News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions

[Model3 McQueen]

There's a problem with that Rotten Tomatoes score...

Rotten Tomatoes had 193k users vote and it wound up with a score of 47.​

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IMDB had 377k users vote and it wound up with a score of 73.​

So... which is right? They're wildly different scores, are they not? Perhaps the one with the most votes is more valid? Or maybe not. Who knows, because self-selecting voting on an internet poll is not a scientific sampling and very often gives skewed results.

So, was there any scientific sampling of those who saw the movie? Yes. Yes there was. A lot.

CinemaScore, which does polling to come up with an industry guess as to how well the Box Office will do based on opening week numbers, gave it an A from viewer polling.​

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ComScore PostTrak, similar to CinemaScore, found that 68% of the audience thought it was excellent. And another 21% "very good."​

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SurveyMonkey polled people nationwide after the opening weekend and of those who saw it, 89% said the loved or like it.​

So, the self-selecting RT user score is out of line with IMDB's score and all the scientific polling.

But that's not only way to show the RT user score is an outlier...

The Box Office take puts the drop off from Ep 7 to Ep 8 in between the percentage drop of Ep 4 to Ep 5 and Ep 1 to Ep 2. And yes, China didn't want to have anything to do with it, but they were cool to SW anyway and they are the one outlier... compared to the whole world.​

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And then there's all the critics' scores which, when aggregated, wind up in the 80%-ish range... just like the IMDB score and all the scientific polls.​

So, when there's some hot-head in a nerd-rage in a YouTube video dropping F-Bombs, know that you can find also find hundreds of positive reviews from the 92% of RT aggregated critics who recommended it.

[This isn't an argument the movie was perfect. This is an argument against the implicit argument that "most people hated it" based on the RT score and the loudness of those who didn't like it.]

Tables, for fun...

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Every time I hear poll this and poll that I akin it to the many polls who pinned Hillary Clinton as our next president. I mainly posted the RT thing for Box Office revenue numbers. Take it as you will, 600 million is still highly successful, but it didn't pull in the same numbers as TFA. No argument there.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Every time I hear poll this and poll that I akin it to the many polls who pinned Hillary Clinton as our next president. I mainly posted the RT thing for Box Office revenue numbers. Take it as you will, 600 million is still highly successful, but it didn't pull in the same numbers as TFA. No argument there.

This past US election is not a good case to throw one's hands up regarding polls. Those polls got the popular vote right. And there were wonky reasons the EC votes of a handful of states were off. And with winner-take-all EC votes in a close election, just being slightly off can have huge implications.

And as mentioned, the drop off of BO of TLJ from TFA was to be expected. It was less than the drop off from The Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones percentage-wise.

 

[mickEblu]

IVe seen TLJ once when it came out And my biggest critique is that the Finn and new Asian girl story arc was boring and a waste of time. Like zzzzzzz. Overall it was ok but not as fun as Force Awakens. I liked the Rey/ Kylo story arc a lot. I’m indifferent/ slightly disappointed with the direction they took Luke.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

This past US election is not a good case to throw one's hands up regarding polls. Those polls got the popular vote right. And there were wonky reasons the EC votes of a handful of states were off. And with winner-take-all EC votes in a close election, just being slightly off can have huge implications.

And as mentioned, the drop off of BO of TLJ from TFA was to be expected. It was less than the drop off from The Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones percentage-wise.

This past election is a great case. Those "popular vote" polls were constantly noted by the media when they cited Hillary was going to win. Spin it anyway you want.

Your second point is easy to explain. The public thought Jar Jar Binks was going to have another major role in the second movie TFA did very well, the Phantom Menace did not. That attributes to the anticipation of the next movie.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Came across this early review of Solo and it is very positive

https://io9.gizmodo.com/solo-is-a-damn-fine-star-wars-story-1825971193


Let me be clear: Solo has flaws. But those flaws pale in comparison to the rest of it. This may not be your favorite Star Wars movie, and it definitely won’t change what you think Star Wars can be. It will, however, remind you of everything you love about it and, hopefully, have you grinning like Han the first time he jumps to hyperspace.

 

[Phroobar]

Your second point is easy to explain. The public thought Jar Jar Binks was going to have another major role in the second movie TFA did very well, the Phantom Menace did not. That attributes to the anticipation of the next movie.

Actually back in 1999, the Phantom Menace was the top grossing movie of all time.

 

[Phroobar]

I'm totally looking forward to Solo. I love the anthology movie concept. I would love to see new stories that have nothing to do the Skywalkers. It is what will keep the franchise fresh. I can't wait for the new TV shows too.

 

[TROR]

I'm totally looking forward to Solo. I love the anthology movie concept. I would love to see new stories that have nothing to do the Skywalkers. It is what will keep the franchise fresh. I can't wait for the new TV shows too.

I could not feel the more opposite tbh. I see no value in any of these stories being told.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Actually back in 1999, the Phantom Menace was the top grossing movie of all time.

