Re: Star Wars Ep 8
Okay, so 1 or 2 out of Johnson's roughly 10 (minimum) poor writing choices that I listed was somehow JJ's fault. Whose fault was it in Empire Strikes Back that the Emperor's backstory was "mystery boxed?" That one seemed to turn out fine in ROTJ.
I suppose that Nicholas Meyer should've thrown his hands up in the air and complained that there's no way to make a great Star Trek 2 because The Motion Picture was so awful.
You can't blame Johnson's shitty writing on JJ's, Kasden's, and Arndt's. Doesn't matter who's to blame for the weak parts of TFA; Johnson is wholly to blame for the weak parts of his own writing, ergo the weak parts of TLJ.
There were no weaknesses in TFA's story that were so utterly overwhelming and irredeemable that a halfway decent writer couldn't have fixed them in TLJ. Hell, there are hundreds of fanfic writing fanboys on the internet that have written better stories.
Kevin Smith and Mark Bernardin spitballed much better ideas than Johnson's off the top of their heads, on a live podcast, while knocking back beers.
Johnson had years to come up with better and he dropped the ball. The only person to blame for Rian Johnson's poor writing is Rian Johnson.
Originally posted by FoxHound
View Post
I suppose that Nicholas Meyer should've thrown his hands up in the air and complained that there's no way to make a great Star Trek 2 because The Motion Picture was so awful.
You can't blame Johnson's shitty writing on JJ's, Kasden's, and Arndt's. Doesn't matter who's to blame for the weak parts of TFA; Johnson is wholly to blame for the weak parts of his own writing, ergo the weak parts of TLJ.
There were no weaknesses in TFA's story that were so utterly overwhelming and irredeemable that a halfway decent writer couldn't have fixed them in TLJ. Hell, there are hundreds of fanfic writing fanboys on the internet that have written better stories.
Kevin Smith and Mark Bernardin spitballed much better ideas than Johnson's off the top of their heads, on a live podcast, while knocking back beers.
Johnson had years to come up with better and he dropped the ball. The only person to blame for Rian Johnson's poor writing is Rian Johnson.
Comment