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Boyega crying about color
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DeepBreath87
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Maybe it had something to do with him not testing well in a particularly large foreign market. One that Disney has a history of catering to.
Darko
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Did that market like black panther?
nush
Member
or maybe it was Disney creating and hyping characters that are not in the movies much just to sell merch.
nush
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They did.
GeorgPrime
Banned
A victim of feminism. Time to attack the females.
FreedomOfSpeech
Banned
It's really the age of race whining
Green Saber
Member
Imagine acting like you are some how being oppressed while being a millionaire, I mean has he considered that maybe his problem is that he is just a shit actor.
TheInfamousKira
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Boyega sat in a dimly lit five star hotel room, sunlight peaking through the drawn curtains, a purse painted across his lips as he stated, "I just don't get why this [woke ass false progressive, sic] studio had me star in a movie that had a white chick in 110 minutes of a 120 minute runtime, and then failed to promote me. I had a lightsaber!" He clenches a fist, knuckles turning a shade close to white, but not quite, because I'm an ally. He continues, "And they didn't even give me my entire harem of inner-city salon workers with sass,"
Can I write exposé articles? Please?
Can I write exposé articles? Please?
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
It crossed $100 mill in 2 weeks there. Which is about average for successful american blockbusters there.
Film News Roundup: ‘Black Panther’ Hits $100 Million at Chinese Box Office
Disney-Marvel's blockbuster "Black Panther" has crossed the $100 million milestone in China after two weeks of release.
variety.com
DeepBreath87
Banned
Really? Did China like Black Panther?
'Black Panther' struggles at Chinese box office, but not because of its 'blackness' | Entertainment News | The China Project
Black Panther may be the biggest blockbuster in 2018, but that doesn’t mean that audiences in China feel the same way about the superhero movie as their North American counterparts. While the Ryan Cooler-directed film has continued to hit important milestones at the box office — it has dominated...
supchina.com
“A torture for the eyes”: Chinese moviegoers think Black Panther is just too black
Online reviews hint at subtle racism and discomfort with the all-black cast.
qz.com
quickwhips
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Wasn’t he talking shit to fans during filming?
SirKicksalot
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He was amazing in Attack the Block so I looked forward to his Star Wars role.
They had him whooping and hollering 10 minutes into the movie as he turned into a completely different character. Then they made him the janitor, not a regular stormtrooper. It was neat when he picked up the lightsaber but that went nowhere.
A complete waste of a good actor and excellent character premise.
They had him whooping and hollering 10 minutes into the movie as he turned into a completely different character. Then they made him the janitor, not a regular stormtrooper. It was neat when he picked up the lightsaber but that went nowhere.
A complete waste of a good actor and excellent character premise.
nush
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Really? Did China like Black Panther?
'Black Panther' struggles at Chinese box office, but not because of its 'blackness' | Entertainment News | The China Project
Black Panther may be the biggest blockbuster in 2018, but that doesn’t mean that audiences in China feel the same way about the superhero movie as their North American counterparts. While the Ryan Cooler-directed film has continued to hit important milestones at the box office — it has dominated...supchina.com“A torture for the eyes”: Chinese moviegoers think Black Panther is just too black
Online reviews hint at subtle racism and discomfort with the all-black cast.
and that's why my first comment didn't mention agenda articles. I knew what links were coming, and right on queue they arrived.. You could probably pick through Youtube comments of the trailer in English and pull the same examples.
DeepBreath87
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Really? Is this agenda driven? This is China’s equivalent of IMDB:
黑豹 Black Panther
位于非洲的神秘国家瓦坎达，凭借来自宇宙的振金而成为科技极度发达的国家，不过他们长久封闭，始终对外界保守这个秘密。在前国王死于联合国爆炸袭击后，特查拉王子（查德维克·博斯曼 Chadwick Bosem...
m.douban.com
MilkyJoe
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I'd agree if he wasn't such a cunt to people during the backlash to the last shitpile
The Hamburglar
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He’s moaning his character was a useless fart despite being a main character. He was completely irrelevant to the plot but had to be used as he was a main character.
Han Solo was completely irrelevant to the plot of return of a Jedi despite being a main well liked character.
It was just a shit, badly written part. If he wants to cry about it that’s fine but had nothing to do with his colour.
Han Solo was completely irrelevant to the plot of return of a Jedi despite being a main well liked character.
It was just a shit, badly written part. If he wants to cry about it that’s fine but had nothing to do with his colour.
nush
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Really? Is this agenda driven? This is China’s equivalent of IMDB:
黑豹 Black Panther
位于非洲的神秘国家瓦坎达，凭借来自宇宙的振金而成为科技极度发达的国家，不过他们长久封闭，始终对外界保守这个秘密。在前国王死于联合国爆炸袭击后，特查拉王子（查德维克·博斯曼 Chadwick Bosem...
