Regarding Rian’s tweets and social media posts when he was criticized; Incredibly unprofessional. When you set out to make a sequel in a loved franchise and you openly admit you’re going to turn the franchise and the fans on their ears, be ready for some blowback and be ready for it to be harsh. All that maaaahh deeeeeeek!!! bullshit is just weird and childish. WTF, Rian?
Thing is… he didn’t respond to legitimate criticism like this. There are a good couple of interviews where he has stated that if people don’t like his movies that’s fine. I agree blowback should be expected to an extent… but Rian Johnson was harassed by people. Real talk, if you go onto a director’s Twitter to yell at them how much their movie sucks and how they ruined the franchise? You’re not just some honest critic who is looking to have a conversation about the movie or simply express your opinion? What you are is a rude nerfherder who is getting aggro with a human because they dared to commit the “crime” of making a movie you dislike and you also happen to be maybe comment #50,000. In that case, a director has the right to clapback and poke fun at because that is their account and someone making the choice to get aggro towards said account should expect that the person behind it may have words to fire back with. Harsh criticism is one thing. You say on a public forum TLJ is the worst SW movie and you keep your focus on the work? Okay, that’s fine. Yelling at the director on Twitter is frankly horrid discourse.