727286, RE: Cosign on all of this... Posted by BigWorm, Tue Jan-16-18 10:52 AM
>A small thing that adds to it is the fact that this is >dropping in May and not December. While May used to be the >traditional spot for Star Wars, after the last three years >Star Wars has become a holiday tradition. A May release will >have way more competition for people's attention, and just >doesn't feel like as much of a special thing as the December >SW releases. With all of the reshoots that happened, and the >close release after TLJ stopping them from promoting Solo with >a regular timeline, I'm not sure why they didn't just move >Solo to December. > >All this being said - if the trailer drops and is really good >- then I'll get hype and maybe at that point it will feel like >a "big event." We'll see... > Definitely. This is such a small thing but honestly if Solo were being released in December I would be at least somewhat more interested in it, despite the reshoots and changes. Like you said, it has become a holiday tradition with me and old friends. But releasing it so early after TLJ, no trailer out, production problems, and in general a backstory that doesn't have me too hyped...
But yeah, the reason I don't really even want to argue this with Heinz is that at the end of the day, I'm going to see it regardless. They would have to seriously release a movie WORSE than the prequels to really slow down the money train at this point. I would probably go see that shit even if they cast Wilford Brimley as Han Solo.
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