rian johnson is a homophobe

if you thought tlj was acceptable then unfollow me RIGHT now

[antireylos]

im getting SAD again... if they wanted to give a big screw-you to people who held Luke as the soul of the franchise, a perfect way to do that would make Luke in the wrong by believing it was his fault for Kylo’s turning, because Luke has spent his whole life being the sci-fi hero. he passes on the mantle by understanding Kylo’s journey was NOT something that he could control, and that it is those who will follow him that can change the world. Rian did him dirty

[antireylos]

rian johnson comparing his movie getting bad reviews on rotten tomatoes to racists trying to tear down a movie starring black people, about black people, directed by a black man, is hysterical and also awful i hate him so much

[antireylos]

i love your tlj rewrite ideas :)

thanks anon! :) i want to write it out fully at some-point because i’ve changed my mind and decided to shift some things (like i think it might be important to have holdo but to have her as a critique of white women in power instead of the weird faux-empowering thing they went for) but thanks! 

[antireylos]

about that twitter thread “explaining” why the casino plotline was good: if you need to make a whole twitter thread to break-down why something wasn’t a complete waste of time, then it’s probably not good writing. they managed to too obviously tell the audience, “these people represent GREED and SOCIETY and they are bad,” but absolutely fail to express any change of finn through that. finn was sitting and watching patiently and getting thrown along; the comments he made about the world were not deep nor reflective of a deeper change. yes, the world is broken and prideful and awful, but just having rose say that isn’t good enough. finn, and the audience, needs to believe it.

[antireylos]

the problem with rose is that she is introduced entirely as a new character, which would be fine if a) she had previously established relationships with any member of the trio or leia OR b) all of the character of the new trilogy weren’t still on shaky footing themselves. in introducing rose, there is yet another character the audience must juggle, which is hard enough with the complete turnaround of poe, luke, and kylo. 

i argue that the best situation for rose would be for her to be lando-esc in already having a connection to a member of the trio, like she already knows poe and when finn brings together her and poe in order to further sketch out their plan, there’s an obvious moment of recognition, and we can learn more about both poe and rose via a retelling of their previous meeting (i think this would best work as poe and rose having worked together to further help the resistance at a certain point, but quietly, and that connection of having helped out their organisation together and in secret is a strong one. poe still doesn’t entirely trust her, as this is just one moment, but they have something.)

i think in establishing that and then instead having poe and finn go away on the journey to canto bight with rose as the voice in their ears who also must juggle with leia and the issues of the resistance on-board, she doesn’t exist as a mouthpiece for whatever message was trying to be delivered with her: in a rather common way, she’s just someone trying to help the resistance, just as poe is, just as finn is. she’ll be a character who helps flesh out the people fighting against the first order, putting faces to that group. 

perhaps there’s also heroic something in rose, in that her sister died a hero, but she never considered herself getting there. she’s an everyman, in a way, just as so many people of the resistance are, and i think they were trying to say something like that in the movie but it didn’t quite hit its mark. there is so much potential in rose but her character was poorly executed! 

[antireylos]

what i loved about rey in tfa was her messiness... her general lack of care for how she looks or how she acts. idk i wish that tlj had kept that aspect of her personality because it drew me to her so deeply

[antireylos]

did we see the same film?

[antireylos]

rian johnson stealing the plot of tlj from a reader insert fanfic and doing it poorly is the final meme of 2017

[antireylos]

you guys remember when everyone was affectionately calling hux a nazi? 

[antireylos]

new hot star wars discourse:

chewie was ROBBED

[antireylos]

i actually liked benicio del toro’s character but it would’ve been improved tenfold if the character stayed relevant to the plot, wasn’t a continuous joke, and was also a woman 

[libraryjedi-archive-deactivated]

can we just end the idea that characters being compassionate and optimistic and empathetic and seeing the good in other people is some kind of weakness or character flaw that they need to “grow out of?”

[ohevoyev]

disney: say you regret making negative comments about rian’s movie, say it

mark: fuck you

disney: say it and we’ll give you gays

mark:

[finnpoerise-remade-deactivated2]

oh kathy………. things don’t look too good 🥂

[antireylos]

For much money do i need to pay you to rewrite tlj because i read your plan and i love it.

thank you! :) i want to rewrite my notes eloquently because i’m doing a bigger upheaval of the plot than i initially expected

[kmtarchive-deactivated20201028]

disliking rose because the whole premise for her character was to serve as both a foil and a counterpart for finn and as such she spent the movie not being developed as her own character and instead being used to advance the plot or developing at the expense of finn VS disliking rose because she’s “annoying, too cheerful, pointless, incompetent”

are two very different things, but to people who liked tlj theyre basically the same

[kmtarchive-deactivated20201028]

that’s a huge problem w/ the criticism that’s been directed at the last jedi… people either hate holdo for being a white feminist OR for being a woman in a leadership position. people are unhappy with kylo’s arc because it was undeservedly the centerpiece of the movie OR because he didn’t get redeemed. people dislike rey’s characterization because her entire purpose was to serve kylo’s storyline OR because she was “useless” and “just some random girl”.

like, tlj is being criticized from very different perspectives, and it’s infuriating to raise legitimate criticisms and hear pro-tlj people be like “lmfaooo you’re just mad because this film was so diverse and had so much girl power xd! keep crying baby!”

[resourcesofcolor]

WOOP THERE IT IS.

[howstrangethemusicsoundstome]

See also: people saying “why would Leia slap him when he’s like a son to her?” Uh, when did either of that establish that relationship? In TFA, they interact once and seem purely professional.

[irresistible-revolution]

yeah I actually thought that slap was more of a mother/son moment than anything in the first movie lmao

[hauntedfalcon]

This tweet is some real straw man shit, and literally all I’ve seen defending this movie is tweets and memes that are wildly disingenuous about what people are pissed off about, so I’m gonna go ahead tell you what people are actually pissed off about 

Poe Dameron was mishandled in The Last Jedi 

They wanted us to hate Poe

They needed him in a certain place at the end and instead of delivering a compelling arc from putting himself directly in the line of fire at all times to realizing he can accomplish more as a living rebel than a martyr, they decided to start by making him responsible for a bunch of people dying (because Resistance bombers fly so close together that when one blows up, they all do) 

They wanted us to hate Poe 

He got slapped for disobeying orders by a superior officer and it was played for laughs (also holy shit @irresistible-revolution I don’t ever want to meet your mom and @exolunarian I don’t ever want to meet your boss) 

He got stunned by a superior officer and it was played for laughs and at no point in either of those situations was physical assault implied to be anything other than the Right And Necessary Thing 

His scenes with Holdo were meant to produce a very specific reaction in particular from woman viewers, one that was extremely contrived and condescending under the circumstances of the interaction, but Vanity Fair at least has jumped right on board 

They wanted us to hate Poe 

They spent almost as much time trying to make us hate Poe as they spent trying to make us care about the actual villain 

We’re complaining because this movie told us we should hate Poe until he Learned His Lesson™ which was about blindly following orders and never challenging authority and somehow now that means he’s ready to lead 

Glad we cleared that up