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Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable? (www.theguardian.com)
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The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs

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[–] Pechente@feddit.org 135 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Seems like a lot of the entertainment Disney makes tries to be extremely average. Not edgy, not offending anyone. The end result is almost like AI slop before AI slop existed. Entertainment so mediocre that it doesn’t make you feel anything.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just enough to maintain their grip on the IP and make some merch sales

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Disney movies are theatrical length ads for merch and experiences. The animation style for BB-8 was 100% prioritizing driving merch sales.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

"What if we had tiny droid but ball?"

And then: "what if we had even tinier droid that does nothing but act like a scared puppy?" for D-0, literally the most useless droid in all of Star Wars history; moreso than the mouse droids from the OT.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Movie by committee.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Entertainment doesn't need to be good anymore.

As we use more and more electronic distractions, we start to leave streaming on all say while we work, play, etc..

This means people aren't really paying attention, so the streams just play and generate cash, with people not noticing that the quality has dropped

Why why pay top dollar to make programs when they can just dribble out pablum to stream.

So we get dumb crap with bad writing and childish titles.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago

my old professor called it "Attraction to Mediocrity" - the idea that over time things move towards the most average as you try to please the most people