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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 01-Jun-2018 17:11:59 EDT Strypey

   I just watched a "preview" version of the Han Solo prequel. This is IMHO the best #StarWars film since Ep.7 (spoiled only by a certain prequel character turning up at the end for no good reason). #RogueOne didn't do anything to make me care about any of its cartoonish characters, and #TheLastJedi ... well ... almost nothing in the plot made sense and it suffered from some *major* prequelitis, but it was ... OK. If I can, I'll pay money to see #Solo on a big screen.
   #SciFi

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 01-Jun-2018 17:20:56 EDT Strypey

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      One other thing, IMHO the box office take from each new #StarWars film reflects how fans felt about the last one. I blame the underwhelming turnout for #Solo on how badly the last two let us down. Hopefully the word will get around that #Solo is actually good (not the Thor-Ragnarok-esque parody the original directors apparently had planned), and fans will pay to tell Disney *this* is what we want from Star Wars, not cutesy penguins and race horses:
      https://theplaylist.net/solo-star-wars-cameo-spoiler-20180528/

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 01-Jun-2018 17:37:52 EDT Strypey

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         Last thing, #CinemaSins pretty much sums up why I felt frustrated with #TheLastJedi, despite really *wanting* to like it
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oAi0hoJ_28

         1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 02-Jun-2018 15:27:38 EDT Strypey

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            This video by Lessons from the Screenplay is a good breakdown of some of the problems with #RogueOne
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsIQa7sH5_Y