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I literally only discovered the remake as I was doing research for the original. Had no idea it existed! No wonder it didn't do well. I recommend it. It's a really well made film with great performances. Not the kind of film you can rewatch over and over but definitely worth watching at least once.

Seconding this. It's been a LONG Jedi Tradition to take children three years or younger so they don't have attachments to family. Remember them saying Anakin was too old? They then teach those kids to suppress emotions and deny/avoid attachment, both things that are in the real world known to be psychologically extremely harmful. I could deal with it in Legends (aka Real Star Wars) because I always viewed the Jedi as being out of balance in their own way as much as the Sith are. But Disnicrap "canon" seems to be trying to retcon this at every turn, and saying that balance would be the Jedi being always right, which I feel is essentially glorifying child abuse. If they want to address an issue that really needs addressed in Star Wars, they should forget lesbian immaculate conception (Note: nothing against lesbians, I'm ace myself. But what's so horrible about natural biology and using a sperm donor? I had my fill of Magic Babies when Anakin didn't have a father, and at least that had a plot reason/excuse that made a half a lick of sense) and how about addressing the faults of the Jedi order... not to turn the heroes into villains, but to have them recognize their mistakes and learn to do better. Legends actually DID this. Luke's reformed order didn't have the same avoidance of attachments and suppression of emotion as the pre-Empire order. But they threw all that progress out...

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Be that as it may, I still think there’s ways you can do that without making them look like creepy groomers.

@@kiksta true

I don’t recall any references. Even season 4 I don’t recall anything other than just pure friendship. It seemed to just really be a thing in season 5.

Never said that

@@kiksta You are saying that. You said there is no more Good and evil. This show give you an event from different points of view. This story shows that the all good Jedi fell because of over confidence and arrogance. You can change the character to straight story still rings true

It's such a subjective thing cause I daresay people in the 80's probably weren't thinking wow the 80's are so great. They were probably just living in the moment but like all periods of time, we never know we're living in the good old days, until we've left them...

Well you can definitely speak to it more than me as I was born in the 90's haha. But yeah the fact that i have nostalgia for a time I didn't even experience I think speaks volumes, which is what prompted me to make the video. Thank you for watching :)

I'm not putting it onto anyone other than the creators of the show. I couldn't give a damn about Leslye Headland's sexuality. Just make good Star Wars...

@@kiksta Well.... she's "wrong" kind of gay (or she keeps calling herself as queer which is a gay slur) to give u any good Star Wars... maybe a good gay like Bryan Fuller.. but he's too busy with his project

He's probably the least terrible character, but the poor actor has nothing to work with. And it's a shame cause he's a great actor and yes loved him in Squid Game. I understand he learnt english for the role and unfortunately it does show. He doesn't quite have the inflections of the dialogue down pat, sometimes doesn't emphasise the correct syllable. But I can tell he's trying and he still has screen presence and gravitas, more than all the english speaking cast put together. A complete waste of Carrie Ann Moss so far too.

It was horrific on all fronts. I couldn't stand what i was watching. It's so clear that the show is just a therapy session for Headland and nothing more. Nothing made sense.

@@kiksta And why exactly does Mae want revenge on the Jedi when she caused the fire which killed her parents?

@@deansal9222 My guess is that we'll get another flashback episode that will show the fire from Mae's perspective, and I reckon it will show that one of the jedi, most likely Torbin, caused the fire. Notice the scar he has when he's older, but not when he's younger? I think that'll factor into it. Plus of course it'll be the white male that caused all the drama...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was the evil producer lady who said that, right? Pretty sure she was trying to play victim when she said it, within the context of the film, and so it's said in a way where we're meant to hate her more as the audience. So in a way it was actually making fun of how people use the term so loosely these days, and it makes them look stupid when they do. As for Emily's devil fingers, I have no idea what you're talking about, sorry... Thank you for watching and commenting though :)

They're two of the many other factors, yes. People thought streaming would only kill video rental stores, but now they're destroying cinemas too. And they're not even profitable themselves. I believe Netflix is the only one doing well.

