Just copying and pasting, and I like cinema and follow /r/boxoffice anyway. It's fun to watch people be so wrong and the mental gymnastics involved in accepting that your 170 Million memorial day opening is now looking sub 100 million. The about face and reasons why articles are going to be a ton of fun, I'm predicting the white male protagonist will take the blame but only time will tell.
Imho SW shouldn't have even been that relevant. I think Lucas capitalized on a lack of a space opera saga type movie with hollywood-ish themes to tie it all together. The re-emergence of Star Wars should have been viewed as fan-service, but these "fans" have a real hard on for expecting actual quality movies with amazing depth and writing. this whole thing was doomed from the start if you expected anything more than formulaic cash grabs.
That's actually a really good perspective on SW. I also think the nerds who gushed over the old SW books that tried to fill in every boring detail of the universe want the same from Hollywood, like we need to know how Obi Wan was like as a baby or some shit.
Yeah, never understood the need to know all the extra shit. There were great side stories but I hated alot of the post-ROTJ stuff. Why not milk it though, ya know?
Nah, a lot gave up a while ago and celebrate or participate in specific era events. The new stuff is had few redeeming qualities and most older fans will tell you that but the kids and casual fan base will rightfully hold different opinions.
It's been pretty shit after The Clone Wars ended in my honest and unnecessary opinion.
I can't believe the Existential Comics and Elon Musk twitter feud is still going on. I thought that was just buttblasted tweet + retort + buttblasted comic. Elon Musk continuing it on past that is not a good look.
Unless Lando is objectifying both men and women, it ain't Lando. He needs to have at least a bimbo and a stud on each arm, a floozy at his feet, another one in the kitchen fixing him breakfast, and some hot piece of man-meat fixing his hot tub. Lando isn't a pimp; he doesn't have to pay them. They all come a-runnin' to ride his big black soul train.
Since this is a Disney movie, we're about to get dozens of articles in the vein of *Why Solo Shitting the Bed at the Box Office is a Good Thing for Star Wars*.
Hey just saw this in my mentions. I have no problem being wrong especially considering I don’t like the SW flicks to much just thought they were enough to sale big still. Good write up and in depth analysis by you good shit.
It’s not pro-mayocide, it targets Wookiees most of all. Leia ignored my nigga Chewie likes he a pet dog 😤😤😤 this is Vector Prime all over again smh
The Ankh-Morpork stories are all about dragging the city into the century of the fruitbat by embracing multiculturalism. Sir Terry was a cosmopolitan type.
A plump, curly-haired woman took a step out from the others. Her round face was red with anger as she screamed. "Stop the hate! No war! Stop the hate! No war!"
"Move or die!" Richard yelled as he picked up speed.
The red-faced woman shook her fleshy fist at Richard and his men, leading an angry chant. "Murderers! Murderers! Murderers!"
On his way past her, gritting his teeth as he screamed with the fury of the attack begun, Richard took a powerful swing, lopping off the woman's head and upraised arm. Strings of blood and gore splashed across the faces behind her even as some still chanted their empty words. The head and loose arm tumbled through the crowd. A man made the mistake of reaching for Richard's weapon, and took the full weight of a charging thrust.
Men behind Richard hit the line of evil's guardians with unrestrained violence. People armed only with their hatred for moral clarity fell bloodied, terribly injured, and dead. The line of people collapsed before the merciless charge. Some of the people, screaming their contempt, used their fists to attack Richard's men. They were met with swift and deadly steel.
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‘I tracked those three,’ said Lamb. ‘Picked up their trail and two days I’ve followed it.’
Another breathless pause, and the Keep took a step back, cup and cloth still limp in his hands, the ghost of a smile still clinging to his face but the rest all doubt. The three had turned to face Lamb, spreading out a little, backs to Shy, and she found herself easing forwards like she was wading through honey, out of the shadows towards them, tingling fingers shifting around the knife’s handle. Every moment was a drawn-out age, breath scratching, catching in every throat.
‘Where’d the trail lead?’ asked Tall Hat, voice cracking at the end and tailing off. Lamb’s smile spread wider. The smile of a man got exactly what he wanted on his birthday.
‘The ends o’ your fucking legs.’
Tall Hat twitched his coat back, cloth flapping as he went for his sword.
[...]
