Human grizzly bear and pulp author extraordinaire Larry Correia unloads upon The Last Jedi and Rian Johnson. That's worth a share! For those who don't know, Mr. Correia is a very good writer. Granted, some of his earlier stuff is pretty clunky, but he improves with every book, and at this point he's pretty much a master … Continue reading Larry Correia Reviews “The Last Jedi”
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Star Wars Conclusion
My ranking of the films: Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Return of the Jedi Revenge of the Sith Rogue One Attack of the Clones The Phantom Menace Solo The Force Awakens The Holiday Special The Last Jedi So, we’ve at last reached the end of my retread through the entire ‘Star Wars’ film series. It’s … Continue reading Star Wars Conclusion
Thoughts on ‘Phineas and Ferb Star Wars’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace -Attack of the Clones -Revenge of the Sith -The Force Awakens -Rogue One -The Last Jedi -Solo I wanted to end this series on a high note, so, despite the fact that it’s explicitly not canon (the … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Phineas and Ferb Star Wars’
Thoughts on ‘Solo’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace -Attack of the Clones -Revenge of the Sith -The Force Awakens -Rogue One -The Last Jedi Well, the good news is that Solo is immensely better than the abomination that was The Last Jedi. The bad news … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Solo’
Thoughts on ‘The Last Jedi’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace -Attack of the Clones -Revenge of the Sith -The Force Awakens -Rogue One What the heck did I just watch? ‘The Last Jedi’ is not just the worst Star Wars film by a considerable margin, but it’s … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘The Last Jedi’
Thoughts on ‘Rogue One’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace -Attack of the Clones -Revenge of the Sith -The Force Awakens When Disney acquired Star Wars it announced that, in addition to the main saga films it would be putting out a line of ‘anthology’ movies set … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Rogue One’
Thoughts on ‘The Force Awakens’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace -Attack of the Clones -Revenge of the Sith There are two cardinal rules for making a sequel. The first is that you cannot undo or cancel out the previous film. The second is that you cannot simply … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘The Force Awakens’
Thoughts on ‘Revenge of the Sith’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace -Attack of the Clones The original Star Wars trilogy was simply a self-contained fantasy-adventure story. The prequel trilogy, on the other hand, was structured around a particular event that would lead into that future story. The whole … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Revenge of the Sith’
Thoughts on ‘Attack of the Clones’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi -The Phantom Menace The general view among fans seems to be that Attack of the Clones is the worst of the prequels. Upon rewatching it, I’m going to have to dissent from the majority opinion. It is in no way … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Attack of the Clones’
Thoughts on ‘The Phantom Menace’
Past Entries: -Star Wars -The Holiday Special -The Empire Strikes Back -Return of the Jedi I called the original Star Wars a textbook example of storytelling. Well, if Star Wars was a textbook, The Phantom Menace is more of a case study: what happens when you give a vividly imaginative, but uneven writer unchecked control … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘The Phantom Menace’