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Hey guys, Helen here, Wisecrack's resident science nerd.

While 14-year-old Jared was waiting in line for 7 hours early for The Matrix: Reloaded, I

was playing with my Star Wars action figures, acting out weird love triangles between Qui-Gon,

Jango, and Princess Leia and trying to convince my family that my home planet was actually

Alderaan.

So, I decided to flex my Star Wars Geekery for this discussion of Disney's latest installment

in the Star Wars Cinematic Universe: Solo.

The movie fills in the backstory of our favorite smuggler-turned-hero, showing us how a young

Han transforms into the legendary Han Solo… sort of.

Given that the other films have been massive cash cows, Solo was expected to do pretty

well, even considering the Last Jedi backlash and potential franchise fatigue.

But Solo flopped.

It's on track to be the first unprofitable Star Wars film ever.

This should surprise you for one reason: everything about this movie is designed to be marketable

and give you the warm fuzzies.

So, what went wrong?

Let's take a look in this Wisecrack Edition on how even psychology couldn't sell Solo.

Thanks to our sponsors at Brilliant.org for making this video possible, and as always,

spoilers ahead.

Solo kicks off sometime around the year 13 BBY, that's 3264 on the Lothal calendar,

and ends roughly 10 years before Rogue One and A New Hope.

The movie follows aspiring pilot and scoundrel-to-be Han, as he goes from a bright-eyed romantic

to an outlaw who shoots first.

"Sorry about the mess."

Along the way, he picks up a lovable 196-year-old Wookiee, a notorious technosexual smuggler

and the Millennium Falcon, though he doesn't quite pull off the Kessel run in less than

12 parsecs - unless you round down.

Here's Solo's fundamental strategy: make us nostalgic for the good ol' days of Star

Wars by cramming in as many easter eggs and nods to the past Star Wars as possible.

There's the golden dice, the planet Felucia, viper droids, Mandalorian armor, Twi'leks,

Jabba the Hutt, Bossk the Bounty Hunter, colo clawfish, and of course, Darth Maul.

And that's just scratching the surface.

The movie is one easter egg after the next, pulling references not only from the films,

but also from the novelizations, the video games, and the animated series.

The reference to Aurra Sing, Lando's disguise from Return of the Jedi and Qi'ra's impressive

command of Teräs Käsi are great ways to make fans who know two generations-worth of

Star Wars lore feel like they have a special connection to the film.

But despite the outstanding fan service and some great deep cuts, the movie falls short

because nostalgia alone can't propel a film, and might even get in the way.

While I can't read Disney's mind, the reason they relied on all this nostalgia seems

pretty… obvious.

Marketers use nostalgia to sell stuff all the time, and it's no different in movies.

Just look at the Force Awakens: besides bringing back the actual characters - and actors - from

the original trilogy, the film paid homage to its predecessors in the form of things

like trash compactors, podracing flags and that even that werewolf alien thing from the

Mos Eisley cantina.

Neuroscience has a possible explanation for why this trick could be super effective: it

involves the brain's reward system.

Some imaging studies have shown that the parts of the brain tied to feelings like pleasure,

motivation, and euphoria are activated when you're experiencing nostalgia.

So, for long-time Star Wars fans, seeing things like Han's dice and hearing the sound of

the imperial fighters are like a jump to hyperspace for the feel-good pathways in your brain - which

is exactly what Disney wants to happen, because then you'll keep coming back for more.

Or buy some Solo dice cufflinks and a Kessel run T-shirt.

But nostalgia marketing aside, these easter eggs do something else.

In the case of humor, being on the receiving end of an inside joke makes us feel more affiliation

with the jokester and makes them seem more "socially desirable".

"I do not understand-" "I do!

I understood that reference."

And according to the encryption theory of humor, jokes are funny not just because of

their superficial content, but because they broadcast shared knowledge between the funny

person and their audience.

So, if you caught yourself laughing in the scene where Chewie's losing it over being

beaten at dejarik or the one where he's holding up the guard's severed arms, the

writers did their job - from a psychology standpoint, the fact that Disney shares your

"inside knowledge" that Wookiees rip peoples' arms off makes you feel like they get it.

"But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid."

"That's 'cause a droid don't pull people's arms out of their sockets if they loose.