Someone shouted. Lamb crossed the room in one spring. He caught Handsome’s wrist just as he pulled his axe free, wrenched it up and with the other hand snatched the knife from his fancy belt and rammed it in his groin, dragging up the blade, ripping him wide open, blood spraying the pair of them. He gave a gurgling scream appalling loud in that narrow space and dropped to his knees, eyes goggling as he tried to hold his guts in.
lol they're making a forgotten realms movie? Is this gonna be about discount Merlin or are they actually ballsy enough to try and put a drow on screen?
What? I really enjoyed this movie, It was fun, the references were well paced and clever, (besides the "you need a nickname cause i'm not sayin all that") and the ending was fun with all the twist
For real. It felt a bit like the original trilogy in terms of tone and pacing. At least it was closer to them than the other recent Disney Star Wars movies.
It might be good but I still hope it fails. I don't mean to be a dick but they'll keep unraveling the mystique of SW if it doesn't. Ruining Darth Vader with the prequels was bad enough
I really liked Daeny from the books, I think she's kind of a bitch in the show. Don't really think Emilia Clark captures all the subtleties of the character, like she just makes everything super forceful.
I've learned my lesson after seeing the all three prequel trilogy films on opening night. I don't see Star Wars films until weeks after release, if that.
Force operated arm, btw that would actually be pretty sweet, but it would need to be some kind monster arm whit laser cannon because you can get normal robots arm willy nilly.
I think people are just sick of hollywood movies. Most of them are shit anyways. Like all you guys do is rip of Asian films or anime. On top of that even your actors suck. Increasingly the studios are using english and australian actors because american actors don't have the talent and work ethic. Just look at game of thrones. Like 95% of the cast are all european actors. So there is that.
It's very simple really, IW and Deadpool just came out, and Deadpool underperformed slightly. Same thing happened with Thor and Justice league, Justice league flopped because it was released a week after. Disney needed to move solo
Yeah, I've been a SW loser and my wife was like "hey did you want to see Solo this weekend?" like offering to go with me because she figured it was something I'd want to do.
She was very relieved when I told her it looked lame and we can watch it when it comes to cable, maybe
That won't happen. They need a massive pivot, and Kathleen Kennedy will need to be fired for that to happen. You just cannot be in charge of a cash cow like fucking Star Wars, send the franchise into a downward spiral, and also keep your job.
Still, they've just barely eeked out their investment in gross revenue (in box office numbers; who knows how much licensing is raking in) with 4 movies and TFA was half of that.
they've just barely eeked out their investment in gross revenue (in box office numbers; who knows how much licensing is raking in) with 4 movies and TFA was half of that
You're forgetting about all of the product tie-ins. They've probably netted double their initial investment at this point from cross-promotion and toy sales.
Nah, I didn't forget. I said "who knows how much licensing is raking in" because I didn't care to do any research about it. I'm sure they've made a killing on toys and oranges.
They won't fire her. After enabling her SJW push, it'd be a horrible look for Disney. But I could see her being reassigned to a background role, basically a figurehead, and letting people who actually LIKE Star Wars run the creative end. Probably Dave Filloni.
no, It's definitely the best (read: only watchable one) of the Disney Star Wars movies. Had its problems, but much better than the stinking pile of shit that was every other movie. It helped that this one actually had characters and not just wet pieces of cardboard saying lines.
man /r/starwars has the most contrarian fan base out there. Its full of people who love r1 and Solo but hate TFA and TLJ despite (or probably because) critics and most people doing the exact opposite.
I agree but I have actually rewatched the last 45 min or so of action several times since it hit Netflix. It has a neat WW2 feeling to the gunships and bombers flying over the beach and whatnot
I kinda feel the same way, not that I care that much about star wars. Anyway my theory is that when they try to tie in too many old characters, they just fuck it up and the movie is awful. That's why R1 and solo were decent.
I wish I could get paid millions of dollars to make terrible executive decisions that completely dilutes an iconic brand. If any Disney reps are lurking pls hire me
Rogue One had the second best domestic December opening ever at 155 mil. Don't know how it would have been considered under performing. Solo is looking to not break 90 mil over the 3 day. Which would be disastrous for the studio. Most estimates have it needing to hit the mark of 150 mil domestic opening weekend to trend towards eventually breaking even.
Also consider that Rogue one cost 200 mil to make while Solo is estimated to have cost over 250 mil, partly due to all the reshoots after dumping the directors, which makes it either the most expensive Star Wars ever, or close to (TFA cost 245 mil).
Bizarre, I've been scouring /r/starwars leading up to this and there's not really any negative response. They aren't fawning over it, but it seem 50/50 felt it was even better than TLJ.
