For all the hate on Disney Star Wars

For all the hate on Disney Star Wars Jun 21, 2018 12:40:21 GMT ryboto likes this

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Post by alpha128 on Jun 21, 2018 12:40:21 GMT

Jun 21, 2018 10:07:37 GMT merh said:

Jun 21, 2018 2:56:38 GMT alpha128 said:

I agree that Kelly Marie Tran should not have been bullied on-line.

But neither should Star Wars fans! J.J. Abrams said that: ‘Star Wars’ Fans Who Didn’t Like ‘Last Jedi’ Are ‘Threatened’ By Women Characters.

Gee, wonder where anyone would get that idea (an alt-right group claimed responsibility for lowering the film’s Rotten Tomatoes scores)?
Oh, the people bitching about a female lead?
If one had a solid excuse obviously the comment wasnt aimed at you. It was directed at all the people bitching about a black storm trooper & how a girl would not be able to beat Kylo because girls are weaker than boys.

Maybe an alt-right group did claim responsibility for lowering the film’s Rotten Tomatoes score. That doesn't mean they were actually responsible. As Alex Becker notes in the video below, the media wrote that Kelly Marie Tran was forced off Instagram by "a Facebook group with less than a hundred members and a Twitter account with 41 members." There were almost two-hundred thousand votes that resulted in TLJ's 46% RT Audience score.

How is it bullying (fans for voicing valid objections to their movies)?

As Alex Becker also notes below, Lucasfilm and their defenders paint the fan base with a broad brush. The clear implication is that anyone who did not like TLJ or who boycotted Solo, did so because they were racist, sexist, misogynist, etc.

I dont have to like JJ Abrams's words. What matters is do I like his films?

I read J.J. Abrams comment as an attack on all detractors of TLJ. Like he was saying loud and clear, "I do not want your money for Episode IX." Well guess what? He's not getting mine!

On the other hand, TLJ was on top of the 2017 releases.

2017 WORLDWIDE GROSSES
1-Star Wars: The Last Jedi $1,332.5 $620.2 46.5% $712.4 53.5%

True, but TFA grossed $735.7 million more than TLJ ($2,068.2 vs. $1,332.5). This gives TLJ the record for biggest ever sequel-to-sequel plunge.

No doubt pent-up demand for "Star Wars" played a large part in TFA's box office haul. But a significant part of TLJ's sequel-to-sequel plunge was due to a lack of repeat business - because about 50% of viewers hated the movie. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised, since Rian Johnson has stated he wants 50% of viewers to hate his movies: