Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015; dir. J.J. Abrams)
Hey, so I finally saw that movie, and it was adorable. Then I finally saw Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith in hopes that they would explain some of the world-building that puzzled me. (Spoilers: They didn't.) I feel fully justified in my decision never to see them before, although Revenge of the Sith was less shockingly terrible than
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Wow, what a lovely way of putting it. Thank you!
I have so many questions about the Stormtroopers in general and Finn in particular. (I keep trying to square his non-history of non-compliance with his assertion that this was his first battle. I guess it's possible that he was always compliant in sanitation and just got brought up, but my mind went straight to the MAYBE HE WAS BRAINWIPED place. We'll see! I hope.) I'm willing to forgive the lack in this flick, which had plenty else to get done, but I'm really hoping they go there in more depth next time out.
I laughed pretty hard at the draining-the-sun bit. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
A friend called Kylo Ren "Jar Jar Blinks182." I was like, "...I loved the movie, but that's funny, yo."
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A friend called Kylo Ren "Jar Jar Blinks182." I was like, "...I loved the movie, but that's funny, yo."
... Yup.
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TONY STARK: So was I.
WOMAN IN THE AUDIENCE: Really?!
Ahahaha poor Tony. It really would have behooved Marvel to adjust the amount of "chummy" and "pissed off at each other" in their relationship if they wanted us to be very sad about their breakup. Though hey, maybe someone will point that out in the movie itself, you never know.
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If you do a simple approximation for the energy to blow up the earth (maybe the kinetic energy of the entire mass is at escape velocity?) and compare it with the total energy output of our sun, the math says you'd need something like a week's worth of energy. So, okay, the sun has a lot of internal energy, so if you can magically drain it, you'll have enough energy to blow lots of plants without waiting a week.
But, see, the sun heats up the planet. I don't know the math, but I'd imagine things would cool quickly enough to pose a problem. Plus, just how far away is the sun?. For Earth, it is around eight light minutes, which sure sounds tricky to quickly transport energy across.
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I just saw it like having a job in the army here. Everyone goes through basic training and stuff, and some are out there fighting on the front lines, but for others their job is being a cook or a mechanic. They're still soldiers, technically, even if the more specific definition can also refer to actual fighting soldiers.
Re: droids being slaves,... yup, I've thought that since episode IV, where Luke and his uncle literally bought Threepio and Artoo, and how they call their owner "Master" and stuff.
Being mostly unspoiled, I was shocked at how much Harrison Ford was in the movie! I figured they'd have the new kids meet up with them and then take it from there or something while the '70s/'80s crew sat back and relaxed. I'd have liked to see more of Leia, though, and like you hope to see more in the sequels, and yes, I figure we'll see a lot more of Luke in the followups too.
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That makes more sense. I have to assume Finn at least went through basic because he did end up on the front lines.
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