Well I’m sure we all saw it the moment Kennedy put Harvey Weinstein’s personal assistant in charge of something like this.Actually, I predicted it first!
But that's like predicting that the Pirates will stink.
Yeah I don’t get it. Just about every Disney project over the last couple of years has bombed. Avatar didn’t bomb but that was something through acquisition and not something they developed and produced. Guardians of the Galaxy didn’t bomb as another example. But just about everything else lost money. And Disney+ has lost billions. As major holders in the company, you’d think Vanguard and BlackRock would want to see performance and profitability? Is Kathleen Kennedy paid based on performance or is she making money for meeting other benchmarks we don’t see? I would love for someone to craft an argument as to how her leadership has been good.
I know you want to make it a Disney thing, but lots and lots of stuff is bombing right now and it's not just Disney stuff.
I really don’t though. I’m just asking in the context of this particular issue. Their direct competition in animation (universal) seems to be crushing it right now. That’s from the outside looking in though as I’m not a fan of their IP’s and don’t own stock. A defense for Disney I’ve heard from folks like you is that no one is going to the movies anymore. That’s fine. If theater is dying, why have Universal films performed? Why will Disney’s Deadpool crush it next month (R rated as well)? And if going to the theater is a losing prop these days, why is streaming losing billions? The whole Kennedy thing would compare to Narduzzi trotting out Jurkovic for 4 straight 3-8 seasons. Surely he wouldn’t get an extension and have job security? If that happened would you accept Heather extending him after 4 straight 3-8 seasons and throwing her hands in the air and saying that no one can compete in today’s environment?
To your point, Inside Out 2 (Pixar) and Deadpool & Wolverine (Marvel) will likely rule the summer. Both Disney. Moana 2 is gonna blow up too in the fall.
no but i do side with Michael Douglas moreso in the movie Falling Down. as a teenager watching that, im like "what a psycho." Now, im like "yeah, i get it."
Was it heroic to blow up a peaceful planet like Alderaan or the Hosnian Prime System killing billions? Lol.
I didn't like it either but James Mangold is a good creative to choose and he both directed and assisted with the story. Not sure anyone really wanted a 5th Indy film with an 80 year old Ford though. And, it really wasn't all that great. Not to mention Crystal Skull is close to universally disliked. Paid the price a bit for that aging poorly
Yes. Barbie and Across the Spider-verse certainly paid the... Oh, wait. Again, it's just not that simple.
Was Darth Vader wrong for wanting to stop the destruction of the Death Star which consisted of 100’s of thousands loyal empire citizens?
That's like saying was Hitler wrong because 100s of thousands of Nazis would die. The answer's yes. He was wrong.
I think it’s great. If you listen to some people they’ll have you convinced that it’s not possible for movies to succeed these days. Your posts suggest otherwise. So for Kennedy and Lucasfilm there should be no excuses.
But like I told @Fk_Pitt, you say don’t mess with what works. But by and large, a lot hasn’t worked. And a lot that was driven by your boy, George.
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Well that’s the thing. It’s just bad leadership even before movies go into production. As you and Johnny discussed, who asked for a 5th Indy? Why green light that movie? And then why Why spend 300 million to make it and another 300 million to market it? The thing probably lost a half a billion dollars. These are the types of things that get the average person fired, but Kennedy seemingly has carte Blanche. Does she have photos of Iger and Disney Board of Directors on Epstein’s Island?
Actually they lost 300 million and that’s being generous.
Skull grossed 750? So in fairness to Disney, Lucasfilm and Kennedy, it might not be unreasonable to think Indy 5 would have done that. And if they did they have made a small profit in the neighborhood that Guardians 3 did. So I might give them a bit of slack for green lighting it. But the fact is it didn’t and it’s still an epically bad execution.
Disagree. But that’s a matter of personal preference. I’ve admittedly not consumed all available SW media, but Attack of the Clones is still the worst SW I’ve seen.
phantom menace and attack of clones were equally painful for me to watch..
I don't know. I'm probably in the minority here, but of the Disney stuff I've seen, it stacks up pretty darn well to what came before. I'd probably rank as follows:
im going to probably anger some people on here but return of the jedi is really a bad movie. the ewoks were just silly,
Phantom menace was bad. From the offensive Asian dialect trade federation dudes, to Jar Jar, to queen amidala (not Padme), to the cheesy federation droids, to the Jewish alien that owned Anakin…it was all so poorly done. But the story was fine. Although the midiclorian conception thing was bad too.
You can always count on South Park and the Babylon Bee to come up with comedic absurdities that combine at predicting the future. Not even South Park though could come up with something as absurd as lesbian space witches conceiving and carrying black fatherless twins.
We're veering here into a territory I'm not particularly interested in, but I'd love a genuine, serious response to this question.
That would make him like Jesus, right?? I dunno...haven't followed this series since the early 80's.
As I acknowledged above, perhaps you missed it, some Christian’s might have found that offensive back in the 90’s. I am an equal opportunity commentator on these boards.
