Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Post-release)
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Uhhh, no thanks. A quick scan of that article and it appears to be about Ruin--I'd rather not throw up in me Lucky Charms.
If authentic... brilliant!
If you're famous some people are going to like you, some are going to hate you. Even a 99% approval, that's 1% who don't.
Also, crazies exist. Even Mr. Rogers got hate mail from people who didn't like his show. So did Sesame Street. Most of us realize this by the age of 10.
And Most celebs (USED TO BE) adult enough to deal with this in a healthy way. Confronting the crazies is not healthy. It's stupid.
And blaming the masses for the few crazies: that's for people who hate money and popularity and want it to go away.
Also, crazies exist. Even Mr. Rogers got hate mail from people who didn't like his show. So did Sesame Street. Most of us realize this by the age of 10.
And Most celebs (USED TO BE) adult enough to deal with this in a healthy way. Confronting the crazies is not healthy. It's stupid.
And blaming the masses for the few crazies: that's for people who hate money and popularity and want it to go away.
ObiWan_Knievil
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Interesting last paragraph from an article that showed up in my Google feed:
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Axlotl
Master Member
I have zero problems with feminism in Star Wars.*
Heck - Princess Leia is a feminist ICON.
I was excited that Rey was going to be the new hero...
I just want a good story that respects my childhood heroes and understands the source material.
That's why I hate TLJ. It's just the most disrespectful, stupidly written thing I've ever seen.
* Feminism done right. The kind I grew up with in the '70s. The kind that empowered women without resorting to emasculating men.
Heck - Princess Leia is a feminist ICON.
I was excited that Rey was going to be the new hero...
I just want a good story that respects my childhood heroes and understands the source material.
That's why I hate TLJ. It's just the most disrespectful, stupidly written thing I've ever seen.
* Feminism done right. The kind I grew up with in the '70s. The kind that empowered women without resorting to emasculating men.
kristen jones
Master Member
I will say this for R.J..... he didn't allow them to move the goal posts on the Kelly Marie topic
You may not like him or his work, or what he's done with Star Wars, but even you should applaud him for sticking up for the actress, and for being unafraid to call it like it is.
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This I agree with 100%.
My empowerment should not require the taking of anything from a man's masculinity.
Axlotl
Master Member
I don't understand this sentence. Can you clarify, please?
kalkamel
Master Member
He doesn't really have a choice, in my opinion. Those actors had to work with the material HE gave them, and which created the toxicity. All the blame fall squarely on him and his boss who approved it, not the actors.
Axlotl
Master Member
Yah, nice of him to rush to her rescue after throwing her under the bus.
Snikt
Sr Member
So why does she have to quit social media all together? Cant she just block them or delete their comments? Im not big into social media, so Im not too familiar with how you block people etc. Seems kind of dramatic to quit just cause a couple of brain dead idiots. Its like letting the terrorists win. And like some of you have said, its Ruin Johnsons fault, not the actors. She just wanted a damn job in a Star Wars movie, which, before TLJ would have been a dream. Now...maybe not so much...
A lot of famous people avoid social media. Some even avoid the internet altogether. It's not healthy to read too much criticism of you. Especially in a job that requires confidence. Many of the social media accounts you do see are actually run by someone else on their behalf.
Snikt
Sr Member
True, while I do agree with that, a lot of times actors get roles because of how many social media followers they have. Hopefully by her quitting, she doesnt get passed up for future roles.
Cappy
Active Member
Axlotl. Sorry. That was in relation to this part of your statement. (The first sentence)
"I just want a good story that respects my childhood heroes and understands the source material.
That's why I hate TLJ. It's just the most disrespectful, stupidly written thing I've ever seen."
"I just want a good story that respects my childhood heroes and understands the source material.
That's why I hate TLJ. It's just the most disrespectful, stupidly written thing I've ever seen."
cboath
Master Member
The difference is MASSIVE however.
Mr Rodgers hate mail, or anyone else's hate mail was the topic of national/international conversation/debate a grand total of what? 0 times in his life. Probably no more than acknowledging it existed.
Today, with the morons of the internet, it's blasted out to everyone on the planet where more and more morons pile on to the point it generates news articles and becomes actual news. Hell, you cannot filter it out of your life today whereas you very much could in the days of Mr Rodgers. Hire someone to go through the mail, save it all just in case, but the star never has to see it or deal with it. Today, sure, you can not look at it, but your friends will mention it to you, or photographers looking for a reaction, interviewers, etc. You can't avoid it completely.
Frankly, one of the smartest moves i've seen by an online site is MSN when they ditched comments on articles. It's completely unnecessary and feeds the problem.
And i'm sorry, but much like in school, when a couple people couldn't stop abusing a privileged, everyone lost it. I'm not saying shut down the internet, but maybe shutdown pointless comment sections and public crap
And this is just one of the many reasons I love Mark Hamill so much!~
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