I've been a cinema buff for many years. I've made it one of my keenest personal interests and I still enjoy a good flick, but truth be told, my attachment to the film industry is weakening. At times, I feel like films don't carry out scenes as effectively as they should and this tends to leave me a little uncomfortable.
I'd like to explore why sometimes some action sequences aren't performed in a way that makes sense, so I can keep my love for the cinema alive. It's still an important part of my life, but nowadays, I sort of sense that cinema is slowly fading away and won't be with us in the next fifteen years or so.
Let's start with Rogue One. In one of the final scenes, the rebel ship that evacuates Princess Leia and carries with it the technical readouts of the Death Star departs the mother-ship it belongs to. Darth Vader had successfully boarded the mother-ship and was on his way to force his way into the escape ship, when it disembarks. He lets it get away, neglecting to use his technology or the force to continue the pursuit.
For those of you who don't know, Darth Vader wears a pressurized suit, made of several tough layers of insulating material and an internal body temperature regulation system that adapts to all known atmospheric conditions to make sure his body heat is kept in check. He also has an internal oxygen reservoir that can sustain him for up to one hour in a vacuum. He wears magnetic boots that can adhere to most known metals and his command of the force allows him to glide in the zero-g of space.
So, with such means at his disposal, Vader could easily have leapt out into space, driven himself towards the fleeing ship and used his mag boots to stick to the hull, cut his way into the ship using his light saber, or use the force to breech the hull, enter the ship and continue his assault.
Why didn't he do this?
I'd like to explore why sometimes some action sequences aren't performed in a way that makes sense, so I can keep my love for the cinema alive. It's still an important part of my life, but nowadays, I sort of sense that cinema is slowly fading away and won't be with us in the next fifteen years or so.
Let's start with Rogue One. In one of the final scenes, the rebel ship that evacuates Princess Leia and carries with it the technical readouts of the Death Star departs the mother-ship it belongs to. Darth Vader had successfully boarded the mother-ship and was on his way to force his way into the escape ship, when it disembarks. He lets it get away, neglecting to use his technology or the force to continue the pursuit.
For those of you who don't know, Darth Vader wears a pressurized suit, made of several tough layers of insulating material and an internal body temperature regulation system that adapts to all known atmospheric conditions to make sure his body heat is kept in check. He also has an internal oxygen reservoir that can sustain him for up to one hour in a vacuum. He wears magnetic boots that can adhere to most known metals and his command of the force allows him to glide in the zero-g of space.
So, with such means at his disposal, Vader could easily have leapt out into space, driven himself towards the fleeing ship and used his mag boots to stick to the hull, cut his way into the ship using his light saber, or use the force to breech the hull, enter the ship and continue his assault.
Why didn't he do this?
