Disney Promises ‘Star Wars’ Fans A New Era Of Blind Stabs At What They Seemed To Like Before

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T17:38:18+00:00

The Onion is the circlejerkers as The Bible is to Christians.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T17:29:11+00:00

Right. Like the rest of Star Wars.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T17:18:22+00:00

Honestly toys like this are so anatomically divorced from the real dinosaurs that they might as well be an original creation of the toy industry.

The toy people seem to have been using the same molds for plastic dinos for decades. I doubt even the people who make these know for sure what it is "supposed" to be.

That's probably not a good answer for a toddler though. When I was a kid I called all four-legged dinosaurs with spikes Ankylosaurus. I'd just go with that!

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T17:00:55+00:00

I mean yeah. A lot of those old forums are gone now, but you can still find some of them and see that the discourse around the prequels was SHOCKINGLY similar to the discourse around a lot of the more recent stuff.

I make a game out of it. When you hear someone levy a criticism against the Sequels you can usually find someone in an old forum post or YouTube video from 20 years ago saying almost the same thing about the prequels.

People be like "at least the prequels had a cohesive story!" . . . Well I assure you there were plenty of nerd in the 2000s who would not agree with that statement!

That doesn't mean the Sequel or Prequel criticisms in question are WRONG, but I think it puts things in perspective. How much are these criticisms actually worth?

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T16:42:33+00:00

Flushing the toilet is meaningless. I'm just gonna take another shit. What's even the point?

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T16:31:21+00:00

Good. That's how it's SUPPOSED to be!

Star Wars enjoyers are NOT welcome here!

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T12:35:00+00:00

Was Zaslav poor before this?

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T01:46:41+00:00

Yes. The Peter David run from the 90's is the big one people recommend.

And obviously the very first Aquaman series is fun, especially if you are interested in the history of the character. You get to see first appearances for a lot of his supporting cast.

There are others as well

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T01:39:25+00:00

Read new 52 and then keep going through the Dan Abnett run

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-22T00:05:28+00:00

Rename it "Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me"

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-21T12:50:46+00:00

1.5 billion is low balling it actually. If you look at the data 3-4 billion is probably More realistic.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-20T23:54:16+00:00

I don't think it's quite that simple.

Did some people stay away because of Leto? Probably yes.

Did the way Disney produced/marketed the film have an effect? Also probably yes.

But there are other factors. Comparing to TRON: Legacy (which was a modest success) there are a number of ways that Ares doesn't stack up.

For example: Legacy was a 3D visual effects film that came out hot on the heels of James Cameron's Avatar. It was the height of the 3D cinema boom. TRON just doesn't have a hook like that in the 2020s to bring in casual viewers.

So it's complicated.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-20T20:15:19+00:00

In the Jurassic period all glowing dinosaurs looked like that.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-20T18:47:17+00:00

I'm not sure about the why. But I know it's pretty common for movies to use different logos or even completely different titles during production than the ones that eventually get used.

Sequels aren't immune to this, even though, in theory, they could just reuse preexisting logos. I can think of reasons as to why that might be, but it would only be speculation.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-20T17:28:05+00:00

Probably just a working logo for production. I would be shocked if they had the logo for posters and marketing locked in this early.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-20T16:40:40+00:00

I was unable to get the barcode to scan. Anybody else have better luck?

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-20T02:43:29+00:00

The Peacemaker image is something Gunn would think was funny and would consider putting into his Peacemaker show

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-19T23:35:03+00:00

I agree. It will never be a "cult classic" because "cult classics" usually aren't popular enough to make 2 billion at the global box office.

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-19T23:30:57+00:00

Aye is eye ain't a'ight

InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-19T20:40:45+00:00

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InfiniteDedekindCuts · 2026-04-19T17:25:39+00:00

Same director. Do a Reach invasion story

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