# What's New....?

**URL:** <https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/whats-new/179>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [December 24, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/whats-new/179 "2020-12-24T13:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/screaming_meat/32/82181_2.png) [@Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Screaming_Meat)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/whats-new/179/2885 "2021-11-13T16:05:15Z")

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> [@Heisenberg](#):
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> **My criticism toward the original trilogy primarily stems from comparisons to the two other trilogies**. For example, many people complain about the prequel trilogy’s bad acting, to which I say: have you _seen_ the originals?

so your issue with the og trilogy is that other people hold it up as an infallible sacred cow compared to the modern films - is that right…? if so, that’s less a critique of the original films, but rather a critique of a critique of the modern films. like a meta-critique!

also: i think the prequels are absolute fucking drek and the acting is appalling even by the low bar of the original trilogy 😄.

> [@Heisenberg](#):
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> All true, but I’m focused mainly on the story and acting, not so much the rest, and again, it’s primarily in response to the criticisms leveled at the newer films. I’m not even saying they’re bad movies, just that they are overrated. Perhaps overrated isn’t even the correct term, but I’m not sure how to define it better at the moment.

overrated is shorthand for “_lots of people like a thing i don’t like_” though. if we’re _not_ presuming why people think some films are good (and unintentionally placing our opinion of art over others), we _definitely_ want to avoid that turn of phrase.

dear god, i hate ‘overrated’ so damn much. sorry, completely irrational pet peeve 😂

> [@Heisenberg](#):
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> People compare the original trilogy to all the modern films in the 2000s era onward as if the flaws of the originals never existed and didn’t carry over.

we’ve been talking about ‘people’ but i don’t know who specifically says all this. it’s a little strawmanny. i’m sure the sw fandom have a wealth of opinions, as evidenced by our own positions.

> [@Heisenberg](#):
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> I can say that as movies, they’re just as cringeworthy as the newer ones, if for different reasons.

yeah, and you have every right to think and say that, man. you ain’t wrong in any real sense, and neither is anyone who disagrees.

> [@djsojus](#):
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> (and maybe we should continue this discussion [over here](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/everything-star-wars-v2/1760)…)

fair point. 👍🏽

could you order 66 this part of the thread, mods…?

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