Vikings LionsOR Dolphins 49 ersIdk if that vikings game last week was just a flash in the pan to a teem reeling on offense . <| sep |> You mean things got too spicy for the pepper ? <| sep |> It ' s a reflexive response at this point to claim the prequels were shit . The first one isn ' t that great mostly because Jar Jar and the kid were annoying , but even that one had some really exciting things in it new environments , new sequences we hadn ' t seen before the podracing , the underwater stuff , new designs of ships and droids and costumes , a really kick ass lightsaber fight with one of the strongest John Williams scores of the entire series . The next two were even better and at least Lucas has enough artistic vision to give odd , unexpected touches that delayed sound depth charge sequence in the asteroids in Ep . 2 or that scene with the weird music where Anakin and Padme are looking across at each other ' s buildings in Ep . 3 or that scene with the Palpatine watching that light showoperawhatever the fuck that performance was . Even when he ' s repeating a new lightsaber battle each one looks different from the previous one in tactics or results . Those films had some life to them . The Force Awakens felt like it was made by a focus group . Few new designs , no new environments , no new sequences . It wasted what little potential it had by blowing opportunities hey , let ' s hire the guys from The Raid who are so incredibly good at fighting they are basically a human special effect and then have them not fight anyone and get chased down a generic corridor by a generic CG monster . The relationships were never earned Finn and Poe spend about 20 minutes together and the next time they see each other they are old besties , characters are underdeveloped that Rey as a Mary Sue problem , that female stormtrooper who does absolutely nothing . Even the Han Solo story ends in a meh . How is that better that the prequels ? ? If that ' s what fans want and if that ' s what they really think is better , then the only shit thing around here is their taste .