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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago (12 children)
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (11 children)

Rogue One is a shitfest for a variety of reasons:

The original writer director didn't start with a script, he started with a supercut of other sci fi films and used that to make a script.

https://slate.com/culture/2017/01/rogue-one-s-editors-used-pieces-of-wargames-and-aliens-to-mock-up-the-film-s-first-draft.html

Even when he had a script, he spent an hour a day shooting off script for things that looked cool, but served no purpose.

So when the first trailers came out, they were full of gibberish footage that was never actually used in the movie.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/1/6/14195898/rogue-one-star-wars-trailer-jyn-erson

Then he got fired and a new writer director was brought in, one who said his super power was he never liked Star Wars.

https://theplaylist.net/tony-gilroy-rogue-one-podcast-20180405/

“Because that was my superpower. A) I don’t like ‘Star Wars’—not that I don’t like it, but I’ve never been interested in ‘Star Wars’ ever, so I had no reverence for it whatsoever, I was unafraid about that and they were in such a swamp… they were in so much, terrible, terrible trouble that all you could do was improve their position.”

So you get conflicting scenes, one where Cassian has no trouble murdering an innocent informant, but not long after gets all sweaty and conflicted when it's time to assassinate a legitimate military target.

https://youtu.be/LORtuZ0ISF4#t=48s

vs.

https://youtu.be/eCN7zF1BMIQ

No character growth, no arc, just in one scene he has no trouble murdering an innocent guy WHO HELPED HIM BTW, but later refuses to take out a military target HE WAS SUPPOSED to kill.

To say nothing of crapping all over the iconic opening of Star Wars by having Vader watch the Death Star plans fly away, personally, with his own eyes.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I’m not going to read all that shit: Rogue One was fucking awesome.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -3 points 7 hours ago

Which is why you'll never know Rogue One is trash. LOL.

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