Kennedy has nothing to do with solo underperforming. Most people don't know who she is.
Disney fires James Gunn from "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
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Kennedy has nothing to do with solo underperforming. Most people don't know who she is.
True, there’s just a small cult that is completely obsessed with her. Mostly due to sexism, there might be some other reasons but it’s 99.9% sexism.
Yeah, there was just a quirkiness to the first two that very much came from James Gunn, and I just can't see anyone doing it quite the same way he did. While it could still be good or even great, there almost no way it will be the same as the first two.
That' proably true but we know the cliche that she is responsible so she works well for the metaphor, especially since Rick Berman is old news.
Jason
No. This stuff isn’t hard to google.
I cannot recall a time when pedophilia and rape "jokes" were anything other than offensive and inspiring rage.
Then the employer is in good company--meaning not caring to understand the problem--with those who seem to be more interested in the MCU junk not being interrupted than Gunn's nauseating interest / "humor", which says so much about the ever-decaying state of the culture.
The takeaway is that individuals should try to not be a festering shell of anti-social beliefs/behavior--yes, that's always been too much to ask in this society. Gunn was insulated in his community for far too long (again, it says much that pedophile / rape "humor" was just danced around without the tears and squeals usually reserved for the constructed political boogeyman of the week). Being held not to a "higher" standard, but a standard of normalcy should not be some unreasonable demand...but again, I'm not really surprised at the defense of Gunn expressed in the past few days (not meaning you, urbandefault),over the decades, I witnessed others jumping to the defense of Marge Schott, Al Campanis, Harry Reid, Trump, Charlie Sheen and others of the bottom-scraping set.
They should've already fired him, because he's Bobcat Goldthwait.
Marvel has already had a couple of 'Solo' films (in terms of Box Office:
The Incredible Hulk
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=incrediblehulk.htm
and the first 'Thor' film:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thor.htm
But unlike Warner Bros. and their DCEU; Marvel Studios didn't suddenly panic and say - "OMG! We have to rethink EVERYTHING!" - they took it in stride, made a couple adjustments and went on to have overall good success.
Neither of those movies were flops based on expectations. They both made about as much as Marvel expected them to, and any losses they may had incurred were swallowed in order to set up the Avengers. Meanwhile Solo made half of that which was expected.
What were those expecations for the first wave of Marvel movies? I guess things changed after the first "Avengers" movie or was the bar raised even after that? Did "Iron Man 2 and 3" go beyond what people expected? I assuming they were expected big bucks after how popular the first "Iron Man" movie was and "Iron Man 3" was the first movie after the first "Avengers" movie.
Jason
Jason
That photo makes it look like he is looking at the fans! I can see fans showing up to the theater only find out the movie isn't screening. Hanson is waiting for them. Asks them why they came to see this movie. Did you know about the previous director? Would you mind going outside now where the cops are waiting.
Jason
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I vote for Taika Waititi to take over GotG 3, if I would get to vote.
This isn't a matter of personal life, it was very much a part of his former public persona as an "edgy" indy director.
I actually think their won't be a GotG 3. I think many of the actors will walk away from it. They seem to support Gunn and I'm guessing they are pissed right now and frankly they don't need to do it. They are rich and have very active careers.
Jason
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