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Now that the Star Wars ennealogy has been concluded with The Rise of Skywalker, people are solidifying their opinions of the newest trilogy of films, as well as the franchise as a whole. But the opinions of those who went to see any one of the Star Wars films in theaters aren’t necessarily dependent on the content of the films. On the contrary, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Media Psychology, it seems that the way people perceive the Star Wars movies has a significant impact on how they feel about them, especially when it comes to high versus low expectations, as well as intensity of nostalgic feelings.
Ben affleck said it best, BvS was judged on theme/expectation rather than execution. Where The Last Jedi seems to have benefited from the oppositie. Rian and Co were applauded for what they attempted to do rather than how well they executed.
— Ashes Over Saigon (@MartyMcTweet) December 12, 2019
According to the study, which comes via the New York Post, participants, who were asked to rate on a seven-point scale how nostalgic, happy, and/or sad The Last Jedi would make them feel, gave predictions that frequently turned out to be inaccurate; meaning they often overestimated or underestimated what kind of emotional impact the film would have on them. Subsequently, those who had the highest expectations for TLJ, but were the most disappointed by it, experienced the least amount of enjoyment, while those who had the highest expectations and felt like the film delivered on those expectations experienced the most enjoyment. And even though these findings may fall under the “water is wet” category of news for you, there were some notable surprises found in the research.
A second viewing of The Last Jedi drastically turned my opinion around on it.
I appreciated it so much more without the weight of expectation.
— Joe Juba (@Joejuba) December 19, 2017
One co-author of the study, James Alex Bonus, an assistant professor of communication at The Ohio State University, said in a statement that out of the 441 people surveyed for the study, those who had low expectations for the film, but were pleasantly surprised by it, didn’t experience the most enjoyment—a result that seemed to go against what the authors had predicted would be the outcome of the study. “The negative bias going in dragged [viewers] down and even if they were pleasantly surprised by the movie, they still didn’t like it as much as other people did.” Bonus noted that, ultimately, “It wasn’t really helping people to go in with those low expectations.”
On top of that unexpected finding, the study also revealed that forecasted nostalgia, rather than forecasted happiness, was the main driver of whether or not an individual went to go see the movie. Which presumably means that what may be the most critical factor in terms of audience turnout, especially concerning long-standing franchises like Star Wars, is simply the urge to reconnect with a story or characters that remind people of the past, rather than an expectation that the film will actually be a quality product.
Finally saw #RiseofSkywalker Went in with low expectations and came out balling. JJ did a great job salvaging what Rian did to The Last Jedi. It ranks up in my top 3 favorite Star Wars movies ever. #Reylo was perfect. But #BenSoloDeservedBetter His redemption was beautiful…
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Elyssar
Bonus claimed that the study shows that “We are really bad at predicting how future events will make us feel,” a finding that falls in line with other research demonstrating the same phenomenon. Taking this into account, Bonus said that the success of movies like the latest Star Wars films “becomes a lot less about what is in the movie and a lot more about what [viewers] expected it to be.” Which may mean we all need to work on our Jedi precognition skills so we can, at the very least, save some money on movie tickets.
What do you think about this study’s findings? Are you surprised to hear that people with low expectations but high satisfaction are not the ones who enjoyed the Star Wars movies most, or is all of this research old news for you? We have high expectations for the opinions you’ll leave in the comments section!
Feature Image: Lucasfilm
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Now that the Star Wars ennealogy has been concluded with The Rise of Skywalker, people are solidifying their opinions of the newest trilogy of films, as well as the franchise as a whole. But the opinions of those who went to see any one of the Star Wars films in theaters aren’t necessarily dependent on the content of the films. On the contrary, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Media Psychology, it seems that the way people perceive the Star Wars movies has a significant impact on how they feel about them, especially when it comes to high versus low expectations, as well as intensity of nostalgic feelings.
Ben affleck said it best, BvS was judged on theme/expectation rather than execution. Where The Last Jedi seems to have benefited from the oppositie. Rian and Co were applauded for what they attempted to do rather than how well they executed.
— Ashes Over Saigon (@MartyMcTweet) December 12, 2019
According to the study, which comes via the New York Post, participants, who were asked to rate on a seven-point scale how nostalgic, happy, and/or sad The Last Jedi would make them feel, gave predictions that frequently turned out to be inaccurate; meaning they often overestimated or underestimated what kind of emotional impact the film would have on them. Subsequently, those who had the highest expectations for TLJ, but were the most disappointed by it, experienced the least amount of enjoyment, while those who had the highest expectations and felt like the film delivered on those expectations experienced the most enjoyment. And even though these findings may fall under the “water is wet” category of news for you, there were some notable surprises found in the research.
A second viewing of The Last Jedi drastically turned my opinion around on it.
I appreciated it so much more without the weight of expectation.
