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Agreed, but I do think the taint is there - because of what it could have been. I said it on these boards over a decade ago, when the absolute gob-smacking news came that there was going to be a sequel trilogy. I championed Disney taking it over, because they said all the right things. And no...

Initial box office grosses are only 1/2 the reason Star Wars films exist, though. The other half, and the half the keeps on giving, is merchandising. No one bought merchandise from TLJ, so much so, they made very little period for RoS. And then what little was there disappeared. The Star...

I largely agree - Marvel is the only one that needs to slow down. It's just too much - too many movies and too many TV shows. And the quality of the majority of the TV shows hasn't been great (really, only Wandavision was really a stand-out). They really couldn't "slow down" Star Wars any...

Basically the "no crap Sherlock" answers, and remarkably similar to things I and others have posted for months about this in the other thread. As to the issue itself, it is not a hard nut to crack - * The WDW experience has itself, especially in the past 5+ years, been pruned of virtually...

LOL, I know, right? The idea that it suddenly led to years of disposable income that is just now suddenly drying up is just business talk trying to deflect from the real reason spending is down - the economy is tanking.

State politics don't have anything to do with summer crowds who have booked many months ago. What's happening at Disney is that the bubble is finally breaking. That's why they are rolling back some of the planning ridiculousness, because they know what is coming. It will likely help slow the...

When I saw this pop up on YouTube yesterday, that's all I could think of, as well. It's one of those things that is sad and hilarious at the same time.

I don't think it's a matter of "no one wants it" - but "who is the audience that wants it and can afford it". It's sort of the Starcruiser in that way, LOL. That's an astronomical price for something that is essentially going to appeal as a single-player gaming device. And it's tough to see...

That's what many of us have said from the very beginning. I'm in the same category - I spend thousands of dollars a year on Star Wars. For what this less-than-48 hours experience costs, a family of 4 you could buy a life-size Darth Vader statue to enjoy for the rest of their lives, LOL. And...

Yes, but the "bright" side is - most other areas of the company (and those that make licensed Star Wars products) already ditched Sequel Trilogy stuff years ago. Completely aside from the discussion of the quality of the films, the fact is, it simply does not sell to the audiences that spend...

Of all the boondoggles in Disney history - and there certainly have been more than a few - nothing has been such a spectacular, utterly confounding, dumpster fire of an abject failure as this was. How in the H-E-you-know-what they screwed this up will a tale told for generations...what should...

To be honest, I don't even think he cares that far into it. By the time any court rules anything that matters, no matter what way any decision goes, he has already moved on and it doesn't affect him really either way. He's not going to run for governor of FL again, either. Right now he's...

I don't find this surprising, and I won't be shocked if it slowly dwindles and effectively goes away after the next one, becoming an online-only thing. Especially after the lackluster fan response to this past event. I've often wondered how much sense it was to have a full-time department...

Not to mention, it's extremely objective if that very different would be better or worse.

Well, no - I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the jurors to make their decision based solely on the law - I mean, they are going to take a legal oath pledging to do just that. That said, I don't think that argument would hold as much sway as you think it would. I mean, a single mother...

That really doesn't have anything to do with what I said, though. I never claimed that Disney wasn't a profitable business that many people give money to. Money is spent even from people who actively dislike them (on both sides of the aisle, and both high-and low-brow culture) for various...

What I am saying though - is if you really read that question - word for word, line by line, I can't find a partisan bit in it. It's almost like a 1970's journalist wrote it. We have become so used to everything politicized in every word we read, I think it may be hard to recognize a truly...

No, that would be a social-media level baiting question. I don't know how that poll question could have been more non-partisan. I was actually very impressed by that - it felt very "old school" - before everyone was asking pithy questions using buzz-words like "feud" which automatically...

Thank you - I honestly was starting to think I had changed universes or something, because in this discussion no one seems willing to acknowledge this. I keep seeing people point out the also valid observation that the conservatives are seemingly going against their traditional beliefs in...

I didn't say anything about the majority, though - I said his Republican/conservative base. That 32% isn't going to be swayed away from him now, no matter what - particularly as so many of them already have issues with Disney to begin with.