Looks like Disney’s ability to keep milking their latest cute plush toy is coming to an end.
time to create another one. or get back to the old one. Young Yoda it is!
Maybe we can finally get a Jabba the Hut gay romance movie.
directed by Lee Kronin
Honestly a series following Yoda over his life showing the decline of the Jedi order would be pretty good. I’m actually kinda surprised that wasn’t a thing in the EU canon, though we did get a couple comics featuring young Yoda. Imagine how much worse of a blender Yoda in his prime would be, in EU canon he hefts a mini gun on his back and fucks up some droids and in one of the first clone wars (2008) episodes he literally blends a bunch of B1 droids in a tank.
Lucas was against exploring Yoda because that would diminish his mystique.
In a world way worse Yuuzhan Vong would’ve been Yoda species as the invading force from unknown regions of space.
I think the best way to deal with Yoda is to keep him as far as possible from current Star Wars soap opera framework and maintain his stories strictly in the realm of myths that might or might not be true so that every story is standalone and self-contained. something like Samurai Assassin series used to do for example
Fair enough, still wish we could get a name for his damned species even if it was just some Old Republic identification code or something.
Also now I’m trying to think of how to deal with an invading force of Yodas species, all I’m coming up with is Base Delta Zero or 40k exterminatus namely virus bombs.
It would’ve been way funnier if Yoda actually turned out to be the last representative of the Sith species. Now that’s what i call a pointless rug pull.
(Wookiepedia got pictures of OG Siths as these guys with handlebar moustache like facial features - which technically means Hulk Hogan could’ve been a lore accurate Sith.)
Star Wars going full 40k with the Yoda Invasion would’ve been lit.
Going to the movies, in THIS economy?
To watch a disney movie
We go once a year. We saw across the spiderverse in 2024, tron ares last year, will see the backrooms soon and the third spiderman next year. It’s not worth anymore. I had never seen an imax, so we saw tron in imax, was amazing. But not worth $80 for 2 adults and a child. And we brought our own snacks! I brought beef jerky, kiddo brought something, I don’t remember. Shared a drink.
We saw across the spiderverse in 2024
Is that “To Be Continued” ever going to be resolved?
Supposed to be next year. I didn’t see that coming, didn’t realize it had been 90 minutes and was like wtf!
June 2027 supposedly. Beyond the spiderverse.
Yeah. My son and I went to see Project Hail Mary in an IMAX theater. That was pretty awesome, and I think worth it. But honestly there just aren’t that many movies coming out these days that warrant making an occasion out of it. I’m more comfortable watching at home when it comes to streaming.
It’s ok once in awhile, but not regularly.
To be completely honest, I didn’t even hear about this movie at all until like 2 weeks ago and I just assumed they’d release it as a Disney+ exclusive or something. I even went to a movie theater like a month ago and I heard absolutely nothing about it. Anecdotally, this tells me their marketing team had no faith in their product, so why should anyone else?
Which is sad, because apparently they spent quite a bit on marketing. I think their problem is they’re trying to get other markets to watch like women, lgbqt, kids, ect. But in doing do they ailenated like 90% of their core customers, then they’re shocked about it.
And you’re right, the problem with this movie is it wasn’t really “bad” but it shouldn’t have been made a full blown theatre move. It should have been a Disney+ $20 rental or something then make a season 4 for normal steaming.
they’re trying to get other markets to watch like women, lgbqt, kids, ect. But in doing do they ailenated like 90% of their core customers
This is an incel take.
Yeah, the story of an attractive, emotionally sensitive guy raising a child alone in a harsh world is like marketing poison to women. /s
Star Wars was originally aimed at women because fatherhood was a central theme of the films. /s
I think y’all are underestimating Pedro Pascal’s woman fanbase.
That opinion is completely insane.
Congrats on having an absolutely brain dead take
I bet you cried when you learned that women have peach fuzz.
Or, you know, Just release it on Disney+, for Disney+ subscribers, who already pay for it by subscribing to Disney+, instead of being a cunting multi-billion dollar company thats trying to double dip on customers during a financial crisis, and expecting them to pay more, just to keep getting the shit they’ve been watching, because you decided for no good reason to switch platforms for no justifiable reason outside of corporate greed.
I fucking hate when they do this shit. Disney is also guilty of it with other properties, like Kingdom Hearts… Oh, want to know all the story? Go buy 10+ platforms and twice as many games to understand what the fucks going on…
But in doing do they ailenated like 90% of their core customers, then they’re shocked about it.
people that love darth vader didn’t want to see “baby yoda, the film”? I’m astonished.
Why would anyone make a movie to cater just to get the ~20% of the population that are white straight males? Movies are hard enough to make profitably. Why would you focus on such a miniscule market as straight white males?
I had no idea this was being made until just now
It’s their own fault. They haven’t had a Christmas Special for ages.
Honestly, they should buy, and then run, the Rifftrax version of the Christmas Special. One of the funniest damn things I’ve ever seen. It deserves becoming a midnight special type of movie…
I just assumed it was a streaming movie. Basically just a long episode.
