Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Reconsidered?

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**master of ordinance**

Adeptus Doritos wrote:
Lance845 wrote:
Yup. This is another one of those things where, for whatever reason, people are giving the female characters in this movie gak for being just like every other character they have cheered on for years.

"For whatever reason"

I'd love to hear some of your theories on the matter.

Demonstrably, Rey is not like Luke. People tore into Jar-Jar far worse than Rose. People also slammed Hayden Christensen as Anakin and a lot about that character's progression through the prequels. Others have cited many complaints about a multitude of characters, up to and including all the male characters in the newer movies.

So please, along with your theory about 'why', I'd love to see why you only see very specific complaints people have.

Well, we didnt like the movie so obviously we must all be evil straight white male MRA's who cannot stand to see strong independent female characters succeeding!

**Manchu**

To be clear, I don't think RJ intended to portray Rose as a pest forcing herself on Finn. Seems to me he intended her to be cute and charming, a bit like how Lucas probably intended Anakin to be a heart throb. But, again like Anakin, Rose comes across as creepy. Maybe if this movie came out 25 years ago, it would be received differently. But today we're dealing with a context of hypersensitivity about unwanted sexual attentions. At best, it's cringey.

**Adeptus Doritos**

master of ordinance wrote:
Well, we didnt like the movie so obviously we must all be evil straight white male MRA's who cannot stand to see strong independent female characters succeeding!

Obviously. Considering this movie is totally groundbreaking and the first of its kind to feature a female protagonist and all. I'll be damned if we let this happen to science fiction on my watch!

**Crimson Devil**

master of ordinance wrote:
Adeptus Doritos wrote:
Lance845 wrote:
Yup. This is another one of those things where, for whatever reason, people are giving the female characters in this movie gak for being just like every other character they have cheered on for years.

"For whatever reason"

I'd love to hear some of your theories on the matter.

Demonstrably, Rey is not like Luke. People tore into Jar-Jar far worse than Rose. People also slammed Hayden Christensen as Anakin and a lot about that character's progression through the prequels. Others have cited many complaints about a multitude of characters, up to and including all the male characters in the newer movies.

So please, along with your theory about 'why', I'd love to see why you only see very specific complaints people have.

Well, we didnt like the movie so obviously we must all be evil straight white male MRA's who cannot stand to see strong independent female characters succeeding!

The racial slur you used earlier in the thread undermines your credibility.

**Adeptus Doritos**

Crimson Devil wrote:
The racial slur you used earlier in the thread undermines your credibility.

Usually Mods will ban someone from using a racial slur. Since you cling to this so hard, would you like to share the post where this person did that?

EDIT: Nevermind, I see that it was removed. But it couldn't have been that bad if he's still here.

**Ouze**

That's some high end goalpost moving.

**Adeptus Doritos**

Ouze wrote:
That's some high end goalpost moving.

This is some low-energy trolling.

**Kilkrazy**

This thread seems to have come to the end of its natural life.