[Movie] Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

[Asrialol]

I really enjoyed The Last Jedi. Don't care much for the earlier films (Episode 4, 5 and so on). Quite dull movies.

[prwraith]

It was a legitimately bad movie. I don't know why we're stretching so far to find reasons it might not be a bad movie after all.

Hell all of the new star wars movies are legitimately bad by comparison. even stacked up against Babylon 5's direct to video movies, they're pretty shit by comparison for actual plot and story progression.

[Goldielocks]

I'm not even sure who I can take seriously anymore to, you know, report the news objectively like they're supposed to be doing.

It's not just that. Even with this false inflated scope of tweets directed at Johnson, the study concluded that less than 1 out of 10 were bots. So, not only was the concept blown out of proportion but so was the data. That didn't stop sites that shill heavily for TLJ to turn this into propaganda. The intended effect wasn't to demonize Russia. It was to invalidate those who disliked TLJ.

[Shibito]

#1 Blueray of 2018, TLJ beating Thor Ragnorok and Black Panther.


https://www.the-numbers.com/home-mar...ray-sales/2018


So many people must like paying extra money for things they hate.

People buy bluerays these days?

[Shadowferal]

The idea that people would sooner believe there's some grand conspiracy by the Russians to sabotage a Star Wars movie than they would people just not liking it is utterly insane.

That smells like Occam's Razor...*sniffs* Something very like it...
I think you should apologize, at once!

[ohwell]

#1 Blueray of 2018, TLJ beating Thor Ragnorok and Black Panther.


https://www.the-numbers.com/home-mar...ray-sales/2018


So many people must like paying extra money for things they hate.

I bought it because I didn't want to see it in theaters and it was on sale pretty much for less than what the movie ticket would have been. Blueray sales are not an indicator of it being good. Mind you, I don't think it was as terrible as people say, but it wasn't good.

[Goldielocks]

#1 Blueray of 2018, TLJ beating Thor Ragnorok and Black Panther.


https://www.the-numbers.com/home-mar...ray-sales/2018


So many people must like paying extra money for things they hate.

Could have sworn I saw media buzzing about BP passing it a few weeks ago. Here's what I found:

https://www.the-numbers.com/home-mar...dia-sales/2018

Also, this was updated mid september. If you look at the TFA blu ray sales this far after the release of TFA, you'll see it sold a lot better than TLJ. Not sure what your point is.

[Malikath]

People buy bluerays these days?

not really, but stores need to to stock shelves.

[Goldielocks]

Point is if so many people hated it, they wouldn't be buying enough of it to even break the top 10.

But so many people do hate it, just as so many people like it. That’s what happens when you’re the biggest IP in the world.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I had to google that to even figure out wtf you were on about. No I'm not a men's rights activist. I believe in true equality, not the modern, radical perversion of it that TLJ supports. Go on, call me alt-right, I know you want to.

Just so you know, you discredit yourself by applying baseless labels to people in an attempt discredit them.

what radical view of equality does TLJ support that both men and women can screw up?

[Elim Garak]

Oh got it, so journalists, real journalists, are not highly-skilled. Got it. I think you've confused Random Opinion Blogger #34561 with what a journalist is.

Journalism is not a high-skilled job. Period.

You have no idea of what you speak yet think you know Reuters so well. But please, continue to live your life thinking youtubers are as reliable a news source as any. I'm sure that will work out great for you. If you need discounts on bulk tin foil purchases, let me know and I'll see if I can help you out.

"As reliable" doesn't mean "reliable". Duh. Speaking about skill in journalism must be funny now.

[tyrlaan]

Journalism is not a high-skilled job. Period.

"As reliable" doesn't mean "reliable". Duh. Speaking about skill in journalism must be funny now.

You should go apply to Reuters then.

[Elim Garak]

You should go apply to Reuters then.

That would be a waste of my skills

[Super Kami Dende]

Shocked. I'm shocked I tell you.

Half of Last Jedi Haters were Bots, Trolls, Activists

“Overall, 50.9 percent of those tweeting negatively was likely politically motivated or not even human,”

Notice both those very key Words. It was a minority of that 50% that were even considered "bots" Less than 10% and the fact they said "likely" Politically motivated means they assume it was without actually having proof and by using tired Stereotypes of what "politically motivated" movie reviews even are.

It's a pretty laughable joke to even take those numbers seriously AND the absolute massive amount of Negative tweets there were, they are still saying just under 50% were legitimate Negative tweets lmao.

