Comments by "Ronin Dave" (@RoninDave) on "Why Modern Movies Suck - The Strong Female Character" video.

This is the old debate of Rey vs Luke and the question of Mary Sue. Some Rey supporters fired back at the criticism that Rey was a Mary Sue by saying so was Luke (as though two wrongs make a right). They missed the obvious difference that Luke struggled through out the films especially the first one. This made his ultimate win seem more of an achievement. He got beat up by Tuskens, bar patrons, snow monsters, Darth Vader, etc... while being derided by even his own friends. Rey on the other hand barely struggled, was praised by everyone on both sides, and outdid everyone on everything from improving the Millenium Falcon to besting Luke and Kylo in fighting and using the Force. She was even called the best fighter. Another thing is she barely needed help from anyone unlike Luke. A theme in the originals was the importance of friends which Luke chose even over his Jedi training. This made him a more likable character. He was willing to risk his life to save Han from Jabba even with a whole Empire out there. In TROS in an effort to explain Rey being good or now better at the Force was her year of training with Leia which was done at the expense of her friends! Anyway, what the proponents of these uberfemsch characters fail to understand is that characters without flaws (or rather flaws that are praised - arrogance, emotionally-closed off, general bitchiness etc...) who don't have to struggle are boring. Even James Bond gets his ass kicked in every one of his films and he's an experienced trained spy
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