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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article <10dp9vo$1gb7g$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote:   
   > On 10/27/25 1:51 PM, john wrote:   
   >> In article <10dnl3r$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!!   
      
   Didn't Thanos punch her one time, knocking her out for the rest of the movies?   
      
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