Geek Gab Reviews The Last Jedi
The fine fellows of Geek Gab pronounce their final verdict on Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. The reality is even worse than the memes suggest. Remember: You were warned.
The Last Jedi Is a Con
Film critic Steven Greydanus reviews The Last Jedi for The National Catholic Register. Before we dig in, a reminder: You were warned. Greydanus begins conventionally enough with the sorts of bland compliments you'd expect from any film reviewer who wants to keep his job under the ever-expanding Mouse Monopoly. In the…
PulpFail
Appendix N author Jeffro Johnson recently took to Google+ to point out five ways that Rogue One fails to meet the pulp standards of the original Star Wars saga. #PulpFail number one: So the empire is here to kidnap dude's family and force him to create a doomsday weapon. This whole scene…
The Last Jedi Will Ruin Luke Skywalker
Mark Hamill's nerd bona fides need no elaboration. He might be the only one left who's competent to write a Star Wars movie. You doubt me? Check out what he said about the debacle that was Episode VII's climax: Hamill has a lot of thoughts on how Luke might have…
May the Fork Be with Us
Happy May the Fourth! No doubt Disney will be using Star Wars Day as a chance to parade the zombified corpse of their converged franchise before an increasingly resentful public. Well and good for them. This year, the cool kids will be cutting Intersectional Studies class to enjoy beers, smokes,…
Cassandra Syndrome
Reader Nate Winchester graciously concedes the point I made last year when I predicted the Star Wars franchise's decline. Nate comments: Brian, I'm returning a year later to say... Rogue 1 let us down. :( More on my blog if you want to rap about it: https://natewinchester.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/sw-rogue-one-round-2/ Looks like I…
Is Star Wars Dead?
Has Disney already bastardized its newly acquired Star Wars franchise beyond saving? Prolific blogger Bradford C. Walker presents a well-sourced case for concern. One more big red flag keeps coming up in the new stuff for Star Wars: Moral Relativism. This keeps appearing. It started with all that "Grey Jedi"…
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
Star Wars fans know that George Lucas' magnum opus underwent several rounds of changes in the process of getting from script to screen--and more since, including acquiring the subtitle A New Hope, a special edition face lift, and countless digital tweaks. The official novelization of the original film, entitled Star…
Esquire: Star Wars Should Be Fun. Rogue One Isn’t.
Scathing criticism of Disney's $150 million disappointment comes from an unlikely source: Esquire magazine. Let's start by stating plain facts: Rogue One is not good. It may even be bad, though it's hard to argue a film with a final 40 minutes that entertaining could be outright bad. It's the first…
#DumpStarWars Makes a Dent: Razörfist’s Twitter Autopsy of Rogue One
The novel concept that not paying people to insult you might disincentivize them from slinging insults may finally have penetrated conservatives' and libertarians' thick skulls. As evidence, I present choice excerpts from the autopsy of Rogue One's opening weekend performed before a live Twitter audience by the ever-perspicacious Razörfist. If…