It occurred to me that I haven’t seen The Last Jedi, the 8th (VIIIth?) Star Wars film or Rogue One, which, I gather, fits between III and IV? But it wasn’t a specific disdain for VII, The Force Awakens, but rather a meh attitude.
Whereas I pretty much hated the first prequel, The Phantom Menace, for reasons besides Jar Jar. So I never saw II or III, possibly to my eternal detriment, I am told. Whatever.
As someone who used to collect comic books for about a quarter of a century, I know a little about the completist mentality. When I bought Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (1972) and forward, I had to pick up the Amazing Spider-Man #123, which featured the character.
The I discovered AS-M #122 was still on the newsstand – the death of Gwen Stacy! – and I eventually started getting all the Spider-Man books: Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Team-Up, even Marvel Tales, which reprinted early AS-M issues.
Then Todd McFarlane started doing Spider-Man (1990), a comic fanboy’s dream. I hated it. I bought three or four issues, decided that whoever was under the mask was NOT the Peter Parker I cared about, and dropped it.
When I picked up Sub-Mariner #50 (also 1972), not only did I get the new issues, including The Defenders, I got all the back issues, including, as it turns out Tales to Astonish #70-101, and Iron Man and Sun-Mariner #1, and only.
(Hey, it’s Free Comic Book Day tomorrow! Yes, I’ll go.)
I tend to be lyal that way about TV shows. I watched a show called The Closer (2005-2012), and when it evolved into Major Crimes (2012-2018), I stayed with until the end.
Grey’s Anatomy is now the darling of the binge-watchers. I’ve just viewed it every week since 2005. It has jumped the shark twice (thrice?) but has managed to right the ship, with recent interesting story lines involving immigration and #MeToo without being (too) preachy.
But it’s difficult for me to start watching a new series. There’s a LOT of TV out there, and, I am told, a great deal of it is excellent. I’m like Ado Annie from the musical Oklahoma; it’s All Er Nuthin’.
As I get older, recognizing a finite amount of time, nuthin’ seems to be winning.
I didn’t like the Star Wars prequels either. I suppose they were necessary, but I found them a bit boring, although the special effects were very good. The Force Awakens and Last Jedi were okay; a logical progression of the story. Rogue One seemed to be an offshoot of the main story line, but did explain how the death star came into existence. I’ll see the new one, Solo, simply because I love the character…personified by Harrison Ford. I’m less committed to the Marvel series, although I did enjoy some of them. There’s just sooooo many! Hope life is treating you well these days.
Rogue One was awesome. Force Awakens was entertaining, but mainly seemed to retread A New Hope. The Last Jedi was better, but frankly Kylo Ren is a wuss. It’s like watching Jarr Jarr Binks if he was human and really depressed all the time.