@@kiksta i believe a huge factor playing into the death of theaters from online streaming is because everything goes online after like a month after being released. If they just pushed the wait time from 3 weeks to like 4 or 5 months more theaters would be packed. Just my opinion

@@stinkyxpert5439 you’re absolutely right about that! And they need to continue to push physical media, cause they used to act as a massive bonus revenue stream for studios, and they’re losing that fast.

Yeah I agree with most of that. It's a 5/10 for me so far. I appreciate that they didn't drag out the twin sister twist, instead getting it out of the way in the first episode. Yes Sol was the best part and I think Indara will return in flashbacks. There's no way they get Carrie-Ann Moss for a Star Wars show and only use her for 3 mins. The plot of intriguing just enough for me to not be hate-watching yet haha, but I think that could change very fast. Funny enough, after I made this quick video, I realised I left out so many of the knitpicks I had with the episodes. There's already a bunch of contrivances and I wish I mentioned them. Oh well...

@@kiksta That’s fair enough. I like the fact that the plot got going quickly instead of dragging out. The twin sister twist was pretty cool and finding out that Mae caused the fire which killed her and Osha’s parents. Curious to see how the rest turns out and to find out why Mae wants to specifically kill the 4 Jedi.

@@deansal9222 We'll have to see I guess. I've heard that episode 3 is going to be VERY CONTROVERSIAL so we'll see what happens. I don't have any faith that the quality will improve. If anything I'm just waiting for it to get even worse...

@@kiksta I'm sure you know that Leslye Headland is the former PA to Harvey Weinstein. However, I'm not convinced that she had knowledge of any crimes committed by him.

@@deansal9222 oh yes I am well aware of that haha. I don't know, cause many people in the industry knew of his crimes, or at least how he treated actresses. So if randoms in the industry knew about it to various degrees, I find it hard to believe she didn't know ANYTHING. Even if she didn't know that he committed any crimes and was just taking advantage of young actresses (not a crime), it just makes her a hypocrite as she proclaims to be a raging feminist, yet was letting these young actresses be exposed to him.

It’s not a joke. $160 million budget + roughly $100 marketing = $250 million. Which means it needs to make roughly $450-$500 million to break even. It’s currently at $340 million, unlikely to cross $400 when it’s done. Hence, it’s a bomb.

@@kiksta its budget is 125-130mil according to the studio head himself and Forbes.

@@aishaalamoudi599 I’ve read otherwise but ok, say if it’s 125 + 100 marketing. 225 means it needs at least 400 to break even. I liked the movie but you can’t deny it’s been financially unsuccessful.

@@kiksta I personally didn't like the movie, I thought it was the weakest of all the prequels. Marketing is not 100, especially after Iger's cuts, marketing costs were specially slashed and they report that in every earnings report for almost a year. If we have a break down of their revenue we do 60% of domestic 40% of international and 25% of Chinese revenue. Trust me, 20th Century is happy with the movie's performance, especially for one that got a B Cinemascore. It had the 2nd biggest opening of all prequels and held well. But internationally it performed weaker than War.

@@aishaalamoudi599 I'm aware of the cutbacks. I don't think we have an exact number for KotPofA marketing budget, I was estimating off films of a similar size. Even if they slashed the marketing in half compared to usual and it was 50, it still needs to make close to 400 to break even. I know the 60/40 split, which is what i go off. Based on current takings, it's made 84 domestic and 80 foreign. So say 160 total. Which means it's just covered it's budget, now it still needs to make up another 50-100 to cover marketing. One thing to remember, particularly with Disney, is that they're reported budgets are almost ALWAYS revealed to be actually a lot larger about a year or so later. Happened with Doctor Strange 2, Antman 3 and others.