My point is that reddit seems to approve, but if tomorrow's number don't jump impossibly higher; the positive word of mouth seems to only exist online. Really makes you think.
I unironically liked that character. It wasn't equal rights for women it was equal rights for robots, which makes sense as they're evidently sentient. That's nerd shit though so it's never really been touched on until this movie.
That's the problem, there hasnt been a robot in the star wars universe the last 20 years that didnt display some sort of attitude. You can count on one hand the actual subservient droids. Hell outside of c3po and r2d2 apparently every droid is talking about killing humans and how they deserve rights
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-05-26
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1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
The older 10 day old /r/boxoffice thread where the ops are having to walk back their numbers considerably:
https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/8jmdnb/solo_a_star_wars_story_weekend_prediction_thread/
1 the-chinese 2018-05-26
The excessive amount of effort you put into this post has caused a great disturbance in the force.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Just copying and pasting, and I like cinema and follow /r/boxoffice anyway. It's fun to watch people be so wrong and the mental gymnastics involved in accepting that your 170 Million memorial day opening is now looking sub 100 million. The about face and reasons why articles are going to be a ton of fun, I'm predicting the white male protagonist will take the blame but only time will tell.
1 the-chinese 2018-05-26
Reach out with your feelings u/WeWuzKANG5......DON'T HOLD THE LIGHT SABER LIKE THAT YOU FUCKING RETARD!
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Imho SW shouldn't have even been that relevant. I think Lucas capitalized on a lack of a space opera saga type movie with hollywood-ish themes to tie it all together. The re-emergence of Star Wars should have been viewed as fan-service, but these "fans" have a real hard on for expecting actual quality movies with amazing depth and writing. this whole thing was doomed from the start if you expected anything more than formulaic cash grabs.
1 ersevni 2018-05-26
The modern star wars movies are so viciously average it amazes me how far people will go to praise them.
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-05-26
That's actually a really good perspective on SW. I also think the nerds who gushed over the old SW books that tried to fill in every boring detail of the universe want the same from Hollywood, like we need to know how Obi Wan was like as a baby or some shit.
1 Kel_Casus 2018-05-26
Yeah, never understood the need to know all the extra shit. There were great side stories but I hated alot of the post-ROTJ stuff. Why not milk it though, ya know?
1 preserved_fish 2018-05-26
🎶Jedi babies, we make our dreams come true🎶
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1 Kel_Casus 2018-05-26
Nah, a lot gave up a while ago and celebrate or participate in specific era events. The new stuff is had few redeeming qualities and most older fans will tell you that but the kids and casual fan base will rightfully hold different opinions.
It's been pretty shit after The Clone Wars ended in my honest and unnecessary opinion.
1 XhotwheelsloverX 2018-05-26
Do it faggot holostream it
1 Dopella 2018-05-26
pleb
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Kino is a pleb filter...
1 Dopella 2018-05-26
whatever, plebs all end up in popcorn mines anyway
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Cinema is the dignified way for me to defend my hobby.
1 BigBrownDog12 2018-05-26
I bet you watch films instead of movies
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
I watch everything, guilty pleasures are a thing.
1 TUMS_FESTIVAL 2018-05-26
That sub has been really fun to read for the last few days.
1 swagrabbit 2018-05-26
Quality username
1 allendrio 2018-05-26
Its because it didnt have lightsabers and space battles, or darth vader, Han is fucking low tier.
1 Mamalgam 2018-05-26
r/internetdrama has caused an influx of effort-posts on here 😥
1 watermark02 2018-05-26
I can't believe the Existential Comics and Elon Musk twitter feud is still going on. I thought that was just buttblasted tweet + retort + buttblasted comic. Elon Musk continuing it on past that is not a good look.
They really need to fuck already.
1 turtlesrprettycool 2018-05-26
Great job. We need more OPs like you.
The excuses people are making for this mediocre movie are kind of pathetic.
1 nomad1c 2018-05-26
is this a fanboy movie or a disabled black tranny saves the universe movie?
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Honestly, as per the reviews, it seems to be a mix. Lando is bisexual, err I mean pan sexual though, so there's that.
1 911roofer 2018-05-26
Unless Lando is objectifying both men and women, it ain't Lando. He needs to have at least a bimbo and a stud on each arm, a floozy at his feet, another one in the kitchen fixing him breakfast, and some hot piece of man-meat fixing his hot tub. Lando isn't a pimp; he doesn't have to pay them. They all come a-runnin' to ride his big black soul train.
