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Topic	Do you like this character? Day 1327: Kylo Ren (Star Wars)
LinkMarioSamus 07/08/21 3:17:54 PM #41:	Know what? I'm going to use this thread to rant. One thing I liked about Kylo Ren was specifically that he's learning as things go and especially in TLJ is trying to forge his own path - it gives him room for character development in a way Darth Vader didn't have in the original trilogy. Not saying that Kylo was a better villain than Vader though, more just that it was nice to see something different there. I honestly kind of hate it when people criticize Kylo for being a "wimp" of sorts when that's precisely the point of the character - first he's trying to live up to Vader and then he decides to forget it and just carve his own mark on the galaxy. Instead you have people like The Critical Drinker force identity politics into this and insist that Kylo is a sissy because Rey isn't allowed to lose. Wow, great logic. On that note, while I was glad about TFA's "diverse" leading cast when the movie came out I otherwise never really gave a crap about that aspect of the sequel trilogy and I wonder if Rose and Holdo would be such infamous characters if they weren't played by a performer of Asian descent and had purple hair respectively. And I'm no fan of either character myself. I do think Disney shouldn't have made such a big deal about the diversity of the films' casts but it was at least understandable given before the franchise had gotten a bad rep among some for under-representing women and POC (which I don't really agree with, at least for the OT since those movies were, well, old). --- Why do people act like the left is the party of social justice crusaders? <cite>LinkMarioSamus posted [p:955877925] in Do you lik... [t:79553494]...</cite> <quote>Know what? I'm going to use this thread to rant. One thing I liked about Kylo Ren was specifically that he's learning as things go and especially in TLJ is trying to forge his own path - it gives him room for character development in a way Darth Vader didn't have in the original trilogy. Not saying that Kylo was a better villain than Vader though, more just that it was nice to see something different there. I honestly kind of hate it when people criticize Kylo for being a "wimp" of sorts when that's precisely the point of the character - first he's trying to live up to Vader and then he decides to forget it and just carve his own mark on the galaxy. Instead you have people like The Critical Drinker force identity politics into this and insist that Kylo is a sissy because Rey isn't allowed to lose. Wow, great logic. On that note, while I was glad about TFA's "diverse" leading cast when the movie came out I otherwise never really gave a crap about that aspect of the sequel trilogy and I wonder if Rose and Holdo would be such infamous characters if they weren't played by a performer of Asian descent and had purple hair respectively. And I'm no fan of either character myself. I do think Disney shouldn't have made such a big deal about the diversity of the films' casts but it was at least understandable given before the franchise had gotten a bad rep among some for under-representing women and POC (which I don't really agree with, at least for the OT since those movies were, well, old). --- Why do people act like the left is the party of social justice crusaders?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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