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Cotton_Eye_Joe
09/22/18 4:08:32 PM
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Why did Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd flop?
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Alucard188
09/22/18 4:09:57 PM
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1st one: Star Wars fatigue. 3 movies in 3 years is a little much.
2nd one: No one even asked for a prequel 20 years after the original was released.
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DarthAragorn
09/22/18 4:10:58 PM
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the last jedi sucked balls
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1NfamousACE_2
09/22/18 4:12:26 PM
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Cuz Donald Glover

Blame him
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Damn_Underscore
09/22/18 4:12:27 PM
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Definitely Star Wars fatigue

It was literally released 6 months after The Last Jedi
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Jagermeister513
09/22/18 4:12:38 PM
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Because no one wanted to see a Han Solo movie without Harrison Ford in it.
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DoctorVader
09/22/18 4:16:18 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
1st one: Star Wars fatigue. 3 movies in 3 years is a little much.
2nd one: No one even asked for a prequel 20 years after the original was released.

It was 4 movies in 2.5 years.
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Alucard188
09/22/18 4:17:42 PM
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DoctorVader posted...
Alucard188 posted...
1st one: Star Wars fatigue. 3 movies in 3 years is a little much.
2nd one: No one even asked for a prequel 20 years after the original was released.

It was 4 movies in 2.5 years.


Oh, right. I forgot about... that one... in the middle of the 2 main ones.

Gah. Fuck off, Disney. Star Wars is supposed to be an event, and you're turning it into a weekly special in the flyer.
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Jagr_68
09/22/18 4:19:51 PM
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Fatigue and nobody asked for this movie.
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Bringit
09/22/18 4:56:46 PM
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I think it's a combination of the TLJ backlash and people just not generally being interested in a young Han Solo movie.

I don't believe in fatigue at all, there are 3 successful Marvel movies a year now, like 8 currently airing TV shows with more on the way and a just released best-selling Spider-Man videogame making a shit load of money.

Also for the record I thought Solo was pretty awesome.
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SSJGrimReaper
09/22/18 4:59:54 PM
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How did you guys feel about the Darth Maul cameo
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Alucard188
09/22/18 5:13:44 PM
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SSJGrimReaper posted...
How did you guys feel about the Darth Maul cameo


It was an effort to establish it in the timeline of the prequel movies. I didn't think anything of it other than a throw-in to make Star Wars fans go "Ooooh shit."
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Mal_Fet
09/22/18 5:16:30 PM
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SSJGrimReaper posted...
How did you guys feel about the Darth Maul cameo

It felt like an excuse for them to release more Darth Maul toys.
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Blighboy
09/22/18 5:20:20 PM
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6 months after TLJ
Released around the same time as other major blockbusters
Being the most expensive Star Wars movie ever due to production issues
Being the kind of EU story that usually gets told in comic books or video games or novels

I don't really think "TLJ backlash" affected it meaningfully as that's not something most people give a shit about
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FilHeyMignon
09/22/18 5:21:00 PM
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TLJ gathered a lot of hate and took the hype out of the future of the sequel era movies
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iPhone_7
09/22/18 11:32:34 PM
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SSJGrimReaper posted...
How did you guys feel about the Darth Maul cameo

The only people who care about Darth Maul are nerds that watch the cartoons. He was a henchman in the Phantom Menace, nothing more. He had more character and dialogue in the cameo than in the The Phantom Menace.

It was a desperate move to establish a link to the Obi-Wan film in development.

Person 1: Hey how can we end the movie but include a scene to build hype for a future film?

Person 2: Remember that one guy in that one movie that hardly served a purpose?

Person 1: Yeah sure whatever, thatll work

Person 2: Oh and apparently hes still alive in the popular cartoon so its a good fit

Person 1: oh yes brilliant, fans will think we give a s*** about the E.U. thats a perfect bonus!
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Skye Reynolds
09/22/18 11:34:58 PM
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Because you don't replace Harrison Ford after three and a half decades to make an extra buck. His story was finished, his character died, this movie should've never come into existence.