1 Harradar 2018-05-26
Since this is a Disney movie, we're about to get dozens of articles in the vein of *Why Solo Shitting the Bed at the Box Office is a Good Thing for Star Wars*.
1 DoctorFahrenheit 2018-05-26
The White Male Star Wars Film Bomed, and That's a Good Thing
1 watermark02 2018-05-26
Is Mark Hamil woke enough to be an honorary PoC though?
1 DoctorFahrenheit 2018-05-26
Great job. Don't listen to /u/the-chinese , they're obviously a nation of catty bitches
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-05-26
The Twitter crowd may complain, but as far as they were concerned, they "won" the moment Kathleen Kennedy took over.
To Twitter feminists who hate all non-woke fiction, a franchise/cultural icon being destroyed is still a victory over it existing and being non-woke.
On the bright side, this might teach Disney to make the San Francisco set learn to share the story room. If they are capable of that.
1 LemonScore 2018-05-26
I'm impressed at the effort you put into this, seriously.
1 SWIMsfriend 2018-05-26
I love how it's now below the lowest tracking
1 gclem16 2018-05-26
Hey just saw this in my mentions. I have no problem being wrong especially considering I don’t like the SW flicks to much just thought they were enough to sale big still. Good write up and in depth analysis by you good shit.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Thanks man!
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-05-26
As someone who likes Nu Wars, this movie deserves to fail and I'm glad to see this happen.
Although if they killed Han Solo in a subversive alternate universe kind of deal, I would have given it a 10/10
Day of the Open Jar when?
1 gergerherher 2018-05-26
More like open jar jar
1 Wimzer 2018-05-26
Day of the E-11 when?
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-05-26
It's Mayocide Wars, there's really nothing better in fantasy right now
1 Wimzer 2018-05-26
This is the excuse of shit taste.
It’s not pro-mayocide, it targets Wookiees most of all. Leia ignored my nigga Chewie likes he a pet dog 😤😤😤 this is Vector Prime all over again smh
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-05-26
Star Wars was never that great to begin with. But show me better fantasy in the theaters right now fam. I need to scratch the magic itch
1 Wimzer 2018-05-26
smh you have to read books. Age of Swords wasn't awful.
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-05-26
I do read ze books but I have serious ass ADD and movies are easier for my corroded brain to settle down and focus on
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Audio books are wonderful for road trips, or public transit.
1 bareballzthebitch 2018-05-26
Read Name of the Wind and A Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Then wait for the third book in the trilogy (eight years and counting).
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-05-26
You should read the best fantasy series ever then, Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth.
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-05-26
I will check it out. I have read a bit of his stuff and he's cool
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-05-26
Confirmed pleb-tier taste
1 totalrandomperson 2018-05-26
Re-read Terry Pratchett
1 preserved_fish 2018-05-26
Agreed, but I bet a lot people think he's an SJW or whatever.
1 Shitposting_Skeleton 2018-05-26
What
1 preserved_fish 2018-05-26
The Ankh-Morpork stories are all about dragging the city into the century of the fruitbat by embracing multiculturalism. Sir Terry was a cosmopolitan type.
1 mcslibbin 2018-05-26
Holy shit this series is so hacky
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-05-26
Someone hates truth and beauty.
If you can't enjoy this quality material, you should give up on reading
1 KittehDragoon 2018-05-26
There's unironically good stuff in the genre tho
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-05-26
Best Served Cold was better
1 KittehDragoon 2018-05-26
I disagree, although I can see why someone would say that.
IMO Sharp Ends is his best book. It turns the black humor up to 11.
1 ninjadoody 2018-05-26
The Heroes was the best.
1 tjkdmmmom 2018-05-26
Loved Sword of Truth, but Wheel of Time beats it.
1 ironicshitpostr 2018-05-26
U r a faget
1 tjkdmmmom 2018-05-26
Your comeback speaks for itself.
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-05-26
The Forgotten Realms movie will scratch that itch, if the people at Candlekeep are right.
1 -absolutego- 2018-05-26
lol they're making a forgotten realms movie? Is this gonna be about discount Merlin or are they actually ballsy enough to try and put a drow on screen?
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-05-26
No idea, but the (laid off) writers are conjecturing that the novel line was discontinued to free up resources for some theorized movie in the forums.
