And this is where I honestly think most of the fandom is, it’s only a really small percentage that has any angry vitriol toward Kennedy herself. Which is why I don’t think really many care if she is attached or not, they only care if it’s good.
She is so intertwined with all the recent failures I’m not sure most people will ever be able to disassociate her from bad Star Wars.
That was me. 100%
She was never a talent agent though…she was a very effective lieutenant.
Someone should decide to make something good then
Easier said than done. It’s not like they intentionally go out of their way to make something that many fans don’t like.
variety.com
I think they backed themselves into a corner
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Maybe, but I don't see a reason why anything new can't work.... It just takes a willing creative team (something I think they're trying) and a willing fan base (something that is iffy right now).
It was painful. My mom wanted to go see it with me. Then my family wanted see it.
You have to follow the conversation back. I'm not saying that at all. The point was, I was told if Disney released a star wars movie this weekend on par with the OT, no one would really care it was Kennedy. So I said, and Disney could make a new original IP dark ride. Meaning, fat chance. Sure it could happen, but the odds are it won't. It's like when someone says something to you, and then you say, yea and I could win million dollars.
And that's my problem with her. I don't believe she understands the brand or how to run a franchise. I take nothing away from her career. First ballet hall of fame as a producer. But just because Michael Jordan was the best player in history, doesn't mean he can coach the team.
Agreed. But you don't have to have vitriol and hate to say, yea I haven't been a fan of her work, I'm going to sit this one out. My stance is well documented. Just because I think she's wrong for star wars doesn't mean I have all this anger and vitriol for her. Sure I've lost a lot of respect for her personally with how she's treated the original fans and how she's let lucasfilm run amuck all over social media. But I don't hate her.
Yup. So why bother? Just start fresh. It just makes the most sense in my opinion.
Exactly. Would anyone really take a new Joel Schumacher Batman seriously?
Its one thing to say you're not a fan of her work, which I can understand, its another to say that people won't show up just at the mere sight of her name on screen. That is hatred, that is vitriol.
I would…it would be quite a feat
Oh come on now. This is a bad take even for you. If what you took away from what I said is hatred and vitriol, your agenda is clear. You are more than misrepresenting what I said. But I think you know that. I really hope you're getting paid from lucasfilm because otherwise wow.
You're misunderstanding my point, I'm not speaking about you specifically, just speaking in generality.
But that's just it, of course they can. So if you go to a restaurant and order something, and you don't like it, do you never go back? Maybe. You might just go back and order something different. Once you've determined you don't like the chefs style, odds are you'll never go back. You might be willing to try again if there's a new chef. And there's probably very little chance of you going if they open a new restaurant from the same chef. Hate and vitriol is not seeing the chefs name on the sign and saying, nope, I'm not eating there. That's just a normal acceptable behavior to have.
It was ment to be a bad take because of your wording. Your post reads as a total knock on me because of what I said and my opinion. If it wasn't, I apologize.
Your analogy doesn't work here as she isn't the chef. She would be like the manager of the restaurant in this case. So that would be like avoiding going to all restaurants that just happen to have been managed by the same person in the past just because their name happens to be listed as associated restaurant (even if they aren't even with the company anymore) when you've never stepped foot inside or tried the food. If that is normal acceptable behavior (and I don't believe it is), then I'm sorry to say we're lost as a fandom and there might never be anything that can be done to get it back.
Hate and vitriol doesn't have to be verbal, it can be done in silence out in public but flaming online.
It wasn't meant to be a knock against you. "You're" in my post was meant as a royal "you're" and not specifically you. And while I disagree with your opinion I don't think you have hate.
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