A while back I brought up the Death of Star Wars via SJWs, and to my surprise Solo tanked big time. Now it seems as though the MCU is in danger of it happening as well with Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) saying derogatory things about white males:
These comments have generated some serious backlash. FWIW I dont think many people are up in arms about her having "a more inclusive" press tour, but it is how she says things. To say the least it has took the box office projections from blowing out Wonder Woman with 180 million to 100 million on opening weekend. And now Disney is doing their typical damage control by blaming those spot pollers as sexists, claiming the numbers arent that bad, and etc.
But to the bigger point, if this was to fail then it would be the third huge franchise to do so with a linked to a perceived SJW agenda in the last 3 years. The other two are Star Wars and Ghostbusters. So is putting certain politics in front of a major picture a death sentence, or is it just noone really wanting to see Captain Marvel, Ghostbusters, and a neverending star wars franchise.
FWIW- I think Captain Marvel's "politics" are more mild than the politics of Star Wars and Ghostbusters (especially Ghostbusters), but Ive never been a big Captain Marvel fan so Im going to watch it on TV instead of going to the movies.
I don’t need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didn’t work about A Wrinkle in Time. It wasn’t made for him! I want to know what it meant to women of color, biracial women, to teen women of color.
Am I saying I hate white dudes? No, I am not. What I am saying is if you make a movie that is a love letter to women of color, there is an insanely low chance a woman of color will have a chance to see your movie, and review your movie.
These comments have generated some serious backlash. FWIW I dont think many people are up in arms about her having "a more inclusive" press tour, but it is how she says things. To say the least it has took the box office projections from blowing out Wonder Woman with 180 million to 100 million on opening weekend. And now Disney is doing their typical damage control by blaming those spot pollers as sexists, claiming the numbers arent that bad, and etc.
But to the bigger point, if this was to fail then it would be the third huge franchise to do so with a linked to a perceived SJW agenda in the last 3 years. The other two are Star Wars and Ghostbusters. So is putting certain politics in front of a major picture a death sentence, or is it just noone really wanting to see Captain Marvel, Ghostbusters, and a neverending star wars franchise.
FWIW- I think Captain Marvel's "politics" are more mild than the politics of Star Wars and Ghostbusters (especially Ghostbusters), but Ive never been a big Captain Marvel fan so Im going to watch it on TV instead of going to the movies.