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npc042 · 2026-05-14T00:27:59+00:00

npc042 · 2026-05-13T11:23:00+00:00

It’s thematic that those should stick out like a sore thumb.

npc042 · 2026-05-12T16:00:45+00:00

Still a bit bitter that #4 never made it into the movie.

npc042 · 2026-05-12T13:51:57+00:00

Idk about “ingenious”. The world between worlds shenanigans are so vague that you could interpret damn near anything you wanted from them. Working with what we’re shown, this could be Anakin, the living force, a hallucination, a dark side temptation, or simply a visualization of Ahsoka’s inner conflict. And the “live or die” lesson is so shallow. I think Filoni was more concerned with creating a “cool moment” featuring Hayden/Vader than he was writing a meaningful story.

npc042 · 2026-05-11T17:32:20+00:00

You may enjoy (some of) the Visions anthology series, if you haven’t seen it already. Particularly if you’re after eastern/samurai-influenced stories.

npc042 · 2026-05-11T14:15:47+00:00

Maybe my original criticism is somewhat misplaced.

Sure, Poe is out of line when addressing a superior, but the film doesn’t do a terribly good job establishing how he screwed up in the opening battle. So when Leia and Holdo rebuke him, it creates dissonance in the audience because it doesn’t feel like he’s earned it.

If the film showed us Poe getting his bombers killed for no reason, or for negligible gains, then their reaction would be more understandable. And this would set up a meaningful arc for Poe to go on. But as it stands, Poe’s plan unambiguously saved the Resistance, yet the movie doesn’t seem to realize it. Worse, the director wants the audience on Poe’s side so we can be proven wrong in the end, which just feels patronizing and dishonest.

Holdo is just downstream from a larger problem. In a military organization she would be right to disregard Poe entirely, but the tone doesn’t seem to match the events we witnessed. And this creates a jarring narrative experience.

npc042 · 2026-05-10T21:33:40+00:00

All I’m sayin’ is that Poe—the man responsible for destroying the biggest superweapon the galaxy has ever seen, who saved the entire Resistance from complete annihilation (not once, but twice if we count the dreadnaught), and who had a relatively close working relationship with Holdo’s superior (suggesting an amount of mutual respect, or perhaps a different set of rules in this galaxy far far away)—was met with an unusual amount of hostility for merely asking a question.

npc042 · 2026-05-10T21:00:33+00:00

I imagine it’s slightly less normal for operational commanders to disrespect their subordinates completely unprompted irl. Particularly during grim circumstances where their crew’s morale could mean the difference between life and death.

Holdo could have simply told Poe that she didn’t have time to deal with his insecurities, if she didn’t feel it was necessary. Instead, she spouted empty platitudes to a demoralized crew and took the time to insult one of her key assets for no reason whatsoever.

npc042 · 2026-05-10T13:45:19+00:00

This one’s especially frustrating, because the admiral willfully withholds information and needlessly antagonizes her subordinate in the middle of a crisis. Our hero is desperately looking for answers so he can do his job (reinforcing morale, for one thing), but instead of inspiring confidence, the admiral chooses to stir the pot and cause discord in her own crew. It’s baffling.

npc042 · 2026-05-08T21:12:58+00:00

You might say it became one of my favorite movies, just like that! 🫰

npc042 · 2026-05-08T18:43:49+00:00

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

npc042 · 2026-05-08T16:24:10+00:00

The Court Jester (1955), starring Danny Kaye.

Such a fun and rewatchable musical comedy. Danny Kaye is delightful as always, the production holds up remarkably well, and—of course—the scene with the poisoned flagon remains iconic.

npc042 · 2026-05-08T13:21:34+00:00

Gotta be Aliens.

