I don’t think it trampled on mythology. I think it opened the windows and let some fresh air into the mythology. And I fucking loved it for that. I am a big, big Star Wars fan, but there were a lot of things that I really wanted to see in its lore, going all the way back to childhood, which I never actually did until…

TLJ was literally everything my childhood self ever wanted from Star Wars. But I guess my childhood doesn’t count. 

knives out, like coming out, like they’re gay or something?? isn’t that just forced diversity why can’t we have straight knives anymore???

This man RUINED knives for me. Just totally crapped all over my childhood.

I mean, I was legitimately interested to hear what these legit criticisms might have been and how Johnson dismissed them, that wasn’t snark - but now it feels like maybe he’s full of crap.

Criticism is a thoughtful analysis of a text, oriented around a particular thesis, drawing on a particular artistic tradition or interpretive theory. It’s a valuable intellectual tool that allows us to better appreciate our shared cultural heritage.

Here’s what really bothered the people who didn’t like it, it’s not that the movie was egregiously bad because honestly it was better than all of the prequel movies and everyone hated those and Star Wars lived on. It’s that no one cared that they didn’t like this one. That’s why they go on weird rants in comment…

In a world where the prequel trilogy exists, it never ceases to amaze me how upset some people got over TLJ and how it “ruined” Star Wars for them. I think Johnson did a serviceable job with the story that he inherited; many of the controversial elements (Empire vs Rebels 2.0, hermit Luke, Snoke, Rey and co. being…

“I don’t think that makes my opinion “toxic.””

NEITHER DOES HE.

God, you pissy babies are so GOD DAMN insecure. 

Good for you. This article isn’t about you then.

I am keeping the phrase “amuses me off.”

So a fun story about the toxic fandom thing and regular fans. Back in 1995 (In the way back times) I was hanging out with some friends, just chewing the fat and such, and we mentioned our favorite parts of Star Wars. I mentioned that I loved the ewoks. This guy from the back of the store gets starts yelling at us,…

You aren’t. I thought it was...fine...overall. I didn’t like some of his choices.

He says there are bad people and that it’s something “every type of fandom is dealing with,” but “95 percent” of the people he interacts with online are “lovely and thoughtful and engaged” even when they don’t like his work.

One thing that amuses me off is how people who obsessively hate TLJ vastly overstate their impact and influence. These people talk like they led some sort of movement and because of them Disney is in chaos and Kathleen Kennedy is on suicide watch. Meanwhile ROS ticket sales broke records. 

Maybe a horror anthology series with Pennywise hosting it in an armchair wearing a smoking jacket, like Alistaire Cooke on Masterpiece Theater. 

I don’t know how they’d fit him into Phase 4, but I’d love to see more of Ruffalo’s Hulk. He had a very different energy in the films as someone who wanted to do good but not necessarily in that traditional “superhero” way. I think particularly in Infinity War and Endgame they managed to highlight his intelligence as…

On the one hand, it IS good to check in with people before you’re about to dump something on them. It feels like an ambush sometimes when someone just dumps a bunch of heavy emotional stuff when you aren’t in a position to handle it or respond. If someone just woke up or is running late, they’re not going to be in a…

I do not like these at all. They look cheap - the design that is. The costumes etc look great, but the cutouts contrasting with the star scape looks off. They look like they should be trading card size.  

Agreed. I think the concept is great. The Photoshop faux lighting is where they suffer.