thismeintiel on 27 May 2018
| Angelus said: It's really interesting to me how aggressively a lot of people are pushing the narrative that the Star Wars fanbase is rebelling against Kennedy's direction of the franchise because she's pushing an ideology. First off, Star Wars has always pushed an ideology. Maybe you didn't notice, but George Lucas had a lot to say, and he wasn't subtle either. That aside though, to me this is really a lot simpler than that. These movies are leaving a bad taste, because; 1. They are very, very poorly written. Both in the overarching plot, and the moment to moment action. 2. They are unwilling to be creative, and chart new territory, yet simultaneously disrespect key lore elements and characters. 3. Kennedy has shown extreme disregard towards anything critical the fans have to say. The first point on its own, fans would likely be willing to forgive. After all, they did so for the prequels to various degrees. Combined with 2, and 3 though….you're asking for trouble. Chances are, Kennedy never really liked Star Wars. She doesn't get what people gravitate to about it, so all she seems to distill it down to is the visual elements. Once you get past that surface level stuff, she doesn't have a clue, and if you sat down with her and talked to her off the record with some truth serum, I bet she'd admit it too. |
It's not the entire fanbase, but a very good chunk of it. 95% of people don't fall on the far Left, as some on this board wish to think. There are a lot of people who are center-right, right, and even center-left, who are tired of the agendas, especially when pushed so heavily by filmmakers. And that doesn't just include on screen. When you are actively ridiculing a fanbase, just because they don't support all of your political ideals, that turns a lot of people off of you and your film. Including those who probably agree with you more than they do some of the fanbase.
And a lot of the things you talk about in 1-3 are direct results of them following that agenda.
| arcaneguyver said: After TLJ my only interest in Disney Star Wars is watching it crumble. |
