- February 6th, 2020, 5:53 am#4930863
The main thing I disliked about TFA was retreading the threat -- once again there's a version of the Empire that suddenly sprung forth after the events of the original trilogy, and once again there's a Death Star-esque weapon that plucky rebels will take out with This One Simple Trick™.
So far I've liked the idea of reusing the Gozerian mythos because it sounds like a bit more of an origin story instead of a beat-for-beat rehash. Completely changing the location helps. I like the idea of not knowing who to trust in that setting given that it seems to be a cult town. A bit less TFA and a bit more Get Out.
But if they Battle Stay Puft again...meh. We've seen that in the cartoons and comics already (Cry Uncle and Infestation). Even the Statue of Liberty in GB2 was too slavish to that formula (especially in the original ending).
So far I've liked the idea of reusing the Gozerian mythos because it sounds like a bit more of an origin story instead of a beat-for-beat rehash. Completely changing the location helps. I like the idea of not knowing who to trust in that setting given that it seems to be a cult town. A bit less TFA and a bit more Get Out.
But if they Battle Stay Puft again...meh. We've seen that in the cartoons and comics already (Cry Uncle and Infestation). Even the Statue of Liberty in GB2 was too slavish to that formula (especially in the original ending).