Just when you think the Star Wars could not get worse, you realize you missed how bad things are already.
Ok. Recently I was reminded of the existence of movie "free guy", and I actually was insulted thinking "disney actually had to listen to this, approve and license this shit". What an I talking about? Well....
What is the most common complaint about lightsabers in movies? They are no longer deadly. At first, they just stopped melting organs. That was bad. Then, even the deadliest if characters like Darth Vader no longer kill by impailing the target. THAT'S BAD...
But now, even after years of complaining, Disney unironically aproved of a scene, where lightsaber hits DIRECT SKIN of an oponent while not leaving a single scratch. Hat goes beyond "baseball bat lightsabers". This is a pool noodle levels of danger.
And they approved it. This is how much they care about the legacy of the legendary weapon from a more civilized age.
In samurai movies the final fight scene wasn’t guys bouncing off the walls and flipping - the duel was a single draw and stroke, a pause, then the loser feel.
That was how lightsabers should have been, pure restraint because they were so deadly.
@magicalthinking
I don't mind bringing a bit of magic into the world. My problem is only making the sword itself into a joke.
I feel that way about guns in movies. Or even open carry activists. I don’t even talk about having guns because it’s not a toy, it’s a tool. I don’t talk about my torque wrench.
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It’s more like swashbuckling pirate films than samurai movies now.
@sj_zero @magicalthinking
This comment is insulting on so many levels.
Comparing the prediction of enemy moves is not the same as uncoordinated swings of a drunken insane smelly pirate.
And I am really disappointed that you could look at the perfection of prequel fights and see something so crude.