Here's the problem with you idiots, and I say that with love and respect. STAR WARS fan to STAR WARS fan.
If you don't like the film, there's no arguing that -- but if you're going to make up bullshit? You made that up. It's not in the film. You've drawn a poor connection. Of course someone's going to call you on it. And do you know why? Because what you're saying is like saying, "It's the boogieman." Whether you refer to Feminism, SJW nonsense, or the filmmakers trolling the audience -- you might as well admit you believe in the boogieman and that the boogieman is responsible.
When I ask, "So point out: where is the boogieman?"
I get shown a picture of a joke or a t-shirt, and you're like, "Proof of the boogieman!"
And when I say, "But that's a t-shirt. That's a memo pad. Neither of which are in the film."
You respond, "But the producer wore that shirt. The director held that memo. LOOK: boogieman!"
It's all your worst fears come true, but it's even worse than you imagine!
Because when there is no boogieman, it means you are the boogieman. Let's use an example you may already know.
Let's say you're in a thread and without warning someone brings up racism and how unfair the current system is. Has it ever occurred to you, that the person who brings up the racism... is the racist? You ever do that? There's your boogieman, right?
Yes, the concepts you refer to may exist, just like the boogieman may exist. But when asked to point it out, that's where things get a little hazy. That's where ad hominem attacks and sheepish retreats start to occur. Which is fine, I didn't really expect much from the "boogieman."
If you want to finally use evidence from the film, I'm all for that discussion. But, you can't say the existence of female characters equates the boogieman; that's a specious connection. Just because the characters are there, doesn't mean they're promoting an agenda other than the one stated: which is adding diversity.
Is Rey a Mary Sue? Maybe in TFA, but what did she do in TLJ that was so overpowered? Put Luke on his ass? Lift rocks? Break a lightsaber? I'm listening.
Is Luke an insult to the lore? According to whom? Mark Hamill, based on heavily edited interview footage? Your preconceptions? Lay it on me.
Is the movie boring? Maybe for you, but not for me. Does that make me an idiot for enjoying a brainless film? Really? What's that make you? A genius too smart to enjoy a movie?
Your theories suck and even you know that, that's why you're so angry.
It doesn't make sense for filmmakers to tank a film or insult their audience -- it makes no sense to limit the source of your revenue. There's no manufacturer that intends that. Every idea, concept, or reference invoked in a film is intended to bring people in not shut people out. That you would even conjecture any person or organization would willfully hamper its own profits is nothing short of saying, "LOOK: BOOGIEMAN."
Please improve for your own sake. Honestly, tho: there's only up from where you are.
