Spoilers What are your unpopular Sci-Fi & Fantasy Opinions?

[TREK_GOD_1]

Still a better character than Fett.

I disagree; Fett--in TESB--played his intended role as a single-purpose antagonist (similar to Greedo in Star Wars) and it obviously worked. That was upended by dragging him into ROTJ at all, and IMO, it would not have mattered if he played a bigger role in the film, or died by deliberate action rather than accident. He did not need to be in ROTJ, but at least he actually served a purpose when he was introduced in TESB. The same cannot be said of Phasma, who was built up to be...what the Hell ever, and not once did she mean anything to the films. Any other faceless First Order character could have played her role and no one would have blinked an eye. She was supposed to have this tension or history with the stumbling stereotype that was Finn, and of course, that never developed in any believable manner. She was just someone dressed in chrome, designed to sell action figures off of the pegs, and even that did not work out too well.

 

[fireproof78]

I disagree; Fett--in TESB--played his intended role as a single-purpose antagonist (similar to Greedo in Star Wars) and it obviously worked. That was upended by dragging him into ROTJ at all, and IMO, it would not have mattered if he played a bigger role in the film, or died by deliberate action rather than accident. He did not need to be in ROTJ, but at least he actually served a purpose when he was introduced in TESB. The same cannot be said of Phasma, who was built up to be...what the Hell ever, and not once did she mean anything to the films. Any other faceless First Order character could have played her role and no one would have blinked an eye. She was supposed to have this tension or history with the stumbling stereotype that was Finn, and of course, that never developed in any believable manner. She was just someone dressed in chrome, designed to sell action figures off of the pegs, and even that did not work out too well.

It worked well enough for me. Fett was just a one note and his purpose could have been just as easily filled by Bossk. Phasma was more intriguing and interesting with her brief interactions.

But, yeah, it's an unpopular opinion for sure. And I stand by it.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Definitely. Boba Fett was a name that never crossed my mind and lips growing up and nobody was talking about him. It was always about Han, Luke, Vader. Then when I got onto the internet I read some people talking about Boba Fett as if he were one of the main cast and i'm like "who the heck is that?". To me he was just a bounty hunter guy who took Han to Jabba and went out like a punk. His name was mentioned like once in the original trilogy during a noisy action scene which I misheard as "bounty hunter" when I rewatched it on VHS.

Now it's a different story because we have prequels, clone wars animation, we know more about the characters background but originally he was a nobody to me.

In 1980, the novelization of TESB's line about Fett wearing armor from a group who were defeated by the Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars was a significant amount of backstory, and gave fans much to theorize about, but it ended there, because most fans never considered the novel canon (it was not), just part of the ancillary market. That, and not a bit of it was even hinted at in TESB, which is the reason some fans never expected more out of him than being that single purpose villain.

 

[Reyman]

I just started a rewatch of The Hobbit movies on HBO Max, and I still enjoy them just as much as the LOTR movies.

The Hobbit movies would have been much better received if they did not have to live up to the LOTR trilogy.

If they had been released before the LOTR trilogy then I have no doubt they would be considered classics along with the LOTR trilogy.

 

[fireproof78]

The Hobbit movies would have been much better received if they did not have to live up to the LOTR trilogy.

If they had been released before the LOTR trilogy then I have no doubt they would be considered classics along with the LOTR trilogy.

I think this is partially correct. I think that the Hobbit ended up becoming overly long, with some unnecessary characters and characters interactions. If it had come before LOTR then maybe it would not have been so long and more focused on the Dwarves.

Regardless, even taking the Hobbit as stand alone it didn't quite work for me on review.

 

[Reyman]

I think this is partially correct. I think that the Hobbit ended up becoming overly long, with some unnecessary characters and characters interactions. If it had come before LOTR then maybe it would not have been so long and more focused on the Dwarves.

Regardless, even taking the Hobbit as stand alone it didn't quite work for me on review.

Yeah I'd agree 3 movies felt too long, but for me that was more because a lot of it felt too similar to the LOTRs and unfortunately a bad imitation of it.

 

[fireproof78]

Yeah I'd agree 3 movies felt too long, but for me that was more because a lot of it felt too similar to the LOTRs and unfortunately a bad imitation of it.

I mean...I can see that but it lacked something else, not just for being an imitation.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I like the opening music of Enterprise season 1 & 2.

This is the only right answer.

