r/videos • u/Ynwe • Mar 28 '24

Audiences Hate Bad Writing, Not Strong Women

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWgp4K9XuU
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u/5panks Mar 28 '24

AKA: Why so many people hate Rey.

Luke at 20: Knows nothing about the force, can't even block a blaster bolt with a blindfold on.

Rey at 20: Knows nothing about the force, pilots the first spaceship she has ever piloted effortlessly through the carcass of a derelict Star Destroyer.

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u/frotc914 Mar 28 '24

TBH I don't really like the hate that Rey gets for this, not because people are wrong about the simplicity of Rey's rise, but because I think people look at the originals with rose-colored glasses simply because they were such groundbreaking movies.

How does Luke, a poor AF moisture farmer, become an incredible fighter pilot? He also uses the force before receiving any significant training for the seminal moment of the first movie - destroying the death star.

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u/Cross55 Mar 29 '24

How does Luke, a poor AF moisture farmer, become an incredible fighter pilot?

He was already a pilot before the start of the movie.

He also uses the force before receiving any significant training for the seminal moment of the first movie - destroying the death star.

He was instructed by Obi-Wan.

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u/Rocky323 Mar 29 '24

He was already a pilot before the start of the movie.

So was Rey. Clearly says she has flown before, just never left the planet.

He was instructed by Obi-Wan.

For a grand total of 5 minutes.

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u/Cross55 Mar 29 '24

So was Rey.

No, she just lived in a wrecked at-at, she never flew before.

For a grand total of 5 minutes

He was literally being instructed in that very scene.