Each episode just feels like a cut down version of a TV pilot in which the new things we learn in each of these shorts are too brief and vague for me to feel invested in any of their ideas. Or are each of these episodes just experimental, animation tests with lightsabers and typical star wars tropes? By god, with new things they could bring to the table, not a single theme was original in any of these shorts and they were already overly done by Star Wars already zillion times, not to mention, still vague. Why should I route for a Jedi if all her character is she is suffering from one thought of PTSD? Why should I route for a separated family I never got the time spent to get to care about? Why should I route for a droid becoming a Jedi if his arc of becoming one is so incredibly basic and simple. These shorts rely on the visual style over the substance of either using them to an advantage or caring about the story at all. (Just like how Star Wars has been doing over the past decade) But I tire that people are just gonna eat stuff like this up anyway because anything slightly different of a take to Star Wars is suddenly a masterpiece. But I feel so many people don't understand how much you can really bring to the table, people I don't believe have ever read or played any of the deeper older Star Wars books/games. Because Visions and everything else always rely on the same themes; "Jedi control their emotions" "Use The Force" "Empire bad" "Good vs Evil" when SW at its older time when it tried something different was only using most of them as the side-theme or they fleshed the themes out to a whole new level to create more complex and darker themes. We got great stories like KOTOR that fleshed out the conflict between Jedi and Sith, and the ROTS Novel that went a lot into what the Jedi were thinking about before they worried about being disbanded, and how they conflicted through questioning of the Jedi being relevant or far from legal anymore. What does "The Twins" do? One of the Sith Twins (Cloned from a Sith Factory btw) defects against the other and wants to go leave by himself, but he also fsr has a good heart and acts just like Luke against his sister who's obviously supposed to be Vader? Besides the fact I can't suspend my disbelief on the boy's defectance and his backstory at all. What conflict did it showcase between these 2 characters? That one's good and one's bad? Despite the fact they have literally the same backstory? This goes for every other episode in the show. None of them flesh out their own story letalone a single character. The only episode I can say that TRIED was the Ninth Jedi. That at least had a thorough, consistent plot with a clever plot twist with an exception of tisms, but even then, not a single character was interesting there either. But none of the others I can really say "tried" with their own stories, unless if they were cut down and what I really would've liked was there but taken out. But I doubt that's the case. It can't be a coincidence that every episode felt equally rushed and went for typically the same goal. Star Wars has become so overly predictable in the past few years I might as well let this be the last new SW thing I'll watch and I'll just go back to the old stuff I like more. Star Wars was always in my heart from the beginning and still holds up, but these new things are just going beyond my taste in what in my honest opinion Star Wars should be.
Reviews
3 Reviews
Star Wars: Visions
(2021– )
No episode did a good job telling a standalone unique story
25 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Justice League
(2017)
Like the other DCEU Films, This just doesn't try.
25 November 2017
Let's face it, The only way for me to enjoy this film was just to use Nostalgia for the characters I loved before the movie. Sad that if this movie was just it's own movie with new characters without the lore of the DC universe, I would have been so bored watching the movie in the theater watching bland characters just getting along only to fight yet another villain who wants to (you guessed it) take over the world. Here are just some of my points to the movie I want to discuss.
1. The movies tries too hard to be a Marvel-comedy movie almost as it tried with being a dark movie.
To be fair, I can care less if a DC movie wants to be dark or a comedy, I have nothing against with whatever tone a DC movie wants, but the way the DC movies TRY to express the tone is the problem, It's not that DC movies are TOO Dark or comedic, it's that they're TERRIBLE at being dark and comedic. And it was done in a way that it ruins characters like Batman, Superman, and Flash. Because of BVS's way of being "dark" Batman just feels like a dangerous criminal other than a crime- fighter because he was portrayed as that. First we see Batman torture some man, frighten a bunch of citizens and police officers that see him as "the devil" than now we see him try to kill Superman, than suddenly change because Superman's Mommy. Wow, definitely the Batman I have seen before... Now how does the "comedy" work out in Justice League? Well, some parts in the movie did give me a few laughs, but the comedy whether funny or not, just doesn't work and it feels forced in the movie just as much as how dark was forced in BVS. The tone no matter what has to just be put into DCEU films that don't progress in the story, Flash is my biggest problem of this situation, He is just focused heavily on being a comic relief that his backstory and character doesn't work, seeing Flash talk to his dad in prison felt nothing to me because it didn't feel like this was a conflict between Barry and his father, I watched the CW Flash TV series and when I saw those characters in the same place, I actually felt something because it was actually something that Barry wanted to take care of, he wants to take his father out of prison, and most of the time Barry just cries to him every time he meets him because that's how much he misses him. For the JL, it's just starting with Batman saying "Hey, here's Barry's backstory" then we see Barry talking to his dad like "Hey Dad how's it going" type of stuff. Lets also say Flash just has no personality outside the fact he's always just confused and whatever. He wasn't funny, and even if he was, he still wouldn't work as a character like Flash from other TV Shows. People try to say Thor 3 has the worst comedy in attempts to defend the JL, Thor 3 was one of the funniest movies I've seen in theaters. And yes, I enjoy Marvel Movies, even though I am a big fan of DC Comic while I just don't really care for Marvel.
2. The formation of the Justice League was lazy.
So how does the JL form as a team? Easy, just get help from some other superheroes to fight a CGI villain that wants to take over the world. Than just become friends because um, we helped defeat a superhero. Bravo writing, way to really start the DC Extended Universe with all the beloved characters come together. I haven't really seen the Avengers, but I'm pretty sure for god that the characters had more to them than just superheroes who want to destroy Loki.
