tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691226717378144247.post5785381475241527126..comments2023-12-12T10:51:39.078-08:00Comments on Star Wars in South Dakota: Maturityrologutweinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02186173153359166269noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691226717378144247.post-44966035134280207642015-08-03T10:03:01.698-07:002015-08-03T10:03:01.698-07:00I strongly agree. It's like my wife often says...I strongly agree. It's like my wife often says, "Why is it that someone usually says 'we're all adults, here' before talking about something really childish or immature?"<br /><br />People seem to think that darker and grittier are the way to go in the 'post 9/11' world that is so often referred to- but I think it's when the world is darkest that we need a little light and hope and wholesomeness; uplifting, uncomplicated, and FUN stories instead of brutal tales of morally ambiguous protagonists being battered and bloodied halfway to hell and back before finally, exhaustively triumphing, at great cost. <br /><br />And the content that we label as 'mature' content (because children ought not to be exposed to it) is indeed far from maturity, as is the ongoing fascination and overindulgence in it.Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8691226717378144247.post-60359279047935204192013-07-25T15:50:25.685-07:002013-07-25T15:50:25.685-07:00I had a similar complaint with the new Battlestar ...I had a similar complaint with the new Battlestar Galactica. Sure, it had plenty of drama and cool effects, but it was nothing like the show I watched as a kid. With all of the sexual situations, violence, torture, rape, and bitterly angry characters, the show lost me as a viewer right after the Pegasus arrived with its vicious unscrupulous bastards.<br /><br />The new Batman and Superman movies are in a similar boat, as well as DC's New 52 and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, too. The reason we hold our heroes, fictional or otherwise, up to such high standards is they have a quality that rises passed typical human responses to crisis. While many would run, cower, or take advantage of others, heroes fly into danger because they feel an obligation to save as many lives as possible and will forfeit their own if that's what it takes. They have strong morals and ethics and equally strong wills, allowing them to defeat staggering ordeals--usually without killing. I don't see any of the new DC stuff as heroes, just imposters. At least the Marvel Movie Universe has got the hero thing right.<br /><br />And I definitely prefer my Star Wars more wholesome. The original trilogy had heroes, dammit! The EU and prequels...not so much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941112461454254221noreply@blogger.com