*Hugs tight.* You aren't alone, Ith. I haven't seen it, and am refusing to having heard about Han in some spoilers. I've also seen people who did see it and where up set. It's hard for me to tell on the internet how much of it is matter of the age of the people reacting to the movie, and how much it's other things. I just know it seems like a lot of the people who aren't upset are younger fans who's first real exposure to a Star Wars movie in a theater was one of the prequels. They might intellectually understand the importance of Han to older fans, but they don't get it at the gut emotional level. I'm sorry you've been feeling alone with the loss, (((((Ith))))).
Thanks. I know part of it is my mental state, with my father dying, and Tammy before that. There's enough real death out there -- I don't need it in something that was making me happy as I watched. It really was such a good movie. I think that made it worse.
There's enough real death out there -- I don't need it in something that was making me happy as I watched.
Exactly. I feel like I say it a lot, but I can't help it. That's a simple truth for me. I feel strongly about it even if the character that dies isn't one I have a deep emotional attachment to, and I've loved Han Solo since I was five years old. As soon as I heard the spoiler there was no way anyone was getting me to spend 10$ to watch Han Solo be murdered.
It really was such a good movie. I think that made it worse.
The possibility of it being good enough to make it worse is part of the reason I'm not sure when-if I'll finally see it. I know I don't want to spend 10$ on it, that would feel waaay too much like I was rewarding them for destroying my childhood, but I also know I did eventually watch Highlander: The Source which had very little redeeming value. It was a pure exercise in "The things I do for Methos." I guess right now it's a matter of time. I have to see how I feel when I have the chance to see The Force
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*Hugs tight.* You aren't alone, Ith. I haven't seen it, and am refusing to having heard about Han in some spoilers. I've also seen people who did see it and where up set. It's hard for me to tell on the internet how much of it is matter of the age of the people reacting to the movie, and how much it's other things. I just know it seems like a lot of the people who aren't upset are younger fans who's first real exposure to a Star Wars movie in a theater was one of the prequels. They might intellectually understand the importance of Han to older fans, but they don't get it at the gut emotional level. I'm sorry you've been feeling alone with the loss, (((((Ith))))).
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Exactly. I feel like I say it a lot, but I can't help it. That's a simple truth for me. I feel strongly about it even if the character that dies isn't one I have a deep emotional attachment to, and I've loved Han Solo since I was five years old. As soon as I heard the spoiler there was no way anyone was getting me to spend 10$ to watch Han Solo be murdered.
It really was such a good movie. I think that made it worse.
The possibility of it being good enough to make it worse is part of the reason I'm not sure when-if I'll finally see it. I know I don't want to spend 10$ on it, that would feel waaay too much like I was rewarding them for destroying my childhood, but I also know I did eventually watch Highlander: The Source which had very little redeeming value. It was a pure exercise in "The things I do for Methos." I guess right now it's a matter of time. I have to see how I feel when I have the chance to see The Force ( ... )
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Prince Geoffrey: My you chivalric fool... as if the way one fell down mattered.
Prince Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.
How they killed Han matters, not just that they did it at all.
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