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Daisy Ridley Haters Are Idiots Who Don't Know How Movies Work
By Chris Snellgrove
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Most Star Wars fans agree that the Sequel Trilogy is one big pile of bantha poodoo, but far too many people end up blaming the wrong person for these films’ failures. From the very beginning, platforms like YouTube have been filled with weirdos who blame Daisy Ridley as if she had any real creative control over her character or the arc of these films. But as director Martin Campbell recently pointed out, Daisy Ridley is a fantastic actor, and his kind words are a reminder that hardcore Rey haters simply don’t know how movies work.
Shut Up, Daisy Ridley Haters
If you don’t already know, Campbell is a veteran action movie director who recently directed Ridley in Cleaner. In a recent interview, the director praised how great her performance was in the film, highlighting a particular scene and noting how “convincing” she was and how “it takes a d*mn good actress to do it.” In reading his kind words about Daisy Ridley, I couldn’t help but ponder how much her haters don’t understand some simple truths: namely, that even the best actors are only as good as the script and the director allow them to be.
What does that mean in the context of the infamous Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, though? Many of the criticisms of Ridley began as criticisms of her Rey character, with annoyed fans claiming that she’s a Mary Sue character who is insanely overpowered and has more plot armor than Jabba the Hutt has back fat. Now, we can argue about whether or not Daisy Ridley’s character was as bad as the haters say, but it’s important to acknowledge something fundamental here: she didn’t write the script.
It’s one thing to hate a character, but it’s another thing to hate the actor who brings that character to life. To appreciate how stupid Daisy Ridley’s biggest haters are, one need look no further than how Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker character was portrayed in The Last Jedi. Many fans openly hated that this hero of the Original Trilogy was now a cranky burnout who walked away from saving the galaxy, and even Hamill himself took exception to this new direction for his character.
However, Mark Hamill, unlike Daisy Ridley, didn’t have an army of haters online waiting to pounce on him because of the changes to Luke. That’s because, on the most basic level, fans realized that while Hamill is a great actor, he was limited by the script and direction of Rian Johnson. If Luke Skywalker is written terribly, then nobody, not even Hamill himself, can save this beloved character.
Why, then, do Daisy Ridley’s haters think she somehow ruined the Sequel Trilogy? It’s possible (quite likely, even) that much of this hate was fueled by the misogyny of the idiotic YouTubers whose whole schtick is blaming women for everything they hate about films and television. It’s also possible that this younger generation of film fans has no real idea how movies are made, resulting in them blaming actors who had no creative control over their characters or plots.
If you’re one of Daisy Ridley’s haters, here’s a challenge: go check out her performance in non-Star Wars films like Murder on the Orient Express, The Marsh King’s Daughter, and Cleaner. You’ll likely be pleasantly surprised by how great she performs in films without garbage scripts that were designed, first and foremost, to sell toys. With any luck, Ridley’s career hasn’t been permanently affected, and starring in the Sequel Trilogy isn’t the first step down a dark path that will forever dominate her destiny.
Source: CBR
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Working off a laptop is great until you realize you only have two ports and need to plug something in. If you’re hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse, you’re pretty much out of luck on the rest. Not only that, but your previously uncluttered desk will most likely look like a Best Buy exploded (a rat’s nest of cords isn’t cute or helpful for anyone getting work done).
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How Stargate SG-1 Used A Classic Trope To Emotionally Wreck Its Fans
By Jonathan Klotz
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Garfield and Friends said it best: “Oh no, we’ve resorted to an evil twin storyline.” Star Trek: The Original Series did it the best with Mirror Universe Spock, and ever since, it’s been a lazy excuse for every series to use when they run out of ideas. The exception is Stargate SG-1’s sixth episode, “Cold Lazarus,” which plays with the trope by making the twin less evil and more confused.
When fans say they skip this episode when rewatching, it’s not because it’s a lazy, poorly written episode. In fact, it’s the opposite. The ending of “Cold Lazarus” is a pivotal character moment for Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and a gut punch to the audience.
Stargate SG-1’s First Evil Twin
“Cold Lazarus” opens with the SG-1 team on a planet that doesn’t look like Vancouver (it was a giant pile of sulfur at the port of Vancouver). The desert landscape is dotted with shattered blue crystals that look like the remnants of a civilization until we see a crystal eye-view of O’Neill, a mysterious light knocks him out, and all of a sudden, a second O’Neill is looking down at the first. Turns out, the crystals are the civilization.
Fake O’Neill is trying to figure out who O’Neill is and what SGC is all about. When he pulls out photos of his family, it takes Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) by surprise. O’Neill’s never mentioned his wife, Sara, or his son, Charlie. Confused, the Fake O’Neill goes to the home, where Sara is disgusted he’d come by and thinks it’s a sick joke that he’s asking about Charlie. If you’re wondering if you missed a key part of O’Neill’s backstory, don’t worry, this is the first time that either Sara or Charlie is mentioned, and tragically, we soon learn why.
No One Ever Dies
Charlie shot himself with O’Neill’s gun. Fake O’Neill starts to piece this together when he goes into Charlie’s old room and breaks down, prompting Sara and him to finally have the conversation about their shared grief. Back in SGC, the crystal’s nature is revealed to be an energy alien calling itself Unity, which accidentally killed a Jaffa, and the Goa’uld shattered them in retribution. That’s when O’Neill stumbles back through the Stargate, and the team realizes the mistake they made.
The Fake O’Neill is soon captured at a local hospital, suffering from Earth’s radiation, where he explains that he sensed O’Neill’s pain after he took his form and wanted to help ease the suffering, as nothing ever truly dies to Unity. To prove its point, Unity transforms into Charlie, giving O’Neill and Sara one last chance to see their child. Fans who haven’t lost a child can understand the emotion, but for fans who have, this scene is emotional torture, in the best way possible.
Jack knows this isn’t Charlie, but he talks to him like he is, and then they walk together through the Stargate back to Unity’s planet. It’s a beautiful moment that explains so much about O’Neill’s throwing himself into work and how even his friendships remain professional. “Cold Lazarus” may have started out with the “evil twin” trope in full effect, but the ending is proof that even early during its run, Stargate SG-1 was going to be the greatest.
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