 

[Saul]

The Hobbit movies would have been much better received if they did not have to live up to the LOTR trilogy.

They would have been better made if they did not have to live up to the LOTR trilogy. Peter Jackson did a fantastic job with LOTR that to come back to the franchise and do it again was a difficult task. I think If the Hobbit had been one movie it would have been great but 3 movies were too much to stretch the story over.

 

[N-121973]

Off the top of my head I would say the most unpopular sci-fi options I have are:
* I prefer the SW special editions over the original cuts and if it was up to me I'd go even further with the changes.
* I don't like Smallville and hate how it appears to have been put on a pedestal with people producing - CGI creations of Tom Welling in the costume.
* (not entirely Sci-Fi but Sci-Fi films/TV shows would be affected by this) I would have every film & TV show shot in black & white (except for obviously 'arty' types intentionally monochrome such as Woody Allen's Manhattan) colourised.

 

[FormerLurker]

If The Hobbit had been two movies, telling the Hobbit story as we know it, and including the Wizard Battle at Dol Guldur as shown backstory, it would have been better. Including that embarrassing hot take trying and failing to be the Lay of Luthien with Kili and the Elf girl was what made it hard to take.

 

[Relayer1]

(not entirely Sci-Fi but Sci-Fi films/TV shows would be affected by this) I would have every film & TV show shot in black & white (except for obviously 'arty' types intentionally monochrome such as Woody Allen's Manhattan) colourised.

Early attempts were dire. I see no reason why superb and natural looking versions could be produced now. But a b&w version should also be included.

I'd go further. I'd also include widescreen versions of 4x3 material wherever possible.

With something like TNG, broadcast versions are often cropped top and bottom and zoomed in. That's too simplistic and often looks weird.

My first widescreen CRT TV had a stretch option which kept the centre of the image - often someone's head - in proportion and stretched the edges, which was usually background and therefore much less noticeable than simply stretching the whole image. Especially without human body parts in the shot or on space shots.

Using a carefully selected variety of zoomed, cropped, stretched, pan and scan and maybe even some CG inserts at the margins (or more than one option for some shots) chosen on a frame by frame basis for what is most suitable in each shot wouldn't give a perfect outcome, but it produce a version a hell of a lot better than the brutally chopped results we currently get.

I'd like the option.

 

[Gaith]

^ No. Just... no. OAR forever!

Unpopular opinion: the first season of Legends of Tomorrow is quite good superhero/popcorn TV, and builds to a pretty kick-ass epic finale.

I love the show's S2-to-present craziness as much as anyone, but I'm not sorry to have had the journey start with the relatively self-serious S1. And I'd absolutely rewatch it over the post-S2 seasons of either Arrow or The Flash any day.

 

[DigificWriter]

Despite the behind-the-scenes Appendices spelling things out very clearly, people strangely continue to cling to the notion that The Hobbit would have somehow been 'different and better' if it had remained a Duology or if GDT hadn't chosen to leave the project.

From a narrative and practical production standpoint, very little actually changed when Jackson stepped into the Director's Chair or when the decision was made to expand the originally-planned Duology into a Trilogy.

 

[1001001]

Solaris (2002) is one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time.

 

[Saul]

Solaris (2002) is one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time.

Quite a few film critics highly praise the movie.

I'm going to need some advice on my next choice.
'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2' is the best of the Nightmare on Elm street movies. Unpopular?

 

[ToddKent]

Unpopular opinion: the first season of Legends of Tomorrow is quite good superhero/popcorn TV, and builds to a pretty kick-ass epic finale.

I agree. It had the best cast and character dynamics of any season too.

 

[Vger23]

Solaris (2002) is one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time.

100%....LOVED it.

I think it struggled at the box office because it was sold via trailers and marketing as almost an "otherworldly sci-fi romantic drama"...which...you know....it absolutely was NOT.

 

[ToddKent]

The MCU gets too much credit for having a shared, cohesive universe and Star Trek doesn't get enough

 

[Grendelsbayne]

The MCU gets too much credit for having a shared, cohesive universe and Star Trek doesn't get enough

Why should it be widely credited for something it doesn't currently have? The last time 2 Trek shows had a crossover prior to Picard hanging out with 7 of 9 was 15 years ago.

It will get more credit as more series come out and start actually referencing each other more again. (But it will never get as much as the mcu because tv shared universes are *way* more common than film shared universes.)