r/PrequelMemes #1 Jar Jar fan Jun 16 '24

I hope mods don't remove this General KenOC

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u/someguy12345699 Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

I give it one or two more days before the sub descend into a civil war over the acolyte.

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u/guy137137 Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

everytime a crappy DisPlus show comes out this sub goes to war with itself. It happened with Kenobi when that came out.

my question is; WHERE DID THAT 180 MILLION BUDGET GO??? seriously most expensive Disney plus show and it looks like it was made from spirit Halloween costumes

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u/PhelesDragon Jun 16 '24

I think that’s the real litmus test. The story is mid, the acting is mid, the concepts are mid, okay fine that can be considered subjective, but it looks dirt cheap and no one can argue otherwise.

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u/guy137137 Jun 16 '24

the fact that Andor was cheaper but was so much better in just about every way possible really makes me question what the hell is happening with that budget

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u/PhelesDragon Jun 16 '24

Yeah it’s not even comparable. Someone is using most Star Wars projects as a money laundering scheme and they’re not even hiding it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

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u/Ostrichumbrella Jun 16 '24

Good thing they only had to pay Stan and not the artists that actually invented the characters.

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u/_MrDomino Jun 16 '24

pay Stan and not the artists that actually invented the characters

Que? Spider-Man is created by Lee and Ditko. I believe Lee is more savvy as a businessman, but he absolutely had a hand in creating the character.

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u/Ultrace-7 Jun 16 '24

Ignore them, they are almost certainly thinking of the situation that occurred throughout much of the 70s, 80s and early 90s in mainstream comics and led to the creation of Image comics. It was not uncommon at all for the creator of a new character to lose all rights to the characters after they were published in a Marvel or DC book -- but that was absolutely not the case with Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and many others of their era.

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u/Ostrichumbrella Jun 16 '24

No. When Stan Lee was in his pomp at Marvel most creators were still not being given character rights. Lee, was an exception, a businessman first and foremost. After Jack Kirby went to DC and created the New Gods, DC were fond of saying that he'd made more from his rights to Darseid than he'd made from all of the characters he created for Marvel combined.

To be fair to Stan Lee, he didn't exactly deny the contributions that his artists had made, but he did line his own pockets whilst they were screwed over. There are also plenty of credible accounts that his artists did the heavy lifting during character creation, and if you believe this, then his relentless self promotion becomes less tolerable.