Completely understand that. Unfortunately they've cultivated an audience only interested in nostalgia and easter eggs and they've pandered to them now for over 10 years. I think that trick is no longer working as it's not a substantive style of storytelling. It's very shallow and superficial. They need to start making new things again. And even though audiences are rejecting new things right now, they need to accept that they'll cop losses in the short term, but returning to creativity and originality will payoff in the long run.

Thanks Rami! Yes I picked up on the first reference, but not the second, interesting!

I completely agree! No Way Home generated excitement, but only in isolation. No one cared about what came before and what came after. Deadpool & Wolverine will be the same. Will get people excited in the moment, but not for the greater state of the MCU. And yeah, just about all the major franchises are facing major apathy at the moment. Not sure how they get it back…

You’re welcome man, glad I can be of help! 👍

So are you saying the budget was originally $60 million, but blew out to $150 million? Sorry, not understanding your comment very well, if you want to clarify...

@@kiksta Yes

@@ecenee Gotcha. Yeah some of these modern budgets are absolutely out of control. Don't know how they're gonna fix it either...

I've heard the 2.5x rule. I think it's a pretty good one. I do roughly 50% of the box office, plus add $150 million for the biggest blockbusters (Marvel, Star Wars etc), $100 million for smaller blockbusters (Furiosa, Planet of the Apes etc. So for Furiosa, $160 million budget + $100 million marketing = $260 million. So I see that as needing somewhere in the $450-$500 million range to break even. Same for Apes I would say. Yes I don't think Mel Gibson returning would make $500 million, but I definitely think it would do better than Furiosa. Fury Road only made $380 million, yet people talk about it like it was a billion dollar film. I think the people making Furiosa treated it like that too, which is why the budget got out of control.

@@kiksta Yeah, I think they also got too confident after Fury Road went on to win 6 Oscars and became something of a modern cult classic over the years. Fury Road was never a huge box office smash. Btw, random question. Have you seen any Mel Gibson films?

@@deansal9222 Yeah I mean, box office success is relative. Godzilla Minus One made $115 million worldwide. Sounds like nothing in isolation, but it cost roughly only $15 million to make. That's a massive profit, percentage-wise. Films need to start looking at those sorts of outcomes. Hell yeah I've seen plenty of Mel's films! Love Mel Gibson! Lethal Weapons, Mad Max, Braveheart, The Patriot etc. The Patriot is personally my favourite film of his. Been ages since I've seen most of his classics, have to go back and rewatch! Have you seen any?

@@kiksta Exactly right. Godzilla Minus One had an even lower budget than that (12 million) and it looked remarkable. Yep, huge Mel Gibson fan. My favourites are Braveheart, Signs, The Patriot, Edge of Darkness, Blood Father, Hacksaw Ridge, Lethal Weapon, Ransom & Payback. Haven’t watched his films much since about 2022. I saw the majority of his films in 2020.

@@kiksta if you get the chance, watch Edge of Darkness and Blood Father

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that! You’re in luck, cause it is a series! Go to my channel, then to playlists, and you’ll find all my Was it Woke videos 😊

Of course

Haha yeah it is a solid little flick. Definitely better than I thought it was gonna be. It’s a shame it pretty well flopped at the box office…

Yeah I realised at the end of editing the video that I hadn't really talked about the bridge scene at all, but by then it was too late haha. But that definitely is a great scene too! Yeah I believe they met through that film and they married years later.

I completely agree with you on that. However it is slightly hard to decipher if that was intentional by the filmmakers to be sympathetic to the communists, or rather were they trying to present them in a way that Oppenheimer genuinely viewed them as? Because he was somewhat sympathetic to them. And this film was very much told from his perspective. It's a tough one to pick.

@@kiksta I’m just gonna call it as it is and it’s indoctrination. 40% of Millennials support Socialism and Communism and in today’s world it’s popular to hate your country and highlight the mistakes rather than the successes.

