Last Laugh

I beg to differ. I like the sequels more than the prequels.

What do you like about the prequels that the sequels lack?

How about having actual substance behind it and not trying to mark a checklist of liberal SJW agenda properties?
Example from Last Jedi:

Is the protagonist female? Check While female protagonists don't upset me, it's the way she was done that was. I liked the character I just hated what Kathleen Kennedy and Ryan Johnson are trying to do with her.

Do all males get dismissed or treated as their opinions and concerns are beneath the females? Check.

Waste an entire 45 minutes on trying to do something important to the plot (that didn't end up helping with the plot and got dismissed later because another plot point) on bashing and tearing down capitalism.

Put some Asian chick in there as a minor character trying to be a wannabe major character just for the sake of diversity and not because the story actually called for her.

I can go on and on but the ENTIRE prequel trilogy was based around the politics of what happened and why the things in the original trilogy were taking place and even those didn't try and pull some modern day political agenda. George Lucas wrote it for the story not to use as some political platform.

I'm not challenging your opinion, but there are a few things to consider here.

1. Samus is a female protagonist. Does that make Metroid a SJW franchise? Having a female main character isn't automatically bad or liberal. Incredibles 2 showed that.
Also, Finn is just about as prominent a character in the sequels as Rey.
Also consider most of the no-name soldiers are male. The men are actually doing most of the work here.

2. Are you talking about Poe? He should have taken orders from Holdo. His opinion no longer matters when he commits mutiny, and he's lucky the Resistance is in too rough a shape to deal with him properly (court martial).

3. To be fair, Rose and Finn hate the arms dealers making a profit off of war. They never say that making or wielding weapons is wrong. In fact, they use weapons a lot in this movie. And as far as capitalism is concerned, if you earn wealth, you deserve to have it, but also the more you have, the more you should give. I personally don't like it when rich people waste their money (like the people gambling in The Last Jedi) instead of doing something good for society (like maybe donating to charity). Misers are not good people, even if they've earned their wealth.
I didn't like the casino scenes, but I did like the fact that disobeying orders turned out to be a very bad thing.

4. Poor Rose. Since basically every other prominent Star Wars good guy is a mega hero, people expect Rose to be one too. Not everyone involved in war is going to save the day for everyone. Rose is a tag-along, not a war hero.
When she stopped Finn from kamikazeing into the gate-buster, she lucked out because Finn was okay and the First Order didn't get to the Resistance. Finn is alive and able to fight another day because Rose saved him.

I will say I agree that the new Star Wars movies have some elements that I don't like, but I suppose my ability to simply ignore things I don't like makes the Star Wars sequels enjoyable to watch.
Just as an aside, I also like the humor and acting much better in the new movies, and Last Jedi branched away from the original trilogy.

Everyone else (not Rose) is a mega hero? What has Finn done that's so awesome exactly?

1. Broke Poe out of prison.
2. Infiltrated Star Killer Base on a mission to open it up to attack.
3. Escaped the First Order with Rey.
4. Killed Phasma (apparently), though this one is arguably not that cool considering Disney made Phasma pretty lame.
5. Killed several Stormtroopers.

Finn didn't really help with Starkiller base since Phasma just shut off the shields. I don't think any of those things makes him an uber hero.

For all of its faults, the new sequels have their moments. But there are too many obvious things Kathleen Kennedy is trying to do with the franchise that has nothing to do with making a movie for the fans. Ryan Johnson made the last Jedi to satisfy himself and it showed.

Only thing I disagree with you on is your opinion on wealth. I happen to think if you put in time, money, and effort to achieve good wealth, then that doesn't automatically mean you should give anything. That's money you worked for and earned.

But that's because I have a huge problem with people trying to tell other people how to spend their money and I've always disliked the idea of that because who gets to decide who makes plenty of money? What if someone decides I make too much money and starts trying to tell me how I should spend it? I am a charitable person already so chances are if I make plenty of money, I give back what I can how I can and when I can. No need to force me or someone else to. Other than that, good comment. I liked it and it was totally not shit throwing so you get an UV

Well stated sir.