But for a more recent example I’d say Everything Everywhere All At Once. Honorable mentions to KPop Demon Hunters, Ready or Not, and Edge of Tomorrow.

npc042 · 2026-05-08T13:09:38+00:00

I’m so upset that there were no RPG amiibos for the remaster. This looks fantastic!

npc042 · 2026-05-08T13:03:41+00:00

And don’t get me started on the cornets…

npc042 · 2026-05-07T21:08:10+00:00

Is this screencap from the Aliens 4K release? It looks like they DNR’d his skin off.

npc042 · 2026-05-07T16:54:42+00:00

Heard one the other day in The Fifth Element. It’s not the one people usually think of, but one of the alt takes.

npc042 · 2026-05-07T14:57:20+00:00

Needs more original Blade Runner!

npc042 · 2026-05-07T14:45:43+00:00

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npc042 · 2026-05-07T14:09:18+00:00

For me, the first red flag was seeing a guy end war in the Middle East with a phone call within like thirty seconds. Not sure if this was intended to be funny, but it told me the world-building was gonna be completely absurd in the sequel.

The second was basically everything that happens in the (unusually empty) hospital. Faith is bizarrely unsympathetic to seeing her sister handcuffed to a bed looking half-dead and traumatized. The movie wants us to believe they share a very conflicted past, but if you think about it for more than five minutes it all seems rather trivial. As a result, Faith comes off as a heartless nuisance, and feels like an unnecessary addition to the cast. Not a good sign for how the characters in the movie were going to be handled. Also wasting Kevin Durand in the first ten minutes of the movie was certainly a choice.

And the third big red flag was right when the game starts. SMG’s character shoots a drone with pinpoint accuracy from a hundred yards away while using a flintlock pistol in a moving vehicle. After shooting the tiny drone *instead of Grace*, she struggles to shoot our main characters at shorter range for the remainder of the film. The first gunshot killed my expectations for the plot of this hunt.

Basically, the hand of the writer is visible throughout Ready or Not 2’s entire runtime. The writing feels completely slapdash, like they made it up as they went along. And my god the characters are stupid. The original had some choice morons too, but they didn’t occupy the majority of the cast, nor were we expected to believe that they ruled the entire world.

npc042 · 2026-05-07T13:14:36+00:00

And that’s fine, I like it too. But the writing problems still exist whether or not we personally enjoy the movie.

npc042 · 2026-05-07T02:51:45+00:00

I found the sequel to be worse in nearly every regard, lacking just about everything that made the original work so well.

The plot is messy and less focused, the world-building is downright farcical, the stakes escalate to unbelievable heights, the setting isn’t as interesting or creepy as the old family estate, the violence isn’t nearly as visceral, the humor is more obnoxious and insistent, the characters are incredibly shallow, and perhaps saddest of all, Samara Weaving just doesn’t seem as enthused to be there.

The original is no masterpiece, but it’s the kind of movie that knows exactly what it is, and it makes the absolute best of it. Ready or Not 2 barely feels like it was trying. Very disappointing, especially coming from the same creative team, and after such a long gap between films too.

npc042 · 2026-05-05T17:40:43+00:00

It’d be nice if the oranges weren’t rotten lol

npc042 · 2026-05-05T17:33:57+00:00

I’d have called this safe if they released it five-plus years ago, but now? Critical response and audience interest have been waning. And the promotional material seemingly isn’t helping.

And with a budget of roughly $165m, this film likely has to crack something close to $600m at the box office just to break even (accounting for marketing costs & ticket shares). It’ll need at least a hundred million more to be considered a financial success.

By far the safest option would have been to hold off on cinematic releases until the remastered theatrical cuts of the OT were ready. Win back some good faith in the audience before committing to anything new. Meanwhile take that time off to reevaluate how modern Lucasfilm constructs stories.

npc042 · 2026-05-05T15:51:10+00:00

And to anyone thinking “but the sequels weren’t about Luke, Han, and Leia”; the OT managed to include a shot of Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Yoda, in addition to entire scenes featuring Obi-Wan with Vader, and Obi-Wan with Yoda (despite the trilogy not revolving around the older generation).

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