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The bigots and the backward don't win in America. Looking at you, disaffected right-wing yahoos.

Posted by: DTXbro (a.k.a SenJohnBlutarsky) on May 25, 13:40 in response to mantleclinic's post So, the Soylo soycott is working! And we'll do the same...

America has faced successive waves of intolerance and ignorance before, often related to religion, immigration, or skin color -- Irish, Jews, blacks, gays, eastern Europeans, Asians, Catholics, women, Italians, Hispanics, Muslims, and others -- but the goobers don't win over the medium to long term.  This latest batch of bigots seems nothing special, its reliance on the charms, insights, integrity, and teeny-tiny fingers of Donald J. Trump notwithstanding.


America gets better, because its liberal-libertarian alliance effects progress toward reason, tolerance, science, education, and modernity (and against backwardness, superstition, intolerance, and ignorance).  America's betters have been shoving progress down the throats of its disaffected lessers for generations.  This seems destined to continue as America improves.

Early DL Projections: SWAR2 $80-90m 3-Day, $105-115m 4-Day. Figures not from Disney. RollingThunder May 25, 11:10

Before 11 AM Pacific. Someone wants to start the weekend early. {nm} Antibody May 25, 11:13

"Industry estimates" in this case probably means guesses at the preview:OD ratio, not anything based on admissions so far {nm} MattW May 25, 11:17

No, the midday update is always based on early Fri admissions. {nm} Antibody May 25, 11:20

So, the Soylo soycott is working! And we'll do the same for any Obey Women Kenobi and Boba Femme films too! (jk) mantleclinic May 25, 11:42

The bigots and the backward don't win in America. Looking at you, disaffected right-wing yahoos. DTXbro May 25, 13:40

+1 {nm} STONYRN May 25, 16:05

Could be a lot of sad faces on Tuesday with that OW figure. {nm} TheTomAsta May 25, 12:06

I will be very happy. {nm} RazorHawk May 25, 12:58

+1 {nm} -JPV- May 25, 13:34

I like lots of free money too {nm} TheTomAsta May 25, 14:11

THR update: SWAR2 $80 million-$90 million 3-day / $105 million-$110 million 4-day Antibody May 25, 13:07

It looks boring. {nm} CSBD May 25, 15:46

Holy cow, what a disaster. {nm} skunkrunner May 25, 13:42

I can only hope that if it does disappoint, they'll re-think these spin-off movies. {nm} -JPV- May 25, 13:49

they paid $4 billion for Lucasfilm and have multiple trilogies and TV shows in development. Solo is not going to change anything {nm} slipping jimmy May 25, 13:55

There will be impact, but what exactly it manifests as is up in the air. {nm} notfabio May 25, 14:04

stop trying to fit the films to conform with Disney's rigorous release schedule would be a good start {nm} slipping jimmy May 25, 14:05

Re-think how to do them, maybe. But they'll keep making them because getting it right will earn them a lot a lot of money. RogerMore May 25, 14:01

i think KK and JJ rushed into the whole development process way too fast. should have taken a lot more time on all of them, but Disney don't slipping jimmy May 25, 14:05

(like, it took Marvel five years and multiple standalones just to work up to the first Avengers) {nm} slipping jimmy May 25, 14:07

But we are The House of Mouse! We can always do it faster and more profitably!! (Especially after someone else has shown us how.) {nm} The Mouse May 25, 15:11

Yeah, on paper JJ is perfect for sci-fi action soaped up with secret family histories and love triangles, but he’s more sizzle than steak. {nm} RogerMore May 25, 17:19

V: Fri $32M; 4-day $110M Antibody May 25, 13:56





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