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The Song Remains The Same
Dec. 1st, 2009 08:30 pmA few sites have linked to this essay that supposed challenges assumptions about Star Wars:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/116083-what-if-were-all-mythtaken-about-star-wars/P0/
I read through it and while there are some nice/interesting things in there (he has a FEW nice things to say about TPM and considers ROTJ his favorite), a lot of it consists of the same old tropes I've heard ad nauseum: CGI sucks, Anakin was too whiney, the dialogue sucks, etc., etc..
And I do take exception to the assertion there's no memorable dialogue in TESB. "I love you/I know?" "No, I am your father?" "No disintegrations?" The author can quote an obscure comic series off the top of his head but can't think of any memorable lines from TESB? Ohhkay.
The whole thing sounds like it was written by an embarrassed, recovering basher. Why are there so many disappointing essays on Star Wars?
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/116083-what-if-were-all-mythtaken-about-star-wars/P0/
I read through it and while there are some nice/interesting things in there (he has a FEW nice things to say about TPM and considers ROTJ his favorite), a lot of it consists of the same old tropes I've heard ad nauseum: CGI sucks, Anakin was too whiney, the dialogue sucks, etc., etc..
And I do take exception to the assertion there's no memorable dialogue in TESB. "I love you/I know?" "No, I am your father?" "No disintegrations?" The author can quote an obscure comic series off the top of his head but can't think of any memorable lines from TESB? Ohhkay.
The whole thing sounds like it was written by an embarrassed, recovering basher. Why are there so many disappointing essays on Star Wars?
