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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > I haven't called for ANY sentient beings to be ground up, thanks.
>
> JJ is a portrayal of a fictional sentient being. One might assume from your
> statements of vilification that you would feel that way about real people who
> act like JJ. Now, I'm sure (or hope) you'll say that you don't support that
> people who are equally obnoxious should not really be ground up and fed to
> pigs, but that is a reasonable extrapolation of your expressed stance.
My take on it is this:
When SW fans rip on Jar-Jar, it's their way of letting off steam -- venting --
and really, that's about all there is to it (to the motivation behind it).
Hardcore SW fans (no, I haven't done a scientific survey) feel that TPM would
have been a better movie without Jar-Jar. Many also feel that ROTJ would have
been a better movie without Ewoks -- or with Ewoks that didn't look like big
teddy bears.
Since Ewoks are a permanent part of ROTJ and Jar-Jar is a permanent part of
TPM, the frustration of serious fans has to go somewhere. (Say, didn't
someone create Jar-Jar skins for Doom or Quake?)
Lucas didn't listen to the fans when they cried out against Jar-Jar last year
and he plans to include Jar-Jar again in Episode II (last I heard). It's his
prerogative to do that, naturally, but many people feel that Lucas lost touch
after TESB and doesn't know how to make a good SW movie anymore. Whether it's
arrogant or silly of them to feel that way is irrelevant -- they do feel that
way and they have a right to express their frustration.
When I see Jar-Jar minifigs beaten or tortured, I'm not naive enough to think
that it's anti-anything except letting off steam about TPM. When I see Timmy
minifigs beaten or tortured, I'm not naive enough to think that it's anti-
anything except letting off steam about LEGO having included Timmy in WAY TOO
MANY SETS.
My instinct is to call those who don't understand the anti-Jar-Jar stuff
"humour-impaired." But I don't think that's a fair label, because I think
you have to be at least a semi-serious SW fan to really hate Jar-Jar enough
to non-vicariously understand the humour. Similarly, to really hate Timmy
(or Dr. Cyber, for that matter), I think you have to have bought a few too
many sets that came with those ridiculous Timmy or Dr. Cyber heads.
--Todd
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