Chris Hu said:
Hyper_Upgrade said:
This is a classic example of Agency Theory
You can usually tell by how many "committees" or "communities" they have within an organization. Many of these niche groups lose sight of the company's business direction (make money) and create their own goals that they as a group want to see implemented. Disney, Google, Target, etc are all very successful companies which means they can afford to have some decay within their organization without it killing their bottom line. They also get virtue points which allows them to attend private and lavish parties without any personal or financial risk.
While slow at first, decay usually moves exponentially. Google is currently having trouble managing some of their ideological staff, and this has cost them lucrative business opportunities in the defense department. Starbucks shut down their own operations for half a day to please only a portion of their consumer base. In both cases it won't hurt them with share holders now, but slowly it kills them over time as these issues compound.
For the time being Infinity Wars can make up for the losses from SW and a Wrinkle In time, but that will not always be the case. Unfortunately, most businesses don't see this problem until it is too late, and it is even more difficult to remove these entrenched groups once they have moved in. They will go out kicking and screaming, and leave the company to flip the bill.
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Yeah, nope Disney had a lot of other bombs besides Solo and A Wrinkle in Time recently. Like the Alamo, Mars Needs Moms, John Carter, The Lone Ranger and The Finest Hours just to name a few. And none of those bombed because of SJW. As I said before movies pretty much bomb because they are bad not due to some SJW backlash.
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Don't see the point you're trying to make with this post. Yes, movies can be just plain bad without SJW messaging. However, when it is so obvious that the focus of the film is to push SJW messaging, you can't conveniently ignore that fact to try and claim that the messaging isn't what made it bad.
Chris Hu said:
thismeintiel said:
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.
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.
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But all religions basically are based on myth and legends that involve a battle between good and evil so they really didn't remove the religious references from the movie. Also there are a ton of movies that aren't considered religious that have numerous religious references. For example a lot of Martin Scorsese's movies have a lot of religious references.
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And I'msure that's the same stretch in logic Disney tried using. Sorry, religion doesn't work that way. They aren't interchangeable and you can't try to make it a general good VS evil story. You can't take a Christian novel and adapt it, taking out all of the Christian references, and expect fans of the book to be fine with it.
