tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34835224.post5386845905340778285..comments2024-03-14T15:51:58.229-04:00Comments on A Taste of Ipecac: Star Wars: The Force AwakensIpecachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34835224.post-82928062857751740022016-01-10T21:02:16.448-05:002016-01-10T21:02:16.448-05:00Bah!
So I've been reading about the whole S...Bah! <br /><br />So I've been reading about the whole Starkiller Base attack and one part of it is even more ridiculous. According to Disney or Abrams when responding to questions, the seat of the New Republic is the Hosnian System and the Starkiller Base is in another system when it fires its weapon. That means it fired its beams through hyperspace. <br /><br />Okay, I'll buy that. Starkiller Base is able to project a hyperspace tunnel into another star system and shoots its death beams through that tunnel into its targets. Cool. That works within the known physic of Star Wars. I'm okay with that.<br /><br />But what about the Resistance folk who are watching the Republic planets in the Hosnian System getting blown up? According to Disney, they were in yet a THIRD star system. They are in a completely different star system than the Republican planets, and were able to SEE THEM being blown apart. Sorry, that's just stupid. SPACE IS BIG.<br /><br />This is all on JJ Abrams because he did the same stupid crap in Star Trek. It took two minutes to get from Earth to Vulcan and Earth to the Klingon homeworld. Aargh. I get that you need to tell a story visually and you need to compress some story elements for pacing, but you still have to maintain some grip on reality to allow the audience to suspend disbelief. And being able to see planets in another star system with your bare eyes is moronic. If they had watched the destruction on monitors in their control center, fine. No issues.<br /><br />The original Star Wars trilogy didn't make these kind of stupid science mistakes. (Again, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief pretty far in a science fantasy movie, but that was way over the line.)Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34835224.post-91148649638732482672016-01-07T00:50:40.293-05:002016-01-07T00:50:40.293-05:00I really didn't mind the Starkiller beam. Didn...I really didn't mind the Starkiller beam. Didn't bother me. It bothered you. That's ok.<br /><br />Also re: the Finn fight, which I neglected to mention before. We don't know how many actual lightsabers Ren has fought against. More importantly, perhaps he was a bit off his game because he'd, you know, JUST KILLED HIS DAD.ahtitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527948434077999625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34835224.post-44144578376128591362016-01-06T21:29:44.892-05:002016-01-06T21:29:44.892-05:00I would have felt it was real without mimicking A ...I would have felt it was real without mimicking A New Hope. It looked right, sounded right, and basically avoided the overly CGI'd version Lucas had created in the prequels. I didn't need the same story again.<br /><br />If they follow the format, then there will be no flashbacks. Star Wars never did flashbacks. So I doubt we'll see more of anyone pre-TFA. I'm okay with that, but still not entirely satisfied. Don't get me wrong, I loved the new characters.<br /><br />Yes, he pretty much easily beat Finn except when Finn hit him with a lightsaber. NOOOPE.<br /><br />I'm appalled at your "meh" comment. You're a theater guy! Yes, it's a movie, but that doesn't mean it gets to just ignore physics. Yes, there are fantastic elements you have to buy, but the first trilogy didn't fudge the vast distances in space. This one did. But that's Abrams. He did it even worse in Star Trek.Ipecachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157560182505626755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34835224.post-80907838715271152392016-01-06T00:01:42.127-05:002016-01-06T00:01:42.127-05:00I have seen it (so far) 3 times, and loved every m...I have seen it (so far) 3 times, and loved every minute of it. Each time I was more impressed with Adam Driver's performance. Really good stuff happening there in the scene with Han. <br /><br />The movie does follow the structure of New Hope, but I think this was intentionally to tell the fans that the "real" SW is back. It felt right. It was also different enough to not be a copy. I love the new characters, and am looking forward to further developments.<br /><br />True Finn's defection is quick, but we didn't necessarily need to see his story extended. Perhaps we'll get more of that later. <br /><br />Regarding Ren's beatdown, read the article I linked to on FB. He had been hit with a bowcaster, which the movie went to great lengths to portray as a badass kill-box. He takes a hit from one and walks it off. His powers and skill are being strained by staying alive from that, and from being thrown off by someone who can actually use the force, which seem to be in short supply these days. And he pretty much easily beat Finn.<br /><br />I'm assuming that the Republic has been trying to rebuild the galaxy, and that the First Order is made up of those parts of the Empire that don't want to give up their power. 30 years of that struggle isn't that long.<br /><br />Regarding the science of the Starkiller beam...meh. It's a movie.ahtitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527948434077999625noreply@blogger.com