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This post contains spoilers. If you don't want to read spoilers to The Rise of Skywalker, STOP. GO AWAY.
You have been warned. Let me just say that I have...feelings about this film, and they aren't all positive. I have not been the biggest fan of the sequel trilogy to begin with, while The Force Awakens was an amusing and entertaining basic reimagining of A New Hope, The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker have made me seriously wonder if anyone over at Disney actually cares about Star Wars as anything other than a cash cow... Casual fans are probably going to enjoy this movie. The people bitching about it are going to be diehards like me, fans who were pissed off when Disney decided to completely abandon two decades worth of expanded universe material to invent their own canon, wiping out years and years of Star Wars storytelling, only to rip off elements from those stories as they saw fit. But, if you just look at Star Wars as a neat sci-fi adventure romp, then you can probably ignore this rant entirely. First, this movie feels like the entire plot is nothing but a giant "fetch quest". If you are unfamiliar with the term, it basically means the entire plot is driven by the heroes having to travel to a planet, find an object, which leads them to seek out another object on another planet, which leads them to seek out another object on another planet, etc. Basically, the plot is "go here, find this, then go there, find that", and so on. WAY too many locations to keep track of. Next, they felt the need to completely rewrite 30 years of stories. The planet Korriban has been described as the homeworld for the Sith since the books started coming out. it's been a location in multiple Star Wars video games, books, comics, etc. Rise of Skywalker simply goes "NAH, HELL WITH THAT, here's the REAL homeworld, bitches!" They never really explain clearly how the uh...main villain, Emperor Palpatine comes back from the dead, other than "Sith powers are unnatural, deal with it, because we didn't think that far ahead in the script writing". The Last Jedi: Rey's parents were total nobodies. Rise of Skywalker: Ummm, yeah, ignore that. Rey is actually Palpatine's granddaughter! Worst, most anti-climactic final battle ever. Why didn't Palpatine just just stop using his lightning? Didn't he learn at all from his battle with Mace Windu in Revenge of the Sith? Poe and Finn are basically reduced to just being background characters almost. Oh, and Rose? After making such a huge deal about her in TLJ, she is in like one scene. BUT, we can have Lando for no other reason than to have Lando... Lightspeed skipping? Won't bore you with the details, but unless the Falcon is being chased by a TIE Advanced (Darth Vader's model) or other special edition TIE Fighter, umm...TIE Fighters don't come with hyperdrives. Entire scene was ridiculous. Stock TIEs couldn't have followed the Falcon, it would be impossible for them. Ancient Sith Dagger points the way to Death Star II wreckage that was only 30 years old, give or take. WHAT THE FUCK. Palpatine just can't help devising intricate plans and weapons that have one crucial weakness...An entire massive fleet that cannot launch without a signal from ONE specific source, that if taken out, strands the entire fleet forever? ROFLMAO This movie just tried to be WAY too many things for too many people. They didn't make a Star Wars film, they made JJ Abrams film using Star Wars characters. In many rock bands, two of the members, (usually the lead singer and the lead guitarist, but not always) get far more press, more notoriety, and more recognition than the other members of the band.
Pairs like: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey from The Who Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith Keith Richards and Mick Jagger from the Rolling Stones Paul McCartney and John Lennon from the Beatles Edge and Bono from U2 Slash and Axl Rose from Guns and Roses Brian May and Freddie Mercury from Queen Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar (take your pick) Angus Young and Brian Johnston from AC/DC Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi from Bon Jovi C.C. Deville and Bret Michaels from Poison Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne from Black Sabbath Randy Rhoads and Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzy solo) Neal Schon and Steve Perry from Journey Those were just the ones that immediately popped into my head. Which set stands out in your mind as the best? Did I leave any important pairings out? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28267287/alley-oops-jets-coach-adam-gase-says-leveon-bell-bowling-bad-optic
So, apparently, Le'Veon was unable to practice last week, and missed out on the team walkthrough saturday, because he has the flu, and was ruled out of the Jets game against the Dolphins late saturday afternoon...ok. Happens to the best of us, so what's the story here? Well, just a few hours after Le'Veon Bell was too sick to be included on the gameday roster, it seems he wasn't all that sick after all, and decided to go bowling. Not a good look, Le'Veon. Not a good look. Last year, The WWE inducted the faction known as Degeneration-X. It was composed of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn, Road Dogg Jesse James) and X-Pac. This year, another faction is being inducted, and it's arguably the single most important reason that WCW came inches away from putting the WWF out of business: The legendary New World Order. The n.W.o. At least, four of them. These guys: I am divided about ONLY these four being inducted. I am not challenging ANY of their roles. Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and yes, even Sean Waltman, aka Syxx, were invaluable members to the black and white. However, I'd argue that this induction needs to be more inclusive. NO, not to induct every lame wrestler that was ever a member, but, there are some big names missing here.
1. OOOOO YEAH. You cannot induct the n.W.o. without at least mentioning the Macho Man, Randy Savage's role within it. 2. Eric Bischoff. Let's be honest...he made this. And his involvement both initially as a fake WCW supporter, and then after he was "outed", were crucial to the n.W.o.'s success. I don't care about long time members Vincent, Scott Steiner, Scott Norton, or any of those guys...but I don't think you can truly tell the story of the New World Order without Randy Savage or Bischoff. I think both should be being inducted along with these four, even if means the Macho Man is inducted posthumously. This is simple. You all know about this concept, that everyone is 6 or less steps away from Kevin Bacon.
For example, my path might look like this: 1. I have met and talked to Sgt. Slaughter 2. Sgt. Slaughter wrestled Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania VII. 3. Hulk Hogan was in Rocky III with Sylvester Stallone. 4. Sylvester Stallone was in Cliffhanger with John Lithgow. 5. John Lithgow was in Footloose with Kevin Bacon. (I have a much shorter path, but it's more nerdy, maybe I will share it later) What's your degree of Bacon separation? |
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