I'm sorry Supreme, in general I agree with you more than disagree, but some of your ideas here I don't agree with. Even though Amandla Stenberg is being pushed by Hollywood she hasn't proven she can get enough young or older people to actually support her films, especially with her as the star or being prominently in them, outside of the first Hunger Games. While The Hate U Give was praised by some it only made $35 million off a $23 million budget. And The Darkest Minds made $41 million of a $34 million budget. That's not to say that she won't eventually become the star I think Hollywood is investing in, but so far, that hasn't come to pass. I can't see putting a movie on her shoulders. Perhaps one of the Disney Plus shows, especially if she's part of an ensemble.
Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth didn't wreck shop with MIB: International; they wrecked that franchise. It got pilloried by the reviewers and press. It hasn't even made $80 million domestic yet, off a relatively cheap $90-110 million budget. I don't think that's going to have any real bearing on them in the MCU, and while I don't think MIB: International was as terrible as lots of other people, it's poor showing does not sell Thompson and Hemsworth as bankable outside the MCU. Once again, both are good actors and likable and could eventually get there, but aren't there now. And Hemsworth has had several shots at it, but hasn't found a non-Thor role or franchise yet that is a hit with mass audiences.
Fast and Furious is already a diverse franchise. It's been ahead of the curve there. And while it will get more diverse-featuring female characters more prominently in the next entry I gather-as well as I think an upcoming female-led spin off or entry-it was a diverse franchise from the start. It's not like the mostly lily white franchises that are at times awkwardly diversifying that causes some to complain about 'forced diversity.'
For its time period, the original Star Trek was diverse, and throughout it's run, it has been more diverse than other television series. And Discovery has expanded on that. Comparatively Star Wars has not been as diverse and still has a ways to go to catch up to where Star Trek has already been.
The movie Solo-while decent-was a totally unnecessary film-and I think it deserved its fate. It was unasked for, it was a money grab, and it was cashing in on nostalgia months after some in Disney-Lucasfilm and the Hollywood Press mocked nostalgia while defending The Last Jedi. The Solo story was too lightweight and undercut the character of Han Solo. For one, it muddled if not outright ruined Han's character arc in Episode 4. In that film he went from a selfish person to someone willing to stick his neck out for his friends and for a cause that wasn't just about himself or money. Yet, Solo has him already at that point, and that his bluster in Episode 4 was just a bluff because he's always been a softy with a heart of gold underneath. Solo took away some of Han's danger. Solo also wasted Thandie Newton and it also took away some of Lando's competence. As a film itself, it wasn't bad, and better than Episodes 7 and 8, however it was a story that could've been told in a comic book or novel. They wasted something like $300 million on that film, and for what? You could've given that money to schools, the homeless, etc.
