Heresy time: I'm actually not a fan of Babu Frik.
He's too small, and too cute. I cannot take him at all seriously. He's not a character, not a sentient being; he's a finger puppet. He's obviously a finger puppet.
Yeah I legit groaned in my mind when Babu Fruk showed up. He serves no purpose in the story other than to sell merchandise. He's a MacGuffin character in an entire move full of MacGuffins. He had one semi-funny scene which I guess elevated him above the rest of the film, but the bar was so low and his placement was so obvious and manipulative that it just fell flat for me.
When I found out later that Babu Frik was apparently popular or something, I was mystified. Like, I guess he's cute but he's a complete non-entity like all the other random character in this movie. I guess he had personality so that elevated him above all the other new additions.
They were pushing that new droid on the kids channels before the movie. Just warming up everyone's merch buying impulses really. Droid mostly forgettable in the movie.
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it's me, the target demographic for babu frik that still hated this piece of shit movie
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Babu Frik is an obvious and wonderful homage to Old Chu the eye designer from Blade Runner and I will not hear him disparaged in this thread, you heathens.
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
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I dunno if you want to pay homage to an Asian character through a tiny finger-puppet who is only there for comedic relief...
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The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
So I finally got around to seeing this last night. The first thing I thought walking out was that this reminded me so much of an 80's cartoon level movie.
Shit now I want a Star Wars movie that deep dives into the mystical force stuff, with sith and jedi battling each other in an ancient war, using incredible martial arts training and powers
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The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
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The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
He lived with the name for the rest of his life. The dude didn't tattoo it on his forehead. It became a liability to keep it as soon as he deserted the military, but he did. It absolutely meant something to Han, no matter how the scene fumbled the moment.
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The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
He lived with the name for the rest of his life. The dude didn't tattoo it on his forehead. It became a liability to keep it as soon as he deserted the military, but he did. It absolutely meant something to Han, no matter how the scene fumbled the moment.
I mean, the problem is more that the audience has an affinity for the name more than the character does. He kept the name because he's Han Solo. He didn't become Han Solo because he thought the name was good. That's the reason the scene makes no sense, because it only really makes sense or matters because we've seen the movies.
The Solo name would have been better if there was a running gag of him trying to get the name corrected but failing due to bureaucracy like US Grant with his name and meaningless middle initial.
Han getting the Solo name was better than what they did with Rey, at least.
Are you kidding? Rey got ALL the names, and smooched the other names, not even EU characters have such a strong name game.
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The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
He lived with the name for the rest of his life. The dude didn't tattoo it on his forehead. It became a liability to keep it as soon as he deserted the military, but he did. It absolutely meant something to Han, no matter how the scene fumbled the moment.
I mean, the problem is more that the audience has an affinity for the name more than the character does. He kept the name because he's Han Solo. He didn't become Han Solo because he thought the name was good. That's the reason the scene makes no sense, because it only really makes sense or matters because we've seen the movies.
I see your point here, but I have a weird theory that Solo actually works better if you have zero knowledge of Star Wars. All the ham handed winks and nods that grate anybody with a passing familiarity are just stacked on top of moments that narratively work on their own - it’s annoying that Han first seeing the Falcon is played as this epic thing, but if he’s just a guy who is desperately trying to get any ship? It plays.
So very weird. I started a rewatch yesterday before life got in the way, and I have to say I’m really coming around to thinking this isn’t just a fun movie, but a legitimately good one.
I took notes on why and I’ll inflict them on the thread later!
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
He lived with the name for the rest of his life. The dude didn't tattoo it on his forehead. It became a liability to keep it as soon as he deserted the military, but he did. It absolutely meant something to Han, no matter how the scene fumbled the moment.
I mean, the problem is more that the audience has an affinity for the name more than the character does. He kept the name because he's Han Solo. He didn't become Han Solo because he thought the name was good. That's the reason the scene makes no sense, because it only really makes sense or matters because we've seen the movies.
I see your point here, but I have a weird theory that Solo actually works better if you have zero knowledge of Star Wars. All the ham handed winks and nods that grate anybody with a passing familiarity are just stacked on top of moments that narratively work on their own - it’s annoying that Han first seeing the Falcon is played as this epic thing, but if he’s just a guy who is desperately trying to get any ship? It plays.
