See, I'm fine with the prequels. I don't think they're as good as the OT, but I do think they're fun to watch and while I hate how Ep III cut all of Padme's characterization and all the nascent Rebellion stuff, I like what they did with Anakin and the rest of the Jedi.
The sequels, on the other hand ... Ep VII is fun, has some good characters, and set up some things that if handled well could have been very interesting. VIII and IX are a godawful mess that took most of the things I liked about Star Wars (including the interesting bits from VII) and systematically either destroyed them or made them meaningless. And the racist fans soured what little enjoyment I got out of them. And the ST isn't even internally coherent, as regards either plot or theme or characterization or pretty much anything, which by ITSELF would have made me dislike them even if everything else was good.
But I am, as always, fascinated to see how different people can look at the same piece of media and react to it VERY differently.
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See, I'm fine with the prequels. I don't think they're as good as the OT, but I do think they're fun to watch and while I hate how Ep III cut all of Padme's characterization and all the nascent Rebellion stuff, I like what they did with Anakin and the rest of the Jedi.
The sequels, on the other hand ... Ep VII is fun, has some good characters, and set up some things that if handled well could have been very interesting. VIII and IX are a godawful mess that took most of the things I liked about Star Wars (including the interesting bits from VII) and systematically either destroyed them or made them meaningless. And the racist fans soured what little enjoyment I got out of them. And the ST isn't even internally coherent, as regards either plot or theme or characterization or pretty much anything, which by ITSELF would have made me dislike them even if everything else was good.
But I am, as always, fascinated to see how different people can look at the same piece of media and react to it VERY differently.