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Boyega crying about color

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nush

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DeepBreath87 said:
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.
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or maybe it was Disney creating and hyping characters that are not in the movies much just to sell merch.
 
Ionian

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"He also spoke about hair stylists who had no experience of working with hair like his but "still had the guts to pretend". "

Wow, I feel so sorry for him.
 
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?
 
DeepBreath87

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Darko said:
Did that market like black panther?
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Really? Did China like Black Panther?
supchina.com

'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
qz.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 qz.com
 
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.
 
nush

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DeepBreath87 said:
Really? Did China like Black Panther?
supchina.com

'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
qz.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 qz.com
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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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nush said:
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.
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Really? Is this agenda driven? This is China’s equivalent of IMDB:
m.douban.com

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 m.douban.com
 
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.
 
nush

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DeepBreath87 said:
Really? Is this agenda driven? This is China’s equivalent of IMDB:
m.douban.com

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 m.douban.com
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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.
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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.
 
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.
 
Jezbollah

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I dunno. I feel Finn as a character got a whole lot less important from the end of TFA onwards.

Apart from that, this outburst may have some points, but I really think he's cutting his nose to spite his face when it comes to any future career opportunities.
 
nush

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Nymphae said:
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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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.
 
DarkestHour

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nush said:
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.
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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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DarkestHour said:
I think the Chinese are just acknowledging these movies are shit.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
Stitch

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Nymphae said:
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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the poster with the mask was for hong kong for some reason. mainland china had the normal one (+ some others)
 
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