If you remember Brianna Wu for nothing else, remember her cautioning us against private companies like Space X, noting that the moon is “probably the most tactically valuable military ground for earth” as rocks dropped from the moon have the power of hundreds of nuclear bombs.
Speaking of bombs, Wu predicted last Tuesday that Disney’s latest, “Strange World,” which was going to have conservatives who freaked out over the underperforming “Lightyear” s**tting the bed.
If you though conservatives freaked out over Lightyear, they’re gonna s*** the bed over #StrangeWorld, which is great.
Main protagonist is gay. Older people don’t find it remarkable. Biracial marriage. Almost no one is white. Climate change metaphor.
Even the dog is disabled!
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) November 23, 2022
Conservatives hate disabled dogs!
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) November 28, 2022
Huh.
Disney’s ‘Strange World’ to Lose $100 Million in Theatrical Run https://t.co/XJ8ZX8ey5b
— Variety (@Variety) November 27, 2022
Ah, that explains why it tanked at the box office…
— Robbin Crosby (@LiveLikeIts1987) November 25, 2022
I too bring a race and sexuality checklist to movies because I'm a normal human being.
— Boe Jiden (@BoesephRJiden) November 26, 2022
How's the movie doing so far in the box office? I haven't checked.
— Enfuego (@Enfuego101) November 25, 2022
Oh a climate change metaphor? How new and different.
— JWPTX (@jwpatx1485) November 26, 2022
"Climate change metaphor"
Damn, they should've put that on the poster. Then there'd be rings of people around the theater to watch it.
— Robert Maloney (@crisis_comics) November 27, 2022
Ah, into race baiting as well as rock throwing from the Moon.
— Mike Savage 🇮🇪 (@MikeSav51408235) November 25, 2022
https://twitter.com/Sethtaytay/status/1596535550349115393
This self own was delicious, feed me more.
— Krypteia Returns (@Jeff00989893) November 26, 2022
It's funny because none of what she said will be shown in China.
— Phoenix King Malekith, Mommy Lover (@skavenslave) November 26, 2022
Why do I need to expend that energy when the trend tells me (borne out once again by facts) that the movie is going to bury itself at the box office with no assistance from me?
— Patrick Grady (@PGrady88) November 28, 2022
Lose my @#$%?
Nah man, I just ain't watching it
— 🅱️udTheArtist (@BudTheArtGuy1) November 26, 2022
So you're willing to release a film that you know won't do well, but because it matches your worldview it's OK if the studio takes a hit. You have a strange definition of success.
— CorbinDallas71 (@corbindallas71) November 27, 2022
Looks like it tanked at the box office. Probably why Disney wanted Iger back at the helm, so he'd stop this madness.
— Brandon Stewart (@DisBeBrandon) November 25, 2022
You love to see it.
— JCF (@jcfris1) November 28, 2022
EVEN THE DOG IS DISABLED
I'm sorry but that is hilarious. This is your best tweet ever.
— mcbc 🇺🇸🗽 (@mcbc) November 28, 2022
#StrangeWorld grossed a disappointing $4.2 million on Wednesday as it eyes a five-day haul of under $24 million. That’s a terrible result for Disney's $180 million-budgeted animated adventure. https://t.co/u0y4SqYfGl
— Variety (@Variety) November 25, 2022
To be honest, this editor has no idea what the film is about and isn’t about to buy a movie ticket to find out. From what Wu says, though, it does sound awesome in every way.
Oh well, another big Disney bomb. At least “Lightyear” star Chris Evans didn’t take it hard:
"The real truth is those people are idiots… There's always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before. But those people die off like dinosaurs.”
— Chris Evans on critics of #Lightyear’s inclusion of a gay couple pic.twitter.com/NDtEU5us62
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 15, 2022
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