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« on: February 17, 2018, 12:50:09 PM »
JJ Abrams thinks you are:

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2018, 01:08:22 PM »
I'm sure some are and are loud about it, and some are and are very quiet about it (even lying to themselves), but I doubt they combined make up a majority.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2018, 04:17:45 PM »
What's more threatening to Star Wars fans is that the movies are absolute trash.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2018, 04:21:23 PM »
Quote from: bagelman on February 17, 2018, 04:17:45 PM
What's more threatening to Star Wars fans is that the movies are absolute trash.
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2018, 11:44:55 PM »
Only if said "strong female characters" aren't actually strong at all by any believable means and/or are extremely unlikable as to negate that quality and writers try to use throw that out there as a crutch to hide what is clearly bad writing.

People love Leia, no one seriously complained about Padme, and I don't recall many complaints about the main character in Rogue One either.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2018, 08:53:30 AM »
No, but I'm annoyed by Mary Sue characters who can become the most powerful Jedi in the series's entire history in like 5 minutes.

Abrams needs to learn to take criticism and learn from it rather than pulling the race/sex card. Most of these people want to like your movies, but they don't like them because the movies are bad, not because they have women/non-whites.

For the record, my issues with Rey are only a fraction of my criticisms of Episodes 7 and 8, particularly 8.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2018, 06:12:41 PM »
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 18, 2018, 08:53:30 AM
No, but I'm annoyed by Mary Sue characters who can become the most powerful Jedi in the series's entire history in like 5 minutes.

Abrams needs to learn to take criticism and learn from it rather than pulling the race/sex card. Most of these people want to like your movies, but they don't like them because the movies are bad, not because they have women/non-whites.

For the record, my issues with Rey are only a fraction of my criticisms of Episodes 7 and 8, particularly 8.

There are definitely valid criticisms of Rey and Rose Tico. (Though I think Rose should get more, not less, screentime, especially with regards to her and her sister's backstories.) But I think Abrams had in mind alt-right trolls who explicitly say "we hate women" when he said that, and in that case he's definitely correct.
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2018, 06:14:05 PM »
Quote from: Beet on February 17, 2018, 04:21:23 PM
Quote from: bagelman on February 17, 2018, 04:17:45 PM
What's more threatening to Star Wars fans is that the movies are absolute trash.
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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2018, 07:50:09 AM »
If you are, find another franchise to ruin. Are those alt-right f-ckwads also celebrating Carrie Fisher's death? God forbid you have a strong female lead like Leia.
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2018, 07:55:04 AM »
« Edited: February 19, 2018, 07:59:01 AM by We Have A Pope »
Quote from: politicallefty on February 19, 2018, 07:50:09 AM
If you are, find another franchise to ruin. Are those alt-right f-ckwads also celebrating Carrie Fisher's death? God forbid you have a strong female lead like Leia.

Unpopular opinion alert: Honestly, I don’t know that she was ever a strong female character, Leia always seemed rather one-dimensional and the objectification of her in Return of the Jedi was pretty gross.  And she certainly wasn’t a lead in any of the movies.
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« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2018, 03:31:52 PM »
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 18, 2018, 08:53:30 AM
No, but I'm annoyed by Mary Sue characters who can become the most powerful Jedi in the series's entire history in like 5 minutes.

Abrams needs to learn to take criticism and learn from it rather than pulling the race/sex card. Most of these people want to like your movies, but they don't like them because the movies are bad, not because they have women/non-whites.

For the record, my issues with Rey are only a fraction of my criticisms of Episodes 7 and 8, particularly 8.
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« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2018, 03:36:30 PM »
Quote from: nicholas.slaydon on February 19, 2018, 03:31:52 PM
Quote from: whitesox130 on February 18, 2018, 08:53:30 AM
No, but I'm annoyed by Mary Sue characters who can become the most powerful Jedi in the series's entire history in like 5 minutes.

Abrams needs to learn to take criticism and learn from it rather than pulling the race/sex card. Most of these people want to like your movies, but they don't like them because the movies are bad, not because they have women/non-whites.

For the record, my issues with Rey are only a fraction of my criticisms of Episodes 7 and 8, particularly 8.
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« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2018, 05:20:59 PM »
Not at all. I'm attracted to strong females.
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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2018, 07:44:03 PM »
I love Rey, but I haven't seen episode 8 yet.
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