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A Helpful Guide To Star Wars vs Star Trek

Star Wars

[Image of Han Solo in Tommy’s style]

  • Don’t start with the ‘first’ movie, let me tell you where to start
  • Looks like ruined farm equipment in space
  • In summary: the past was horrible
  • JJ Abrams ruined it

Star Trek

[Image of Jean Luc Picard in Tommy’s style]

  • Don’t start with the first season, let me tell you where to start
  • Looks like a cruise ship in space
  • In summary: the future is incredible
  • JJ Abrams ruined it
  • Goodeye8@piefed.socialEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    You can have time jumps between movies but if the movie is a part of a trilogy it needs to serve the trilogy. Imagine if at the end of two towers Frodo throws the ring into the fire. What would return of the king be about? You couldn’t have the return of the king because the story is resolved, the ring is gone. It would have to be a completely new u story and it wouldn’t make any sense in the context of the trilogy.

    That’s basically what Johnson did. He took the whole story and instead of setting up the final movie to resolve the story he resolved the story on his own and left nothing for the last movie.

    • Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      15 hours ago

      All the New Order lost was the equivalent of two aircraft carriers. (Using the ancient art of calculus, 1+ \int_{TR-8R}^{some other named squadron} fighter dust = 2.) The story absolutely was not resolved. Ren in control of the Order while going insane, whatever’s up with Finn and Rose surviving, how exactly was the rebellion going to continue (they clearly were but what do they do now?), and final scene may as well had marked with big giant circles who shall be the next heroes.

      • Goodeye8@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Did we watch the same movie? The Order won and the rebels lost.

        The movie setting up “next heroes” is literally my point. It sets up something new with new characters instead of setting up the conclusion to the trilogy with existing characters. It doesn’t set up the next movie with existing characters because their archs got concluded.