1.027 billion!?!? For that steaming pile of movie!?!? What a world.

 

[TROR]

I like The Phantom Menace. It's the best prequel.

 

[PB Watermelon]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs once held the title of highest-grossing film of all time. In the 80's, as part of the marketing push for the 50th anniversary, Disney promoted it as the most popular movie of all time due to tickets sold over decades versus non-inflation-adjusted dollars earned. I think that still holds up in a sense, everybody's seen Snow White, and will continue to line up. San Antonio is holding a special theatrical screening for Snow White in a few weeks, I'm going. Should be fun.

 

[TragicMike]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs once held the title of highest-grossing film of all time. In the 80's, as part of the marketing push for the 50th anniversary, Disney promoted it as the most popular movie of all time due to tickets sold over decades versus non-inflation-adjusted dollars earned. I think that still holds up in a sense, everybody's seen Snow White, and will continue to line up. San Antonio is holding a special theatrical screening for Snow White in a few weeks, I'm going. Should be fun.

Isn't Gone with the Wind the highest grossing movie of all time when adjusted for inflation?

 

[TROR]

Isn't Gone with the Wind the highest grossing movie of all time when adjusted for inflation?

Yes. And rightly so.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Random thought but Disney owns a part of Batman now right? When do we get a Gotham city? I can picture the two E-tickets now..

On second thought, it probably wouldn't be a safe place to visit..

-you are on a shuttle when you find yourself in the middle of a battle between Batman and the Joker.. reminiscent of this scene


-The second attraction is a Tumbler simulator.

 

[Professortango1]

Random thought but Disney owns a part of Batman now right? When do we get a Gotham city? I can picture the two E-tickets now..

On second thought, it probably wouldn't be a safe place to visit..

-you are on a shuttle when you find yourself in the middle of a battle between Batman and the Joker.. reminiscent of this scene


-The second attraction is a Tumbler simulator.

There was going to be a Batman themed area to Islands of Adventure back when it was being planned. A Batmobile chase ride and a glider attraction.

 

[Rich T]

Random thought but Disney owns a part of Batman now right? When do we get a Gotham city? I can picture the two E-tickets now..

On second thought, it probably wouldn't be a safe place to visit..

-you are on a shuttle when you find yourself in the middle of a battle between Batman and the Joker.. reminiscent of this scene


-The second attraction is a Tumbler simulator.

LOL. Okay... NO. Or whatever. At this point, I've pretty much accepted the fact that Disney isn't Disney anymore, and their once-optimistic, uncynical, imaginative, play-to-people's-best-impulses outlook has been locked up in some dusty basement of less-profitable has-been approaches... but the day Disney has a Joker walking around in their parks posing with babies and laughing about the thousands of characters he's murdered and tortured... Oh, wait... we are probably getting Kylo Ren and Loki, aren't we...

Taxi!

 

[TragicMike]

I'm sure Walt would've loved a city like Gotham added to his park. To add on to the immersion cast members could dress up as street thugs and rob guests of their wallets while wandering through the city. On second thought pretty sure Chapek would love that, sounds like a great idea actually.

 

[Phroobar]

I'm sure Walt would've loved a city like Gotham added to his park. To add on to the immersion cast members could dress up as street thugs and rob guests of their wallets while wandering through the city. On second thought pretty sure Chapek would love that, sounds like a great idea actually.

Why do they need to dress up as street thugs? Cast members do that now.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

There was going to be a Batman themed area to Islands of Adventure back when it was being planned. A Batmobile chase ride and a glider attraction.

http://themeparkuniversity.com/universal/islands-adventure-never-part-1-bat-wing/

I like the thought they put into it! Not a fan of the old cartoony styles, but of Nolan's masterpieces. Guess that wouldn't work for a family theme park huh hahaha.

LOL. Okay... NO. Or whatever. At this point, I've pretty much accepted the fact that Disney isn't Disney anymore, and their once-optimistic, uncynical, imaginative, play-to-people's-best-impulses outlook has been locked up in some dusty basement of less-profitable has-been approaches... but the day Disney has a Joker walking around in their parks posing with babies and laughing about the thousands of characters he's murdered and tortured... Oh, wait... we are probably getting Kylo Ren and Loki, aren't we...

Taxi!

I have a soft spot for Nolan and what he did to Batman. I would want that, not the older Batman films as I never grew up with them.

What about a Dark Knight stunt show? A Joker, Bane, or Scarecrow meet and greet?? On second thought.. maybe not a good idea

I'm sure Walt would've loved a city like Gotham added to his park. To add on to the immersion cast members could dress up as street thugs and rob guests of their wallets while wandering through the city. On second thought pretty sure Chapek would love that, sounds like a great idea actually.

Dude come on. This sounds like something I would say.. and you give me a hard time when I post something like this??

 

[TragicMike]

Dude come on. This sounds like something I would say.. and you give me a hard time when I post something like this??

Come back to me when this actually becomes a reality and I'm still complaining about it a year later brogurt.