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To anyone thinking
#IndianaJones5
might be good, just let me point out...
1. Steven Spielberg is not directing.
2. Kathleen Kennedy is producing.
3. Harrison Ford is 78 years old.
4. It's written by Jonathan Kasdan, who wrote SOLO.
You know what's sad about this? George Lucas famously said "there's no sex in Star Wars." He always tried to keep the franchise "for all ages" and avoid real life issues that would distract from the story.
Guess this type of thinking doesn't exist in Hollywood anymore.
@Froskurinn
Honestly, you should have been fired immediately after your off-script rant that turned off the entirety of G4's audience and sabotaged their relaunch efforts.
You are solely responsible for all the layoffs happening right now. But you seem oblivious to this fact. 🤷
Anyone else notice that Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Willow, and Indiana Jones all got the "Fallen Hero" story arc where they were turned into broken versions of their former selves? Like, the trope was reused in each Lucasfilm franchise?
Talk about creatively bankrupt cliches. 🙄
@TheCriticalDri2
I appreciate y'all informing me about basic biology, but adding the nuance of women having different amounts of testosterone in their bodies would have undercut the snarky joke I was trying to make.
But thank you all for caring enough about what I say to fact check me. LoL.
@MAGAJew2
I can see the billboard now: come to a state with higher rent, more traffic, higher gas prices, higher energy costs, higher taxes, and higher crime if you are gay!
It practically sells itself.
The people who believe this narrative that
#StarWars
fans are racist seem to be forgetting the fact that the have been beloved black characters and actors in the franchise for decades with no issues at all. And if there were issues, it was about how they were written.
"In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1,823,148 mail-in ballots were sent out. You received back approximately 1.4 million. But in the count for President, you counted 2.5 million."
#Pennsylvaniahearing
You know why
#BirdsOfPrey
is going to bomb just like
#CharliesAngels
did?
They've removed any sex appeal these characters had to appeal to a female "girl power" audience instead of the core male comic book audience.
They literally don't know who they're making this movie for.
@benshapiro
C'mon, Ben. Yes, Biden* created the worst foreign policy disaster in history, handed billions of military equipment over to terrorists, abandoned our allies, stranded Americans in hostile territory, & got people killed...
But his phone calls have all been fine! 🙄
@elonmusk
@tomselliott
@mehdirhasan
Dude, you are the perfect example of how the freedom to say what you want counters stupidity, misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies. This is why they are scared of you. Bravo, sir.
I am extremely sorry to report that our brand new podcast studio was broken into and robbed last night. ☹️
Feeling disappointed & violated right now. Lots of hard work ruined & expensive equipment missing.
#StarWars
is now in the same situation as
#StarTrek
.
The fanbase has moved past passionate disagreement with its direction and is now completely apathetic.
Both franchises are now completely irrelevant to the people who made them popular in the first place.
I honestly didn't think
#StarWars
could get worse than the Obi-Wan Kenobi show.
Then I started watching
#TheAcolyte
.
This show is such garbage it makes Kenobi look like high art.
LoL. Lots of "bots" in my mentions don't seem to realize this
#HunterBidensLaptop
story isn't about the laptop, it's about the collusion between government & big tech to stifle free speech & political opposition, which is highly illegal.
Hey, remember when Disney & Lucasfilm "stood against" all the anti-gay bigots in the
#StarWars
fanbase by including LGBTQIA+ representation in a Star Wars movie?
And then removed that scene in international releases to cater to anti-LGBTQIA+ governments in order to make money?
#StarWars
has a gaslighting problem because their executive & creative teams suck. They don't have a racism problem because their fanbase is full of racists.
If there were a functioning brain cell over at
#WarnerBros
not only would they be prepping a
#ReleaseTheAyerCut
, they'd also be planning a ton of Snyder-Era DCEU content for HBOMAX. But they obviously are stupid and hate money, so... 🤷
Their real mistake is one that Hollywood seems intent on repeating over and over:
1. Disrespecting the original source material fans love.
2. Injecting political messaging into escapist fiction
3. Shoehorning in "diversity"
4. Attacking fans who disagree w/their decisions
Paramount's TERMINATOR: DARK FATE may be the
#1
flick in North America with $29M, but it also cost $185M to produce, plus a massive marketing campaign.
Their mistake, it seems, is that the filmmakers thought they could reshape the future by changing the past.
I wonder who attacked Rosario Dawson more for being in
#StarWars
. "Racist" Star Wars fans who hate seeing women of color in the franchise, or unhinged SJW lunatics who accuse her of being transphobic? 🤔
I'd like to remind everyone that it was two white men (JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson) who decided to make their central black character in
#StarWars
a janitor who lusts after a white woman.
But... The fans are the ones who are racist, apparently.
Rian Johnson says that worldbuilding for movies like The Last Jedi is “not that interesting” to him and he “can’t imagine getting excited about creating that”...
How in the world was this man allowed to make a STAR WARS movie?!?