Is Ta-Nehisi Coates involved with this one, or that Black Superman project? I hope he’s nowhere near this project! I don’t have much hope for this one either way, but I’m giving it a chance anyways…

@@kiksta my sister works at Warner (in Germany of all places) and this is only what she has learned but she said he is a 'consultant' for whatever reason I do not know but unfortunately he is attached to the project and this Superman is one of 2 going to be in this movie, I don't know much about Supermans lore but she said there is another "from a different earth called Val" its Val something or other but I cannot remember but he will be the new Superman once this one dies, wish i could give you better news than that mate.

@@greengrugach1984 that would be terrible if that’s the case. Val-El is the name of the black Superman. There’s been rumours about a Val-El film for years but I haven’t heard any attachment to Gunn’s film. Will have to wait and see o guess.

Wow thank you man, that’s very kind of you! I don’t currently have a Patreon account, but email me at kiksta92@gmail.com and we can discuss more there. 😊

Thank you man, I definitely will keep it up 👍

So you’re saying that racist UA-camrs are encouraging their followers to go and dislike these trailers? Do you have any evidence of this? Even if that was the case, as I said in the video, where’s the supposedly “genuine fans” to counter these hate campaigns! If these trailers are good and the fan bases intact, they should easily be overwhelming the haters in pure numbers…

@@kiksta I hate pretending that I need to prove that anti-woke bullshit grift exists and I don't believe for a second that you're not aware of it. And on the second point, since I don't consider an Amazon product to be a battle ground for a culture war, so I didn't rush to like the trailer, and I assume the same goes for a lot of people.

@@AnthonyAvon I’m well aware of anti-woke UA-camrs who express their hatred for this stuff, but I don’t see how that “mobilises” a mass dislike campaign. You’re suggesting that people can’t think for themselves? Conversely, does that mean that every video that’s overwhelmingly liked is the result of a mass shilling campaign? Or is it only ever organised when it’s a negative campaign? You need to be precise with this stuff if you’re gonna blanket label entire groups of people. So you think Rings of Power has this silent majority fan base that secretly loves the show? I think not, given that two thirds of its audience who watched the first episode, did not finish the season. People hated it.

@@kiksta Dude, do you want to debate this on Discord VC or something? Text walls waste both of our time.

@@AnthonyAvon you’re right, comments section debates rarely go anywhere. I don’t mind, I’ve never used Discord before so not sure how it works. But yeah I’d be up for it.

She does overpower a grown man, yes. But I wouldn’t say the Mary Sue-ness is as bad in this, as it is with Marvel, Star Wars etc

Haha yeah I think this was my first review, so awkward to rewatch now lol. Yes I did very much enjoy the film. I learnt with the John Wick’s to not take them seriously cause the plots and lore are insane and ever-changing but as long as the action is fun, I’m fine with them.

Yes it’s insane. I personally didn’t find it anywhere near as offensive as Rings of Power. Yes I think if it were released in 2019, it would’ve made more like $800 million. $550 million is not bad, the problem was the budget. Too bloated to have any chance of turning a profit.

@@kiksta Yeah absolutely. TLM actually did well domestically however. It just bombed internationally. I still can’t understand why Halle Bailey was cast as she is no way resembles Ariel from the original 1989 Film.

@@deansal9222 couldn’t agree more. But we know good and well why she was cast, don’t we? THE MESSAGE

You make great points all round! I don’t know what I can add to that other than thank you so much for your passionate comment and for watching my video! Always nice to meet a fellow Tolkien fan 😊

@@kiksta , thanks for your nice answer 😀 And we should thank you also for making this video! I absolutely agree with you that the Hobbit movies are totally underrated., and it's great when some people point that out.There's so much good in them, and I think it's nice for Tolkien fans that they exist. Personally I liked the first movie best, because it's quite faithful to the source material, and Peter Jackson managed to capture Tolkien's spirit wonderfully. What do you think about Amazon's ROP which will go into it's second season this summer? I respect those who enjoyed it. Good for them, but personally I didn't enjoy it at all, and I hate when people say that the tv-show is as bad as the Hobbit trilogy. That's IMO complete nonsense.