1 Yiin 2018-05-26
I think The Name of the Wind is supposed to be getting a movie soon and it had better not suck
1 loli_esports 2018-05-26
Watch anime lmao
1 Feanorfanclub 2018-05-26
If we're ranking fantasy settings based on how much they piss off the fans pretty sure Age of Sigmar has that beat.
1 GIANT_BLEEDING_ANUS 2018-05-26
I like it too, but only because I like to antagonize the manchildren that seem to hate it for their nerd reasons.
1 Nurd8603 2018-05-26
What? I really enjoyed this movie, It was fun, the references were well paced and clever, (besides the "you need a nickname cause i'm not sayin all that") and the ending was fun with all the twist
1 AlveolarPressure 2018-05-26
For real. It felt a bit like the original trilogy in terms of tone and pacing. At least it was closer to them than the other recent Disney Star Wars movies.
1 imnotagayboy 2018-05-26
Only thing missing from the ending was this
WHEN DARTH MAUL APPEARS AND IS ACTUALLY THE BAD GUYS BOSS
1 Nurd8603 2018-05-26
DUDE DELETE THAT
1 imnotagayboy 2018-05-26
HAN'S GIRLFRIEND AND WOODY HARELSON BETRAY HAN AT THE END
1 jaja10 2018-05-26
It was so epic when darth maul came out!!!
1 Coco_Bandicock 2018-05-26
I CLAPPED BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THE REFERENCE!!!!!!!
1 imnotagayboy 2018-05-26
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!! I FUCKING LOVE STAR WARS! OH MY GOD IM GONNA CUM!!
1 Coco_Bandicock 2018-05-26
AT-STS! AT-STS!
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-05-26
It might be good but I still hope it fails. I don't mean to be a dick but they'll keep unraveling the mystique of SW if it doesn't. Ruining Darth Vader with the prequels was bad enough
1 kingofthehill5 2018-05-26
As is the tradition I blame women particularly emily Clark the same happened in terminator and also kk.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
She's all eyebrows, like she took a pet detective acting class and landed GOT.
1 life_is_painfull_ 2018-05-26
naah shes one of my favourite actresses.
1 gergerherher 2018-05-26
Haha retard
1 Sober_Sloth 2018-05-26
You have shit taste
1 life_is_painfull_ 2018-05-26
mkay
1 Assy-McGee 2018-05-26
good taste in tiddies tho
1 gaynazifurry4bernie 2018-05-26
Truth
1 watermark02 2018-05-26
I really liked Daeny from the books, I think she's kind of a bitch in the show. Don't really think Emilia Clark captures all the subtleties of the character, like she just makes everything super forceful.
1 froibo 2018-05-26
As soon as I saw she was casted I knew this would suck.
1 agenderphobe 2018-05-26
I kind of enjoyed Genisys, but she was definitely the weak link in the movie.
1 toynbeeidea16 2018-05-26
I've learned my lesson after seeing the all three prequel trilogy films on opening night. I don't see Star Wars films until weeks after release, if that.
1 sardu1 2018-05-26
Do they get better with age?
1 toynbeeidea16 2018-05-26
No, but if I hear that it sucks, I have the option to skip it entirely.
1 Bloocrusader 2018-05-26
III was unironically the best
1 Wimzer 2018-05-26
RotS was the third best, close second.
1 toynbeeidea16 2018-05-26
Of the prequel trilogy? Sure, I'll go along with that. Its like being the top cum-mopper at the bathhouse, but sure.
1 Morgoff 2018-05-26
They didn't put enough diversity in it. If they want to pull it back the next one should have an all black trans cast.
1 Kuonji 2018-05-26
A claw prosthetic arm might be good, too.
1 IAintThatGuy 2018-05-26
At least those things are canon in Star Wars. I'm not sure for WW2.
1 letter_of_resignatio 2018-05-26
Force operated arm, btw that would actually be pretty sweet, but it would need to be some kind monster arm whit laser cannon because you can get normal robots arm willy nilly.
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-05-26
They got Child Gambler as Lando and a female robot, the diversity card couldn't even save this one.
1 celocanth13 2018-05-26
Wow, they have a black person playing Lando? What a travesty, SJWs have really taken over.
1 totalrandomperson 2018-05-26
I think Donny Glovy currently being in the public eye is what the post is pointing to.
1 celocanth13 2018-05-26
In relation to what? It's not like they picked him because of This is America and it's not like he was small fry before this movie.
1 -absolutego- 2018-05-26
Don Glover as Lando was such an obvious casting choice that it was called by like half of the Star Wars fandom well before they ever announced it.
