MJ DeMarco
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I'm as die-hard a fan as they come but it just really and truly was an ANE reboot.
Yup. And that's what makes me so disappointed.
A saw ANH probably 1,032 times. Now I feel I saw it 1,033 times.
Here are just a few reused plot devices that I spotted. If I sat through the movie again and recorded all of them, I'm sure there are a dozen more I'd see.
WRITER: "Hey here's an idea: Lets hide some secret plans in a R2D2 where it can wander Tatooine waiting to be found by the Empire before the star destroying planet can destroy the rebel alliance"
PRODUCER: "Hmmm, that's sounds too familiar. Maybe it we rename R2 to BB3, rename the Empire to the Order, and rename Tatooine to Drakka, this could work!! Lets roll with that!"
Here are just a few reused plot devices that I spotted. If I sat through the movie again and recorded all of them, I'm sure there are a dozen more I'd see.
- Hide secret plans in droid
- Secret plans carry some "turn the trend of the war" secret.
- -Send droid to wander in the desert
- Empire seeks droid and all those who come in contact with it.
- Droid finds disenfranchised protagonist who has innate force powers
- Vignette with a catina with all different alien creatures, introduce new character
- Evil dark lord who appears in the shadows
- Millennium Falcon captured
- Millennium Falcon captured, hide underneath it's metal flooring to avoid detection
- Han Solo must be convinced to join the fight
- Force enabled twins
- Good twin, bad twin
- Star Destroying Planet
- Star Destroying Planet with Shield that must be dismantled.
- Star Destroying Planet with a huge weakness that can be attacked.
- Infiltrate Star Destroying Planet and elude detection
- Star Destroying planet will be in range (or in this case "charged") to destroy another planet in 2 minutes.
WRITER: "Hey here's an idea: Lets hide some secret plans in a R2D2 where it can wander Tatooine waiting to be found by the Empire before the star destroying planet can destroy the rebel alliance"
PRODUCER: "Hmmm, that's sounds too familiar. Maybe it we rename R2 to BB3, rename the Empire to the Order, and rename Tatooine to Drakka, this could work!! Lets roll with that!"
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