Joseph Gordon-levit's take on Luke and tlj

Joseph Gordon-levit's take on Luke and tlj Jan 18, 2018 0:15:22 GMT via mobile agentsparky, Hauntedknight87, and 3 more like this

Quote

Post by Waxer-n-boil on Jan 18, 2018 0:15:22 GMT

Jan 17, 2018 23:55:41 GMT mcufan said:

Jan 17, 2018 23:47:19 GMT Waxer-n-boil said:

There was no artistic substance in the decision to characterize Luke Skywalker the way he was characterized in TLJ. It was the culmination of uprooting Luke as a heroic icon. It was getting him out of Rey's way so she wouldn't have to share it with Luke. This has been intentionally calculated over the last 2 films. JJ Abrams rewrote the script for TFA numerous times. Each time he scaled back Luke's role until he was reduced to a cameo.

Abrams avoided Luke being a hero of the first film. Rian Johnson wrote Luke as a transformer failure, quitter, and isolationist. It's worthy to note that the original writer of episode IX (Colin Trevorrow) had a more positive vision of Luke. He would've never written this ilk only designed to make all of the male Jedi heroes look incompetent and unnecessary. And to bolster the spotlight on Rey and Leia. This was calculated writing of characters to accomplish agendas with them. Save the ending with Luke there was nothing artistic about it. How they portrayed Luke - I've seen that rehashed characterization of the old male has-been failure a hundred times before from Disney.

are you the guy that edited the girls from tlj?

LOL! That's funny! (Just in case you're being serious, no I am not that person). For the record I have no problem with strong female characters. But you don't have to transform the bulk of male characters into totally incompetent McGuffins to move the storyline forward; or to make your heroines appear that much more dynamic and absolutely competent.

It's lazy writing that screams an agenda. If you look at the heroes and heroines of the other trilogies, most of them were a mixture of competence and incompetence. But this trilogy: Hux, Luke, Finn (except at the end of each movie), Ackbar, even C3PO came off as incompetent. They were either useless or buffoons. A truly strong female character doesn't need her male counterparts transformed into totally inept people in order to shine. They can still shine and grab the spotlight while being surrounded by competent male characters.