It is. But for some reason they released it in cinemas.
The reason is money.
Well, that didn’t work out.
It did it’s job. Line went up.
A big part of line go up logic is that if you don’t have the optimal line uppies per dollar, you’ve failed. It’s the reason why they tend to not do smaller projects, because $5 that returned $10 on something small is not as good as $5 that returned $20 on something big. So by their metrics, if you don’t have the maximum possible line uppies per dollar, you’ve failed.
I went and saw it in theaters. It was pretty good. Not earth shattering, but it just basically felt like a really long episode of the show.
Also, Zeb from Rebels was pretty prominent and I’m a sucker for Rebels characters.
Did it feature ya boi and kiwi legend Temuera Morrison?
Sadly, no Morrison appearance in this movie. Would have been cool to have Rex show up or something and have him play him in live action.
Get used to it. Disney is going to grind Star Wars into dust.
going to
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From what I understand, they truly do mean to make the lowest possible content money can buy, cram full of “fan recognizable moments” to make the most amount of money out of it as possible.
As in, that’s the goal, on purpose. Not as a “unintended side effect of us just being inept at making anything these days”. But just being VERY good at squeezing money from brands like Star Wars.
Just turning out slop. Easy. Comfy. Low content slop. And then sell stuffed Grogu’s. Andor was a fluke because the director was able to make something out of nothing. Without ever touching so much as “the force” or even a lightsaber!
We need more of that director.
For some of us the ship has already sailed. Episode 8 fundamentally changed the way I think about Star Wars. Before that, I’d already come to the realization that, despite leaning SW in the Star Wars vs Star Trek rivalry, I actually liked ST better. But I still had a love for SW that meant I would be in the theatre to see whatever SW movie was there.
Ep 8 killed that. For the better IMO because it was a stupid obsession, even if it wasn’t as strong as it previously was.
I saw Ep 9 in the theatre, but it was more of a symbolic finishing what I started many years prior. My viewing was somehow full of contempt and there was much that fed it. I’ve watched a bit of the other stuff Disney has put out and it wasn’t bad like eps 8 and 9 were, but I just don’t care as much anymore.
Like I understand Andor was well done. I might get around to watching it eventually, but I’m in no rush.
Star Wars has gone from an automatic “yes!” to just another franchise, for me at least.
Casual fan, but star wars lost me at episode 2. The original trilogy are a big part of my childhood so I’d have seen the others but can’t sit through them. I genuinely like Mandy but lost interest after season 3 and I tried to watch the other shows but just… didn’t like them. I know some hardcore fans but even they lost it after the final couple of films
Episode 2 is the one where I had to tell myself that George Lucas just sucks at deep romance plots but that’s not why I was watching. Because yeah, those “romance” scenes were awkward af when they didn’t have action adding to the intensity. Plus Anakin was waving red flags right from Ep 2 and it took some suspension of disbelief to even accept them as a couple even before the dynamic caused by their age difference (and Anakin acting like a child because Padme treats him as a child) and somehow she ends up even more attracted to him?
But the overall plot was still coherent (though maybe I was more forgiving because I knew it had to check off certain boxes to fit and it did) and not just going for that reaction in a live audience sitcom when one of the main characters first enters the stage like Ep 7 (though it did have potential still IMO) or an “ok, I’ll make the next star wars movie, but I actually hate everything about star wars and want to show that through my Episode”, or “ah fuck, the last guy really made a mess out of this, can you fix it? Or just make something, anything to finish this trilogy and we’ll try to recover on other stories in the franchise”.
I like Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker, but they have no business co-existing in the same trilogy.
For the better IMO because it was a stupid obsession, even if it wasn’t as strong as it previously was.
- Jar Jar is the key to all this
George Lucas
Andor is overrated, I tuned out during the Heist Arc. 2 or 3 episodes of nothing but Rebels whining that Andor’s not one of the cool kids, then when the Heist actually happens we spend the first 1/3 of the episode marching… Andor was trash, the fact that people actually like it is a mystery that will forever baffle me.
Just turning out slop. Easy. Comfy. Low content slop.
But it’s not even AI generated? 🤔
Turns out the slop was corporate shit all along.
Slop doesn’t have to be AI generated.
See for reference: most mobile games.
Andor was a fluke because the director was able to make something out of nothing
I can’t be the only person who absolutely fucking hated Andor.
Hahaha, I can see it not being everyone’s cup o tea :-)
But my god did I like the writing and the levels upon levels of meaning crammed in there…
I found the “levels of meaning” to be purely artificial and came off as more annoying than, well, meaningful.
Like did the heist arc really need that much build-up if everyone involved was just going to die? What did we even learn about the people working the heist besides “That one guy wrote a book!”, maybe it’d be one thing if the people were even likable to begin with… Then I could feel sorry that it takes the lives of such wonderful people who deserve better to fight back against the Empire, but they didn’t even come off as likable. All they did was whine about Andor’s inclusion in the heist.
When they died I felt absolutely nothing.