It must be nice to be able to selectively stand by your ideals when it suits you and completely abandon them when it's convenient. Wish I could live my life that way, but then again, I'm not a leftist.
So if you have a poorly written black female character written entirely by white people/men, isn't that a failure of the writers being bad/racists and not the fans?
Fact is, the creative team behind
#StarWars
is overwhelmingly white and male. Always has been.
#RingsOfPower
season 2 will tell a more "canonical story" according to the LOTR showrunners.
"There may well be viewers who are like, ‘This is the story we were hoping to get in season one!’ In season two, we’re giving it to them.”
Remember how Naomi Ackie got bullied so bad for being a black woman in
#StarWars
that she had to quit social media?
No?
Because apparently it didn't happen, even with all the "racists" in the
#StarWars
fan base. 🙄
I'd like to hear Thandie Newtown's stories of abuse for daring to be a black woman in a
#StarWars
movie. Because, you know, fans never criticized a white man like Alden Ehrenreich for being miscast in a movie.
The difference is that nowadays they're also leftist elitist snobs who justify their lack of talent by accusing fans of being toxic in some way to protect their careers. Lucasfilm doesn't practice what it preaches behind the scenes. They're all a bunch of hypocrites.
Stunning and Brave.
But, unironicly. This Arielle person is legitimately brave for taking this stand. It's not easy sticking to common sense in the face of woke cancel culture. Good for her. 👏👏👏
I'm subscribing to her channel. Recommend everyone check it out.
@tedlieu
@elonmusk
It's funny you don't see the fact that the political party, which controlled the House, and the campaign for its candidate, used personal connections with the world's biggest social media company to "fortify an election" & spread mis/dis info as a problem.
LoL. Guess my criticisms of the Star Wars prequels and sequels, Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan are all based on skin color. 🤷
Bad Writing is never about race. It's about how bad a story is.
Like, even women want to see attractive women on screen. Cosplayers want hot characters to emulate. None of the
#BirdsOfPrey
characters have any sex appeal. They even toned down Harley Quinn to make her less sexy, despite that being her biggest draw in
#SuicideSquad
.
Today, a multimillionaire Hollywood director who has worked with Tom Cruse, Matt Damon, Hugh Jackman, Harrison Ford, and Patrick Stewart ragged on my home YouTube studio that I set up in my dining room to record podcasts with friends.
It was a strange day.
I know the answer, but every time I see the TNG crew strategizing together I can't help but think "Where are the officers of The Titan for these high level discussions?" 🤔
Guy who completely disrespected the character of Luke Skywalker thinks it's disrespectful to treat the character with respect. 🤔
Rian Johnson is a terrible writer & a complete egomaniac. 🤷♂️
@BidenHQ
You conveniently cut out the part showing he was talking about the car manufacturing industry.
I get that Joe is down in the polls and all but this is really pathetic 🤣
So Geoff Johns is why Affleck left Batman? Interesting rumor but makes sense. Have heard other rumors of John's undermining Snyder and others on the film side of DC.
@elonmusk
@MrBeast
Hey
@elonmusk
, if you are going to compete with YouTube, get your boys working on a smartTV app for Twitter so we can watch Twitter video on our TVs.
I'd also like to point out that
#ObiWan
was written mostly by Joby Harold, Stuart Beattie, and Andrew Stanton. Three white men.
Hannah Friedman, who wrote 2 episodes is also white.
Hossein Amini, who wrote 4 episodes, isn't white, but he is a man.
I really wish I could be excited about this. A "final battle" should be such a huge pay-off, but instead it just seems forced & contrived. There was nothing building up to this.
#TheLastJedi
ruined any build-up/anticipation for the final act. I just don't care about this film.
If you REALLY want to know the problem with modern
#StarWars
, it's the writing, not the skin color of the actors. I go into depth about this here. Check it out if you are interested, because Lucasfilm can't hide behind racism with my arguments here.
Only movie I know of with the guts to keep its lead Actor's face entirely hidden for the whole film because it's accurate to the source material.
Deserves a sequel for that alone.
Wait, you mean the new
#StarWars
movie written by the guy who wrote
#Batman
v.
#Superman
Dawn of Justice was overly complicated, bloated, had a video-game-like plot, disrespected it's characters, & failed to explain major plot points?
Shocker.
#TheRiseOfSkywalker
Here is the bullying and harassment Gina Carano is receiving.
SJW's have been bullying her for weeks demanding she put pronouns in her bio & calling her a "transphobic, ugly bitch."
They're now trying to get her fired from Disney Star Wars.
@TheRickWilson
It's funny how it can be claimed that one news org not running a story is anything remotely like every big tech social media platform, every mainstream news outlet, & an entire political party coordinating efforts to suppress a story.
Hilarious!
@JackPosobiec
BREAKING: Biden Admin Department of Homeland Security to create a 'Disinformation Governance Board' dedicated to fighting facts that counters their narrative and lies.
Fixed it for you.