Hasbro has apparently put out a word of warning that they're not expecting their partner brands division to do well in this quarter and the next and that they've reallocated resources into their original brands.
So in case you're wonder why Hasbro will be pushing out more classic transformers including a new version of Optimus Prime (complete with a modernized version of the 1984 Trailer base) they're having to make up the difference from Star Wars. They're going with what sells.
This also means that if the new MLP doesn't work they're going to go back to FIM/Equestria Girls.
You know, I can't help but feel the idea of "failure is the best teacher" is just cynically used in the new films to attract the geek crowd (specifically the ones who did bad life decisions).
Something along the lines of: "You aren't a failure for never achieving anything of note, you are just still learning".
That's kind of like the point of failure as a learning device though?
Like by bad life decisions it would be like something akin to DSP's condo bullshit or getting divorced 3 times like Lowtax. That doesn't really apply to the soy faced crowd because they're too afraid to make decisions for themselves and rely on others to make decisions for them.
Okay, Kiwis, Grandma emails update: Was going to post screencaps last night, but held it off for her response, and I now legit have no idea how to reply back to her about this lol. She's a rambler, and while religious people have drawn parallels with Star Wars and Christ's teachings, I have no idea how to explain to her that having the metaphorical-Devil winning in Star Wars is not the way to do it to keep the Force (the balance of good and evil) balanced.
And it's already been established she's not a Star Wars fan, she just likes going to movies, but she keeps seeing bad movies.
I love my grandma, but I'm stumped. Do I just send J.J.'s box of mysteries at her or what?
Firstly, explain what Order 66 was, and what a completionist is. Secondly, now you must go and point out the obviously Antichrist overtones of Rey. Dump the Exogol spoilers, then take my lead with this dump here. I haven't finished reading the Bible, but I think these verses can be quite useful.
"As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God."
— 2 Thessalonians 2:1–4
((emphasis mine))
Rey is the usurper, the Antichrist. Formed from the blood of Satan (Palpatine), and nurtured by lies (her only experience of learning is in a cave of darkness, symbolizing the echo chambers of evil that form apostates), falling through her hubris and lust to serve an idolater of a corrupted faith (Kylo), she strikes down the crippled, old manifestation of the Devil (Palpatine once more), masking him in the manner that Satan masks himself behind weakness (and the Rule of Two in the Sith, hiding by pretending to be dead is not something alien to evil) and claims the lineage of Christ (The Chosen One), while in her wake all she has left is turmoil and strife. She uses unholy powers to bring back her lover out of wedlock (Kylo), and disguises her obvious satanic powers as the divine. It is written in the canon of Star Wars that one must put forth effort to gain the power of the Force, unless one chooses to tread the path of the Dark Side. She destroys and buries the relics and lineage of the Faith in unhallowed ground (burying the artifacts of the characters of the OT on Tattooine, a place that they either hated or were indifferent to at best).
Disney is not the Lord Christ, nor a servant of him, but rather an emissary of the Deceiver, and the Unmaker. A puppet of hellfire motivated by the sins of Greed and Pride, and putting on a mask to fool the faithful. In the realms of mass media, anyone can claim to be of the Faith, but the subtexts and subconscious of their works will always betray their sin.
Once Galaxy's Edge closes that's going to be the end to this nightmare.
The three films will be forgotten just like TMNT 3 and the Girl Ninja Turtle from the bad TV series, or Jurassic Park 3, or Alien Resurrection, or the last few Terminator movies after T2, or Ghostbusters 2016, or Batman and Robin and Batman Forever, or all the direct to video Disney movies, or the two Ewoks movies, The Droids and Ewoks TV series, and The Star Wars Christmas Special.
Disney will do an all new episode 7 and then just reclassify the other 3 movies as something else and throw them along side the OG EU.
Like go yeah yeah these movies were from the old EU which we threw away, but these new movies are from and ALL NEW CONTINUITY RIGHT AFTER ROTJ!
With her chest so flat, her belly so fat, the cloth covering her crotch (so I couldn't tell where the legs start at first glance), and the lightsaber on her hip, I thought it was a shot from the back. Still can't unsee.
The Mandalorian will want to abandon baby Yoda but Boba Fett will appear to him as a force ghost and tell him about his relationship with Jango, thus inspiring Mando to train baby Yoda as a Mandalorian warrior.
Having Rian Johnson direct the finale or the second season premiere. Or having them reveal a young Snoke just to cement the fact that you can't escape Disney canon.
The whole thing reminds me, as horror guy and not a Star Trek/Wars nerd, of franchises that took a hard right turn like Halloween 3, Friday the 13th part 9, and Hellraiser 3 and all that. Essence of the franchise was left in tact and origins weren't destroyed. You'll find defenders of those movies. This, this is anew level of destroying an IP.
Perhaps most outrageous of all: They will never admit wrongdoing and will do everything possible to fight a redaction of this to relegate it to the bin of non-canondom where it belongs. This is no longer about the "artistic integrity" excuse; this is about leaving a custom-scented stain upon the legacy of the existing franchise. This is about permanently marking the franchise, in persuance of the type 1s on the old chart.
Despite me referencing the SJW bestiary, this is not something unique to Social Justice.
I've mentioned them in this thread before, but this kind of thing happens in franchises eventually. It happened in ME3 when two dipshits completely re-wrote the ending to the series because writing your way out of a corner you put yourself in is hard, you guys. We saw it again in the Silent Hill franchise when Tomm Hulett, in Silent Hill: Book of Memories essentially turned an RPG project he worked on (Mythri) into a core piece of SH canon and then essentially established that all events in the series happen because of Tomm's work of shitty fanfiction (and also including canon slams against his critics).
Ardnt had already written the script. JJ came on and asked to do two rewrites.
Abrams then insisted that the script wasn't good enough. This was bullshit, he just wanted more control. Time only became an issue because of JJ's manipulative diva shit.
The fault, though, is Kennedy. Instead of siding with the quality writer(by extension Lucas), she wanted the "name" director.
She could have kept Ardnt's script and gotten a journeymen director(ala Favreau literally). But, she is a hack who acted like a hack....
Having Rian Johnson direct the finale or the second season premiere. Or having them reveal a young Snoke just to cement the fact that you can't escape Disney canon.
Having Rian Johnson direct the finale or the second season premiere. Or having them reveal a young Snoke just to cement the fact that you can't escape Disney canon.
Oh boy... I can't wait to hear Bobby's detailed diatribe about how everyone is stupid except for him and how glorious Disney is for being the only organization in the world made up of his intellectual equals (aside from Daddy Nintendo of course) as he chokes on mouse cum and feces.
Oh boy... I can't wait to hear Bobby's detailed diatribe about how everyone is stupid except for him and how glorious Disney is for being the only organization in the world made up of his intellectual equals (aside from Daddy Nintendo of course) as he chokes on mouse cum and feces. View attachment 1055574
You may be onto something. The most faithful TLJ lovers seem to be very offended by Plan 9. Maybe Bobby will also do a 180. Then again, he may just shortcircuit and claim the movie is good regardless.
You don’t know Bob then. He’s going to praise it to high heavens as a masterpiece and how subversive it is for showing how where or who you’re from doesn’t matter and everyone has the capacity for good and yadda yadda before going back to shitting on the Midwest “mayonnaise ghouls”.