Spoilers The Controversial Star Wars Opinion Thread
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If Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba showing up for a cameo on Jedha is fan service then it's remarkably restrained fan service and hardly qualifies.
Well then this qualifies as fan service because it gave me exactly what I wanted.
Did you miss the part in that definition about "fan service" often being sexual in nature?
In modern times everyone equates fan service to mean the same thing as fanwank. Maybe that wasn't the original definition, but it's what everyone goes with today.
Oh, get with the times. Everyone today considers fanwank and fan service to mean the same thing, to be self-referential to the point of distraction. Indeed, this was in fact the original definition of the term dating back to Britain of the 80s or 90s. Your definition was an Americanized definition which circulated in the early 2000s, likely created by an American who didn't understand what the word wank means.
But then, this has been explained to you before and as ever, you're stubbornly sticking to your erroneous beliefs and refusing to consider the idea you could be wrong.
But then, this has been explained to you before and as ever, you're stubbornly sticking to your erroneous beliefs and refusing to consider the idea you could be wrong.
Just because a notion is widespread doesn't make it correct.
Neither of the terms "fanservice" or "fanwank" actually mean what they're being claimed to mean, as I've demonstrated.
I also addressed this in the thread I linked above:
And to clarify, that book published in the 1990s defines fanwank as being self-referential. As a book from the 1990s predates anything written on Wikipedia, I rest my case.
Not that I expect you to concede this matter.
Meanings change with usage. What it meant originally is for the history books.
What they mean now in the general parlance is what they currently mean.
Saying something contrary to the “widespread notion” doesn’t make it correct either.
And you’ve not really demonstrated much of anything, TBH.
Well the saber does have a certain… shape to it.
The Vader hallway scene was gratuitous at best. If that isn't fan service then file it under unnecessary filler.
That scene is fan service...but the film itself Isn’t inherently fan service.
But none of that matters. All that matters is whether or not you enjoyed it.
And I love every damn moment (except the Leia scene*).
*Okay, Tarkin hasn't aged well. At the time, I defended the CGI mask over how it was different from Leia. But now I wish they had recast both roles.
You add all the legacy cameos and references and Rogue One becomes overwhelmed with fan service. Then there’s the hallway scene.
While there were certainly some legacy characters that needed to be referenced or appear, generally the movie didn’t need them and I think is weighed down by them.
And the hallway scene.
I enjoyed some of the movie. Most of it was not that enjoyable.
idk if overwhelmed is the right word... what percentage of the runtime are we talking about?
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