@Kerrcarr01 I want to introduce people like this to the revisionists who insist the prequels were always popular and that there was never a backlash against them
@KarenMHJ@MatthewTobar210 That's so cool, I'll look it up. Thought it'd be mundane like some guy who's last name was candy bought it for the senate or something
@TimFabry@Nassreddin2002 Britain would be in the same mess if it weren't for first past the post. Unfortunately the party with the huge majority is doing a terrible job
@ceisiwr1@CPTKrimsonHeart @CelticWolfsBane @CultureCrave She said he was shielded from the hate and she didn't let him go online. Didn't mean it didn't exist. Ahmed Best also had it much worse
@ceisiwr1@CPTKrimsonHeart @CelticWolfsBane @CultureCrave Hate mail was still a thing back then. It was 1999 not medieval times lol.
There's this weird revisionist history that the vocal fan base didn't hate these movies at the time. General audiences didn't mind them and kept coming back for more, and kids on the playground loved them