tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455082771543433548.post2103559631356412366..comments2024-03-28T02:25:27.817+00:00Comments on Red Parsley: Film Review #102RetroKingSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609689348601442117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455082771543433548.post-13477906152388448832018-01-17T16:42:28.305+00:002018-01-17T16:42:28.305+00:00Thanks, glad you like it (the review and the film ...Thanks, glad you like it (the review and the film itself!). Ms. Jones is indeed far from unpleasant to look at and she fits her role well here too. I must confess to having more of a soft spot for Daisy Ridley though :P<br /><br />You're right about the theft of the plans, a stealth mission would've probably been more realistic and probably just as exciting, but I guess Star Wars has always found reasons for big spaceship battles :)<br /><br />I never actually got around to playing Dark Forces even though I kept meaning to. I must remedy this.RetroKingSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609689348601442117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455082771543433548.post-69283157729158703472018-01-11T11:35:37.557+00:002018-01-11T11:35:37.557+00:00Great review! Yes, I think this is my favourite of...Great review! Yes, I think this is my favourite of the recent Star Wars films, better, IMO than Star Wars 7 or 8. Felicity Jones looks fabulous throughout. She was 33 when doing the film but looks much younger and is very easy on the eye in a series of Rebel jumpsuits!<br /><br />It's also nice to have a substantial role for a droid, something we haven't seen since the original trilogy. Also the rebels seem to be in genuine peril in this film (and indeed, all get killed!) whereas in most films you almost feel sorry for the Empire troops and spaceships who typically can't shoot for toffee and get blown up very easily.<br /><br />However, the whole premise of having a huge pitched battle to steal the Death Star plans seems odd. Surely stealing plans would be a espionage mission? (sneak in, photograph plans, sneak out, preferably without anyone knowing you were there) <br /><br />In fact I actually played this mission in the classic (retro?) game Star Wars Dark Forces in which Kyle Katarn steals the Death Star plans(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Dark_Forces). But I guess that's not really canon despite being LucasArts...?John Blackburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557631968546412536noreply@blogger.com