i just cant understand how they repeatedly fuck up their star wars series so badly (except for andor and mando1). seriously how?
im not even expecting much. just make something that isnt dog shit for once. and if theyre not capable of that, they have mountains of books and video games and whatnot which they can use for stories and inspiration. it cant be THAT hard
It’s happening in a lot of previously niche hobbies/fandoms - Witcher, LoTR, etc. For a variety of reasons they are disregarding established lore, retconning, and shoehorning in plot points that don’t belong. Any big production now also has to appeal to a Chinese market which means making changes or excluding things their censorship won’t allow. In the end it all contributes to final products lone time fans don’t recognize/enjoy.
Hollywood is still trying, but in the last couple years Western movies haven’t done very well there. For example Barbie made $1.4B worldwide but only $35M from China.
The biggest reasons according to Chinese movie critics is lack of novelty, preferring local/relatable stories, and Chinese domestic audiences don’t like the increasing insertion of ideology in Hollywood films. Which honestly, sounds a lot like what many people in the US are saying too.
It’s because show runners and writers have a story in their heads they want to tell. But it sucks and no one will buy it. But they can use these popular IPs as a Trojan horse to make it anyway by disregarding the fact that they are serialized stories
Star Wars is NOT going strong lol. When was the last time Star Wars had a theatrical release? There is a reason for that. The franchise is on streaming life support, which is why they haven't given two shits about show quality.
I’ve heard it was great and watched the emotionally charged clip of Andy Serkis’ character but, not paying for Disney+ everything has been shit lately and I’d rather just pay for Max/Hulu which I use rather than adding DP to the list.
Most stuff that gets made is mediocre to trash in any media/genre. The smaller the category the more noticeable it is. This is especially true if that fans of that niche care about everything that is part of it.
On top of that TV and movies are collective work of 100s of people, getting everything to come together is real hard. Even the writers have less control over the story than most people think. Easier for a novelist to be consistent.
And then on top of THAT with this much money on the line there is endless meddling and pressure and competing priorities from different power players involved. What new audiences to find, how to please the old audience, what direction does the IP develop in, etc.
Honestly it’s kind of amazing any good Star Wars shows got made at all.
Can't believe that dude ruined Star Wars all the way back in the 1980s.
I haven't seen The Acolyte, but I do know that enraged Star Wars simps have been review bombing it on any site where they can review bomb just so they can point to the scores while they jerk one another off.
Edit: Ahhhhh, Submarine765Radioman pulls the classic reply and then instantly block, so I can't respond.
Dude people not liking a show doesn’t equate to review bombing. Like how many actual bad shows/ movies do we have to hear are review bombed before people just accept that some content just sucks?
I kind of love that the answer to this comment is the fact that there's a post right now on the front page of Reddit with people celebrating review-bombing the Acolyte.
Hahaha what a funny and ironic sentiment coming from someone who has an impressive collection of juvenile little comments. We are all supposed to believe you’re the adult here? You are just making yourself look a fool.
And you can make whatever little angry childish comment you want. I won’t see it. Take the time instead to grow up a bit.
Blocking someone when you're losing an argument, but going back to check out their comments and respond to them, while keeping them blocked is such a little bitch move.
Acting like you're winning while doing it is another level of pathetic.
I didn't even know you could block someone on reddit in such a way that they can't reply to your comments. That's madness, it's not anybody's personal conversation where they can just post bullshit and cut off any rebuttal
I can tell that they unblocked me because I can reply to your comment.
The way blocking works is that whoever a user blocks gets frozen out of any comments that are made afterwards as well.
I've seen it a lot with propaganda accounts; they'll block anyone who calls them out, so that they can keep posting stuff unchallenged in the same thread.
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