And what was even the point of the Kyber Crystal? I thought for sure it’d be used in the Heist or something, that he’d have to sacrifice his method of payment for the mission… But no, nothing was done with it.
Oh and speaking of meandering, why did the episode where the heist actually happen start with a 15 minute marching scene? Might as well have been dead air.
I can handle a slow burn, but what I can’t handle is having my time wasted. And Andor excels at doing nothing with its runtime.
Wait that was in theaters? Wow. I assumed the whole thing went to shit while it was still a show.
It did. They decided to make a movie anyway.
They should’ve made it a buddy comedy where they do a bunch of drugs.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Franchise Exploitation
Nic Cage plays a space mob boss who hires Mando to guard him at his palace. Turns out he’s a huge Mando fan! They end updoing a bunch of drugs together but, oh no!, they lost Grogu. Hilarity ensues.
“We’re not like the others… We’re your friends!”
This is the way… To Fear and Loathing
Dude I liked it I knew everyone’s gonna hate it. I knew from the start it wouldn’t be a filosofical thing… is Mando for fucks sake he runs trough the galaxy shooting shit and taking care of the kid we got that that’s it.
Is it perfect? nope is it bad? nope. But it is entertaining that’s all I asked from it, it’s my unpopular opinion but that were my expectations.Mando and Grogu have no stake in the mainline Skywalker/Jedi vs Sith story arc the franchise is built around. Mando himself is the legacy of Boba Fett’s “rule of cool” and the idea there’s a third party in the Jedi/Sith struggle that has no Force powers but can go toe to toe with tech and training. Then there’s the Hutts. Immune to mind tricks and living tanks. Toss in an elite bounty hunter and some alien monsters. It’s two hours of a side story set in the SW universe that kinda has an impact on the main story but doesn’t. It’s all your favorite Glup Shittos glupping and shittoing all over the place. Prequel battle droids; check. Clone Wars Rotta; check. Rebels Zeb; check. OT X-Wing attack run; check. Sequels Babu Frik dudes; check. It’s basically an Ewok Adventure level movie for the modern era. A moment in the Star Wars era that means not much but a little on the galactic scale. Enjoy the fan service, enjoy the moment.
Yeah, it did exactly what it said on the tin.
Not pretentious
I didn’t hear about it until I saw it on the drive in billboard.
That said, I’ve not finished season 2, but I loved season 1 enough to get the pinball game :)
Yeah I’d only barely heard of it, and even then I thought it was just what they were naming the new season of the TV show. Marketing department fucked up.
I loved that pinball game enough to want to watch the show. Still haven’t, but I wanted to.
First season was good, stop there :)
Like the actual pinball machine?
Had a big bonus that year. It happened to coincide. Never happen today in this market :)
Why would I pay good money when it’ll be available by August?
Why would I pay $100 to see this movie when I’ll get to see it in a few months with a Disney+ subscription?
I’m not from the US, but the fuck you mean 100 dollars for a movie ticket?
Add popcorn and a friend, and you’re easily at $100. Movie theaters overcharge out the wazoo, it’s why I stopped going.
Getting a friend for $100 doesn’t sound too bad. Do you have to give them back at the end of the movie was it more rental agreement?
I went and saw it for $70 with myself and my three kids, plus popcorn and a drink. Unless you’re in a high cost of living place like New York City or San Fran, it’s not THAT bad. Not great, but not quite that bad.
In SF, on a matinee, $77 for the 3D IMAX. The movie was mid. If my son didn’t want to see it, I’d have waited for D+
Edit forgot to say, 2 adults, 2 kids. + Another $20 for Popcorn and an icee for the kids to split
Well that checks out for San Fran. That city is expensive as fuck. I don’t know how anybody affords to live there, but I’m glad you’re making it work.
my local threater its 35 dollars for a single adult ticket, popcorn is 22 dollars for a medium, and a soda costs 18 dollars for a medium.
After taxes your looking at like 85-90 bucks. And heaven HELP you if you want anything else!
My theater is $7 for a matinee showing of this movie, $16 for an evening showing.
$10 for unlimited popcorn, $6 for unlimited drink (based on someone uploading the menu, the website doesn’t show prices for food…) Looks to be about $17 for a burger and fries…
And this is one of the more nicer theaters with the nice seating, tables, and waitstaff…
It’s a bit pricey, but more like a third of what you are saying your theater does…
$18 for a medium soda??? My cinema ticket costs €13, popcorn is about €8 and soda might be like 4€ and I am already complaining about the prices.
You’re still playing the game and losing lmao.
This correct answer is why would I pay $13 to see Disney slop that even an ad spam page will have reuploaded in 1080p the moment it goes love on streaming.
Although for me it would be why would I waste storage space to download a 4k webrip of Disney slop lol.
Why would you pay for a Disney+ plus subscription when movies are free?
Because sometimes pirating is not worth the hassle. The reduced quality and time investment is really not worth it sometimes. Especially not for a movie I’m not even interested in. I’d rather watch the new season of Malcom in the Middle than this😂
This happens when you burn out your fans with constant releases.
