Film Fight Club S3E45: Jumanji The Next Level, Star Wars & 2019

Where we take it to The Next Level, fight about the Resistance and reflect on the year that was – Wednesdays 7:30PM on 2SER and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes & Spotify!

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – FalkenScreen on December 19, 2019 at 4:43 pm
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[…] Episodes VII and VIII affirmed the idea, hearkened to in the original Star Wars, that anyone, anywhere, regardless of their level of force capability or connection to some dynasty can make a difference. Episode IX seems ill-concerned with what was a refreshingly sincere arc, introducing a revelation that will make even the most casual fans of The Last Jedi groan and it’s most ardent detractors at best smirk in mild appreciation. It’s an advent of misguided fan-appeasement wreaking of fan-fiction extinguishing the life-blood of a series which could otherwise have expanded and explored new thematic plains with the promise The Last Jedi offered. That opportunity, at least in the context this entry and it’s revelations suggest as the intended thematic trajectory for the saga, is now gone – replaced by a black and white good versus evil dichotomy we’ve seen time and time again and didn’t need following two noticeably different offerings. […]

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