Wookiees are known to do that."

But here's where Solo lands itself in trouble.

Plenty of movies have inside jokes and references while also giving us well-developed characters.

But in the process of doubling-down on nostalgic easter eggs, Disney fails to give us a legit

origin story.

Solo's fundamental problem is that Alden Ehrenreich has to convince us he's Harrison

Ford's Han Solo from the very start: he's got the arrogance, the wisecracks, the hustle

— Han's supposed transition is basically 75 percent complete right from the beginning.

So, by the time he shoots Beckett at the end, it doesn't seem like much of a change - he's

been acting like Harrison Ford the whole time.

The film makes gestures of a transformation, but they seem half-hearted when crammed between

8,000 other nostalgia triggers.

As a result, for a film that promises to showcase the development of one of the most beloved

characters in sci-fi history, it feels more like a Buzzfeed top 10 list of Han Solo trivia.

Even significant plot points - like the way Han gets his last name, meets Lando or wins

the Millennium Falcon - feel like easter eggs.

Take Hans relationship with Chewie: Han's only known him for a couple minutes before

their relationship has the same dynamic as it does throughout the rest of the saga.

Normally, we'd expect this kind of connection to develop and mature over time, but because

Disney's top priority was to trigger nostalgia and familiarity rather than truly show development,

it ends up feeling shallow - the movie gets it out of the way and moves on to the next

bit of trivia.

The point of an origin story is to show us how a character we know and love comes to

be who they are.

For instance, Batman Begins shows Bruce Wayne mastering his fears to become the legendary

Dark Knight.

Bruce starts out as a troubled, angsty, scared youth at the beginning, and by the end he

is disciplined and unafraid.

Doctor Strange starts off as a self-centered surgeon who only believes in cold rationality,

and ends the film with him as a self-sacrificial mystic.

But to be honest, I kind of get it.

When you're re-casting such an iconic role, you get stuck between a rock and a hard place.

If Han's antics at the beginning seemed completely different than Harrison Ford, the

audience wouldn't believe they were watching Han Solo.

But if you have him act like Ford's Solo from the beginning, you sacrifice a convincing

arc for familiarity.

If we were to try to give the film more credit, we might say that the arc is Han going from

an aspiring scoundrel to an idealist when he decides to hand over the Hyperfuel to the

budding resistance.

But isn't that the exact same arc from A New Hope?

"Hey, I knew there was more to you than money!"

At worst, the film has no arc.

And at best, it's a retread of Episode 4.

That's not to say Solo doesn't have moments of fun, but that's really the best thing

you could say about it.

And hey, if that's what you're looking for, it's a good time.

But in our opinion, Disney could have done better by delivering an intriguing character

rather than relying on cheap appeals to nostalgia in the form of endless

easter eggs.

But that's our take - leave us yours in the comments below.

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Trump Trusts Brutal Dictators, But Not Our Closest Allies In Canada - Duration: 3:12.

Now that Donald Trump's whirlwind foreign policy tour has come to an end I think it's

important that we actually analyzed what the president was able to accomplish and all of

the harm that he inflicted upon the world with his visits to both Canada and Singapore.

Let's start with North Korea.

In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos after he met with Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump

said that, "I trust him, I trust him very much," when referring to Kim Jong Un.

Now this is a man, Kim Jong Un, who is a brutal dictator from North Korea, has murdered countless

members of his own society, leaves the rest to starve, to live with absolutely nothing

and Donald Trump says, I trust him.

He had nothing but the highest praise for this man, put him on his same level with the

rest of the world to see and praised him.

So let's rewind the clock a few days before Donald Trump even got to Singapore, where

was he before that?

Canada.

He was in Canada meeting with Prime Ministers of Japan, Canada, Germany, France, everybody,

the G7 right, our allies.

The people that we depend on if we need some kind of military aide, or we need humanitarian

aide, or we need trade agreements worked out, these are our buddies and our friends, and

Trump treated them like he should have treated Kim Jong Un.

In that same interview with Stephanopoulos Donal Trump said, oh the media's lying about

what happened at the actual G7 summit, everybody left there in a really great mood and really

happy with each other but then Justin Trudeau came out and was so insincere, just so wrong

about the whole tariff situation and he just made everything horrible,

Donald Trump has a better relationship with the leader of North Korea then he does with

the leader of our closest ally in Canada.