Meaning removing the percentage of Bots, the Majority of Negative reviews/responses to the movie were from people that weren't considered Bots or "political".

Fucking hilarious.

[Goldielocks]

“Overall, 50.9 percent of those tweeting negatively was likely politically motivated or not even human,”

Notice both those very key Words. It was a minority of that 50% that were even considered "bots" Less than 10% and the fact they said "likely" Politically motivated means they assume it was without actually having proof and by using tired Stereotypes of what "politically motivated" movie reviews even are.

It's a pretty laughable joke to even take those numbers seriously AND the absolute massive amount of Negative tweets there were, they are still saying just under 50% were legitimate Negative tweets lmao.

Meaning removing the percentage of Bots, the Majority of Negative reviews/responses to the movie were from people that weren't considered Bots or "political".

Fucking hilarious.

This is what happens when TLJ shills move goalposts. The point of the study wasn't to invalidate the amount of people not happy with TLJ. It was to bring to light and criticize some Russian scheme, which had nothing to do with this fanbase civil war.

Most people jumped on this like it actually has significance to most of us. It doesn't lmao

[tyrlaan]

Uhm, no. Bullshit misleading clickbait title is bullshit. In a sample (and it's important to note that the article does NOT say the sample was random or scientific) of tweets sent TO THE DIRECTOR, many were found to be bots or trolls. That does NOT mean that half of all people who expressed distaste for the movie on any medium were trolls/bots/etc. The article is sentationlism for the sake of a pat on the head by Disney.

And no, I don't "hate" TLJ. I wasn't fond of it, largely because it was bland, poorly acted, and several scenes/plot points were beyond contrived (Admiral "this pilot started a mutiny against me shortly after getting an entire squadron killed but it's COOL, cuz I like him!" comes to mind). But I can't muster enough personal investment to really hate any movie or its creators. It's just entertainment, like or dislike it without taking it so bloody personally.

Aye, Shadowferal discounted it a bit ago.

Agree with your mentality though. It's weird to me that people get so insanely angry at people involved in a movie like they do. Especially the actors.

That would be a waste of my skills

If you mean because you've trained to be something that isn't a journalist, you're probably right.

If it's because you're doubling down on the notion that journalism is a low-skill job, well then... honestly, we were done here after your first wild claim anyway, so toodles.

I did, and was accepted (as an intern). But was quickly warned against their culture by a few friends who had also interned there and took a political internship instead. Ended up being the much better choice--journalism in the modern age is all about clickbait for ad revenue, with only a few journalists of genuine integrity remaining.

I'm curious what kind of warnings you got tbh. Working there, I never saw anything that would steer someone away. (Though maybe you should talk to Elim instead since he knows how Reuters works so well).

[Martymark]

I thought it was a terrible movie that desecrated the ones that came before. Am I a replicant?

[SealMemeSix]

what radical view of equality does TLJ support that both men and women can screw up?

That's not the view of TLJ. Literally everything that goes wrong is from the decision of a hot headed man. The hot headed pilot fucks everything up by going off on his own. Flynn fucks up by trying to suicide into that cannon. Meanwhile the purple haired feminist general has a cool headed plan all along and performs a heroic sacrifice that saves the rebellion. Fat asian bitch T bones Flynn at 200 mph to win the war through love or some shit, and whatever the mc's name is apparently is a jedi now because she can move some rocks while not progressing as a character at all through the whole movie.

Idk, been a year since I saw that shitstorm. Either you or the megaman fanboy is gonna reply and I won't reply back because this shit is irrelevant. No matter how offended you are that people saw through the agenda pushing, it is still there. Deal with it. Peace.

[Kaleredar]

It's a pretty laughable joke to even take those numbers seriously AND the absolute massive amount of Negative tweets there were, they are still saying just under 50% were legitimate Negative tweets lmao.

Actually looking into the study, the "ABSOLUTE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE TWEETS" you prescribe was found to be... 206... from a sample of size of over 950.

So your "massive amount of negative tweets" amounted to about 21% of total tweets.

[Super Kami Dende]

Actually looking into the study, the "ABSOLUTE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE TWEETS" you prescribe was found to be... 206... from a sample of size of over 950.

So your "massive amount of negative tweets" amounted to about 21%, the remainder being positive.

A "sample" yes, Ever heard of extrapolating Data? . I also didn't compare it to positive tweets, I compared it to so called "illegitimate" negative tweets.