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-05-26
Don Glover is tagged as one of the few "safe black people" for mayos to cheer for.
1 Senator_Chickpea 2018-05-26
We lost Will to his shitty kids and Morgan to MeToo.
1 astrobrains 2018-05-26
Happy cake day!
1 baaaaby 2018-05-26
will smith still makes movies they just suck
1 Che_Gueporna 2018-05-26
Hey, you take that back.
Bright was pretty damn good.
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-05-26
Denzel Washington, bitch.
1 princeofnumuria 2018-05-26
We all thought OJ was safe around whypipo and then...
1 aef823 2018-05-26
In relation to star power.
If star power couldn't save this travesty, why the hell would the diversity card save it?
1 pitterpatterwater 2018-05-26
Perhaps they could've tried not opening while CIEs are going on. I know for a fact many of my younger cousins didn't go because they had exams.
1 loli_esports 2018-05-26
Dont they have a trans robot
1 Morgoff 2018-05-26
Something like that. I think it wants bot rights or something. Not sure if it's for comedy value or super serious allegory.
1 kane4life4ever 2018-05-26
I think people are just sick of hollywood movies. Most of them are shit anyways. Like all you guys do is rip of Asian films or anime. On top of that even your actors suck. Increasingly the studios are using english and australian actors because american actors don't have the talent and work ethic. Just look at game of thrones. Like 95% of the cast are all european actors. So there is that.
1 uniqueguy263 2018-05-26
It's very simple really, IW and Deadpool just came out, and Deadpool underperformed slightly. Same thing happened with Thor and Justice league, Justice league flopped because it was released a week after. Disney needed to move solo
1 BigBrownDog12 2018-05-26
Only the #2 R-rated opening of all time
1 BannaHamHock 2018-05-26
You're right it is very simple. Except that the simple answer is the movie sucks.
1 uniqueguy263 2018-05-26
Haven't seen the movie, it probably does suck. People see terrible movies all the time tho
1 YameteOniichanItai 2018-05-26
Spacekino is only slightly better than capekino but really both are trash.
1 Power_Incarnate 2018-05-26
Spaceshit is worse at this point
1 COINTELPROxShareBlue 2018-05-26
I actually kind of cared about the last few Star Wars because I grew up with the series but now im just apathetic.
1 rhyme-ocerus 2018-05-26
Yeah, I've been a SW loser and my wife was like "hey did you want to see Solo this weekend?" like offering to go with me because she figured it was something I'd want to do.
She was very relieved when I told her it looked lame and we can watch it when it comes to cable, maybe
1 AlveolarPressure 2018-05-26
TBH it was better than TFA and TLJ. More like the original trilogy.
1 ABSOLUTELY__BASED 2018-05-26
Wait I thought Reddit goodthink said that TFA was terrible because it was too much like the original trilogy? 🤔🤔
1 melokobeai 2018-05-26
TFA was almost a complete rehash of A New Hope
1 cochnbahls 2018-05-26
The last movie divided the base in half I don't know why they thought tgis would bring them together.
1 PhysicsIsMyMistress 2018-05-26
One thing dramatards won't be doing: going to the movies with someone.
1 XhotwheelsloverX 2018-05-26
Tell that to my dakimakura
1 shallowm 2018-05-26
It's over for dramacels 😞
1 xpNc 2018-05-26
Some big brains over at Disney for deciding to have this compete with Infinity War and release it only 5 months after the last Star Wars movie.
1 Bluest_waters 2018-05-26
they want to release a star wars univers movie every 6 months
one summer action and one christmas drama
that WAS the plan. now? who know
1 xpNc 2018-05-26
well it's fucking stupid and i'm glad it's failing
1 Whaddaulookinat 2018-05-26
Disney competing with Disney?
Hmmm...
1 xpNc 2018-05-26
two films released at the same time are competing with one another regardless of who bankrolled them.
1 Whaddaulookinat 2018-05-26
Oh I know dumb all around
1 watermark02 2018-05-26
Disney decided that Star Wars was going to be their version of the Marvel franchise unfortunately.
1 TallBench 2018-05-26
It's almost as if nobody asked for this film.
1 ChipChippersonAMA 2018-05-26
Nah plenty of people drooled at the idea of the movie.
1 Tetragrade 2018-05-26
Did every reviewer get bought out or is /r/Drama just retarded? Guess we'll find out when it shows up online.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Numbers don't lie, they won't even get close to the 170 million 4 day prediction, it's now tracking at 90 million, a massive flop.
