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I'd like to hear Ming Na Wen's tales of abuse for daring to be a female POC in #StarWars, since the fanbase is apparently a bunch of racists.
Remember all the racist attacks Sasha Banks received for daring to be in #TheMandalorian? No? Because there weren't any.
#StarWars has a gaslighting problem because their executive & creative teams suck. They don't have a racism problem because their fanbase is full of racists.
I'd like to hear Thandie Newtown's stories of abuse for daring to be a black woman in a #StarWars movie. Because, you know, fans never criticized a white man like Alden Ehrenreich for being miscast in a movie.
Remember how Naomi Ackie got bullied so bad for being a black woman in #StarWars that she had to quit social media?

No?

Because apparently it didn't happen, even with all the "racists" in the #StarWars fan base. 🙄
It's almost as if, if a character is bad and poorly written, no matter what they look like, people won't like them.
I wonder who attacked Rosario Dawson more for being in #StarWars. "Racist" Star Wars fans who hate seeing women of color in the franchise, or unhinged SJW lunatics who accuse her of being transphobic? 🤔
Hey, remember when Disney & Lucasfilm "stood against" all the anti-gay bigots in the #StarWars fanbase by including LGBTQIA+ representation in a Star Wars movie?

And then removed that scene in international releases to cater to anti-LGBTQIA+ governments in order to make money?
It must be nice to be able to selectively stand by your ideals when it suits you and completely abandon them when it's convenient. Wish I could live my life that way, but then again, I'm not a leftist.
The people who believe this narrative that #StarWars fans are racist seem to be forgetting the fact that the have been beloved black characters and actors in the franchise for decades with no issues at all. And if there were issues, it was about how they were written.
I'd also like to point out that #ObiWan was written mostly by Joby Harold, Stuart Beattie, and Andrew Stanton. Three white men.

Hannah Friedman, who wrote 2 episodes is also white.

Hossein Amini, who wrote 4 episodes, isn't white, but he is a man.
So if you have a poorly written black female character written entirely by white people/men, isn't that a failure of the writers being bad/racists and not the fans?

Fact is, the creative team behind #StarWars is overwhelmingly white and male. Always has been.
The difference is that nowadays they're also leftist elitist snobs who justify their lack of talent by accusing fans of being toxic in some way to protect their careers. Lucasfilm doesn't practice what it preaches behind the scenes. They're all a bunch of hypocrites.
I'd like to remind everyone that it was two white men (JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson) who decided to make their central black character in #StarWars a janitor who lusts after a white woman.

But... The fans are the ones who are racist, apparently.
If you REALLY want to know the problem with modern #StarWars, it's the writing, not the skin color of the actors. I go into depth about this here. Check it out if you are interested, because Lucasfilm can't hide behind racism with my arguments here.
Oh, and in case you want to watch the greatest review ever made for a #StarWars TV series, like #ObiWanKenobi, check out this video.
I understand reading comprehension isn't great here on Twitter, but I'll just point out that I said "characters AND actors" to specifically address the two since actors seem to be singled out. It doesn't matter I posted a Pic of the same character, it was 2 different actors.
Because, you know, if racism is directed at all POC actors involved in #StarWars, then individual actors should be highlighted, even if they play the same character.

I know y'all love your double standards, but this isn't really the own you think it is. LoL.

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May 31, 2022
So #TopGunMaverick is a fantastic sequel. It strikes the right balance of nostalgia/membaberries with a story that doesn't simply re-hash the first movie & develops legacy & new characters in a fun and emotional way.

This & Ghostbusters Afterlife got it right.
I think my only complaint is that the central mission of the story is basically a real life version of the Death Star trench run, but it's so good I don't really care. The ariel fights in this film are next-level awesome.
I can't help but wonder what #StarWars would be like if it treated it's material and characters with the same level of respect and care as #TopGun did. It could have been something really special instead of the dumpster fire we got with the new sequels.
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#Pennsylvaniahearing
"That number, 2,589,242 was on your government website until yesterday. And yesterday it was removed without explanation."

#Pennsylvaniahearing
"22,686 mail in ballots were returned on the day they were mailed. That's a trick. 32,591 were returned the day after they were mailed. Another 20,000 were returned before they were mailed."

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Nov 25, 2020
This coming week for the #SaltyNerdPodcast we watched 3 really good #NicholasCage movies. The first is #RaisingArizona, which I consider a classic film & a masterpiece from the Cohen Brothers.
The Cohens were heavily influenced by filmmaker Preston Sturges, who pioneered farcical screwball comedies. They wanted to do something funny & upbeat after their dark & serious debut Noir film #BloodSimple.
#TheRock is probably Michael Bay's best movie. It's got a great cast and really defined the "Bay" style of hyper-stylized action in the 90s. Nick Cage ad libbed most of his dialogue, choosing not to swear until the end of the movie. (giving us great lines like "Zeus's butthole")
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Mar 20, 2020
#StarTrekPicard - A Rant.

After watching the most recent episode of #StarTrek #Picard I just feel I have to rage about this show in an overly-long Twitter thread where I put more thought into the series than the actual writers/producers of it did.

Be warned...
I was initially optimistic about #Picard. I think Michael Chabon is a great writer, I love Patrick Stewart, & I felt like the "course correction" we saw from Secret Hideout in S2 of #StarTrekDiscovery meant the show could be good.

But boy, was I wrong!
#Picard has been a MESS from the first episode. Bad plotting, horrendous dialogue, terrible characters, convoluted plot points, awful editing, & a complete disregard for both established #StarTrek lore & legacy characters has made this the WORST Trek series ever, IMHO.
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Nov 3, 2019
Their real mistake is one that Hollywood seems intent on repeating over and over:

1. Disrespecting the original source material fans love.

2. Injecting political messaging into escapist fiction

3. Shoehorning in "diversity"

4. Attacking fans who disagree w/their decisions
It seriously would have been so easy to make a Terminator movie that excited franchise fans and appealed to general audiences. Instead, the director attacked the core fanbase by calling them misogynists & the movie looked so generic general audiences didn't care.
Hollywood & those who work in it are so tone deaf, and they never seem to learn from their mistakes. TDF utilized feminism, immigration, racism, & pretty much every political hot button topic there is, & they wonder why the movie flopped?
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Apr 13, 2019
Legit theory for #StarWars #EpisodeIX #TheRiseOfSkywalker. This is going to be a substantial thread so bear with me here. But after reading some of JJ Abram's comments, I think it's clear what the "twist" is and what the title means.

Rey is Darth Vader's daughter.
I think this makes sense, because even though there was no "plan" for the sequel trilogy, it seems clear that JJ Abrams had a solid concept for what he wanted the character of Rey to be, and he's laid a TON of clues in #TheForceAwakens as to what that concept is.
First, the theory that Rey is Luke's daughter or Leia's daughter doesn't make much sense. There's no way Leia would not know she had a child out there somewhere, and Luke wouldn't abandon his own kid. Them being unaware of Rey until TFA just isn't feasible or believable.
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