So very weird. I started a rewatch yesterday before life got in the way, and I have to say I’m really coming around to thinking this isn’t just a fun movie, but a legitimately good one.
I took notes on why and I’ll inflict them on the thread later!
Watching it without the context, only fixes some very specific grievances, but Solo only existed and got however many viewers it did, because its a SW movie, without that prestige, it wouldnt have been just a bad origin story, it would have sunk production companies, the kind of movie that blacklists the people who worked in it.
edit: It would have been Cowboys & Aliens, but without the cast.
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Yes, with a quick verbal "boom." You take a man's peko, you deny him his dab, all that is left is to rise up and tear down the walls of Jericho with a ".....not!" -TexiKen
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem.
But the "please hold, lol yo momma!" fits perfectly.
This bit with Han was also an off-the-cuff oh-shit-what-do-I-do reaction to an evolving situation, not part of an opening sequence that was just a clusterfuck of dumb ideas. Han didn't break into the station with the intention of saying that somewhere, and it also wasn't at a part of the movie that should be helping you get into the feel of the setting before everything kicks in.
Poe's yo momma joke section failed for me because it worked. Han tried something similar, but failed miserably. The yo momma joke succeeding significantly lessened the threat of the first order.
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem.
But the "please hold, lol yo momma!" fits perfectly.
I'm familiar with what they were trying to reference. They did a bad job, IMO. Poe's scene could be dropped into a Three Stooges skit. Wild tonal shift from "the New Republic got wiped out a few seconds ago I guess and we are about to kill all that's left of the good guys."
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Poe's yo momma joke section failed for me because it worked. Han tried something similar, but failed miserably. The yo momma joke succeeding significantly lessened the threat of the first order.
I always thought that was the intent. They're Tiki Nazis.
Poe's yo momma joke section failed for me because it worked. Han tried something similar, but failed miserably. The yo momma joke succeeding significantly lessened the threat of the first order.
I always thought that was the intent. They're Tiki Nazis.
Yeah, except:
1. They're Tiki Nazis that hold the entire galaxy in their clutches through brute force and fear. Seems like they should be a threat.
2. Unless you're making a comedy, you really shouldn't make your movie villain un-threatening, and especially not establish them as not threatening in the first five minutes of the movie.
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Poe's yo momma joke section failed for me because it worked. Han tried something similar, but failed miserably. The yo momma joke succeeding significantly lessened the threat of the first order.
I always thought that was the intent. They're Tiki Nazis.
Yeah, except:
1. They're Tiki Nazis that hold the entire galaxy in their clutches through brute force and fear. Seems like they should be a threat.
2. Unless you're making a comedy, you really shouldn't make your movie villain un-threatening, and especially not establish them as not threatening in the first five minutes of the movie.
I mean, so does the US government.
Incompetent and gullible evil can do a lot of damage if good can't get their shit together.
The idea for Han's name is fine, I feel. The tone was the problem. The movie was very pleased with itself for being cute. Filmmakers haven't figured out that we mostly hate all the winking at the camera prequels tend to do. Had it been played as sad, recontextualizing what we know about Han, I think it goes over much better. The movie genuinely had some good ideas. Han himself had a zest for life and he was a good man. A better movie would have *slowly* chipped away at his nature until he becomes the jaded scoundrel we first meet. But it was determined to *very quickly* explain everything we already knew instead.
Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
He lived with the name for the rest of his life. The dude didn't tattoo it on his forehead. It became a liability to keep it as soon as he deserted the military, but he did. It absolutely meant something to Han, no matter how the scene fumbled the moment.
I mean, the problem is more that the audience has an affinity for the name more than the character does. He kept the name because he's Han Solo. He didn't become Han Solo because he thought the name was good. That's the reason the scene makes no sense, because it only really makes sense or matters because we've seen the movies.
I see your point here, but I have a weird theory that Solo actually works better if you have zero knowledge of Star Wars. All the ham handed winks and nods that grate anybody with a passing familiarity are just stacked on top of moments that narratively work on their own - it’s annoying that Han first seeing the Falcon is played as this epic thing, but if he’s just a guy who is desperately trying to get any ship? It plays.
