Honestly prequel memes started going to hell anyway. Everyone treated people who liked new stuff the same way prequel lovers were treated at their release. Simultaneously they were becoming blind to the issues with the prequels and unironically thinking they were perfect.
That’s because it was prequel memes not sequel memes, and most people hate them because they’re soulless Disney “content firehouse” cash grabs that render the OT moot as they retread it while simultaneously doing it worse.
The fan base wanted the prequels ever since the words “clone wars” crossed the lips of Alec Guinness. No one asked for the sequels because there was no untold story worth telling. Which is why they resorted to undoing everything Luke fought for so they could hamfistedly fuck it all away. Just slather it up in enough CGI and “fan service” (aka too lazy to write a plot, LOOK THE MILLENNIUM FALCON!) to make the Marvel generation cream their pants.
No one will look back fondly in 20 years on the sequels because 1. They’re narratively destitute, the only thing they do well is look good, which cannot stand the test of time. 2. Disney pushes out content so quickly that they don’t build things to last, they build them to keep you occupied until the next dose of content. This leads back to point 1.
Oh no, I totally get it. I knew before I ever tapped out the response.
I just think the difference between sequel hate and prequel hate is the prequels are a good idea executed poorly and making fun of them is like watching a movie that’s so bad it’s good. Then you have the sequels which feels like watching a movie so bland it’s not even worth calling “bad.” It’s like eating a bowl of oatmeal for every meal for months, here’s another CGI ADHD explosion fest to keep you from thinking about the slowly crumbling world around you.
If you replaced “Jedi” with “superhero” it’s unidentifiable from every Marvel shit show in the last five years.
I believe it’s different, everyone knew the kids raised on the prequels would feel nostalgic because they weren’t in the internet age. The sequels were invented in a post-content world where everything is shiny, substanceless, and intended to be just good enough that they can be pumped out endlessly in a drip feed. The kids raised on the sequels will have so much from this era to watch that it’ll get lost in a sea of mediocrity. By the time they’re old enough to be nostalgic (which is one of the only reasons the prequels made a comeback) it won’t stand out enough to have more than a niche following.
However, the prequels had an idea and stuck to that idea, that’s what lasts. They were full of shit acting (mostly Lucas’ fault), and shit choices (also Lucas’ fault.) But they tried as hard as they could to give the rise and fall of Darth Vader a proper arc. I’ll never say they were perfect or even good, but they had soul and you could tell.
It’s funny, I watched my two favorite franchises Halo and Star Wars fall for the exact same reasons. Every installment in the trilogy felt like it was supposed to be the first because each one failed to set up meaningful threads and absolutely shit the bed on following through.
Honestly prequel memes started going to hell anyway. Everyone treated people who liked new stuff the same way prequel lovers were treated at their release. Simultaneously they were becoming blind to the issues with the prequels and unironically thinking they were perfect.
That’s because it was prequel memes not sequel memes, and most people hate them because they’re soulless Disney “content firehouse” cash grabs that render the OT moot as they retread it while simultaneously doing it worse.
The fan base wanted the prequels ever since the words “clone wars” crossed the lips of Alec Guinness. No one asked for the sequels because there was no untold story worth telling. Which is why they resorted to undoing everything Luke fought for so they could hamfistedly fuck it all away. Just slather it up in enough CGI and “fan service” (aka too lazy to write a plot, LOOK THE MILLENNIUM FALCON!) to make the Marvel generation cream their pants.
No one will look back fondly in 20 years on the sequels because 1. They’re narratively destitute, the only thing they do well is look good, which cannot stand the test of time. 2. Disney pushes out content so quickly that they don’t build things to last, they build them to keep you occupied until the next dose of content. This leads back to point 1.
It’s hilarious how you’re exactly the person I talked about and you don’t even seem to realize it.
Oh no, I totally get it. I knew before I ever tapped out the response.
I just think the difference between sequel hate and prequel hate is the prequels are a good idea executed poorly and making fun of them is like watching a movie that’s so bad it’s good. Then you have the sequels which feels like watching a movie so bland it’s not even worth calling “bad.” It’s like eating a bowl of oatmeal for every meal for months, here’s another CGI ADHD explosion fest to keep you from thinking about the slowly crumbling world around you.
If you replaced “Jedi” with “superhero” it’s unidentifiable from every Marvel shit show in the last five years.
It hilarious you think you’re any different from the people who shit on the prequels when they first came out.
I believe it’s different, everyone knew the kids raised on the prequels would feel nostalgic because they weren’t in the internet age. The sequels were invented in a post-content world where everything is shiny, substanceless, and intended to be just good enough that they can be pumped out endlessly in a drip feed. The kids raised on the sequels will have so much from this era to watch that it’ll get lost in a sea of mediocrity. By the time they’re old enough to be nostalgic (which is one of the only reasons the prequels made a comeback) it won’t stand out enough to have more than a niche following.
However, the prequels had an idea and stuck to that idea, that’s what lasts. They were full of shit acting (mostly Lucas’ fault), and shit choices (also Lucas’ fault.) But they tried as hard as they could to give the rise and fall of Darth Vader a proper arc. I’ll never say they were perfect or even good, but they had soul and you could tell.
It’s funny, I watched my two favorite franchises Halo and Star Wars fall for the exact same reasons. Every installment in the trilogy felt like it was supposed to be the first because each one failed to set up meaningful threads and absolutely shit the bed on following through.
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