Solo [Official Info] Phoebe Waller-Bridge (L3-37) in Solo

The only people that seem to like L3 seem to be from the CTRL-Left.

 

Oh really? I've seen no evidence showing it is appealing to one sector of the ideological spectrum over the other. And if it was raising eyebrows among the right of center, why would that be? She's annoying and not alone in that regard among SW droids. 3PO is annoying as well. It's a part of their character and they are depicted as being so in the films. Lando even raises his eyebrows at her on more than one occasion.

I think people are searching for things to be outraged at.

 

Yeah and frankly is saying that droid rights are the opposite of your own viewpoint, really a hill you wanna die on? Like it comes off as a confirmation of one's own personal shortsightedness to refute the the message. Honestly I want SW to lean into this idea more than ever. It makes sense after all. Heck the canon has foreshadowed it since the start, and legends called out the mistreatment of droids a bit, as did the OT frankly. This is a logical step

 

Indeed it is. The coming of AI will make this entire idea more relevant than ever.

 

Fantastically put!

 

There's been a lot of complaining about politics being brought into SW, but it seems to be the people who are doing the complaining who are most responsible for that. Can people not just like a character because they think the character is funny, or they like their attitude? No, of course, it has to be political.

 

I loved when he freed the droid and "you're free now. Scooch".

 

That's very racist and vile. Disgusting. Feel shame.

 

Your vile hate of straight white men is a travesty and a disgrace.

Only bigoted racists judge people and make prejudicial assumptions based off of race, gender and sexual orientation. DISGUSTING. The fact anyone would then defend such a stance only shows your abhorrent bigotry.

Sad!

 

The thing about L3 is I'm not sure if she's supposed to be a positive figure that is accidentally annoying for being too on the nose or a deliberate parody that's meant to just be disliked.

She's clearly written to be obnoxious to an extent (either way) but she comes across to me more of a mockery of her "activist" stance than a sincere endorsement. RedLetterMedia talked about this in their review. They feel she may very well be a stealth parody that slipped under the radar.

 

You didn't have to add the "sad" but you did, and we love ya for it.

 

Has anyone else said she sounds exactly like Captain Phasma?

 

Yeah that seems to be a thing that a lot of people felt. I concur, while I got used to her voice in particular, there was a moment or two when I thought I was hearing god ole Bucket-head

 

After all the hate she got I was surprised at how much I enjoyed her.

 

I didn't think she was obnoxious to the point of annoyance. There's only maybe 1-2 scenes where she even does her whole "Free droids!" rants - the scene we meet her and the scene where she causes the uprising on Kessel. She also has the one-liner to Lando which he eye-rolls at as it's clearly meant to be comedic.

I mean.. I don't even think we're meant to take her seriously at all? It's not like she has some big rant that can be taken as a parallel to slaves or something in our actual society where you could argue she was a metaphor for something in the real world, she's just a ridiculous trope. In a good way.

 

None of this is new in Star Wars. When the droids weren't allowed in the cantina, it was to be perceived as a "futuristic" Star Wars take on the segregation our society knew in the then-recent past. Cars don't have wheels and they float. Swords are energy beams. Robots, instead of people, can't get served in bars. We're just all so much more sensitive about it now and it all gets labeled as "political." If the first movie were released now, lines like "avoid anymore female advice" or Luke telling Leia to simply "hold this" blaster would be written about negatively by someone.

 

One of the coolest things was we got a satisfying "happy" ending that didn't involve lots of things or large things getting blown up. That was refreshing.

But I enjoyed the whole movie. Cut the scene of Han getting the name Solo, and give Lady Proxima an alien voice and subtitles and I'd give this movie an A. Still a B+ in my book.

I liked it more the second time around.

 

L3 was kinda annoying but funny. She wasn't bland and I reather like it.