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  1. mechaninac
    Most sequels Disney put out in the past (before mid-2010s) were Straight-to-DVD fare, and invariably inferior to the original to varying degrees from mildly passable to downright awful; at least they were never meant for theatrical release, and only intended as cheap cash grabs for diehard fans of a particular character or for little kids, who consume everything regardless of quality, to annoy their parents into buying. There is always room for a well crafted sequel to further characters in new stories -- classic Pixar (under Lasseter), the Cars franchise notwithstanding, was a master at it -- but the question is: can current Disney truly come up with anything worthy? The fact they have nothing original in the pipeline other than sequels to things that were good under far more competent and talented leadership that have been pushed out, is very telling. If they do make something good, great!.. but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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    Frozen 3, Toy Story 5, Inside Out 2, Moana 2... nothing original (they've proven incapable of creating new stuff that isn't trash), all sequels -- a strong whiff of desperation is in the air.
  3. mechaninac
    It's an eternity and the blink of an eye, both at the same time...
  4. mechaninac
    Unlike the Disney fare, these make money, and as long as they do...
  5. mechaninac
    The turbo button was the single greatest glaring omission in the reimagined Viper designs. I can understand why Moore steered away from that detail but I always loved the shove you back in your seat, kick in the pants, dragon breath-like after-burner go-fast button in both the launch tube and in space... it was just so badass and iconic in the og show and distinctive from contemporary space fighter of the era; it clearly set it apart from the X-Wing and Thunderfighter.
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    I'll be honest, a small part (the little kid in me who'll never die) will still follow most announcements but the jaded old man in me, the curmudgeon dementedly yelling 'GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DELINQUENTS!!!' will be shrugging his shoulders in indifference and logically justifying it by coming to the realization that this stuff is just too expensive and pointless for what it is and me eventually being too old for this poop; heck, my purchasing activities have already cratered by 90% from my peak in the last couple of years, and my selectivity on what I will actually even contemplate buying and how much I'm willing to spend on something (sticker discipline) have skyrocketed.
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    Why not both? The thing is, in 10+ years, no matter who (unlikely) does it, there'll be little chance that I'll give a damn about this stuff.
  8. mechaninac
    ^Sure wish those would be reissued or got the revival/reinterpretation treatment by some other company/division... I'm firmly unwilling to track down and pay exorbitant secondary market prices for, essentially, Gashapons.
  9. mechaninac
    The glaring difference between TGM and DoD is that the former honored the legacy character and introduced new ones without elevating them at his expense in a mostly well structured story, while the latter went out of its way to diminish, humiliate, deconstruct the titular character in order to foist a new, and wholly grating and unlikable, self-insert "protagonist" at the very intentional expense of Indi (the 3rd time Ford willfully participated in the corruption of one of his iconic roles) in a mess of an incoherent patchwork film that clearly went through several reshoots and reedits that attempted to (unsuccessfully) salvage a turd. While respecting the past may not guarantee success, disrespecting it, especially when it comes across as mean spirited and gratuitous, almost always guarantees failure.
  10. mechaninac
    I wouldn't hold my breath on either score, more likely it'll be more of the same, if not even more so... Star Wars under Disney is almost invariably a lost cause.
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    At least Bandai hasn't taken any money for something they could not deliver in a timely fashion, so the comparison/analogy is flimsy at best, if not totally flawed.
  14. mechaninac
    Nay!.. Years, years on end.
  15. mechaninac
    That it exactly what came to mind when she shows up on screen; well, without any of the grace and intimidation factor that made the sisters so memorable.
  16. mechaninac
    And they wonder why people decide, with zero remorse, to sail the plundering high seas...
  17. mechaninac
    ^See! Now that's a class act... not some prickly, dishonest and arrogant hack like Indy 5's James Mangold.
  18. mechaninac
    Season 3 was actually very apropos to the series as a whole; after all, several STDs do burn...
  19. mechaninac
    A piece of theatrical excrement that most certainly earned its status as one of the, if not THE, biggest money losing bombs of all time. Another feather in the cap of KK's legacy of utter franchise destruction; on the bright side, there is nothing left in Lucasfilm's vault for her to ruin... what's she going to sink her fangs on next... Howard the Duck?
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    "Theirs is not to ask why, theirs is but pipe down and buy." ... Bandai
  21. mechaninac
    That's fair, and foreboding for the viability of the franchise's popularity and profitability... both have cratered since shortly after (the release of TLJ) Disney took over. The prospects under current (mis)management/"leadership" -- not just Lucasfilm, but everything under the Disney umbrella -- do not engender any optimism for the future.
  22. mechaninac
    They are; it's called The Acolyte, and it's going to be, by all account, absolutely atrocious.
  23. mechaninac
    Unfortunately, he has abandoned Favreau's vision for Star Wars and, as the absolute lackey that he is, has fully embraced the direction KK set out for Star Wars. Unless he can prove otherwise (BoBF, Kenobi, Mando season 3, Ahsoka and The Bad Batch certainly weren't it), all roads lead to the sequel trilogy... and forgettable mediocrity that undermines what Lucas created, driving away legacy fans while failing to attract new ones to replace them.
  24. mechaninac
    Characters are only as smart or interesting as the person writing them. The best description of the Ashoka series' version of Thrawn that I've read is that he is a dumb person's interpretation of a smart person... a 2-dimensional, thinly superficial competence and menace that do not stand up to even the most cursory scrutiny.
  25. mechaninac
    Worst flop since just about everything cinema in living memory...
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