It was also once a generally accepted fact that the world was flat, bathing was bad for you, and anything with radium in it was a health product. Just because a majority believes A does not entail that A is the case.

I just don’t see how liking of two out of six movies makes you a fan of all six movies. Sounds like hypocrisy to me. But America is built on that so...

And I disagreed that that was his primary task. It’s like actors are slaves to his every whim. Is that what you’re saying? The cast is just sock puppets?

Hey, this is a bar not a classroom. So bite me.

If you say so. It’s a free world. You haven’t convinced me that the PT is any less SW than the OT is. Also doesn’t make you any less of a hypocrite. Better head to church for those 90 hail marys.

I didn’t say that you had to be on board with it, praise it, or even think it’s very good. Just that when you like a thing, you like it warts and all.

I’m sold. Hopefully they let the episodes hit Hulu otherwise I’ll have to wait and see if it hits Netflix.

I’m sorry. You’re analogy simply isn’t working. SW =\= Disney (or HBO, etc.).

Maybe for you.

Weak sauce. Try harder.

Some people taste soap when they eat cilantro so other people’s tastes are also irrelevant. You know what you like. For me that’s the Wachowskys, del Toro, and folks that understand visual storytelling. Abrams is not one of these.

Grokked it. I think you’re using appropriation correctly in the OP but what you just said above really applies to the audience that the author is trying to connect to. The reason why Hawkeye (in LotM) is white is because the audience is white. The reason why it’s still such an important book is because it provides us…

Sorry but 1-6 = Star Wars. That’s a fact of life.

No. I’m saying that they’re hypocrits and that in their hearts they either like the PT way more than they want to admit or they like the OT way less than they purport. Given that the Darth Jar Jar theory is only a day or two from being the #2 highest reddit post of all time, I’m actually inclined to believe the former…

Sorry, #IV set the bar. #V is way more mysoginistic and way too dark to be a “good” SW movie. I rank at 3rd overall but only because the Vader=Frankenstein “NO!!” moment in #III was so cheesy.

That’s one thing the director does. But more than that, the director provides the overall vision and Abrams fails badly in that department. I shouldn’t have to switch my brain off to enjoy a Star Trek movie. So no, I’m not about to thank that pissant.

Sorry retard. Cold fusion bomb and hiding your starship in the world’s most obvious location are teh stupid. But Americans don’t like to actually think (and so actual sci-fi is pretty wasted on them).

Muchly appreciated.

Most Abrams movies are like this. I expect this one will be no different. I also expect that it’ll never be more than fanfic in my opinion. I’m looking forward to the day when we can actually see what Lucas had in mind.

No it’s more like, this Pepsi was so delicious at the beginning but now it’s just making me gassy. If this is the case then maybe don’t drink Pepsi.