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

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thismeintiel said:

superchunk said:
I've ignored this thread because it pisses me off. But I thought I'd toss my rant in here anyways.

Solo was an awesome star wars origin story. It is not like other SW movies in that there is no epic battle, etc. But, it is an awesome origin story that answers who Han is, how he and Chewy met, what his relationship is with Lando, how he obtained the Falcon, etc. All of which was interesting and a good story. On top of all of that, it left the ending in spectacular fashion where they can really expand the movie universe through other 'story' movies. This movie made me excited to see what they could possibly do with other star wars stories whereas Rogue One was clearly a one-off SW movie.

The only reason this movie "flopped" was due to the media. Before Solo launched the media was still foaming at the mouth with TLJ and began tearing Solo apart by focusing on pre-sale tickets. Like WTF. That created a self-fulfilling-prophecy by creating disinterest among the masses.

The movie was awesome.

The media?  That's a new one.  It's not accurate anyway.  Sure, they reported on the behind the scenes stuff, but closer to release most of the media was on Disney's side.  And the only things I saw reported about pre-sales of tickets were positive, minus those ones from China.  They were even claiming pre-sales of tickets were ahead of Black Panther.  Most of the media even tried to come up with excuses to explain away it flopping. 

No, Solo's main problem is that the general consensus was that it was a mediocre film, which may have still seen it be a hit, except for one thing.  It released after TLJ.  A film that has many fans saying they are just done with the franchise.  And merch sales are proving that they are in fact done.

The media's attempts to downplay the effect of TLJ is kind of sad, to be honest. Not everyone disliked the film, but enough did to cause an effect. Rian Johnson's attitude and replies certainly didn't help. Remember the reactions most had to the director of that Ghostbusters reboot and his responses?

People also forget that not only were reactions to TLJ mixed, but that whole Battlefront 2 fiasco occurred a month before. It put Star Wars in a bad place in the eyes of its fans.