Star Wars Force Awakens newest trailer

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Robyn_p said:
Ok, you can do that. I’m excited to see Chewy and Han again. 😉

The situation with Golden Compass isn’t equivalent though. That movie was anti-Catholic, but it did bad at the box office, so they quit making them. If Stat Wars fails, all that will do is ensure no more Star Wars movies are made. The branch of Disney that deals with the TV shows and networks - Disney Media Networks - is separate from Walt Disney Studios, which produces the movies. They are run by a completely different set of people, and for the most part don’t have much to do with each other. The money they get from the movies doesn’t go towards the TV shows. For that they rely on ratings and advertisement.

To be honest, I don’t think there’s an actual anti-Christian agenda on Disney’s part with the Real O’Neill’s anyways. Anti-Catholicism sells. They’re a business, they go where the money is. Which is why I said not watching the show is more practical and effective than boycotting Star Wars. We’re not going to put Disney out of business, but if the show tanks in the ratings, they’ll cancel it. Problem solved.
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I think his point was that the Golden Compass failed at the box office because of the boycotts.

I doubt that the boycott had much to do with its failure. I think it was just a bridge too far following the Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia movies (with which people are much more familiar with the source material). Most of the reviews I read had people panning the movie as just not that good. Plus, many of the fans of the books were upset that the movie toned down the religious criticism. So it really just failed to find an audience.

Star Wars already has a built in audience of millions who have been waiting for this moment for decades. It’s the closest thing to a sure-fire financial success as I think you are likely to come across in the movie industry. There is so much hype that any calls for boycotts aren’t even going to be noticed by more than a few.
 
Im definitely a star wars fan, and will see the movie when it comes out, but I think its popularity is limited to just one generation.

I was too young when the original came out, but I asked my parents if they liked star wars back then, they were both indifferent to it, strangely though, today, parents are sometimes more into it than the kids, and if you look back to the 70s original, many of the parents/adults were not that into it, but the younger people were…???
 
mikekle said:
Im definitely a star wars fan, and will see the movie when it comes out, but I think its popularity is limited to just one generation.

I was too young when the original came out, but I asked my parents if they liked star wars back then, they were both indifferent to it, strangely though, today, parents are sometimes more into it than the kids, and if you look back to the 70s original, many of the parents/adults were not that into it, but the younger people were…???
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I was eight or nine when it came out (depending on whether it was 1976 or 1977 - I seem to think it was the latter as the former was dominated by the Bicentennial celebrations and I don’t remember those as happening concurrently) and while I remember kids much older than me being part of the bandwagon I don’t think people over say 25 were much interested. I know it wasn’t something my parents would have gotten infatuated by (even though my father is a science fiction fan and we did and still do have long conversations about written science fiction such as the Dune books and Robert A. Heinlein, etc.).
 
Joe_5859 said:
I think his point was that the Golden Compass failed at the box office because of the boycotts.

I doubt that the boycott had much to do with its failure. I think it was just a bridge too far following the Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia movies (with which people are much more familiar with the source material). Most of the reviews I read had people panning the movie as just not that good. Plus, many of the fans of the books were upset that the movie toned down the religious criticism. So it really just failed to find an audience.

Star Wars already has a built in audience of millions who have been waiting for this moment for decades. It’s the closest thing to a sure-fire financial success as I think you are likely to come across in the movie industry. There is so much hype that any calls for boycotts aren’t even going to be noticed by more than a few.
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I think you are right about Golden Compass. I remember thinking myself - before I knew which book series it was based on - that it looked like a Narnia rip-off. It was going to fail with or without a boycott.

And yeah, Star Wars is going to be huge. I ordered my tickets a week ago and could barely get seats! Had to do a Sunday matinee.
 
mikekle said:
Im definitely a star wars fan, and will see the movie when it comes out, but I think its popularity is limited to just one generation.

I was too young when the original came out, but I asked my parents if they liked star wars back then, they were both indifferent to it, strangely though, today, parents are sometimes more into it than the kids, and if you look back to the 70s original, many of the parents/adults were not that into it, but the younger people were…???
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My brother and sister saw the original movie when they were 6 1/2 and 3 respectively. I was not born yet. I’ve loved star wars since I was 7. I got my nephew (my brother’s son) into star wars. We bonded through star wars (and star wars legos). Parents of the OT generation pass on their love for the movies to their kids.

Star wars is a timless story of good vs evil. It is NOT limited to ONE generation.
 
jediliz said:
Star wars is a timless story of good vs evil. It is NOT limited to ONE generation.
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True. I was born after the OT was released in theaters and am a fan. It’s definitely cross-generational nowadays.

But it’s also true that not very many of the people who grew up in the fifties and sixties - the generation before the movies first came out - are fans. I think that’s what mikekle meant. They still seem to think of it as a kids movie. Probably has something to do with the way it was marketed when it came out. You know, with all the action figures and merchandise.
 
Robyn_p said:
True. I was born after the OT was released in theaters and am a fan. It’s definitely cross-generational nowadays.

But it’s also true that not very many of the people who grew up in the fifties and sixties - the generation before the movies first came out - are fans. I think that’s what mikekle meant. They still seem to think of it as a kids movie. Probably has something to do with the way it was marketed when it came out. You know, with all the action figures and merchandise.
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Yes, thats what I meant, back in the 70s, it was all younger people on the bandwagon, like another poster said, most people over 25 were not interested in the original, but today, its the complete opposite.
 
mikekle said:
Yes, thats what I meant, back in the 70s, it was all younger people on the bandwagon, like another poster said, most people over 25 were not interested in the original, but today, its the complete opposite.
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Small sample size admittedly, but my two sons aged 7 and 9 seem to be interested (especially the 7 year old). They probably know the series more through legos and cartoons than the original movies, of which as far as I know they’ve only seen parts of “The Empire Strikes Back.”
 
Don’t spend your $$$ on Disney which cranks out Anti-Catholic, Anti-Christian sitcoms like GCB and the Real O’Neals.

I’m sure its an entertaining film and I’m sure they had the best writers they could hire to write the script, but its time to stop supporting corporations like Walt Disney Company that sponsor ‘Gay Day’ and mock the Catholic faith with the proceeds they earn from the movie tickets you buy on their ABC Television Network with the sick degenerate “entertainment” they produce.
 
Dwyer said:
Don’t spend your $$$ on Disney which cranks out Anti-Catholic, Anti-Christian sitcoms like GCB and the Real O’Neals.

I’m sure its an entertaining film and I’m sure they had the best writers they could hire to write the script, but its time to stop supporting corporations like Walt Disney Company that sponsor ‘Gay Day’ and mock the Catholic faith with the proceeds they earn from the movie tickets you buy on their ABC Television Network with the sick degenerate “entertainment” they produce.
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Hey Dwyer, no offense man, but this thread is for people excited about the new Star Wars movie. If you want to talk about boycotting Disney over their sitcom, that’s fine, but I think that discussion belongs on another thread.
 
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