tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post2752263196512232738..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : Rogue One: To See or Not to See by S.E. SmithUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-43565157204655434842016-12-23T12:48:41.345-07:002016-12-23T12:48:41.345-07:00Thanks so much for being our guest, Susan. I enjoy...Thanks so much for being our guest, Susan. I enjoyed reading your review, which covered many good points. <br /><br />Hmm. I just re-watched the original Star Wars on TNT and in it the dialogue did suggest the Death Star's weapon hadn't yet been used and Alderaan would serve as a demonstration of the power of the station. To me, that seemed a little out of place with events in Rogue One, because it seems word of those catastrophic events would have been spread throughout the galaxy in a very short time and everyone would have already known the power of the Death Star. But maybe the fact that Alderaan was on the level of a major central planet instead of a more remote outpost was the point of the demonstration. <br /><br />Also, my re-watch brought up another question. Did Bail Organa (Leia's adoptive father) escape the destruction? He was on the rebel base in Rogue, but Leia was clearly trying to get the plans to him on Alderaan in ANH which appears to have happened just days...possibly even hours...after Rogue One ends. I missed any dialogue about his whereabouts at the end of Rogue One, after his mention of contacting "a friend on Tatooine." (And we all know who that was. LOL)<br /><br />But yes I do realize, like you said, Greta. Everyone will experience it differently. I'm still clueless how to rate it, and I probably will go see it again in the next couple of weeks to try to absorb some of the details I missed.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-70929374742906080692016-12-23T11:51:43.167-07:002016-12-23T11:51:43.167-07:00Susan, thanks for sharing your opinion with us. It...Susan, thanks for sharing your opinion with us. It just goes to show that everyone takes movies differently. It's something we authors should bear in mind when we get 'bad' reviews.<br /><br />Although I enjoyed the movie, I agree with a lot of what you said. And that's probably why I wasn't over-enthusiastic. As I read your review I recalled going 'huh?' in some of the early sequences (where Jyn is abandoned - twice) but I got caught up in the action and forgot about it.<br /><br />I had some issues with the star gate in the final battle, but that's another story.<br /><br />Would I see it again? Definitely. Unlike you, I expected carnage because none of the characters appear in the next movie.<br /><br />However, the Death Star was complete in ANH, and it could move through hyperspace. Tarkin used the destruction of Alderaan as a demonstration, not a test. After that, they moved on to Javan, where the Rebel base was situated. And the half-finished Death Star was in Return of the Jedi - Death Star 2.<br /><br />I think often how we see a movie is, as you explain, a matter of expectations. And this film didn't meet yours. Which is absolutely fair enough.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-3594554031541797552016-12-23T09:28:11.069-07:002016-12-23T09:28:11.069-07:00Thank you for having me on today, Laurie! Happy Ho...Thank you for having me on today, Laurie! Happy Holidays!S.E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669635158240187632noreply@blogger.com