— Joe Juba (@Joejuba) December 19, 2017
One co-author of the study, James Alex Bonus, an assistant professor of communication at The Ohio State University, said in a statement that out of the 441 people surveyed for the study, those who had low expectations for the film, but were pleasantly surprised by it, didn’t experience the most enjoyment—a result that seemed to go against what the authors had predicted would be the outcome of the study. “The negative bias going in dragged [viewers] down and even if they were pleasantly surprised by the movie, they still didn’t like it as much as other people did.” Bonus noted that, ultimately, “It wasn’t really helping people to go in with those low expectations.”
On top of that unexpected finding, the study also revealed that forecasted nostalgia, rather than forecasted happiness, was the main driver of whether or not an individual went to go see the movie. Which presumably means that what may be the most critical factor in terms of audience turnout, especially concerning long-standing franchises like Star Wars, is simply the urge to reconnect with a story or characters that remind people of the past, rather than an expectation that the film will actually be a quality product.
Finally saw #RiseofSkywalker Went in with low expectations and came out balling. JJ did a great job salvaging what Rian did to The Last Jedi. It ranks up in my top 3 favorite Star Wars movies ever. #Reylo was perfect. But #BenSoloDeservedBetter His redemption was beautiful…
—
Bonus claimed that the study shows that “We are really bad at predicting how future events will make us feel,” a finding that falls in line with other research demonstrating the same phenomenon. Taking this into account, Bonus said that the success of movies like the latest Star Wars films “becomes a lot less about what is in the movie and a lot more about what [viewers] expected it to be.” Which may mean we all need to work on our Jedi precognition skills so we can, at the very least, save some money on movie tickets.
What do you think about this study’s findings? Are you surprised to hear that people with low expectations but high satisfaction are not the ones who enjoyed the Star Wars movies most, or is all of this research old news for you? We have high expectations for the opinions you’ll leave in the comments section!
Feature Image: Lucasfilm
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Ever since Dennis McKinley cheated on Porsha Williams while she was pregnant, he’s worked hard to get back in her good graces. He was successfully able to get her to take him back and to be his fianceé again. However, she’s not the only person he’s been fighting to be forgiven by.
Surprisingly, Dennis shared that he was working to mend his relationship with her family members, specifically her sister, Lauren. If you’ll recall, after the couple split, Porsha, Lauren and their mother, Diane, unfollowed Dennis on social media. During this latest season of Real Housewives of Atlanta, we’ve also seen them shed tears with her about the pain of his indiscretions. And while he was able to win back Porsha’s heart, the family wasn’t feeling him in the way that they used to.
Well, Dennis shared in a post on Instagram on Thursday that he felt it important to apologize to Lauren, and pretty much everybody close to Porsha who was hurt, for the way in which he disappointed her and their family. It was an apology that she accepted.
“Ok let me tell you about the power of forgiveness! When you hurt ppl it’s important to know that you also hurt ppl that love them!” he wrote as the caption of a photo of he and Lauren sharing an embrace. “@lodwill #unblocked me today BUT Lauren 
you… first time speaking/hanging in 8/9 months … apologize to EVERYBODY #salaam #family.”
The move was appreciated by Porsha, who commented with a teary-eyed emoji thanking Dennis for stepping up to mend things with her sister.
As we learned this season on RHOA, Dennis cheated on Porsha while she was pregnant with their daughter, Pilar, which she initially had a hard time forgiving. It didn’t help that he blamed some of the changes that come with pregnancy for his decision to step out.
“We had a rough pregnancy, all the way from start to finish,” he said during a therapy session. “Sex during pregnancy, it’s nothing that a man wants to do … and after PJ got here, postpartum was very real. We cried together like every night. That’s not a good enough why, but that’s the why.”
Nevertheless, the couple worked through it. Porsha confirmed back in August that they had reunited and were taking things one step at a time. By December, she stated that they were re-engaged and looking to tie the knot in 2020. And despite the fact that the first pregnancy didn’t go so great, she recently said they were finalizing plans for baby number two.
“PJ needs someone to play with,” the 38-year-old said. “I will say this, we are talking about it, and if it does not happen by PJ’s birthday, or by June, my birthday next year, then it won’t be happening … if it happens it happens.”
Whatever happens from here on out, Porsha has made it clear that she’s happy with Dennis and they’re doing the work to maintain their family.
“We’re working on our family,” she recently said on Watch What Happens Live. “It takes time. I love him, and he loves me, and we’re doing what’s best for our family. That’s really all you can do.”
The Doctor is back with an all-new episode of Doctor Who, and we’re thrust into a spy thriller that keeps us on the edge of our seat throughout the entire thing. All around the world, spies are being killed by aliens that the Sonic Screwdriver cannot identify. The Doctor continually gets no readings on these creatures, and when she goes to her old MI6 buddy O, they’re under attack from the same creatures.
