I’m just impressed by all this, if you went back in time and told a teenage me “there will be multiple marvel movies a year, PLUS shows. And you’re gonna not only hate it. But stop reading comics all together” I wouldn’t believe you. They literally turned a life long marvel fan into an active hater.
I personally thought Marvel was going to tank in 97-98 when they had to be bought out. But they survived and the MCU was incredibly fresh and I rejoiced. I can only hope what we currently see is the 97-98 Marvel and it can rise from its own ashes.
don't let the real haters win man, those losers were and still are jealous of what a community of like-minded people like us were up to so they connived to hijack this space and decided to be petty and they still manage to fail i live marvel because i like to...marvel at wondrous concepts and things and future space civilizations, alternate history and what not and to marvel and wonder at all the fantastical things that might or might not come to fruition one day
Aside from the attempts at social engineering, the other big problem is that the mindset in Hollywood is 'content creation' rather than 'good storytelling'.
I was just talking about that with some people at work. They're so focused on pumping out content to fill up space in their lineup, that they aren't focusing any real attention on any particular IP. Since the beginning of Marvel Phase 4 in Jan 2021, we've seen 9 Marvel Films (10 if you include The Marvels), 11 Marvel Series Seasons (including What if? and Loki S2), and 5 Star Wars series season releases. This doesn't take into account the 32 non-Marvel films released under the Disney banner, a bunch of unrelated series like Willow, and National Treasure, among others as well as different unscripted shows, various animated series, as well as specials and shorts. Unfortunately judging by their list of upcoming shows and movies, this is going to get worse before it gets better.
The fact that if you were a businessman or boss of a company (or, in this case, franchise) did near to half as bad as things have progressed with (woke hollywood) that person would be fired, blacklisted and flagged for what I have done so that others don't make the mistake in hiring that person for there foreseeable future in that career all withinn 24-48hrs. And the sheer fact that they (woke hollywood people) have made it this far for near on 10years doing the same thing again and again should go down in history books as one of the greatest escapes of responsibility. Right next to the page of the great Houdini escape artist.
‘Apathy is the killer’. So true. The most significant part of your review is at 19:00. The reflection on escapism, & the importance of storytelling. Powerful. This human element has been overlooked and replaced by algorithms and sales data. Thanks for sharing.
Yep. I would say escapism & the importance of storytelling have been replaced by identity politics, ideology, misandry, and the ethos of the devouring mother.
Some of the best memories of my childhood are of my Dad or Grandma, telling stories around the campfire (or anywhere, for that matter) I think humans just need storytelling, it's part of our psyche or something.
You would think Disney/Marvel would take the "apathy is the killer" message seriously, because THEY showed apathy first. By not caring what criticisms the fans had towards their stuff.
I just don't understand why they have to destroy characters that have been loved for decades now to be inclusive,create new ones. Did she just say the X-Men is outdated due to it being called X-Men? Wtf?
wait a bit n they will cancel doctor strange 3 spiderman 4 because they have men lol n dont worry even if they do release it they will make doctor strange and spiderman pass there mantell to a random woman
The last few minutes of your video almost had me in tears. I live on my own and rarely see or speak to anyone so the characters in the movies and comicbooks I like feel like friends to me. I find great comfort and peace spending time with them. In the same way, I love watching your videos as again, it feels like I'm spending time with a friend. It was great to hear you say what I have been feeling for so long. These stories and characters matter to us. They get us through tough times which is why it's so hard to watch them be destroyed in real time. When you don't have much, you cherish the few things you do have. I'm not racist or sexist or any kind of phobe. I just want the things I love and have invested in to be respected.
You are not alone. In my experience, humans everywhere share many common values and a love for great storytelling. Disney and Hollywood have failed to recognize this commonality, and they will fail as a result. We simply need to endure.
Same here. Watching TV is escapism and makes me feel less alone too. That's why it's so disappointing to see the disrespect for characters that we love, or when TV shows are full of these "grey zone" characters that you just want to die... How can you enjoy a show if you just wish all the main characters would die because they're horrible?
-Killed off or retired most of the heroes -Killed off or turned most villains into a joke -New heroes/villains/stories are boring, derivative, or just a vehicle for lame jokes -Pumping unwelcome diversity junk into stories that does nothing for the plot or characters -Calling angry or dissatisfied fans names and dismissing their criticism -Hiring the most insufferable people to act or direct their projects -Treating the closest thing to modern mythology as ‘content’ to be churned out like a factory assembly line Lol Disney
@@ohnoliverhello Project much? LoL. I like how you people have to crap on it before the actual results come out because you can't dispute established facts.