Maybe as a CGI straight-to-video release. But never, EVER, as a live action film.
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WafflehouseJK
09/22/18 11:38:23 PM
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Goats posted...
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>We kept hearing how bad the main actor was, how there was so many reshoots. A lot of people were sure it was going to blow. The reality ended up being that the main character was perfectly serviceable (probably not Han Solo good though) and it was Dany/Lando's actors that did a worse job.

Hold the fuck up, no. Donald Glover was the best part of the whole damn movie.
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Typhon
09/22/18 11:39:08 PM
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Jagermeister513 posted...
Because no one wanted to see a Han Solo movie without Harrison Ford in it.
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prince_leo
09/22/18 11:39:19 PM
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WafflehouseJK posted...
Hold the fuck up, no. Donald Glover was the best part of the whole damn movie.

yeah I thought that was the consensus
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DarkBuster22904
09/22/18 11:40:55 PM
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The premise. Nobody wanted a young han solo movie, without Harrison Ford. Nobody cared.

Tbh we didnt need any info on han solo. We know who he is. The beats of his story are predictable. We know his romance with emilia Clarke wont work because Leia exists. We know he gets the falcon because the OT exists. We know these other smugglers wont stick around because they fucking dont. It's a waste of time.

Tbh, I've always said they should make a lando movie instead. We have less background for him, a lit more room to play around. Give him the adventure, and if you absolutely must, give han a cameo at the end, with lando betting the falcon and rocking st cards, with han taking a seat at the table just before cutting to credits.
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BruceWayneJr
09/23/18 12:00:06 AM
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It would have done better with a stronger, more known actor in the lead role. Otherwise, as lame as it was, I still liked it more than the other Disney flicks.
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Bringit
09/23/18 3:33:20 AM
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BruceWayneJr posted...
It would have done better with a stronger, more known actor in the lead role. Otherwise, as lame as it was, I still liked it more than the other Disney flicks.

I think the guy did a wonderful job. About a third of the way through the movie I was totally buying him as Han.
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Ricemills
09/23/18 3:49:42 AM
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Alucard188 posted...
2nd one: No one even asked for a prequel 20 years after the original was released.


prequel trilogy tho...
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DrizztLink
09/23/18 3:52:29 AM
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@Alucard188 posted...
SSJGrimReaper posted...
How did you guys feel about the Darth Maul cameo


It was an effort to establish it in the timeline of the prequel movies.

What?
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BalisticWarri0r
09/23/18 3:54:37 AM
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Bringit posted...
I think it's a combination of the TLJ backlash and people just not generally being interested in a young Han Solo movie.

I don't believe in fatigue at all, there are 3 successful Marvel movies a year now, like 8 currently airing TV shows with more on the way and a just released best-selling Spider-Man videogame making a shit load of money.

Also for the record I thought Solo was pretty awesome.

I agree with all this post.
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Garioshi
09/23/18 3:59:55 AM
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Were people actually expecting Harrison Ford, a 76 year-old man, to play Han Solo, a 22 year-old man, in Solo?
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MoistenedYouth
09/23/18 4:03:42 AM
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cant believe snape died
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pogo_rabid
09/23/18 4:08:23 AM
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kathleen fucking kennedy
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AvantgardeAClue
09/23/18 4:09:31 AM
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Ironically it was way better than whatever the fuck Last Jedi was

If we get no more Childish Gambino as young Lando it's y'all fault
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St0rmFury
09/23/18 4:36:31 AM
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Speaking of prequels, I enjoyed Rouge One.
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DarkBuster22904
09/23/18 9:07:48 AM
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Garioshi posted...
Were people actually expecting Harrison Ford, a 76 year-old man, to play Han Solo, a 22 year-old man, in Solo?

