To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand r/prequelmemes. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of the trilogy most of the memes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Anakin’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these memes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Star Wars prequels truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in Sheev’s existential catchphrase “I AM the Senate,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as George Lucas’ genius wit unfolds itself on their screens. What fools, how I pity them.
MyDopeSun on October 16th, 2017 at 13:14 UTC »
Wait a minute, how did this happen?! I'm smarter than this!
willsherm28 on October 16th, 2017 at 13:56 UTC »
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand r/prequelmemes. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of the trilogy most of the memes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Anakin’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these memes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Star Wars prequels truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in Sheev’s existential catchphrase “I AM the Senate,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as George Lucas’ genius wit unfolds itself on their screens. What fools, how I pity them.
to_be_deleted_soon on October 16th, 2017 at 15:44 UTC »
You are a nihilist, but we do not yet grant you the rank of post-modernist