That is wrong.

That's not good.

Why would anybody expect this man to be able to make peace with North Korea when he can't

even make peace with Canada.

Not to mention the fact he pissed of Angela Merkel, he pissed off Emmanuel Macron from

France, he pissed everybody off because he was acting like a whiny, petulant child at

that G7 meeting.

Nobody left there happy about what he said, or what he did, or that he was even there.

Trump is lying about that and we know it based on the statements they've given ever since

he left that meeting.

But it should give everyone in this country a little bit cause for concern about the fact

that Donal Trump can get along swimmingly with some of the most murderous dictators

in the world, yet struggles to be friends with people who have been allies of the United

States for decades.

That's not how foreign policy works, unless of course you yourself as Fox News accidentally

called him, are actually a dictator.

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SLIMME SCHOENEN - UP2D8 - Duration: 3:37.

Thank you for waiting so patiently for a new video

I took a break to get some stuff done for myself

But I'm completely back. So make sure you're seated,

point that beautiful face toward your screen

And enjoy my soothing voice and unneccesary face movements

Waking up everyday, just to slide in those shoes and move your body towards work or school...

can be a rut sometimes

Hey, that doesn't matter anymore!

The Digitsole Smartshoes are here to give you a hand, or foot.

Shoes that analyze which parts of your foot you use a lot

they also give you tips and tricks how to walk without having painful feet at the end of your day

And the crème de la crème, people! There's built-in...

shoe warming technology!

Okay you'll might use up a lot of your battery life because heat requires a lot of energy

but heck

Having nice and toasty feet during the winter?

I don't mind!

Of course you can also link it to your smartphone

Nowadays it'd be weird if that feature wouldn't be added

Then you can adjust the hue of the lights on the side and tighten your shoe, Back to the future-style!

If you don't watch what you're eating...

You'll be tight in your clothing........

((not the best transition ever))

Then make it even worse by building up some muscle to never fit in your beautiful shirt again!

In Japan they've recently introduced a dumbbell that...

allows you to insert your phone

I can already hear you think, as if there's some telepathy going on...

that thing is perfect for when you're working out and you wanna watch some Netflix or UP2D8...

And you can look at it from a few angles

On the one hand you can entertain yourself while you're trying to go for that hot summer bod

Nice!

But on the other hand it's a nice way to get rid of that smartphone addiction

because you'll always have so much trouble to pick it up

Oh god this phone call is important!

If you get a facebook or instagram message you'll always have to URGHHHH

Wait a sec, now that we're talking about that, at this very moment

I'm giving away cool Nintendo goodies for you!

So if you're not following me yet..

What the hell are you doing???

Make sure you follow me, and follow Nintendo too in the mean time!

and you can win cool stuff!

Are you wasting food again? What the hell are you doing??

Smarterware's gonna help you out to preserve your leftover food

If you have some leftovers vegetables from the last few days or some spaghetti that you couldn't finish

Just put it in a box and hang that sensor on it

If the expiration date draws near, the ring will start to change color depending on how fresh it is

When you look inside your fridge you'll see a nice graphical representation of the leftover food.

Through the app you can also add all of the food you currently have in your fridge

and based on that it will give you some recipe tips

You'll never waste food again!

Waste, like your own energy...when it rains

Don't tell me you hold your own umbrella when it's raining

Come on, if you watch UP2D8 you know that that's for plebs

In Japan, (again) they're experimenting with drones and...

umbrellas

Look, I like that way of thinking. Those guys know what they're doing

They're like, why bother carrying it like a noob when it can follow you wherever you go!

Ok I have to admit

It' might a teensy bit ambitious

If you consider the noise it makes it might get- IT MIGHT GET LOUD

And another think, that battery probably wont last very long

You'll probably have to carry it above your head like a doofus when that happens

One thing's for sure, it won't be long before a drone-umbrella flies in one of our eyes

But at the same time, our feet will stay warm at the very least

Your up to date again, after so long! I'll be back on wednesday with a cool announcement

Thanks for watching, thanks for liking. I'm Samir, see you next time!

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