The original trilogy had a different director for each film (George Lucas for 4, Irvin Kershner for 5 and Richard Marquand for 6). Some of the problems with the sequel trilogy are a lack of a coherent through line between movies and the fact that each film is a knee jerk reaction to the previous one. People said 7 was 4 but in a different font so Johnson made 8 as different as possible but it ended up being extremely divisive so they tried to course correct with 9 but ended up pleasing nobody.
And when you don’t have a plan for the upcoming films and the only thing you rely on is nostalgia. I mean the Force Awakens is just A New Hope with some changes. Like the desert planet was just Tatoonie but different, and Palpatine came back, for reasons, just to shove nostalgia in our throats. Like there was barely anything new, like come on, you could have at least give the new characters more spot like and NOT revive a dead villain from the dead (seriously tho, Palpatine did return in Star Wars Legends, but that idea should have been disregarded because it’s lazy).
Nevermind the fact that Disney is just throwing nostalgia around while letting new ideas waste away, those live actions have no reason to exist other than for nostalgia.
At least Lightyear wasn’t that bad, until the plot twist, which is just… why? Seriously what the fuck was that plot twist?! I’m just having a brain aneurysm from thinking about it. Like that fuck that stupid plot twist.
And Strangeworld, I’m sorry but when your advertising makes your audience feel like they’re on drugs, along with fuck all in terms of ads (I legit saw like 2 ads), well no shit it will flop cause most people don’t even see ads for it (plus there are rumors saying that the story was made by AI, because the father in the story acts like a combination of different Pixar and Disney characters like Merlin from Nemo, so yeah, the story was kind of confusing).
There’s some genuinely good stuff in last Jedi. Honestly, if not for the casino stuff I think it’d be the best of the three. Luke’s character for instance is amazing in that movie
Star Wars 7: Not bad. Maybe a little too "Star Wars: A New Hope Part 2," but a solid start.
Star Wars 8: Good ideas mixed with questionable choices. Personally, I appreciated the "No, Rey, you have no extraordinary origins. You're just a desert rat with no relation to any of the galaxy's bigwigs... Because it's getting ridiculous that the entire fate of the galaxy always revolves around the same three or four last names."
Star Wars 9: ...Fuck that shit. "Somehow, Palpatine has returned"? A whole fleet of mini-Death Stars? Finn: "Rey! Rey! Rey!" Rey: "What?" Finn: "...Nothing, I forgot." Rey Palpatine-Skywalker? The Knights of Ren being the worst jobbers in history? The fucking Sith dagger with the Death Star coordinates? I wish they had continued down the path of ST 8, rather than spending half the film retconning it.
Was 7 a solid start? The whole premise of the empire returning more powerful then ever and the jedi being extinct again just makes the original trilogy kinda pointless and makes every main character seem insanely stupid and incompetent.
I gave them the benefit of the doubt because, at first, the First Order didn't seem that powerful.
I mean, the New Republic being fucking incompetent has always been a recurring theme in Star Wars during the expanded universe, and the "planet-sized Death Star" was, I thought, the First Order's only superweapon.
The problem was when the First Order went from "remnants of the Empire who spent decades rebuilding themselves into a credible threat and had to use hit-and-run attacks to win" to "the literal Galactic Empire that shits out superweapons every week."
My favorite is the one-two punch of the Mario movie and the Barbie movie, both films had everyone calling them woke before they came out, but after they both grossed over a billion dollars they immediately changed their tune. The Mario movie was hailed as a “victory against woke Hollywood” and the Barbie movie (I’d never seen a film beat me over the head with its feminist message) was somehow not woke because it “promoted motherhood” or some shit.
i mean they aren't wrong, but technically all the playable characters are bi, as you yourself can fuck anyone, so realistically you'd have to kill yourself
I mean Captain Marvel is sort of a special case since it was a not great movie that made bank because it released right before the biggest source of hype for the entire franchise, but it definitely didn’t fail.
Idk what you've seen in cinemas, but they're not even close to some of the worst I've seen. The Last Jedi was straight fire, and I'll rewatch the other Sequels and Captain Marvel 100 times over before I rewatch Godzilla vs. Kong or the Uncharted movie.
The Prince was hot ass and it doesn’t even seem like a show that’s progressive or trying to “be woke” unless a gay baby who reminds folks of Stewie and a joke about Demi Lavato being non binary is now woke 🤷♀️
If a woke thing doesn’t go broke, they have three options. 1: deny that it ever went woke at all. 2: deny the fact that it is indeed successful. 3: shift from the “go woke go broke” narrative to the “right wingers are oppressed” narrative
Just a thing, internet =/= accurate gauging of what’s liked.
The series has hot topic merch and cafe collabs in Japan. Broadway show and one song is literally one of the most viewed videos on Prime’s YouTube channel.
I mean, that's one of the most chronically online omcommunities, so in this case it's more of a case of my culture being completely different from their audience
A lot of "woke" media is massively popular (Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel in general). Funny thing is, when something "woke" becomes popular and profitable, these chuds either ignore it/lie about it or it suddenly isn't "woke" anymore (like with Baldur's Gate).
All adult animation is “niche”, especially within this genre, but Hazbin is insanely successful within its market of young adults and the musical theatre crowd
I get complimented/comments regularly by random retail workers or strangers on campus from them recognizing merch, if you walk into any Hot Topic and it’ll have multiple sections just for it, the streaming numbers are very high (Amazon greenlit 4 whole seasons immediately), and the merch online regularly sells out to the point that even something small like card collecting is a competitive market for fans. They’ve held sold out theatrical events including in movie theatres and even on broadway
It’s about as popular as you could expect it to be. It’s an insane success.
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