1 Tetragrade 2018-05-26
Oh yeah it's definitely going to flop because the sequels were complete shit, but most reviews say the movie itself is average.
Hopefully this kills the franchise forever.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
I wish, I think Disney is going to milk the shit out of it though.
1 SithisTheDreadFather 2018-05-26
That won't happen. They need a massive pivot, and Kathleen Kennedy will need to be fired for that to happen. You just cannot be in charge of a cash cow like fucking Star Wars, send the franchise into a downward spiral, and also keep your job.
Still, they've just barely eeked out their investment in gross revenue (in box office numbers; who knows how much licensing is raking in) with 4 movies and TFA was half of that.
1 -absolutego- 2018-05-26
Like there's any personal accountability in Hollywood. Josh Trank is somehow still making movies, if he's got a job then Kennedy's untouchable.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
I hope so, the salt mining will be Gandhi levels.
1 gw65kg 2018-05-26
You're forgetting about all of the product tie-ins. They've probably netted double their initial investment at this point from cross-promotion and toy sales.
1 SithisTheDreadFather 2018-05-26
Nah, I didn't forget. I said "who knows how much licensing is raking in" because I didn't care to do any research about it. I'm sure they've made a killing on toys and oranges.
1 ricardogce 2018-05-26
They won't fire her. After enabling her SJW push, it'd be a horrible look for Disney. But I could see her being reassigned to a background role, basically a figurehead, and letting people who actually LIKE Star Wars run the creative end. Probably Dave Filloni.
1 melokobeai 2018-05-26
No, that's what the Boba Fett movie is for
1 SWIMsfriend 2018-05-26
Star wars episodes 1 and 3 apparently were better reviewed than solo. So that should tell you about the true quality of this.
1 watermark02 2018-05-26
Goes without saying
1 bobbybonnadouchey 2018-05-26
Mods please sticky this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_xJqkzngBI
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Thread theme tbqh.
1 jasos-2005 2018-05-26
I actually liked solo... am I retarded?
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Enjoyment is subjective, everyone likes different things so good for you.
1 MERCYLOVER163 2018-05-26
So you're both retarded
1 MrWalrusKing 2018-05-26
No, it was fun.
1 ModerateThuggery 2018-05-26
I thought it was a solid C+ film. And I ain't no big lover of nu-wars.
1 AlveolarPressure 2018-05-26
Nah it was a surprisingly enjoyable movie. But I'm pretty retarded so...
1 infinitude 2018-05-26
I liked it too! And I totally fangirled when they revealed the living person at the end
1 j1l1l1 2018-05-26
It was a fucking amazing movie. Way way waaaaaaay better than the hog's piss called The Last Jedi.
1 911roofer 2018-05-26
Yes.
1 watermark02 2018-05-26
Yes, but mainly because you post on /r/drama.
1 constantinople_2053 2018-05-26
no, It's definitely the best (read: only watchable one) of the Disney Star Wars movies. Had its problems, but much better than the stinking pile of shit that was every other movie. It helped that this one actually had characters and not just wet pieces of cardboard saying lines.
1 Kevin_LanDUI 2018-05-26
Deadpool 2 did almost 2x that and it's R-rated.
When will Disney adjust? Will Disney adjust?
1 CPT_Clarnence 2018-05-26
Doubtful, they're currently too busy jerking each other off to how progressive they are.
1 respaaaaaj 2018-05-26
man /r/starwars has the most contrarian fan base out there. Its full of people who love r1 and Solo but hate TFA and TLJ despite (or probably because) critics and most people doing the exact opposite.
1 Deutschbag_ 2018-05-26
R1 was great, TFA was meh, TLJ was shite.
1 Osterion 2018-05-26
The first half of R1 was the most boring cinema experience of my life.
1 hyledog 2018-05-26
I agree but I have actually rewatched the last 45 min or so of action several times since it hit Netflix. It has a neat WW2 feeling to the gunships and bombers flying over the beach and whatnot
1 princeofnumuria 2018-05-26
Yes, Blue Squadron, Hammership Guys and Blue-Akbar were great. Why couldn't we have a whole movie about them?
1 Che_Gueporna 2018-05-26
This is the only correct opinion.
1 jasos-2005 2018-05-26
I kinda feel the same way, not that I care that much about star wars. Anyway my theory is that when they try to tie in too many old characters, they just fuck it up and the movie is awful. That's why R1 and solo were decent.
