My main issue with it (outside of plot holes like “how did Finn craft a stretcher and carry a full grown woman 30 miles in five minutes”) Is that RJ fundamentally misunderstands subverting expectations. He thinks making a character do the opposite of what they would actually do (or whatever anyone with a brain would do) is “subverting expectations.”
Subversion is when you take a trope or a plot point and turn it on its head, e.g. Making Rey fall to the dark side and join Kylo after they kill Snoke and his guards. Now THAT would have been a subversion.
Making Finn run away, Admiral Holdo a moron, and Luke toss his lightsaber isnt subversion, it’s just slapping an UNO reverse card down and pretending its smart. Tricking people by throwing out all possible logic and character development isn’t some brilliant screenwriting, it’s the epitome of laziness and bullshit spectacle.
My main issue with it (outside of plot holes like “how did Finn craft a stretcher and carry a full grown woman 30 miles in five minutes”) Is that RJ fundamentally misunderstands subverting expectations. He thinks making a character do the opposite of what they would actually do (or whatever anyone with a brain would do) is “subverting expectations.”
Subversion is when you take a trope or a plot point and turn it on its head, e.g. Making Rey fall to the dark side and join Kylo after they kill Snoke and his guards. Now THAT would have been a subversion.
Making Finn run away, Admiral Holdo a moron, and Luke toss his lightsaber isnt subversion, it’s just slapping an UNO reverse card down and pretending its smart. Tricking people by throwing out all possible logic and character development isn’t some brilliant screenwriting, it’s the epitome of laziness and bullshit spectacle.