Once it's been pulled and translated for a western reader it is.
Now, have a little thought, don't think in binary terms and wait before hitting that "Post Reply button".
Black Panther is not massively off the mark for the average review score for a new superhero movie.
RavageX
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For me, some of the things he has said as far as experiences he has had I find very relatable.
Same sort of stuff you hear from other groups, "So and so shouldn't be in this movie because they arent this/that."
I don't know about other comments and things, but a few I have read make sense.
As far as star wars, haven't liked any of the new ones.
Same sort of stuff you hear from other groups, "So and so shouldn't be in this movie because they arent this/that."
I don't know about other comments and things, but a few I have read make sense.
As far as star wars, haven't liked any of the new ones.
Werewolf Jones
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He's not telling lies though. Sure it's career suicide but better to be honest than being used as a puppet for the woke machine. His character had the most potential and instead they just turned him into a Chris Tucker in space side kick.
Nymphae
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They don't like black people, look at how they altered the poster lol. They didn't even want to see the black of his eyelids, I'm surprised they even left the small bit below his eyes remain visible
nush
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They don't like black people, look at how they altered the poster lol. They didn't even want to see the black of his eyelids, I'm surprised they even left the small bit below his eyes remain visible
So how does this poster exist, or the one on Douban I screencapped? This is the poster I saw everywhere.
Newly Vacant
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Eh, I agree with Boyega in part, but it’s very hard to feel bad for famous people with a lot of money. A lot of actors are wasted in the roles they play, or their characters are poorly used. It doesn’t have to be racism if the scriptwriter and director don’t emphasize a character in a movie.
Nymphae
Banned
Photoshop?
DarkestHour
Banned
Once it's been pulled and translated for a western reader it is.
Now, have a little thought, don't think in binary terms and wait before hitting that "Post Reply button".
Black Panther is not massively off the mark for the average review score for a new superhero movie.
I think the Chinese are just acknowledging these movies are shit. They're mediocre at best and there's way too many of them.
nush
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It's a good guess, but it's not quite right.
nush
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Chinese fucking love them. Opening night that was days before most of the world was hype. If you were Chines when it came to dodging spoilers, you wouldnt have to.
Jooxed
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John Boyega says non-white actors 'pushed to the side' in Star Wars by Disney
"What I would say to Disney is do not bring out a black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side," he told GQ. "What do you want me to say?" Boyega continued. "What they want you to say is, 'I enjoyed being a part of...
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Whataborman
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Doesn't Boyega basically cry about everything?
Sounds like a guy who thought he was signing up for superstardom via Star Wars, only to realize that the last three movies were dogshit and almost universally hated by fans, in part because of their SJW leanings. You'd think he'd be smart enough to not double down on that.
Sounds like a guy who thought he was signing up for superstardom via Star Wars, only to realize that the last three movies were dogshit and almost universally hated by fans, in part because of their SJW leanings. You'd think he'd be smart enough to not double down on that.
Valonquar
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I'm not sure that scoring below fucking Captian Marvel counts as a win lol.
John is trying to complain about being marginalized, but honestly it's more that the writers at the table tried so hard to shoehorn in so much wokeness that they couldn't make a cohesive plot with any relateable character development.
John is trying to complain about being marginalized, but honestly it's more that the writers at the table tried so hard to shoehorn in so much wokeness that they couldn't make a cohesive plot with any relateable character development.
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Scotty W
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Now that I think about it a bit more, I can kind of see his perspective.
Having a Stormtrooper turn was a brilliant idea was a flat put brilliant idea, honestly. But a great idea is not worth much without a decent execution.
When you first see him and he kills the other stormtrooper, without conscience, that is a monumental mistake. They glid over 3 films of character development in 20 seconds.
Maybe that is the point though- the Empire is a cipher for the “alt-right”. You can’t have people with a conflicted conscience about that. And just like that, all character analysis is ruled out from the outset. He never had a chance. The Woke ideology does not allow conflicted and complex psychologies, because their psychology serves their morality, which is black and white.
Having a Stormtrooper turn was a brilliant idea was a flat put brilliant idea, honestly. But a great idea is not worth much without a decent execution.
When you first see him and he kills the other stormtrooper, without conscience, that is a monumental mistake. They glid over 3 films of character development in 20 seconds.
Maybe that is the point though- the Empire is a cipher for the “alt-right”. You can’t have people with a conflicted conscience about that. And just like that, all character analysis is ruled out from the outset. He never had a chance. The Woke ideology does not allow conflicted and complex psychologies, because their psychology serves their morality, which is black and white.
Stitch
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the poster with the mask was for hong kong for some reason. mainland china had the normal one (+ some others)They don't like black people, look at how they altered the poster lol. They didn't even want to see the black of his eyelids, I'm surprised they even left the small bit below his eyes remain visible
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