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   From: ijball@mac.invalid   
      
   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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