Re:Am I the only person on Earth disappointed by the new Sta...
by krapp on Sunday December 27, 2015 @11:18AM
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I was slightly disappointed by it, but much more impressed by it than I was the prequels.
On balance, it's not much worse than a chapter of the original trilogy. It's meant to be a modern version of a pulp serial and it does work as that. While it does repeat a number of themes and elements from the OT (perhaps too closely for fans of it,) I think it succeeds in expanding upon those in a way the originals weren't capable of.
On balance, it's not much worse than a chapter of the original trilogy. It's meant to be a modern version of a pulp serial and it does work as that. While it does repeat a number of themes and elements from the OT (perhaps too closely for fans of it,) I think it succeeds in expanding upon those in a way the originals weren't capable of.