• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 hours ago

    I still can't work out what the thinking was

    The Disney suits bought into the old JJ Abrams "Mystery Box" gimmick. The secret to the "Mystery Box" is that there's nothing of substance in it past a few bombastic establishing shots and it's a bunch of hype and pretension with no follow-through. If those suits looked at his previous movie record a bit more closely they'd have been warned.