@@sabineb.5616 you are spot on once again! I agree that AUJ was the most faithful, but my personal favourite was DOS. I just loved finally getting to see Mirkwood onscreen, as well as the whole sequence between Bilbo and Smaug. I even loved the whole Dol Gul Dur subplot with Gandalf. I think Rings of Power was an absolute abomination of the highest order. I hated everything about that show and I’m glad it’s failing miserably. P.S. I have a video on my channel ranking the LOTR/Hobbit films if you’re interested! Would be fun to compare our rankings 😊

@@kiksta, ha, ha, I will check out your ranking later! It will be fun, because there are other almost forgotten movies which had not been on my radar. My introduction into Tolkien's world - even before I read the books - was Ralph Bakshi's incomplete animated LOTR movie . At the time i couldn't really form an opinion about it's quality. The media had made a lot of fuss about the movie because of it's use of the rotoscope method. But when I saw the movie, I didn't understand much of the narrative! How was I supposed to know anything about hobbits, Middle Earth, elves and Tolkien's wizards and evil beings who produced evil rings?? And when I left the movie theater I had the nagging feeling that the story wasn't finished! These guys had gone on their journey eith the goal to destroy a very evil magic ring! But as far as I could tell, the ring was still very much intact and in Frodo's possession! However, no trailer or ad had mentioned that the story wasn't finished or that there might be a sequel. The movie wasn't completely bad, though, and because it was incomplete, it had managed to get me interested in the story. I wanted to know more about Tolkien's world. I started to read the books - and I was hooked 😀 And, yes, Amazon's ROP was so bad that I don't even know where to begin with my criticism. The writers didn't just butcher some of Tolkien's most important characters, but it's worse - most of their narratives don't make any sense at all! And the HalRon-Galadriel-almost-love-story completely destroyed the credibility and the foundation of the tv-show. IMO this makes it impossible to repair it in the upcoming seasons.

@@sabineb.5616 make sure to let me know your thoughts when you watch it :) Yes I've heard of Ralph Bakshi's animation but I've never seen it. But that's cool that it was your introduction LOTR! Will have to watch it one day. My introduction to LOTR was initially negative as i remember hating Fellowship of the Ring when I watched it as a kid. I think the reason was that I was a Harry Potter fan first and I wrongly compared Frodo to Harry, and i found Frodo to be too wimpy compared to Harry, who is more courageous. But then I randomly watched The Two Towers one day and absolutely loved it, and I became a die hard then and there. Now I love Fellowship and all of them :) Yes the fact that they turned RoP into essentially a mystery box story of "Who is Sauron" was the dumbest decision ever. I will be watching Season 2 just to roast it, but otherwise I have no interest in it.

Because it’s 2024.

It's a thing because Hollywood and society in general have made it a thing. But you're right, most people don't care about someones race, gender or sexuality. Just don't push your real-world agenda into everything, especially when it has no place in that thing.

Thanks man, I appreciate that! Will try to keep it up :)

Thanks man and I appreciate the feedback. Yes, I know I need to up the production. I plan to improve it. My setup is kind of awkward though but it will happen eventually!

No because Ripley and Sarah Conner were extremely well written characters that did and said things that made sense within the contexts of their films. They were badass, but still very much feminine. Most female characters now just act like dudes. That said, you do have a point about how we would receive such characters today. And that is the fault of the agendas they're trying to push. When there are ESG-funded initiatives in place to ensure specific representation of certain genders/races on screen, it makes it impossible to know if these characters are there on merit or just to tick a box. We didn't have such initiatives at the time of Alien, Terminator etc, so there was nothing to worry about. This is why quotas and the like are actually counter-productive towards creating equity.

you didn't even watch the video

@@kikstaexactly

@@kiksta No point in arguing with liberal activist here, they all always use the same copy-paste arguments, avoiding the issues, and shifting blame. Thats all they ever known

Agreed! Thankfully, it was not 😊

As I said, I don’t think she was the biggest Mary Sue ever but she was approaching that territory, in my opinion. And they always have to give them a serious, stoic personality. I don’t know why they can’t write interesting characters for women anymore? Yes I get that about their society, which is why I barely gave any score to it. It’s just that they always want to portray primitive tribalism as virtuous, when in truth all types of societies have good and bad. I’ve seen the very original with Charlton Heston, but not the sequels.

