TFA.&nbsp; TFA was an act of literary and cultural vandalism, like taking spray paint to the Mona Lisa, or a hammer to the Pieta of Michelangelo, blowing up the giant Buddha's of Afghanistan.&nbsp; I deny the canonicity of TFA.&nbsp; I will never buy TFA merchandise.&nbsp; I won't rent TFA.&nbsp; It isn't a Star Wars movie; it's a $Tar Warts movie.&nbsp; And I will try hard not to spit on the writer or director if they come into my presence, but I would tell them what an awful piece of crap that they made.It's one thing to not have the talent to realize a vision.&nbsp; That's what happened with Lucas and the prequels.&nbsp; He had an idea and he couldn't pull it off.&nbsp; Happens to everyone who writes.&nbsp; No one bats 100%.&nbsp; It's another thing to actually vandalize someone else's work in an arrogant and hateful manner, and write so slapdash lazy piece of crap purely for the money, and just mail it in while deliberately - and it can only be deliberate - shredding a beloved masterpiece.I wasn't going to see Rogue One for much the same reason.&nbsp; But my wife got excited and dragged me to it.&nbsp; I was more than pleasantly surprised.&nbsp; It was the most passionate love letter to the Star Wars universe that I'd seen on a movie screen since that discussion in Clerks as to whether destroying the second death star was a morally clean victory.&nbsp; I think you'd like it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7705789, member: 4937"] Really? Most of my friends are so angry about TFA, they are ready to join the Rebel Alliance and storm Disney. Those that aren't actually livid about the movie are taking the same 'wait and see' approach that you saw with TPM - "Maybe the next two movies will redeem it." If someone wanted to pull out the negatives to the original trilogy, stomp on them, urinate on them, throw kerosene on them and fling a match at them, they couldn't have done a better job displaying their hatred of Star Wars than they did in making TFA. TFA was an act of literary and cultural vandalism, like taking spray paint to the Mona Lisa, or a hammer to the Pieta of Michelangelo, blowing up the giant Buddha's of Afghanistan. I deny the canonicity of TFA. I will never buy TFA merchandise. I won't rent TFA. It isn't a Star Wars movie; it's a $Tar Warts movie. And I will try hard not to spit on the writer or director if they come into my presence, but I would tell them what an awful piece of crap that they made. It's one thing to not have the talent to realize a vision. That's what happened with Lucas and the prequels. He had an idea and he couldn't pull it off. Happens to everyone who writes. No one bats 100%. It's another thing to actually vandalize someone else's work in an arrogant and hateful manner, and write so slapdash lazy piece of crap purely for the money, and just mail it in while deliberately - and it can only be deliberate - shredding a beloved masterpiece. I wasn't going to see Rogue One for much the same reason. But my wife got excited and dragged me to it. I was more than pleasantly surprised. It was the most passionate love letter to the Star Wars universe that I'd seen on a movie screen since that discussion in Clerks as to whether destroying the second death star was a morally clean victory. I think you'd like it. [/QUOTE]

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