09-11-2018, 06:40 AM
(09-08-2018, 03:45 PM)MasterEnki Wrote: Episode 7 seemed quite symbolic / metaphorical. The main message being that the masculine / musculinity is being killed / dead.
Kylo Ren (the feminine) kills Han Solo (the masculine).
Also, Han Solo (Clint Eastwood / John Wayne / masculine type movies) are now dead, killed by Kylo Ren (political correctness / politically correct movies).
Yeah, I know Kylo Ren is a dude, but man is he campy / effeminate.
So Kylo is effeminate because he's emotional? Let's go back to the prequels and look at Anakin. Kylo is much more like Anakin (was he not whiny as hell?), than Han. If we pay attention, it seems clear that Han was an absentee father, and Kylo had no one but his mother (also likely more involved with government than raising her son). If Kylo's character had just been some carbon-copy of Han, that would have lazy writing indeed. Kylo is a villain with some depth, for a change. I love the original trilogy, but if I'm honest with myself, talk about one-dimensional characters.
I like the symbolism you've come up with, but I'm not sure JJ and Kasdan mapped that out as they wrote the script. It reminds me of Lost, when people had all sorts of theories that read into or went way beyond the author's intent.
