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‘Solo’ A No-Go Due To “Poor Marketing,” Not Franchise Fatigue, Analyst Says
Deadline Hollywood ^
| June 4, 2018
| Dade Hayes
Posted on 06/05/2018 6:21:37 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: ClearBlueSky
Luke and Leia were originally written as a couple until it was later decided they’d be brother and sister. #AwkwardMoments
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posted on
06/05/2018 1:08:15 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: ClearBlueSky
I’ve seen libtard critics who like the new Planet of the Apes movies and are happy to see the end of mankind, destroyer of Earth. Apes win.
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posted on
06/05/2018 1:13:53 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: C19fan
Bull shit! They just made a crappy movie
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posted on
06/05/2018 1:38:28 PM PDT
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dirtymac
To: a fool in paradise
You're right-the original story was a romantic triangle-a-la-Gone With the Wind-hence the similar poster for Empire. It made more sense. Veering away AFTER the on-screen dynamic was established made everything after look stupid. Lucas didn't care about continuity or how it made things look in retrospect, according to Gary Kurtz. Any 'ick' factor was due to Lucas getting to ROTJ and just wanting a quick, easy way to wrap up a dynamic he didn't want to resolve logically.Even as late as Empire the promotional pics had Hamill and Fisher appearing 'couple' like, especially in promo pics for the foreign press.
By ROTJ Lucas had become what he had hated, a corporation. His focus became merchandising at the expense of storytelling. Empire was great because the director fought Lucas who admitted later that it was 'a better picture than I wanted to make.' Imagine that-he wanted worse, less...explains Ewoks and the Prequels, eh?
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06/05/2018 1:53:41 PM PDT
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ClearBlueSky
(ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
To: C19fan
Make a Jar Jar Binks sequel.
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posted on
06/05/2018 7:28:12 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: C19fan
To be fair to the guy who claimed it, Dad never found televised ads for Solo, so it’s true that it may have been poorly marketed on the televised area at least.
That being said, that’s definitely not the main reason why it tanked. It has to do with the guys doing Star Wars cramming in SJW stuff as well as the bad reception to The Last Jedi (Glover and Kasdan Jr. both indicating that Lando’s pansexual certainly didn’t do it any favors).
And as far as Boba Fett, he was a pretty popular character, enough to get a whole lot of EU stories, so I’m not surprised that Boba Fett’s possibly going to get a film.
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posted on
06/07/2018 2:55:03 PM PDT
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otness_e
To: C19fan
poor marketing Would that "poor marketing" be things like airbrushing a blaster out of the movie poster?
-PJ
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06/07/2018 3:02:29 PM PDT
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Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: NorthMountain; GraceG; BenLurkin; Ted Grant; TADSLOS
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06/11/2018 5:38:09 AM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
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06/11/2018 6:12:14 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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06/11/2018 6:14:09 AM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
Yes, I know.
But for some reason, I’m still saying “Shut up Todd, and take my money!”
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06/11/2018 6:30:08 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: KC_Lion
Those guys are great! And usually, they’re right on with their observations! Thanks!
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