I do agree that if you make money, you choose what to do with it. But it's unwise to miser as it doesn't make you happy, and it makes it harder for others to be happy.
It's also inefficient. :D

BTW, kudos on that Obi-wan liner up there. It was pretty good. :D

And I think you just like Rose to be contrary. ;)

I don't like Rose, but I think Kelly Marie Tran gets a worse rap than she deserves

True that.

Amen. When you can spot peopaganda in any story that was originally intended to simply be fun, it simply stops being fun. https://i.imgflip.com/2fpy2v.jpg

I meant "propaganda", very sorry.

It's not about spotting it, it was thrown in your faces and you guys just can't handle truth. I think the entire Star Wars Fandom backs me up on that front considering how terrible Solo did at the box office just from shear boycotting.

Fun thing was that the Last Jedi wasn't even intended to be fun. Every single aspect of that movie was intended for an agenda and you guys obviously aren't fan enough to see that so keep on living in your simple world of enjoying movies that could have been so much better.

I mean hell they even lumped in public breastfeeding with Luke Skywalker.

Had a master jedi get resorted to drinking green breastmilk from some animal that has NOTHING to do with character development or story.

Ok, lol. Well to be perfectly frank, I much prefer the LOTR movies. Praying Disney isn't allowed to get their nasty hands on those.

LOTR is such a good franchise. Hopefully they remain untouched and pray the don't get the Hollywood remake treatment since they are already perfection. Praise be to J.R.R. Tolkien

What bullshit.

Guy, you need to get yourself checked and get a life.

And try upvoting those who commented as they upvoted you.

I just removed my UV and replaced it with a DV.
Ciao. Save some tears for the next ones,.,

I'm sure they're heartbroken some nobody troll on imgflip downvoted them. Go blow smoke, shit-for-brains.

Aww, did you get upset, dear padwan?

Take of your Vaderooz and take a walk out in the real world, fanboy.

Take off*

Not how prequel memes are try again

Punctuation is important.

gay

You act like that's something to be ashamed of? It takes quite a man to take a big ass dick up the ass. If you don't think so try it sometime ;P

hey i'm not the one who took being gay as an insult, famsquad

lol gay

based and dare I say it, redpilled

Didn't Lucas himself say something to the effect that the 1st 2 of those 3 were just blah setup for the 3rd by design?

You mad bro? At least the prequels actually added the back story to Darth Vader and the Empire which was what they were intended to do. Clone Wars was great and Phantom Menace had one of the best lightsaber duel sequences in the entire series. Get on with ya bullshit. Lucas said that he did the prequels later because the Original Trilogy was written to have more action in them first.

No, fella, I ain't mad, nor did I really didn't hire Darthy Dude to flip you off.

There was one about an annoying kid with the personality of an over boiled chicken egg but with the required Page Boy hairdo (Dorothy Hamill is just so passe) with a Jar Jar glob to add salt to the eyes,

Another one that nothing much happened plus then we found out Boba Fet wasn't a hot chick after all - much to the dismay of fans who needed something else to spunk to in all their excrutiatingly dateless years since mommy took them to see Leia in that slave outfit when they were 17,

And the finale where some guy whose wooden acting chops made his junior self in the first look positively Shakespearean in comparison, but the red contacts made him look kinda angry in the end and they matched the surrounding scenery nicely.

Lucas & Co never thought the first would go anywhere. When he did start with the sequels, he envisioned a trilogy of prequels (including the lava planet fight birthing of Vader), and then a trilogy of the same characters years after SWIII...

It's only a meme, those where only movies, try not to blow too many cranial arteries over it.

No, fella, I ain't mad, nor did I really hire Darthy Dude to flip you off.*

https://i.imgflip.com/2fpyi7.jpg

2fm3lv.gif (click to show) It is pretty bad

You butthurt fanboy.

*sniff* I smell unnecessary sexism.