ST Poll: The Last Jedi

Just as I assumed, RJ has gave us a very adult take on the GFFA and those of us who grew up with Luke et al proper were not incensed by his story arc in TLJ.

 

Okay, no real correlation between liking TPM and liking/disliking TLJ it appears (91 respondents, correlation of .024)

TPM Avg. Rating
1 4.25
2 7.60
3 4.14
4 6.60
5 7.08
6 7.27
7 5.75
8 4.29
9 1.50
10 9.50

 

Done, I'm in a rare 46-50 group. My scores were:

TPM: 4
AOTC: 6
ROTS: 8
ANH: 10
ESB: 10
ROTJ: 8
TFA: 9
TLJ: 8
RO: 7

There aren't too many like me who were 7-10 when ANH came out. Makes sense that ANH, ESB, and TFA were my highest.

 

Cool poll! Already took it so I don’t know if this is visible: are fans on the younger side (that would’ve been 9-18) when the PT came out more likely to enjoy them?

 

As of 108 respondents: Correlation = 0.854, so still very high.

Avg. Rating
<20 1.00
20-25 5.00
26-30 4.58
31-35 5.22
36-40 7.24
41-45 7.38
46-50 5.80
51-55 8.75

 

How many samples in the 46-50 cohort? That one seems an outlier.

 

I want a complete list of everyone who would vote below a 6 rating for any of the three movies of the OT.

 

Done

 

Only 5, so I think you're right.

 

I am sorry, but 0/10 scores are troll scores. Even if you hate it, 0/10 is just not possible.

 

Someone zeroed TESB.

 

TPM: 7/10
AOTC: 6/10
ROTS: 9/10
R1: 5/10
ANH: 10/10
TESB: 10/10
ROTJ: 10/10
TFA: 5/10
TLJ: 2/10

 

TPM: 5/10
AOTC: 4/10
ROTS: 6/10
R1: 3/10
ANH: 8/10
ESB: 9/10
ROTJ: 6/10
TFA: 7/10
TLJ: 6/10

 

Exactly. Just completely dishonest.

 

I second the query concerning correlation between TFA & TLJ ratings

 

Sharing your scores publicly sort of defeats the purpose of this, folks. It influences others. It's like picket signs at the polling booth. Probably best for much later.

And yes... 0 out of 10 scores seems immature to me, too and like trolling. 0 out of 10, IMO, is reserved for stuff like this:

 

Let me explain to you why orange sphere kid's arc in that film was completely justified by certain elements in Baby Geniuses 1.....

 

I equate those people in the same realm as those who go into any random Youtube video (i.e. a cat being rescued from a tree) and dislike it. You'll see 3K likes, and maybe 30 dislikes.

 

I was seven when ANH came out, and ROTS is my most favorite SW film (ESB nearly ties it, though). I also have a very low opinion of TFA. I realize I may be an outlier in my age group, though.

 

Interesting. It leads me to some assumptions, as far as age groups. The crux of the hate for TLJ is the characterization of Luke. If you were born after the OT came out, you go into it already knowing who Luke Skywalker is. There is a pre-conceived notion about him as a hero. For those of us who were alive when the movies came out, he was basically a whiny b*tch who did almost nothing but lose for 2/3rds of the trilogy. We don't hold him in as much of a great light. Also, we are old enough to understand that people change. Life affects us in a myriad of ways, some good, some bad. Younger people haven't experienced as many of those ups and downs. That's my take, anyways.

 

I’ve always thought that Star Wars has been geared toward the tween age group primarily from ROTJ through present day. They always hope some of the older fans will hang on obviously and many do because we always find things to love but every new film from ROTJ has lost some older fans over decisions. From Ewoks to present day.

Most of us connected with Star Wars somewhere between the age of being a kid through our tweenage years. I’ve rarely met anyone who started from scratch in their 30s. Whatever our entryway point (OT saga, PT saga or now these ST films) your first entryway point connects you in a way where you’ll be more willing to overlook the faults of your entryway saga even as they appear in others. While projecting our increased age and maturity more so on the new offerings. That’s why I’ve always taken issue with each new cry of “Star Wars is too geared towards young people now” and “it’s killed my childhood.” Meanwhile, every single movie has made some new kids’ childhoods and it will be them in the future with the avatar of the characters from their entryway point.

I think once I started thinking about Star Wars on these terms I stopped expecting ANH or TESB around every corner and realized that ROTJ, TPM, AOTC, ROTS, TFA, TLJ have all been aimed more at a 10 year old’s sensibilities than people 30 or 40 years old questioning the logistics of space magic or explosions in space or why this character isn’t exactly the same as 30 years earlier, or worrying about visuals like how Leia looks trying to survive in space. A lot of Star Wars can seem questionable to an adult mind without first experiencing it as a child. Oh, sure we all still want to travel back to being a kid and in many ways can as we watch but nothing does that more than the saga you start with.

Star Wars when you’re 10 — regardless of your entry point — is a blast and hearing how excited the kids were around me when we left the theatre and were all queuing to exit reminded me of that.

 

That's a really autruistic way of looking at it. You are so right.

 

Any update?

 

I just took it.