Angelus said:
I don't really think it means that at all. Not that I would mind one way or the other if they do have more female/minority leads, but I just don't see the correlation. If Solo flops, it's because the "Star Wars audience" was/is incredibly angry with the horrendous writing of The Last Jedi, and the way that Disney/Kathleen Kennedy responded to that, which was basically "meh…..you'll go see the next one anyway, so fuck off." You got a lot of people, rightly or wrongly (because I highly doubt it will have the intended effect), pretty much using this movie as a protest against the way Kennedy is running Star Wars. |
Of course, it'll have the desired effect. DC Film had a management shakeup when JL bombed. Sony stopped their whole GB plans after the the remake flopped due to 1) not being good and 2) the cast and crew insulting the fans of the original, the vast majority of which had legit criticisms, as women hating basement dwellers. And here, we have cast and crew doing the same crap that cast and crew did for GB. Politics first, bash the "haters" second, then third, make a movie.
Trust me, if Solo and Ep9 bomb, or even greatly disappoint, Disney is either going to shake up management or put Kennedy and crew on a leash, or they'll just have to convince investors why it's fine for Disney to throw tons of their money down a hole just to push Kathleen Kennedy's political agendas.
