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

[thismeintiel]

Medisti said:

thismeintiel said:

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.

You would think that Disney would have learned from not only Ghostbusters and/or TLJ.  First of all, SJWs are obviously not a large group.  They are just the loudest, so it seems they are larger than they really are.  So, trying to pander to them is not a financially sound path.  Especially when at the same time you are constantly bashing any real fans of the series that had legit criticisms, labeling them bigots, man-babies, misogynists. 

It's the same thing that happened to Target.  Instead of just remaining silent and handling things on a case by case basis, they tried to appeal to SJWs by publicly announcing anyone could use whatever bathroom they wished to at their stores.  Instead of support from the masses that they expected, they saw their sales and stock drop and had to close a few stores.  Pandering to those groups just never works out.

Azuren said:

Chris Hu said:

Again, if you don't like it just watch the 2003 version but that one isn't that good either but since they failed twice in making a decent movie out of it I doubt they will try again anytime soon.

No, they failed one at making it and forgot they were making a movie the second time. I want an actual attempt by someone who is going to respect the source material.

Wow.  I just looked into that book/film, since I wasn't familar with it.  It looks like is will be losing Disney the same amount that Solo is.  Of course, the media is touting that its the first time a black female has directed a film that cost this much and crossed $100M at the DBO.  So...great, a black woman can make an expensive flop, too. (slow clap)  Always identity politics over success for these people. 

Also, they took a religious book and removed every reference of religion in it for the film.  Instead replacing a tale of basically good vs evil, and making it more about diversity and feminism.  Hmm, wonder why it flopped.  And there's a scene in the book where one of the women turns into a white horse, but in the film they turn her into some plant creature?  Is that supposed to be Vegan messaging, too?  Boy, what a mess.