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Post subject: Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25/2018)
Posted: Thu August 02, 2018 8:22 pm
Future Drummer
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dimejinky99 wrote:
blueviper wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
I dunno. They knew what they were doing. They owned everything it came out against including avengers and except deadpool. I don’t get the reasoning behind it but there was one. It’s not like all the executive heads of departments at Disney suddenly went oh fuck! We put them all out at the same time!
That few weeks was the most populated Disney output I can remember. I’d say they wanted to see how much their franchises actually do cannibalise each other if set against each other.
They ‘lost’ 500 million on Solo? Maybe. Are they bothered? Doubtful. If it had been a Christmas release it would have undoubtedly done around a billion.
Like I said I’d say it was an experiment.
If you buy that they didn’t want Solo interfering with Mary poppins at the box office, read my post again
Keeping SOLO at Memorial Day or moving to XMas still gives you the same mediocre movie. Maybe it makes a few extra bucks during the holiday season but you wouldn't get a better film.
You just hate Star Wars. That’s ok. It was pure fun and pure Star Wars. I thought it was great. Be interested to see how it does on home release. I don’t know if there’s official trackers for those numbers though.
I don't hate Star Wars. I just don't need to like everything with the name Star Wars. I still love the OT. I have a few SW t-shirts. I still have most of my Kenner toys down in the basement.
I just don't think the PT and now the ST and off-shoots really capture any of the fun, adventure or escapism from the OT.
I guess my comment could be construed that way. My apologies. I should have said it would have been the same movie Memorial Day or Xmas, good or bad. I don't think the numbers would have fluctuated much. I mean, if they waited until Christmas, we'd still be about 4 months from its premiere.
Actually, it might have given us time to get TLJ flame wars out of everyone's system.
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I forgot. Think it was Forbes has the report that they didn’t move it to Christmas cos it would affect their gross or stock values or tax in the following year. Somethin like that
I dunno. They knew what they were doing. They owned everything it came out against including avengers and except deadpool. I don’t get the reasoning behind it but there was one. It’s not like all the executive heads of departments at Disney suddenly went oh fuck! We put them all out at the same time!
That few weeks was the most populated Disney output I can remember. I’d say they wanted to see how much their franchises actually do cannibalise each other if set against each other.
They ‘lost’ 500 million on Solo? Maybe. Are they bothered? Doubtful. If it had been a Christmas release it would have undoubtedly done around a billion.
Like I said I’d say it was an experiment.
If you buy that they didn’t want Solo interfering with Mary poppins at the box office, read my post again
Keeping SOLO at Memorial Day or moving to XMas still gives you the same mediocre movie. Maybe it makes a few extra bucks during the holiday season but you wouldn't get a better film.
You just hate Star Wars. That’s ok. It was pure fun and pure Star Wars. I thought it was great. Be interested to see how it does on home release. I don’t know if there’s official trackers for those numbers though.
I don't hate Star Wars. I just don't need to like everything with the name Star Wars. I still love the OT. I have a few SW t-shirts. I still have most of my Kenner toys down in the basement.
I just don't think the PT and now the ST and off-shoots really capture any of the fun, adventure or escapism from the OT.
I guess my comment could be construed that way. My apologies. I should have said it would have been the same movie Memorial Day or Xmas, good or bad. I don't think the numbers would have fluctuated much. I mean, if they waited until Christmas, we'd still be about 4 months from its premiere.
Actually, it might have given us time to get TLJ flame wars out of everyone's system.
I think there's something to the argument of waiting until December because it's more distance (as you said) between Solo and TLJ and because there is less competition. Going up against other major tent poles like Avengers and even Deadpool, lowers Solo's ceiling.
But Uncle Bob needed the movie in May, no ifs, ands or buts about it. It was a bottom-line thing. I don't think Disney had the confidence in the film regardless, but I do think it would have made far better money if it had opened in December.
Post subject: Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25/2018)
Posted: Thu August 02, 2018 8:41 pm
what on earth am I talking about
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am Posts: 35485
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Lol there's dime being an SW elitist again, saying someone hates Star Wars because they didn't like a film.
Not at all. BV couldn’t have been more decent about his position on all this and we’ve all had great chats and respectful discussion with him. I should have said he hates the new Star Wars. Or is unhappy with it.
Oddly enough all the various fandom bubbles I’m involved in, made up of all the extreme factions you’d expect, are hoping for the Solo sequel almost unanimously among those that actually saw it.
They get to chuckle at the hardline boycott chaps, cos Solo was packed full of references and Easter eggs purely placed there for them.
Post subject: Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25/2018)
Posted: Thu August 16, 2018 12:53 am
what on earth am I talking about
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am Posts: 35485
So we get a making of Solo book but no making of TFA Or TLJ books? The TLJ art book does contain art that was kept back and put into the TLJ book cos they didn’t want spoilers getting out. This gives me hope we will be getting them. Eventually.
Post subject: Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25/2018)
Posted: Thu August 16, 2018 4:00 am
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Lol there's dime being an SW elitist again, saying someone hates Star Wars because they didn't like a film.
Well he did say that he only likes 3 movies out of everything Star Wars related. That's out of 10 movies, lots of books and comics, and a couple TV shows.
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