So very weird. I started a rewatch yesterday before life got in the way, and I have to say I’m really coming around to thinking this isn’t just a fun movie, but a legitimately good one.
I took notes on why and I’ll inflict them on the thread later!
Watching it without the context, only fixes some very specific grievances, but Solo only existed and got however many viewers it did, because its a SW movie, without that prestige, it wouldnt have been just a bad origin story, it would have sunk production companies, the kind of movie that blacklists the people who worked in it.
edit: It would have been Cowboys & Aliens, but without the cast.
Cowboys and Aliens? The movie that sunk Jon Favreau's career and has kept him from working ever again?
Non threatening villains are fine. Especially when there are more threatening ones.
Hux is an alt-right troll. He's dangerous but he's not really scary in the same way as, like, a Darth Vader.
Kylo Ren, in that film, is the more dangerous enemy but he's also a conflicted character and the story is set up to make us believe he could go anywhere.
The big scary enemy is the First Order itself. As just a group. A mass of resources, of people and ships and weapons, far in excess of anything our heroes are capable of mustering.
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Babu Frik died anyway I dunno why we're talking about him
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The problem is that the First Order is presented as a military organization that is a threat. It's not some faction of the new republic that is trying to get them to adopt more Empire like policies. As such, Hux is a military officer who is in his position due to merit based achievement. He's not a comp to the president or other elected officials. His incompetence, if you can call falling for a 'yo momma' joke that, reflects on the entire First Order. When he's not a threat, the First Order isn't a threat.
Imagine the police have a stand off with folks robbing a bank. One of the robbers is on the radio telling yo momma jokes to keep the police occupied while the rest of the gang walks the money out the back, gets in the car, and takes off? Or an North Korean fighter approaching Hawaii, and while doing so is telling knock knock jokes to the air force commander so they don't deploy anyone?
The Han Solo scene in Ep 4 isn't the same. The person on the radio doesn't know what's going on. There just responding to Han making crap up on the fly and they don't fall for it. The exchange is over really quick. If they wanted to add an homage to that scene in TLJ, saving it for the Casino parts would have worked a lot better.
The problem is that the First Order is presented as a military organization that is a threat. It's not some faction of the new republic that is trying to get them to adopt more Empire like policies. As such, Hux is a military officer who is in his position due to merit based achievement. He's not a comp to the president or other elected officials. His incompetence, if you can call falling for a 'yo momma' joke that, reflects on the entire First Order. When he's not a threat, the First Order isn't a threat.
Imagine the police have a stand off with folks robbing a bank. One of the robbers is on the radio telling yo momma jokes to keep the police occupied while the rest of the gang walks the money out the back, gets in the car, and takes off? Or an North Korean fighter approaching Hawaii, and while doing so is telling knock knock jokes to the air force commander so they don't deploy anyone?
The Han Solo scene in Ep 4 isn't the same. The person on the radio doesn't know what's going on. There just responding to Han making crap up on the fly and they don't fall for it. The exchange is over really quick. If they wanted to add an homage to that scene in TLJ, saving it for the Casino parts would have worked a lot better.
Why do we think this?
And I mean, this entire section of the film reflects the opposite of what you are saying. The resistance tricks Hux and then blows up a bunch of stuff and then the First Order just kinda shrugs and pulls out more giant ships and keeps coming.
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When I found out later that Babu Frik was apparently popular or something, I was mystified. Like, I guess he's cute but he's a complete non-entity like all the other random character in this movie. I guess he had personality so that elevated him above all the other new additions.
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Well, the other problem is it makes the name something he has no connection to, which makes certain choices in the ST a little more nonsensical
Oh you mean his son, Obi Wan Organa.
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Shit now I want a Star Wars movie that deep dives into the mystical force stuff, with sith and jedi battling each other in an ancient war, using incredible martial arts training and powers
Except the main character is Jak B'rTon
He does have a connection to the name. The same way a tiller takes the name Tiller, Solo says something about Han. Finn has a connection to his name after 3 seconds because his first friend ever refused to call him by a number. Acquired names can have tons of meaning packed into them.
And again, I don't think the movie did it well. I just feel like one could take the bones out of Solo and build something good. It reads like a Tragedy, but it's filmed as a Comedy.
