Poe and Han are the typical wise cracking Rogue types. It makes sense for their characters. Neither of them were brainwashed as children to be mindless space death squads and days later becoming really, really shitty comedians.Pluvia said:Wait are the complaints here that Finn was bad because he's funny and black? Or Finn was bad because he was funny?
Because when it comes to humour he was on-par with everyone else and even below some. I mean Poe probably had a 100% joke record, Han was high up there too, but both have gone unmentioned by these first few complaints.
Chris Pratt was your typical space rogue which is the point of his character. If Finn was some just wise cracking smuggler or what have you then it'd make sense for him too, except he's not.Casual Shinji said:A big reason for that is because Finn is the only stormtrooper we see without his helmet. And the stormtroopers are obviously trained to follow orders and never question authority. Seeing as Finn goes against this and starts to think for himself, his personality becomes more apparent. Him being in fear of losing his life takes over from the indoctrination; his individuality takes over.Glongpre said:And the personality thing is just, we never see any other stormtrooper with a real personality. It just feels strange is all. And I never felt the clones had much personality either. Commander Cody didn't really have one and he had the most screen time to see it. They were just mindless soldiers.
I don't know where everyone is getting the "token goofy black guy" from. He's no more responsible for the comedy in the movie than any of the other characters. I mean, was Chris Pratt the token funny white guy in Guardians of the Galaxy? Finn could've easily become a 'Jar Jar Binks' or 'Ruby Rod', but his actions have proper motivation. Those being that he's seen some shit, he's been raised in a dehumanized military environment for which he isn't cut out, and he just wants to get away from all that. He's a coward with a nobel heart who strives to being braver than he actually is.
Look at his scene where he gets the drop on Captain Phasma, it was the most retarded exchange of words in the film.