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  • Rumor has it the new movie will feature a large moon-sized planet-destroying space station. There will also be a desert planet with a young naive yet promising force user. Someone will wield a lightsaber with a design we haven’t seen before. Space bombers will have to fly “over” an enemy ship in space in order to “drop” bombs on it. One of the new creatures will have eyes that look like anuses, or a mouth that looks like a pussy. The main antagonist will be annoying and act like a man-child. There will be doubt that someone can “train up” in time to fight a bad guy. Someone will survive the vacuum of space. A new force trick will be shown. Someone’s face will be replaced by AI. A previously unseen type of droid sidekick will be unveiled. A possession belonging to someone from the original trilogy will be mentioned and displayed with reverence. Something that has never needed explaining will be explained. Something that has long needed an explanation will be glossed over in a confusing way. An interesting new character will have nearly all of their scenes cut. The emperor will return.





  • He was spot on that capitalism breeds wage slavery. And many of us complain endlessly about capitalism’s ills. But for all capitalism’s problems, we haven’t figured out what system could replace it; what system would be more equitable and still foster innovation. And even if we knew the answer, we are in a stage where our owners, the powerful beneficiaries of capitalism, would block such changes. I remember growing up watching videos of Russians standing in lines for scarce bread. The post-Lenin system of economics in russia heralded a society of want and pervasive poverty that left generations in despair. The goods and services available to Russians today are poor quality plagiarisms of what we have in the West. That is not the solution I want.




  • skeezix@lemmy.worldtoStar Wars@lemmy.worldI like Star Wars
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    9 months ago

    It’s important not to speak about the star wars universe as a monolithic detached entity that formed itself. It has been and is comprised of the contributions of many writers. It is possible to love the universe but object to some of the contributions to it, as long you bring it back to the writers. So instead of saying “the sequels suck”, say, “JJ Abrams contributed to fucking up post OT canon beyond repair”. Fans complaining about the star wars universe now being fucked up beyond repair are a good thing because it shows how much they love the universe and how much potential it had before the writers fucked it up beyond repair. In short, complaints mean they care. The more people that openly complain about star wars being fucked up beyond repair the more that studios may be compelled into hiring better writers that wont fuck up our beloved universes beyond repair.