3. Bruce and Clark's instant relationship now just pisses me off about the Martha scene even more.
Okay, to be fair, I know what the BVS fans are getting from when they defend the scene, and most of the time the people who hate the Martha scene often use nitpicks to argue with the defenders like "Why doesn't he just say "mother"" or "Why not be specific other than "find him"" Here's my reason why I hate the Martha scene, I despise the scene because it forced the character development between Bruce and Clark. It's not just the fact that they stopped fighting, but then they instantly become buddies, why? After Bruce tried to kill Clark and doing it for reasons that are just offensive to Superman, They just then instantly become friends ignoring the stupid things Bruce was doing to Clark. And that was my main problem with Justice League, Bruce speaks of Clark's death like he was his friend ever since they were children. And it even forces its lines in the movie that tries to prove a point for the defenders on the Martha scene, YES, WE KNOW BATMAN WAS REALIZING WHAT HE DID WRONG TO SUPERMAN BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ITS STILL NOT FORCED FOR BOTH OF THEM TO BECOME BEST FRIENDS. Now knowing that this movie did so horrible at box offices, I am starting to become sure the next movies will probably suffer the same then the DCEU will die very soon.
1. The movies tries too hard to be a Marvel-comedy movie almost as it tried with being a dark movie.
To be fair, I can care less if a DC movie wants to be dark or a comedy, I have nothing against with whatever tone a DC movie wants, but the way the DC movies TRY to express the tone is the problem, It's not that DC movies are TOO Dark or comedic, it's that they're TERRIBLE at being dark and comedic. And it was done in a way that it ruins characters like Batman, Superman, and Flash. Because of BVS's way of being "dark" Batman just feels like a dangerous criminal other than a crime- fighter because he was portrayed as that. First we see Batman torture some man, frighten a bunch of citizens and police officers that see him as "the devil" than now we see him try to kill Superman, than suddenly change because Superman's Mommy. Wow, definitely the Batman I have seen before... Now how does the "comedy" work out in Justice League? Well, some parts in the movie did give me a few laughs, but the comedy whether funny or not, just doesn't work and it feels forced in the movie just as much as how dark was forced in BVS. The tone no matter what has to just be put into DCEU films that don't progress in the story, Flash is my biggest problem of this situation, He is just focused heavily on being a comic relief that his backstory and character doesn't work, seeing Flash talk to his dad in prison felt nothing to me because it didn't feel like this was a conflict between Barry and his father, I watched the CW Flash TV series and when I saw those characters in the same place, I actually felt something because it was actually something that Barry wanted to take care of, he wants to take his father out of prison, and most of the time Barry just cries to him every time he meets him because that's how much he misses him. For the JL, it's just starting with Batman saying "Hey, here's Barry's backstory" then we see Barry talking to his dad like "Hey Dad how's it going" type of stuff. Lets also say Flash just has no personality outside the fact he's always just confused and whatever. He wasn't funny, and even if he was, he still wouldn't work as a character like Flash from other TV Shows. People try to say Thor 3 has the worst comedy in attempts to defend the JL, Thor 3 was one of the funniest movies I've seen in theaters. And yes, I enjoy Marvel Movies, even though I am a big fan of DC Comic while I just don't really care for Marvel.
2. The formation of the Justice League was lazy.
So how does the JL form as a team? Easy, just get help from some other superheroes to fight a CGI villain that wants to take over the world. Than just become friends because um, we helped defeat a superhero. Bravo writing, way to really start the DC Extended Universe with all the beloved characters come together. I haven't really seen the Avengers, but I'm pretty sure for god that the characters had more to them than just superheroes who want to destroy Loki.
3. Bruce and Clark's instant relationship now just pisses me off about the Martha scene even more.
Okay, to be fair, I know what the BVS fans are getting from when they defend the scene, and most of the time the people who hate the Martha scene often use nitpicks to argue with the defenders like "Why doesn't he just say "mother"" or "Why not be specific other than "find him"" Here's my reason why I hate the Martha scene, I despise the scene because it forced the character development between Bruce and Clark. It's not just the fact that they stopped fighting, but then they instantly become buddies, why? After Bruce tried to kill Clark and doing it for reasons that are just offensive to Superman, They just then instantly become friends ignoring the stupid things Bruce was doing to Clark. And that was my main problem with Justice League, Bruce speaks of Clark's death like he was his friend ever since they were children. And it even forces its lines in the movie that tries to prove a point for the defenders on the Martha scene, YES, WE KNOW BATMAN WAS REALIZING WHAT HE DID WRONG TO SUPERMAN BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ITS STILL NOT FORCED FOR BOTH OF THEM TO BECOME BEST FRIENDS. Now knowing that this movie did so horrible at box offices, I am starting to become sure the next movies will probably suffer the same then the DCEU will die very soon.
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
(2017–2018)
Not really the best Star Wars mini series
16 August 2017
Now I understand this show is normally for kids way younger than the average who would watch Cartoon Network or Disney XD, The only thing that's making me want to talk about it is that it's confirmed canon. The reason why this is a problem is because the stuff I see in the series feels WAY too out of character. None of the characters really feel any similar to the characters I would see in the movies or the Clone Wars show except for the Ewok episode. The way the characters are portrayed in the series and how they deal with a problem is really corny, and the animation of the show is too weak to support it. I wish this show could've worked much more to the characters put into this series. But now like I said, if this wasn't canon, I'd mostly give it a past for it being a kid show, but is there a downfall to this beyond the canon problem? Well, sort of, As I said before the character designs and the animation look very off. But this isn't the worst to come out of Star Wars, so I'm cool with it.
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