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year for all intents and purposes flopped upon release. It underperformed domestically and it underperformed internationally not just because 14 countries around the world blocked a theatrical release altogether, although that did not help, but because it opened to middling numbers in every single territory where it did open that then leaves the question. Why did the audience suddenly abandon a beloved franchise where each of the two previous installments both crossed a billion at the box office. What went so wrong here? The real answer to that question is so painful and induces so much cognitive dissonance that Hollywood simply don’t want to hear it, but hear it they shall for in this postmortem. I will begin by going through how the entertainment media complex is trying to spin this before exploring the real issue here and finally what repercussions will.

Come Of This Scott Mendelsohn Is Technically A

writer for forbes, but very much so part of the same circle of industry writers as those working for Deadline Hollywood Variety and the Hollywood reporter. You know the ones who will do the studio’s bidding and you can totally tell from his breakdown on what went wrong here He must have started working on his defense already when Thursday preview numbers were in because already in the morning of Sunday June 19th he wrote an article titled Box office. Lightyear failed to learn the lessons of solo a Star Wars story get ready for the Chewbacca Defense for he writes Lightyear Pixar’s first full-throated global theatrical release since onward in March of 2020 opened with a mediocre 50 million over its Friday to Sunday frame and around 55 million over the Juneteenth holiday weekend, a close approximation to solo a star. Story which stumbled hard four years ago, earning 394 million on a 275 million budget, which essentially put the Kibosh on post-rise of Skywalker Future Star Wars theatricals Oh! There’s more to it than that Mr. Mendelsohn, but as we shall see he has to run cover for something else, but now having established just how badly lightyear really did and the ground for comparison.

Mendelssohn Feels The Need To First And

foremost establish what absolutely could not have been the problem. It wasn’t online controversy over a same sex kiss between two married non–white grandmothers, Jurassic World Dominion and Doctor Strange two both have non–white lesbian characters with the wonder Weiss being a major character in the former do take note of that because Mendelssohn is missing something vital here which I will get back to. But Mendelssohn is not done with establishing what the problem was not. Heaton accused Disney of castrating bus Lightyear via swapping out Tim Allen for Chris Evans. The loss of the marquee actor associated with the character may not have helped just as Kathleen Kennedy might argue that swapping Harrison Ford for Alden Ehrenreich was an issue for solo wait what so which is it did it not help the movie or did no one care because those are mutually exclusionary positions.

Only One Of Them Can Be True But

mendelssohn is not done challenging the truth with solo a star Wars story. Nobody wanted a prequel origin story action comedy based on the co–lead of an established cinematic brand featuring a different and mostly unknown actor in the role. It wasn’t Star Wars fatigue it wasn’t bad marketing and it most definitely wasn’t because online trolls spiked the Seo driven narrative for the acclaimed crowd policing a from cinema score 1. 33. The last Jedi of course never miss an opportunity to defend the last Jedi Hollywood’s ideologically pure golden calf.

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Conveniently Ignore That It Opened Within Striking Distance

of the force awakens, but finished its run with 700 million. Less conveniently. Ignore that it marks the spot where the arrow started turning downwards for Star Wars and conveniently ignored that while few wanted a solo movie in the first place, fans were walking away in droves because of the last Jedi when solo happened to be released. It was compound damage started by the ideologically driven the last Jedi which killed post riots of Skywalker movie theatricals for Star Wars. Not solo, but reality is hard to admit sometimes and that is what we see here because now that Mendelssohn has established what absolutely was not the problem.

I Can Break Down What In

his view really was and the word. Salad to come are his exact words. Two years of Disney teaching its consumers to watch its big budget temples for free or at home to own for the price of a few tickets on Disney plus is exactly the long-term problem. I warned it would be when you offer acclaimed high-quality pick star flicks at home but then offer one that while well reviewed is generally considered to be inferior and pitched more at adults in theaters families might just decide to wait until minions to rise of grove in two weeks or Thor Love and Thunder in three weeks when you make when will this be available on streaming the first big question for your big movie you’re shooting yourself in the foot theatrically so in short. According to Mendelssohn, the recent light year Bumped is that even if it’s a theatrical exclusive with no digital release date.

You Have To See It In Theaters

Audiences will wait for it to hit Disney plus, but while they wait they’ll see minions in theaters when it opens in a few weeks. If you thought that explanation was somewhat weak. You can rest assured it is because it was that is what happens when you run cover and deflect from the real issues. Let’s revisit those issues that Mendelson was so quick to dismiss as irrelevant. In an interview with Reuters published the week of the movie opening Star Chris Evans had some choice words for everyone who had an issue with the movies shall we say diverse messaging whenever you do something about representation or diversity or whatever you sure there’s always push back um I mean what would you I mean how would you counter that I suppose well.

