Director Tim Miller Blames “Get Woke And Go Broke” Sentiment For Terminator: Dark Fate’s Box Office Bomb

During a recent episode of the “The Business with Kim Masters” podcast the host shared Miller’s analysis on the box office failure of Terminator: Dark Fate as well as audience reaction to the film.

Not only does Miller share his analysis on the film, but he and Masters go back and forth about Miller’s reaction to fans compared to Sonic the Hedgehog director Jeff Fowler. The conversation took place before the release of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Master’s discussion with Miller begins around the 9:40 mark.

The clip begins with Miller saying, “There was a lot of ‘get woke and go broke’ sentiment that didn’t help us, but…”

When asked to explain what that means, Miller responds, “There was a lot of issues about having three women in lead positions and all of that stuff.”

He adds, “There is quite a toxi

Masters then posits the idea that fans are lying in wait to pounce on directors and creatives because they know what they don’t want.

Miller agrees with this assertion saying, “Yeah and unfortunately, I think it is a small minority, but it’s a very vocal minority and they make a lot of noise and it’s hard. You now, I don’t dwell online on the negativity, but it’s human nature to read a little bit.”

c atmosphere around this film online, which I was really surprised at. I shouldn’t be, but I was.”

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