Yeah, but he didn't take the name, it was given to him because he had nothing better at the moment. Like, it wasn't a moment of realization of identity, it was a gag to get to the next scene.
He lived with the name for the rest of his life. The dude didn't tattoo it on his forehead. It became a liability to keep it as soon as he deserted the military, but he did. It absolutely meant something to Han, no matter how the scene fumbled the moment.
I mean, the problem is more that the audience has an affinity for the name more than the character does. He kept the name because he's Han Solo. He didn't become Han Solo because he thought the name was good. That's the reason the scene makes no sense, because it only really makes sense or matters because we've seen the movies.
Are you kidding? Rey got ALL the names, and smooched the other names, not even EU characters have such a strong name game.
But the "please hold, lol yo momma!" fits perfectly.
I see your point here, but I have a weird theory that Solo actually works better if you have zero knowledge of Star Wars. All the ham handed winks and nods that grate anybody with a passing familiarity are just stacked on top of moments that narratively work on their own - it’s annoying that Han first seeing the Falcon is played as this epic thing, but if he’s just a guy who is desperately trying to get any ship? It plays.
So very weird. I started a rewatch yesterday before life got in the way, and I have to say I’m really coming around to thinking this isn’t just a fun movie, but a legitimately good one.
I took notes on why and I’ll inflict them on the thread later!
Watching it without the context, only fixes some very specific grievances, but Solo only existed and got however many viewers it did, because its a SW movie, without that prestige, it wouldnt have been just a bad origin story, it would have sunk production companies, the kind of movie that blacklists the people who worked in it.
edit: It would have been Cowboys & Aliens, but without the cast.
This bit with Han was also an off-the-cuff oh-shit-what-do-I-do reaction to an evolving situation, not part of an opening sequence that was just a clusterfuck of dumb ideas. Han didn't break into the station with the intention of saying that somewhere, and it also wasn't at a part of the movie that should be helping you get into the feel of the setting before everything kicks in.
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I'm familiar with what they were trying to reference. They did a bad job, IMO. Poe's scene could be dropped into a Three Stooges skit. Wild tonal shift from "the New Republic got wiped out a few seconds ago I guess and we are about to kill all that's left of the good guys."
Idk. That felt really meaningful to me as somebody with parents that aren't my parents, and some pretty fucked up legacy with my actual family.
I always thought that was the intent. They're Tiki Nazis.
Yeah, except:
1. They're Tiki Nazis that hold the entire galaxy in their clutches through brute force and fear. Seems like they should be a threat.
2. Unless you're making a comedy, you really shouldn't make your movie villain un-threatening, and especially not establish them as not threatening in the first five minutes of the movie.
I mean, so does the US government.
Incompetent and gullible evil can do a lot of damage if good can't get their shit together.
Dude suuucked.
Cowboys and Aliens? The movie that sunk Jon Favreau's career and has kept him from working ever again?
Hux is an alt-right troll. He's dangerous but he's not really scary in the same way as, like, a Darth Vader.
Kylo Ren, in that film, is the more dangerous enemy but he's also a conflicted character and the story is set up to make us believe he could go anywhere.
The big scary enemy is the First Order itself. As just a group. A mass of resources, of people and ships and weapons, far in excess of anything our heroes are capable of mustering.
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Imagine the police have a stand off with folks robbing a bank. One of the robbers is on the radio telling yo momma jokes to keep the police occupied while the rest of the gang walks the money out the back, gets in the car, and takes off? Or an North Korean fighter approaching Hawaii, and while doing so is telling knock knock jokes to the air force commander so they don't deploy anyone?
The Han Solo scene in Ep 4 isn't the same. The person on the radio doesn't know what's going on. There just responding to Han making crap up on the fly and they don't fall for it. The exchange is over really quick. If they wanted to add an homage to that scene in TLJ, saving it for the Casino parts would have worked a lot better.
Why do we think this?
And I mean, this entire section of the film reflects the opposite of what you are saying. The resistance tricks Hux and then blows up a bunch of stuff and then the First Order just kinda shrugs and pulls out more giant ships and keeps coming.
Hux isn't in his position by "merit based achievment". He's there because he's easily manipulated.