Episode 121: Star Wars: The Last Hot Take

Waypoint Radio

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🗓️ 15 December 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Few movie franchises inspire as many hot takes as Star Wars, and with the latest film dropping, you can already feel the Internet shaking. There are zero The Last Jedi spoilers in this podcast, but the movie's release prompted Patrick, Danielle, and Austin to consider why people so compelled to deliver their opinions ASAP, how hot takes relate to spoiler culture, and more.

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0:48.0	The new Star Wars movie released seemingly most people I follow had tickets to see it.
0:53.0	This is a wild pop cultural energy around Star Wars that sweeps everyone up into it.
0:58.0	I think, like, even if you're not super into it, it's the new Star Wars. Come on!
1:03.0	The interesting thing I noticed was that many of the people coming back from the last Jedi were serving up their immediate take on its quality.
1:09.0	Some people simply expressed a feeling after seeing it, some ranked its spot in the trilogy right away, and I even saw some people scoring it down to decimal points.
1:17.0	All of this just hours after seeing it. For the record, I think describing what you feel after watching something is appropriate.
1:23.0	I feel that the importance to be out there sharing your thoughts on the internet at the same time as everyone else may have won out on the importance of letting things sit with you before making a judgment.
1:32.0	The energy of the internet after a piece of media has dropped can also affect people's takes.
1:36.0	If I see a lot of people hating on a thing, I am more likely to focus on the positive aspects and vice versa.
1:42.0	That happens no matter what my actual take was going to be.
1:45.0	That is from Two Mellow, a waypoint forum mod. I love it for a mod, I think.
1:50.0	I'd say to say in a forum thread about, is there the idea of spoilers and sort of leaking out your hot takes and being right there, right in the moment related to FOMO in large cultural issues on our own waypoint forums?
2:06.0	I, of course, in Danielle Riendo, this is Waypoint Radio episode 121.
2:10.0	Joining me today are Austin Walker.
2:13.0	That's me. That's me Austin Walker. Sorry, I was busy.
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