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The Star Wars Underworld @theswu.bsky.social · 1h

Financial discussions only really matter in regards to what gets a sequel and what doesn’t.

As fans, we do way too much armchair quarterbacking on this when most of the time we don’t know what we’re talking about.

The idea of something being “good” or “bad” based on its profitability is hogwash.

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JasonVoorhees2011 @jasonvoorhees2011.bsky.social · 38m

And, really? Nicholson wasn't funny? Nicholson?

"Oh there'll be a hit time! In the old town toniiiiiiight!"

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JasonVoorhees2011 @jasonvoorhees2011.bsky.social · 38m

I saw a thumbnail recently about a ridiculous take of "none of the live-action Jokers were funny."

I've always thought Ledger's comedic chops in the role was incredibly underappreciated. He actually was pretty funny at times.

"Oh, by the way, the suit wasn't cheep. You oughta know, you bought it."

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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 5h

I'm begging people who spend all day reading theory to be less illiterate

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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 5h

walking and chewing gum is not only possible, but ideal, turns out

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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 5h

but even if we ignore that, it's telling how many people on here and in the broader left, who consider themselves great tactical and strategic minds, keep showing they barely understand force concentration, opportunity cost, and like... contrasting two really simple numbers

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Nire Bryce @nirebryce.breadthcharge.net · 5h

"why are all the communists I looked up to turning lib" is a really funny refrain I keep hearing because like, of all the people to meet the masses where they're at, 80% of communist writing is about that, not whining at them and expecting spontaneous change.

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Battle Armor Dad @battlearmordad.bsky.social · 6h

Masters of the Universe
1983 Montgomery Ward

Mattel Action Figures, creatures, vehicles and Castle Grayskull playset as well as licensed He-Man items in a vintage Christmas Catalog

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 8h

In my experience, the best places to plant the seeds for radicalization are non-political spaces and by engaging with apolitical people that know something is wrong but don't have the language to express it. It's far easier than trying to convert someone with an established political perspective.

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J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 3h

1. Tim Burton
2. Alice and Wonderland.

Thats pretty easy.

Spooky Leia🇵🇷🏳‍⚧ @madamephosphorus.bsky.social · 8h

WHY DIDN'T YOU MFS SEE THIS MOVIE IN THE SAME NUMBERS YOU SAW ALICE IN WONDERLAND?!

J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 3h

I think Star Wars book fans gotta get to a point where we realize what happens in the books and comics is probably never gonna really have bearings on the films.

At least in a major way.

Like MAYBE a cool design or character comes in but not like plot points or story threads.

J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 3h

@bobchipman.bsky.social This is the second Star Wars article posted by Forbes about movie expensives and profit. Whats their angle? Or are we just low for news this month and Star Wars is easy picking till Mando and Grogu next year? www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...

Revealed: The ‘Star Wars’ Movie With The Highest Profits

Analysis of documents filed by Disney has revealed which of its Star Wars movies made the highest profits at the box office and, remarkably, it was the film with the highest costs.

www.forbes.com

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 7h

It's 2025 and still: folks, you don't have to tag writers with what you didn't like about their books. Like if we go looking up reviews and get stung, that's on us, but we shouldn't have to brace to even open our mentions on social media. Christ.

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Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 6h

...that "being into HP" was anything other than good. If anything, if you DIDN'T at least casually endorse it, you were AGAINST "the concept of child literacy" and "success for women in publishing" 🙃

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Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 6h

The *closest* to pushback HP got was some toothless Evangelical anti-witchcraft stuff but New Age went CRAZY mainstream in the same era - Fundies were a punchline. Meanwhile, Rowling had her BS feminist-bootstrap origin story to counter it; there was NO meaningful vibe telling fans...

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Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 6h

HP got/stayed as popular as it did (as an IP) because it bullseyed a popcult "moment" where it managed to both hit AND face absolutely ZERO meaningful 'resistance' - it was only ever endorsed: Kids liked it, teachers/parents agreed "Hooray kids are reading 'really books!," the movies were solid, etc

Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 4d

If you're wondering why I was asking about fantasy movies, my wife and I, who are not fans of Harry Potter, are trying to figure out if the fact that the Harry Potter movies are basically competent was a huge factor in its longevity because so many fantasy films are weirdly bad

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

If we pull out of this a smart observer is going to prove that Elon Musk’s X created a doom loop that they couldn’t escape.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12h

It's wild how often on social media what feels like you having a disagreement with someone is simply you both talking about different parts of the same thing, its all blind men and an elephant out here

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SW HIGH GROUND @swhighground.bsky.social · 4d

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#StarWars #Ahsoka #Thrawn #grandadmiralthrawn #nightsisters #StarWarsConceptArt #ConceptArt

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J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 19h

Its also why i don't mind the whole OT trio lives getting dark, because ultimately they still had good times and those good times meant something.

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J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 19h

Sure SOME regimes are total failures in a academic sense.

But i think on principle having a thing end doesn't automatically make it a failure

EVERYTHING ENDS the cycle begins again

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J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 19h

In general im a firm believe that EVERY SYSTEM will end at one point. There is no forever Star Trek Utopia where we live happily ever after, things will decay and decline over time. But that doesn't mean when it was around it wasn't real

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J.I.D.1.2.3 @jid20234.bsky.social · 19h

I hate it when people say The Republic in Star Wars was a failure because it fell. I feel like that undermines the point a bit of just because it feel doesn't mean it was never real.

Plus it lasted for a 1000 years so come on! That's a long time!

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Greg ✨️ @gsarafan.bsky.social · 1d

This rally has one of my senators, the dem gubernatorial candidate, and the DNC chair. An unexpectedly good lineup.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

It doesn’t make more aggressive forms of protest and resistance less effective. It makes them more effective. It can raise public tolerance for protest, introduces new people to acts of resistance, and lay the groundwork for larger networks of solidarity.

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