MI6 brings in the Doctor and her companions when they see spies go missing. With a call from C (Stephen Fry), our favorite crew rolls into MI6, and Graham and Ryan are more concerned with the cool gadgets they get to use than anything else. But splitting up after C is, seemingly, assassinated by these aliens, the Doctor and Graham go to Australia to visit the former MI6 agent O—an analyst who studied the extraterrestrial life forms that the government came in contact with—while Ryan and Yaz went to San Francisco to talk with the man who was, seemingly, at the center of these attacks.
There are two jokes in this episode that hit in the best possible way. One comes when C says that the Doctor changed (meaning regenerated), and she responds that she “got an upgrade.” The second? Ryan trying to go undercover and naming himself “Logan” because he wanted to channel the energy of Hugh Jackman, but then was afraid that he couldn’t channel the energy of Hugh Jackman and broke down into nerves while trying to go undercover.
It was great because, for the first real time, it showed the Doctor’s companions trying to figure out how to get information without having the Doctor there for an excuse or the use of the psychic paper to help them. But then, the episode goes from a fun mess of the Doctor’s companions trying to be spies into a twisty-turny episode that had us all screaming by the end.
The twist? O is not who he says he is. In a moment that had me yelling in public, the Master is back with an all-new persona. There was a part of me that wanted Michelle Gomez back as the Master to take on Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor, but I do have to say that I loved the reveal of O’s lies.
It was an episode of the Doctor in a tux, spy-thriller dynamics, and twists and turns that are typically found in a James Bond movie rather than Doctor Who, but it was a solid and fun start to season 12.
The episode does a great job of setting up the turmoil that is to come to the Doctor in this two-part episode, and Twitter was excited about the New Year’s Day premiere episode.
✨ DW SPOILER ALERT ✨
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.bitch IM BACK #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/qXCTw84ehx
— letics || dw spoiler ✨ (@luyfloyd) January 2, 2020
the master: surprise bitch bet you thought you’d seen the last of me
the doctor even though this literally happens every time and they’ve known this stupid timelord since childhood: #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/BAd19vdxuU
— Klaudia Amenábar // doctor who spoilers mute me (@kaludiasays) January 2, 2020
‼️ #DoctorWho Spoilers ‼️
Get you a man who can do both. pic.twitter.com/cMCNQyXBjZ
— Jennifer/Raven (@Ravensong97) January 2, 2020
The many stages of “Oh Shit! The Master Again!!!” #Spyfall #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/kFze5T10zZ
— JAMΞS (@NormaJeansBaker) January 2, 2020
This was the most adorable and dorky thing I’ve ever seen in my life! ❤️✨#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/VobURLob4G
— TardisMonkey (@tardis_monkey) January 2, 2020
the master is such a dramatic bitch and I love him already#doctorwho pic.twitter.com/4hUqJ7ItMJ
— caitlin/DW SPOILERS (@cxpxldi) January 2, 2020
I’m excited to see where this season ends up taking us. Right now, the Doctor is separated from her friends while they’re on a crashing airplane, but as the Master said to her before separating the Doctor from Graham, Ryan, and Yaz, everything you think you know is a lie.
(image: BBC)
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Writer: Dan Jurgens / Artists: Inaki Miranda and Scot Eaton / DC Comics
If you’ve been following BNP’s comic book coverage for a while, you may know that I regularly reviewed DC’s main Batman title. From issue #1 to issue #85 – with the occasional handoff in between— I rode the highs and lows of that series.
Now it’s time to venture into new territories. But I can’t venture too far from home, however, because Batman has my heart, and I won’t give up until he’s happy! (read: never)
I decided to check out Batman Beyond as it’s a story I’ve dabbled with and enjoyed in the past, but not in its current iteration. Little did I know I’d come across one of the most enjoyable and satisfying Batman stories I’ve read in a while.
The issue features an anonymous Batwoman who has stepped in to don the cowl as Terry McGinnis is suffering from a bad case of amnesia and living on the streets. Batwoman is fighting none other than Blight, a former millionaire named Derek Powers who actually murdered Terry’s father after he exposed his schemes. Oh! And he absorbed radioactive energy and walks around in a body that’s quickly deteriorating.
Back in the Batcave, old man Bruce Wayne and Terry’s younger brother Matt are watching on as this anonymous Batwoman fights Blight and speculate on who should be. Neither of their biggest leads picked up the phone, so who knows at this point?
On the other side of town, Terry is living on the streets with only his first name and the company of another woman who’s hit rock bottom. The only problem is that she hit rock bottom by taking part in the same scheme that got his father murdered.
*gasp*
Now, Batman Beyond #39 is not doing anything new here. As a matter of fact, a lot of this issue is a reintroduction of regular tropes like amnesia, secret identities, and the return of long-thought-dead villains. But Dan Jurgens is having fun here. He’s not dealing with the pressures of trying to steer one of DC’s top-shelf titles, which allows him the freedom to have some fun.
9.0 out of 10
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