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-05-26
I know right. Like holy shit, how do these fuckheads think they're allowed to have different opinions on different movies?
1 melokobeai 2018-05-26
I wish I could get paid millions of dollars to make terrible executive decisions that completely dilutes an iconic brand. If any Disney reps are lurking pls hire me
1 voicelesshoodwinker 2018-05-26
Wait, I might sound really uneducated about thia new space opera shit, but didn't Rogue One underperform too and in the end got all the moneys?
Only Star Wars film I want is " Obi Wan - My story, or how I trolled some kid into becoming a jedi version of a school shooter"
1 CCCPironCurtain 2018-05-26
Rogue One had the second best domestic December opening ever at 155 mil. Don't know how it would have been considered under performing. Solo is looking to not break 90 mil over the 3 day. Which would be disastrous for the studio. Most estimates have it needing to hit the mark of 150 mil domestic opening weekend to trend towards eventually breaking even.
Also consider that Rogue one cost 200 mil to make while Solo is estimated to have cost over 250 mil, partly due to all the reshoots after dumping the directors, which makes it either the most expensive Star Wars ever, or close to (TFA cost 245 mil).
1 SeibahAlter 2018-05-26
So why is a cash grap spinoff more expensive to make than a mainline movie again?
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
They shot it 1 time, and then 70 percent re-shot I believe I read, switched from Lord and Miller to Ron Howard.
1 froibo 2018-05-26
I still don't understand why anyone would think having two directors was a good idea.
1 hyledog 2018-05-26
I mean… it can work… infinity war was pretty good and the Coen brothers make good movies. I think John Wick also had a duo directing
1 froibo 2018-05-26
From what I heard they were pretty much fighting from day one.
1 SonyXboxNintendo11 2018-05-26
I think the Infinity War directors are brothers too. It's easy to do this double director thing when the other guy is a family member.
1 911roofer 2018-05-26
Or a lover.
1 hyledog 2018-05-26
why not both
1 cuteman 2018-05-26
They had that female L3 bot constantly going on about equal rights. Sounds like it went full SJE
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
Bizarre, I've been scouring /r/starwars leading up to this and there's not really any negative response. They aren't fawning over it, but it seem 50/50 felt it was even better than TLJ.
My point is that reddit seems to approve, but if tomorrow's number don't jump impossibly higher; the positive word of mouth seems to only exist online. Really makes you think.
1 cuteman 2018-05-26
I enjoyed it in spite of that. Found myself chuckling more than a few times.
Even with the 'diversity' push the galaxy is a cruel place that doesn't give a shit.
Darkest star wars movie yet if you don't count the ewok specials.
1 jasos-2005 2018-05-26
I unironically liked that character. It wasn't equal rights for women it was equal rights for robots, which makes sense as they're evidently sentient. That's nerd shit though so it's never really been touched on until this movie.
1 cuteman 2018-05-26
They touch on it a bit with the whole "we don't serve your kind here"
1 jasos-2005 2018-05-26
It's a sci-fi trope that's legitimately interesting when executed well. That's the main reason I liked it.
1 SWIMsfriend 2018-05-26
That's the problem, there hasnt been a robot in the star wars universe the last 20 years that didnt display some sort of attitude. You can count on one hand the actual subservient droids. Hell outside of c3po and r2d2 apparently every droid is talking about killing humans and how they deserve rights
1 cuteman 2018-05-26
It's strange that the 'tude more and more resembles a radical leftist college student.
1 Riddy86 2018-05-26
Yeah im not gonna be forced to disable my adblocker or sign in to read an article.
1 WeWuzKANG5 2018-05-26
You got a loicense fuh tha ahtickle m8?
1 Riddy86 2018-05-26
Are you ok friend, do you need an adult?
1 dramallllama 2018-05-26
There is a guy on /r/MoviePassClub that is begging people to see this movie. It is the saddest thing I've seen all year.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MoviePassClub/comments/8mcj95/go_see_solo/
1 I_smell_like_bacon 2018-05-26
Soylo: A Soy Wars Soyry
1 Che_Gueporna 2018-05-26
Everyone has been expecting Solo to fail from the jump.
1 wisty 2018-05-26
Are any of the NuWars OK? I only watched the OT, Episode 1, and Episode 2, then really lost interest.
1 loli_esports 2018-05-26
Don’t worry, they’ll make it all back when sw and marvel are added to KH3.14/2: sephiroth awakens
1 ImNakedYo 2018-05-26
Star Wars is for fags.