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China: "Solo" to drop the Star Wars name, renamed "Ranger Solo"
- Thread starter sfortunato
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You're right.
There was more alien horse racing than there was swordplay.
I think he meets all criteria.
He is responsible forChewbacca so he's a keeper of his treehouse back on Kashhyyk.
He's a member of a duo which includes Chewbacca, who is a heavily armed and skilled commando on his home planet.
He wanders around the galaxy smuggling drugs and moon pies.
Chinese audiences go to see American movies for big budget spectacle. The Last Jedi was pretty meditative for a blockbuster, it's not a Michael Bay film by any stretch.(or Geostorm)
Yeah, exactly.
Smuggler Solo sounds better at least. Ranger sounds too western-like.
Is it too early to say that Star Wars is dying? I know, more than a billion at the box office for The Last Jedi, but the spectacular division between the fans, the Asian market that disregards it, and even before the overexploitation with a new trilogy; Disney will drain the series and the next episodes will have to content themselves with laughable scores. Star Wars, even with new ideas (rare) can no longer renew themselves, that's the sad truth.
The lack of a trailer is due to Lucasfilm's internal rule of not simultaneously marketing two Star Wars movies. The close proximity between TLJ and Solo makes it a bit odd though. TLJ is still in theatres, and they want all attention to be on it and its merchandise right now. The trailer should drop during the Super Bowl though, and the toys and merch are all ready to drop.
If Solo does better in China than The Last Jedi or Rogue One because of this, we are in for a whole lot of title butchering in the years ahead. Popcorn shall flow.
The originals never got released in theaters in the 70s/80s for obvious reasons, so they have no nostalgia for it as a franchise. The prequels were released over there but the Chinese foreign film market wasn't as big as it is now, so, again, no chance at building up a loyal fan base. Now the sequels have come out and they rely so much on nostalgia that they mean nothing to Chinese audiences. TFA did alright because it was a big new thing, but it's built on callbacks to the OT. RO is a prequel that exists to lead in to IV. TLJ is all about subverting expectations - but what if an audience doesn't have any? Etc.
Also, no idea if this is true or not, but I saw someone on Reddit say that a more accurate translation of the Chinese title is "Knight Errant Solo" which is even more hilariously off base.
I could gauge the mood of the movie cinema when I watched Rogue One and The Last Jedi in Chinese cinemas and you can tell that the Chinese audience was not particular feeling those films much. Lot's of sighing, looking at phones, a bit of conversation going on between the members.
If you have NO nostalgia for Star Wars, these films are pretty boring since they're not particularly good films either. I thought TLJ was pretty good as a sequel to TFA but, seriously -- this is a very shallow franchise that is hard to market with no nostalgia factor. The Darth Vader ending scene in Rogue One was made only for SW fans to give each other high fives in the cinema. That didn't work here.
If you have NO nostalgia for Star Wars, these films are pretty boring since they're not particularly good films either. I thought TLJ was pretty good as a sequel to TFA but, seriously -- this is a very shallow franchise that is hard to market with no nostalgia factor. The Darth Vader ending scene in Rogue One was made only for SW fans to give each other high fives in the cinema. That didn't work here.
I wonder, would Chinese authorities allow use of the term "smuggler" in the name? I mean, that implies crime, and doesn't China have kinda strict moral standards for films?
Original trilogy did not had a wide release or a release at all back then due to cultural and political issues at the time.
All of the Star wars film underperformed in China due to their history with the franchise.
should have named it The Great Wall: Ranger Solo. then they would think its a sequel to Matt Damon's movie that made a bajillion monies
Star Wars doesn't feel particularly new or interesting for an audience used to watch countless of wuxia epics since childhood.
I don't read Chinese, but looking at the characters in that Twitter post and the characters on that Wikipedia page, they seem to match up.
THR had a good piece on it the other day:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...ys-jedi-mind-trick-isnt-working-china-1075177
If you think about it, the current regime established itself by overthrowing an Empire too
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I think they were released but back then the Chinese movie market was tiny and American movies hadn't resonated with audience.
well SW does rely on brand name recognition and iconic significance a hell of a lot to carry itself.
For me in particular i had only watched the first* movie in high school and never watched the rest cause i largely had never been interested in SW.
but even then, i knew through everything else what Star wars actually was at the most basic level and its cultural significance for a lot of people just because of its place from parodies to commercials to word of mouth to pretty much everything in between
For me in particular i had only watched the first* movie in high school and never watched the rest cause i largely had never been interested in SW.
but even then, i knew through everything else what Star wars actually was at the most basic level and its cultural significance for a lot of people just because of its place from parodies to commercials to word of mouth to pretty much everything in between
Yes all these are accurate description of Han solo and what the movie is about
I want to see the surprise on the Chinese faces
It's likely dropping for the Super Bowl next week.
But yes, they should can a fully filmed movie, rather than releasing it and having it make hundreds of millions of dollars, because Oodlesofnoodles on ResetEra is upset there is no trailer yet. :P
Underrated post.
Premature Parseculation.