@@kiksta she was around apes that took over the world, no way she was gonna laugh or smile around them 💀

@@kiksta well they had no defenses and were only known to kiddnape eagles, also their laws as noa comes to learn aren't always right or represented the truth of caesar, they accepted proximus as leader for the law and dont forget the mother character was the one who gave them away to proximus.

@@kiksta also with the ending is not saying they return just the way they were and dont advance, they are showing noa beggining to learn more about the world and looking at the stars, one would say he is beggining the chimp society of scientists from the original

This is not a movie review. Its purely measuring a films wokeness. I do proper reviews on my channel as well. I am a small UA-camr and I have a small audience. But it is growing steadily and rest assured, your words change nothing on my end.

This is exactly what I am looking for. Great Job! I am subscribing to your channel.

@@user-mp6dl7wc9z Wow thanks man, I appreciate that! Make sure to check out all my other Was It Woke videos then :)

@@kiksta my apologies on calling it a review. This is a genuinely pathetic way to interact with media in any form. Wokeness is an arbitrary concept wholly made up by reactionary conservatives to justify pissing and shitting themselves whenever they see gay or black people in movies.

Thank you man, really appreciate that! I will definitely keep it up 👍

LOL you should!

Yes! I love the intrigue surrounding the Ark, particularly when Indy is explaining it at the beginning of the film. Hmmm which do you prefer, Raiders or Crusade? Crusade used to be my favourite but now it's Raiders.

@@kiksta Both Raiders and Crusade are the best of the franchise. But I agree, Raiders is a bit more of a fun time. From the opening scene, to the staff of Ra, and the climax with the opening of the ark is so mindblowing. As you expertly laid them all down in this video. I do love the trilogy of Indi: Raiders, Temple and Crusade. But that's it, haha.

Crusade is actually 3rd for me now behind Raiders and Doom, but I'll be re-watching it again soon so will see if that changes or not. I'm actually ok with counting Crystal Skull lol, but Dial of Destiny needs to be erased from existence!

@@kiksta Temple of Doom is so much fun. Ford is so good in it. I can see why you love it a lot. I just learned that the reason Temple was darker in tone (child slaves and plucking out beating hearts, included) was because George was going through a divorce at the time. I look forward for your review of it. Talking about Temple made me want to watch it again tonight.

@@remsan03 It's so much fun! It's a little slow in the middle portion of the film, but then once they go down to the temple, from then onwards it's fantastic. Oh wow, I didn't know that about George at the time. Now I understand where the "heart being ripped from your chest" comes from 😂

Couldn't agree more! Each time I watch the film I discover new things about it that I love. Strangely, growing up Raiders was the one I watched the LEAST of the trilogy. Not for any specific reason, just felt like every time there was one to watch on tv, it was either Doom or Crusade...

@@kiksta My first time hearing about Indiana Jones was when I was 11 in 2008 I believe (when Crystal Skull came out). I just remember Crystal Skull being widely criticised after its release. It wasn’t until 2018 when I actually checked out all the films. I initially wasn’t a huge fan of Raiders but having since rewatched it about 4 times it’s one of my favourite films of all time and by far my favourite Indy film..

@@deansal9222 Wow that's cool that you discovered it so late. I feel like many younger people today wouldn't even give the Indy films a chance cause the graphics are dated.

@@kiksta Yeah, Star Wars seems to get a lot more recognition. I think merchandising also plays a big role.

@@deansal9222 Definitely.

But the title King of Hacks goes to snyder 😀

Well if the film turns out great, all will be forgiven.