Solo Headed To Become A Flop? Yep, It Flopped.

[thismeintiel]

Immersiveunreality said:

Angelus said:
Skimming through several of those tweets, it seems like the concept that this guy is most offended by isn't anything ideology related within the Star Wars fandom, but rather the (correct) assumption of fans that they can have a profound influence on the failure or success of your product. He also seems to be under the impression that any time any fan takes issue with said product, to the point of wanting it to "fail," or do poorly to the point of forcing a change of direction, that this makes them a hater, rather than a real fan.

That's just an absurdly dismissive attitude, honestly.

I mean, you'll get no argument from me that a lot of people within hardcore fanbases - of any huge franchise or property - can be extremely toxic. but half of what he said there had nothing to do with that.

His tweets look insanely paranoid to me, i would almost say extremist. :p He also uses every bad terms possible, Sexist, Racist ,Misognist,Ignorant... 

But i do hope the best for the guy, hes probably just shocked by what happened.

They're all definitely shocked. They thought brand power would have given them the largest launch for Memorial Day Weekend, which would have been a good headline to point to when the people who didn't like it or were boycotting were pointing to it being the smallest opening for a SW film. However, they didn't even come close. 

They're also shocked to find out that the vast majority of people don't think exactly like they do, either about the films or their politics. So now they are reaching for any excuse to explain away the poor BO results. Half the world/fans must be bigots and/or the film wasn't diverse enough are the two very poor reasons, which also clash with one another, many seem to have finalized on. Denial is an ugly thing. 

Last edited by thismeintiel - on 03 June 2018