No, nobody was expecting that. Nobody even wanted that. But just because nobody wants to see 76 year old Ford play a young han doesnt mean people want Han to be recast.

It means they dont want a fucking young Solo movie.
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Alucard188
09/23/18 9:14:22 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
@Alucard188 posted...
SSJGrimReaper posted...
How did you guys feel about the Darth Maul cameo


It was an effort to establish it in the timeline of the prequel movies.

What?


Darth Maul shows up at the end of the movie, and tells the woman to go back to him. Considering he dies in The Phantom Menace, they're effectively saying that Solo happens before or sometime during the movie. I personally just think it was a cheap throw into appeal to old Star Wars fans.
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Hawaiian_punch
09/23/18 9:15:01 AM
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Alucard188 posted...
1st one: Star Wars fatigue. 3 movies in 3 years is a little much.
2nd one: No one even asked for a prequel 20 years after the original was released.
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Blighboy
09/23/18 9:34:02 AM
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Alucard188 posted...
Darth Maul shows up at the end of the movie, and tells the woman to go back to him. Considering he dies in The Phantom Menace, they're effectively saying that Solo happens before or sometime during the movie. I personally just think it was a cheap throw into appeal to old Star Wars fans.

Lmao
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Milkman5
09/23/18 9:35:54 AM
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DarthAragorn posted...
the last jedi sucked balls
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iPhone_7
09/23/18 9:36:31 AM
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Anybody want to be the first to tell Alucard?
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The Admiral
09/23/18 9:36:36 AM
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Jagr_68 posted...
Fatigue and nobody asked for this movie.


This. And what sealed its fate was the movie being terrible.
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iPhone_7
09/23/18 9:41:04 AM
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I havent seen the film but from the previews the movie looks dark. Not dark as in a serious tone, dark as if the budget couldnt afford more lighting for the sets.
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The Admiral
09/23/18 9:44:42 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...
I havent seen the film but from the previews the movie looks dark. Not dark as in a serious tone, dark as if the budget couldnt afford more lighting for the sets.


It is. The camera work was really bad.
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iPhone_7
09/23/18 9:48:07 AM
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The only scene Ive watched was the cameo scene on YouTube.

It annoyed me that in the dark room the camera focused on Emilias face but with the bright open windows in the back.

Like I dont even know if its an artistic choice by the director or simply poor camera work on a technical level.

EDIT: Re-watched the scene. I was wrong, the character activates window blinds to dim the room, poor window blinds lol
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Annihilated
09/23/18 9:58:35 AM
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I haven't seen it but it really sounds like a story that never needed to be told. So it's a movie about Han Solo... and? Does it tell us something about his character or is it just his random adventures? Maybe it should have been a TV series.
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Fossil
09/23/18 9:59:08 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Anybody want to be the first to tell Alucard?

That he doesn't actually know anything about Star Wars? Naaaaah

The only reason Solo failed is from TLJ backlash. Movie garnered WAY more hate than anyone realizes. The only reason I'd even consider seeing Ep.9 at this point is because JJ is in charge again.

I thought Solo was an excellent movie that provided great filler just like Rogue One.
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iPhone_7
09/23/18 10:00:10 AM
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Also did hologram tech improve enough to show red now? lol
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AlecSkorpio
09/23/18 10:02:05 AM
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- Fanboys were still angry over how Disney handled The Last Jedi
- Nobody really wanted this movie
- They took forever to get a trailer out
- There was bad talk about it from the very start
- They released it against other popular movies (although IIRC nothing did as well as studios were expecting that month)
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cjsdowg
09/23/18 10:05:34 AM
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Last Jedi sucked. Super Fans People who love star wars movie go see them over and over at the movies. But many stayed home.

People saying that there are too many of them. When have there ever been an issue with have too much of good thing like that. Marvel keeps shitting them out and people keep going.
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__aCEr__
09/23/18 10:05:49 AM
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How old does Alucard think Han is lol
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