As a Vintage Star Wars Fan (TM) I approve this message. My first lesson in “Things-From-Childhood-That-Are -Core -to- Who- I-Am-Are-Changing” came with The Prequels. I have since gone back and reevaluated them and, except for ATTACK OF THE CLONES, I can enjoy them, but to stay in fandom I learned I had to accept that My Thing (like STAR WARS), if it has a huge fandom, if it’s going to endure, it has to be a big tent, and inside that tent, everything is NOT for everybody. SKELETON CREW, for example, not for me. But! What I do lament, for example in STAR WARS, is lazy storytelling—no matter the target audience (Looking at you, THE ACOLYTE); that’s where the frustration comes in for me. The Mouse has all the money in the world and, even if something is “not for me“, if it has objectively bad storytelling, that’s what gets me.
Thanks, Tony. Great points, great examples and “voice.”
Though I still hate it when the dog dies. 😏
lol. Agreed.
As a Vintage Star Wars Fan (TM) I approve this message. My first lesson in “Things-From-Childhood-That-Are -Core -to- Who- I-Am-Are-Changing” came with The Prequels. I have since gone back and reevaluated them and, except for ATTACK OF THE CLONES, I can enjoy them, but to stay in fandom I learned I had to accept that My Thing (like STAR WARS), if it has a huge fandom, if it’s going to endure, it has to be a big tent, and inside that tent, everything is NOT for everybody. SKELETON CREW, for example, not for me. But! What I do lament, for example in STAR WARS, is lazy storytelling—no matter the target audience (Looking at you, THE ACOLYTE); that’s where the frustration comes in for me. The Mouse has all the money in the world and, even if something is “not for me“, if it has objectively bad storytelling, that’s what gets me.