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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Sept 2, 2020 15:28:15 GMT
"[But] what I would say to Disney is do not bring out a black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side. It’s not good. I’ll say it straight up. Like, you guys knew what to do with Daisy Ridley, you knew what to do with Adam Driver. You knew what to do with these other people, but when it came to Kelly Marie Tran, when it came to John Boyega, you know f*** all. So what do you want me to say? What they want you to say is, ‘I enjoyed being a part of it. It was a great experience...’ Nah, nah, nah. I’ll take that deal when it’s a great experience. They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver, all the nuance to Daisy Ridley. Let’s be honest. Daisy knows this. Adam knows this. Everybody knows. I’m not exposing anything.” screenrant.com/star-wars-john-boyega-finn-criticism-disney/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 2, 2020 16:38:31 GMT
Not only did the marketing for TFA make Finn out to be a really significant character, but the movie itself made it seem like Finn would at least be the deuteragonist of the ST. The later films essentially pushed him aside in favor of Kylo Ren.
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 2, 2020 17:26:51 GMT
Lol. Driver and Ridley were the leads.
Dude needs to chill the hell out with his drama queen antics.
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Post by Vits on Sept 2, 2020 17:28:13 GMT
Driver and Ridley were the leads. A character can be well-developed and well-used in the story without being the main focus. In fact, people will probably name a supporting character if you ask them who their favorite in the franchise is.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 2, 2020 17:48:22 GMT
Lol. Driver and Ridley were the leads. Dude needs to chill the hell out with his drama queen antics. His problem isn’t so much that he wasn’t the lead, but that Disney made such a big deal out of how important his character would be, only for him to get reduced to being a comic relief sidekick.
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 2, 2020 18:21:04 GMT
Lol. Driver and Ridley were the leads. Dude needs to chill the hell out with his drama queen antics. His problem isn’t so much that he wasn’t the lead, but that Disney made such a big deal out of how important his character would be, only for him to get reduced to being a comic relief sidekick. That’s their bad for not letting him on on the plan then. It’s clear the marketing was meant as misdirection from the fact that Rey would be the ultimate lead. I never expected Finn to be anything more than he was.
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Post by Vits on Sept 2, 2020 18:30:40 GMT
That’s their bad for not letting him on on the plan then. Anyone who has seen this trilogy, whether they liked it or not, will tell you that the lack of a plan was very clear by the time it ended. Even then, producers aren't obliged to share details with actors about sequels. Actually, didn't John spoil or almost spoil something important? Didn't someone steal his script or something? All the more reason. It’s clear the marketing was meant as misdirection from the fact that Rey would be the ultimate lead. I never expected Finn to be anything more than he was. The beginning of THE FORCE AWAKENS is pretty much told from his point of view. Granted, he obviously wasn't going to be the protagonist, but he was still going to be part of a "main trio" (just like the O.T.).
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Post by dazz on Sept 2, 2020 21:29:53 GMT
His problem isn’t so much that he wasn’t the lead, but that Disney made such a big deal out of how important his character would be, only for him to get reduced to being a comic relief sidekick. That’s their bad for not letting him on on the plan then. It’s clear the marketing was meant as misdirection from the fact that Rey would be the ultimate lead. I never expected Finn to be anything more than he was. You think Disney had a plan? that's adorable.
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 2, 2020 22:15:15 GMT
The beginning of THE FORCE AWAKENS is pretty much told from his point of view. Granted, he obviously wasn't going to be the protagonist, but he was still going to be part of a "main trio" (just like the O.T.). He was part of the main trio of protagonists.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Sept 2, 2020 22:36:54 GMT
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Post by johnspartan on Sept 2, 2020 22:54:53 GMT
Why didn't the virtue signaling Karens at Disney keep Finn prominent on the China Force Awakens poster? This was a missed opportunity to lecture that country about diversity! Do they not actually care?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 2, 2020 22:59:45 GMT
Lol. Driver and Ridley were the leads. Dude needs to chill the hell out with his drama queen antics. There was still time spent on characters in the OT that weren't Luke or Vader.
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Post by darkpast on Sept 3, 2020 0:22:37 GMT
what a whiner , he got paid, he isn't exactly putting in great work elsewhere. Pacific Rim uprising , lol
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Post by shinnickneth on Sept 3, 2020 0:35:49 GMT
Why didn't the virtue signaling Karens at Disney keep Finn prominent on the China Force Awakens poster? This was a missed opportunity to lecture that country about diversity! Do they not actually care? Nope. They don't. They still haven't had a female direct a Star Wars movie yet. Nor have they had a non-white female lead. They don't really care. It's all just a ruse.
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Post by Waxer-n-boil on Sept 3, 2020 1:04:44 GMT
Finn was marketed in TFA trailers like he was going to be a rogue Stormtrooper turned novice Jedi. Heck! The way they marketed him at one point you would’ve thought he was going to be the black Kyle Katarn! It was all a ruse. They kept repurposing his character into a neutered, comic relief sidekick who was hopelessly thirsty for Rey.
That’s because every Disney warrior princess (aka Rey) has this type of sidekick. Boyega knew that’s what was happening. He just played along because he was desperate to keep his job and be in a SW trilogy. Now that it’s over he’s “spilling the tea”.
Unless you were drooling over this trilogy it wasn’t hard to figure out. He’s not telling anything new or earthshaking.
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Post by Waxer-n-boil on Sept 3, 2020 1:10:35 GMT
Why didn't the virtue signaling Karens at Disney keep Finn prominent on the China Force Awakens poster? This was a missed opportunity to lecture that country about diversity! Do they not actually care? A few of them complained but a lot of them didn’t care. They were just happy to have their very own Disney warrior princess in SW! And Disney sure didn’t care. They knew the Chinese are very selective about what African American actors they see and how Black characters are used in the movies they see. So Disney nixed Finn out of the poster to suggest he would hardly have any screen time.
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Sept 3, 2020 1:17:22 GMT
Waiting to hear CreepedCrusader chime in...
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 3, 2020 1:20:15 GMT
Lol. Driver and Ridley were the leads. Dude needs to chill the hell out with his drama queen antics. There was still time spent on characters in the OT that weren't Luke or Vader. Boyega still had time spent on him too. So what?
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 3, 2020 1:32:08 GMT
There was still time spent on characters in the OT that weren't Luke or Vader. Boyega still had time spent on him too. So what? I think Han and Leia did a little more than scream "LUKE!"
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 3, 2020 3:17:45 GMT
Boyega still had time spent on him too. So what? I think Han and Leia did a little more than scream "LUKE!" Finn was the magic stormtrooper who led the spacehorse attack, yo!!!!
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