CaptainAmerica
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...zzle-unsolved-as-another-star-wars-film-flops
Sounds a lot like "Iger Fumbles China."
Sounds a lot like "Iger Fumbles China."
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invader
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This aged well.
CaptainAmerica
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Yet ESPN just gave Keith Olbermann a new deal. Very puzzling.
TalkingHead
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Absolutely shocking that a person with a history of making vile comments made a vile comment. Shucks. Bye, Rosie.
Nubs70
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The problem is very simple, the underlying premise of Star Wars is culturally offensive.
Princess Leia
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Idk why people are surprised that Star Wars doesn’t perform well in China. This is the 4th time in 3 1/2 years, the Chinese just aren’t interested in the series.
Rteetz
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ProfSavage
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Probably because their introduction to Star Wars was a bootlegged knockoff comic (which is interesting and insane in its own right) since the original trilogy was only released in Hong Kong in 1978. The Chinese have a completely different background in the series than the rest of the world. To many, the bootleg comics are Star Wars. I don’t even know if the prequels were released in Mainland China. The OT didn’t get their debut in Mainland China until 2014 or 2015, if memory serves me correctly.
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Well, that was a surprise to me. I thought Roseanne was politically and socially liberal but was being true to playing a 'heartland' character on her sitcom. Didn't know she went the full Victoria Jackson/Dennis Miller...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/media/roseanne-barr-offensive-tweets.html
To bring this to a Disney topic: Disney/ABC quickly fired her.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/business/media/roseanne-barr-offensive-tweets.html
To bring this to a Disney topic: Disney/ABC quickly fired her.
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CaptainAmerica
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She's not a conservative. She's a socialist but she's also into some weird alt-right conspiracy theory stuff. Pizzagate and 9/11 Truth and some anti-Semitic nonsense.
ProfSavage
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Roseanne has been all over the place politically. I think her posing in pictures dressed as Hitler and cooking gingerbread men should have been a tip off for execs at ABC...
Princess Leia
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That happened a lot faster than I thought it would. Good on ABC for handling this though.
Princess Leia
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Huh, the more you know.
J. D.
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The new season was actually doing a pretty good job of showing both liberal and conservative viewpoints. Even had moments where Roseanne was clearly the butt of the joke for being too far right and close-minded.
You know what Disney should do for certain properties? The "It's a Wonderful Life" / "Babes in Toyland" treatment.
When it first came out, IaWL wasn't a big deal. But, the movie lapsed into public domain while the work it was based on didn't. And so, NBC pays a rather light fee to air it twice every Christmas Season.
In the same way, a version of Babes in Toyland (with Laurel and Hardy) also lapsed and that also gets a lot of air time during the holidays.
And because of this repetition, they have become classics.
So... Disney and all its streaming, cable, and broadcast companies should flood the zone with franchises they want to popularize. Release all the SW movies in China for practically free. Then give Chinese TV companies free use of all the movies. Make it popular in China simply because it is commonly and freely accessible. Then you'll get the big payday with the next feature release.
Same with The Muppets. The Muppet Show should be on every night late night on ABC and Freeform. And free to stream. Get the next generation hooked. Then, they'll pay attention to new features.
CJR
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LMS was owned by Fox and aired on ABC. Roseanne was owned by ABC and aired on ABC. It was a money thing. Now that Disney could possibly own Fox (IF Comcast doesn't win), it's ironic. I'd laugh if LMS ends up airing new episodes on ABC at some point.
ProfSavage
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CJR
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They wouldn't have revived it without demand. BUT they also got the cost down as they were able to get the cast to renegotiate their contracts. Fox was also able to clear out their schedule by cancelling lower rated shows that were already renewed last year when ABC (unexpectedly) cancelled the show. Fox was better prepared this year.
Really, the show was never without demand. The demand got the show revived, the cost is what got the show cancelled a year ago.