After the creative disappointment of the extremely weak Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which was the second film in the sequel trilogy, the final film in the sequel trilogy, Rise of Skywalker, is perhaps best characterized as a film that felt like the writers were trying to play it safe and not do too much wrong. In the end, the film did very little right and became a predictable McGuffin quest movie and generally very paint by numbers. But playing it safe definitely felt like that was the game plan from the beginning. Don't try to do anything that might upset the fans too much. Just deliver a serviceable conclusion to the trilogy. Bring it to an end. And the film probably could have worked a lot better had it not been centered around a Mary Sue such as Rey, but we've already discussed that long ago. The reason I'm bringing this up is because the more I hear about Avengers Doomsday, the upcoming MCU
movie, the more I believe that playing it safe will once again be the name of the game for Disney.

https://youtu.be/jwsrpd5NK_A?si=KoglC62y7XRNAanm



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In article <10dnl3r$o4em$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

After the creative disappointment of the extremely weak Star Wars: The Last >Jedi, which was the second film in the sequel trilogy, the final film in the >sequel trilogy, Rise of Skywalker, is perhaps best characterized as a film >that felt like the writers were trying to play it safe and not do too much >wrong. In the end, the film did very little right and became a predictable >McGuffin quest movie and generally very paint by numbers. But playing it safe >definitely felt like that was the game plan from the beginning. Don't try to >do anything that might upset the fans too much. Just deliver a serviceable >conclusion to the trilogy. Bring it to an end. And the film probably could >have worked a lot better had it not been centered around a Mary Sue such as >Rey, but we've already discussed that long ago. The reason I'm bringing this >up is because the more I hear about Avengers Doomsday, the upcoming MCU >movie, the more I believe that playing it safe will once again be the name of >the game for Disney.

https://youtu.be/jwsrpd5NK_A?si=KoglC62y7XRNAanm

Remember when Marvel wanted Brie Larson be the leader of the Avengers moving forward?


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On 10/27/25 1:51 PM, john wrote:

In article <10dnl3r$o4em$3@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

After the creative disappointment of the extremely weak Star Wars: The Last >> Jedi, which was the second film in the sequel trilogy, the final film in the >> sequel trilogy, Rise of Skywalker, is perhaps best characterized as a film >> that felt like the writers were trying to play it safe and not do too much >> wrong. In the end, the film did very little right and became a predictable >> McGuffin quest movie and generally very paint by numbers. But playing it safe
definitely felt like that was the game plan from the beginning. Don't try to >> do anything that might upset the fans too much. Just deliver a serviceable >> conclusion to the trilogy. Bring it to an end. And the film probably could >> have worked a lot better had it not been centered around a Mary Sue such as >> Rey, but we've already discussed that long ago. The reason I'm bringing this >> up is because the more I hear about Avengers Doomsday, the upcoming MCU
movie, the more I believe that playing it safe will once again be the name of
the game for Disney.

https://youtu.be/jwsrpd5NK_A?si=KoglC62y7XRNAanm

Remember when Marvel wanted Brie Larson be the leader of the Avengers moving forward?

No, I don't! That must have lasted for about 5 seconds!!



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