I Mean The Real Truth Is

those people are. idiots I mean I think throughout history you can see every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up. I mean the the the American story. The human story is is one of constant social awakening and growth and that’s that’s what that’s what makes us good and then you know when that happens there’s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and and trying to hold on to what was before but those people die off like dinosaurs and so you know I think the the goal is to pay them no mind march forward and and and embrace the growth that makes us human. I would say to those people just like with buzz like you know re refurbish your idea of tradition.

You Know Understand That Its Now Its

to infinity and beyond it’s time to move forward. It’s time to accept and. look and you know enjoy all the faces that have always been there. You know what I mean they always been a part of the picture. You just tried to like paint them out so that’s also what this is about it’s about this is this is what it looks like.

This Is What Its Always Been

and yeah to infinity and beyond yes as it turned out calling fans idiots is not the best way to go about it, especially not when most people wanted Tim Allen anyway remember Boss lightyear was created around Tim Allen, and he is every bit the actor that Chris Evans is and for boss Lightyear. It is Chris Evans who comes across as the jeep Knockoff Evans does touch on something though let us now revisit that Mendelson quote I said would be important later on it wasn’t online controversy over a same-sex. Between two married non–white Grandmothers Jurassic World Dominion and Doctor Strange Ii, both have non-white lesbian characters. I said before that Mendelssohn missed something vital Let us now see what that was Mendelssohn dismissed the same sex kiss on the grounds that it wasn’t an issue in Jurassic World Dominion or Doctor Strange Ii, but unlike those two, there are two more sides to the same sex Kiss In light year. The first is the implied message.

The Movie Seeks To Convey And That

is why the movie was banned in 14 countries not the blink and you’ll miss it kiss. The kiss is incidental. The core issue in the countries where it was banned is that the movie’s narrative revolves around the lesbian couple who become pregnant and have a family, thereby rendering a father obsolete and on top of that a would-be father figure Buzz lightyear himself in. Villain when his mission threatens to remove the situation in which the couple could come together even if they had cut the kiss. The movie would still have been banned in those 14 countries for its perceived anti–father and anti–family messaging in a movie that came out on father’s day No less and this isn’t an issue in just the 14 countries where the movie was banned no even in some countries where the movie is being released.

There Are Warnings That Light Year

is an ideologically driven piece of propaganda compounding that unlike Jurassic World Dominion or Doctor Strange 2. Light year is aimed squarely at children that would be the second issue because remember I said there were two combine them and we arrive at what I submit is the real overarching problem. The perception of Disney as a producer of children’s entertainment that parents can trust there. Too long ago that parents knew that pretty much anything released under the Disney banner was appropriate for children. There was no need to quality check in advance.

Just Put On Some Disney Content In

the background, and parents could trust that their kids would be out of their hair for a while without having to worry about what they were being subjected to now. However, that perception has shifted or rather it’s been shot to hell if you’ve been watching our earlier videos. You’ll know that in conjunction with the Florida bill, This nice activist employee staged an uprising against CeO Bob Japek because he had the audacity to try to shift the company away from ideopolitical activism and back towards political neutrality. That whole incident got a lot of coverage and leaked videos of Disney creatives bragging about the not so secret agenda they were putting into children’s. Entertainment went viral? Does everyone know about this or even care? No not everyone does but many enough do know and do care that when it is combined with a movie that serves as an unwanted remake of the year 2000 series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

It Is Going To Make An Impact

and that is exactly what we see here. A significant portion of the audience that normally would have gone for a pixar movie set it out they didn’t wait for reviews or word of mouth or anything like that no they simply rejected the movie unseen so what will this mean going forwards wdw pro over that park place did an excellent breakdown which you should head on over there to read in full. But here are some highlights when the history books look back at this period of time in film light here will have. Wiped out Pixar as it is currently constituted expected originally to make more than a hundred million dollars in his domestic debut and more than a billion in its full.

Summary

Pixar‘s light year for all intents and purposes flopped upon release . Scott Mendelsohn is technically a writer for forbes, but very much so part of the same circle of industry writers as those working for Deadline Hollywood Variety and the Hollywood reporter . He must have started working on his defense already when Thursday preview numbers were in because already in the morning of Sunday June 19th he wrote an article titled Box office.& Lightyear failed to learn the lessons of solo a Star Wars story get ready for the Chewbacca Defense for he writes Lightyear Pixar’s first full-throated global theatrical release since onward in March of 2020 opened with a mediocre 50 million over its Friday to Sunday frame and around 55 million over the Juneteenth holiday weekend, a close approximation to solo a star . The real answer to that question is so painful and induces so much cognitive dissonance that Hollywood simply don’t want to hear it, but hear it they shall for in this postmortem….. Click here to read more and watch the full video