For me it's -absence of stan Lee's guidance -disney on being too woke -the target audience is basically more on males and they fail to reach out the expectations. -the emergence of female superheroes and lack of more introductions of male superheroes
The problem is that they're not writing characters anymore, they're creating icons. They wanted so bad to make Captain Marvel a female icon, they didn't make her a character. Same applies to Rey, Galadriel, She-hulk, the Doctor, pretty much the entire cast of Terminator Dark Fate, the list goes on and on.
@@funkydiscogod So true, They hardly get any character to begin with. Funny thing some of those characters movies I cannot even recall and thats the reason why I'm stuck watching recaps because they are making such a chaos I can't even remember the storylines anymore.
Thats likeone of the main tenets of writing too.... you can have some key occurrences you want to happen, but writing characters around a story turns them into dumb tools
So true. If Disney never bought out Marvel, then Marvel would of been alive and well. But now Disney just killed it and ruined everything. Even FOX and Star Wars 😠
"Escapism is important, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise." You hit the nail on the head. In today's day where everything is depressing, scary, and uncertain, escapism helps people get through one more day. But how can we escape for just an hour from our reality when the writers shoehorned poorly hidden allegories (if not blatantly spelling it out) about the real world in our escapism? I'm tired of being preached at, and I'm tired from all the real world horrors. I need that hour or two to recharge and recenter.
100% This!!! I watch movies and TV to get away from the real world and how shitty it is. So I’m not inclined to pay money to watch some misinformed prick tell me all about the imaginary world they live in, where POCs are the center of the universe, and white men are all evil and need to be belittled and insulted.
"In today's day where everything is depressing, scary, and uncertain..." Let's not forget worst aspect: It's soul-crushingly monotonous---all joy and sense-of-adventure have been stripped from life.
Love the closing comments. There's a reason that movie attendance was high during the Depression: it was an affordable escape. Current movies do not allow people to escape all of the current crap. Many of them reinforce the crap people want to escape.
Snowflake and Safespace! I’d forgotten about them. In fact I remember watching the livestream when Gary discovered them. He said “Marvel, you’re dead!” He was not wrong.
Gary - You had some excellent points about the importance of pop culture... BUT... You left out a bit... the "pop". "Pop", as you know, is short for "popular". "Pop culture" does everything you mentioned, and more... It brings people together... and, if it isn't divisive woke garbage... it helps to unite different people... put aside our differences... to share something we both/all enjoy. Like so many of us once enjoyed Star Wars, Marvel, Disney...
I recognize that the MCU is terrible in general at this point, but I disagree with the dislike towards the Loki show. I thought it was one of their best post-Endgame projects.
"Escapism is important." That single statement right there is what entertainment is supposed to be. We watch these movies and read those comic books to get away from the crush of reality and the constant perils of the real world. Well said, sir.
@@Pilot646 yes. it's people choice. Why are you shaming for that? Most of the people is watching movies, reading books, playing games and listening musics to escape reality. You are in minority. Lol like u live in current? You are commented on video related to marvel :D It's imaginary world with heroes, magic and etc. It's escapism.
When I was knee deep in addiction I would would watch Captain American when I was really hurting with withdrawals. I literally didn’t go out and score a bag because of that flagpole scene. I know the words of an ex-junkie don’t have a ton of weight, but when he dove on that grenade and told everyone to run. That really helped me forget about my sweats and shakes.
You know, stories like yours deserve to be heard. These characters and properties have been literal lifesavers. Maybe, just maybe, if they were made to understand just how much people cherish these franchises, they may actually change their ways. I'd hope so, anyways. Glad you got clean. Keep your head up. We're all struggling with you.
To hear him tell it, Gary is an ex-junkie himself and look at all of us listening to him. Everyone needs some kind of inspiration somewhere, and so long as your morals are in the right place it doesn't matter where that inspiration originates. Keep trying Nick. It's all anyone can ever do.
Watching Gary is more interesting than any forthcoming Disney/Marvel movie. I’m also more excited for the next video than any forthcoming Disney/Marvel movie.
nobody will know that the music in the beginning is from the original Sailor Moon Series so I'm here wondering how did Nerdrodic know about that?? unless that was his blk editor Garett that used the soundtrack
When he said the cancelled Batgirl film was their most profitable of the year, I fell of my seat laughing. Its truly true. IF they had finished it and released it they would have lost masses more cash on it. By axing it they saved the money so its more profitable to not make something, than to make what they want us to see and have flop after flop. They will never learn and nothing will change. The most you can hope for is the whole thing is put on hold and paused for some years till the woke firestorm burns itself out....
If marvel has gotten bad. It's cause you have no life and you've invested way too much of yourself into being entertained. Just like the government wants😊
@@drunkman12345probably to make a point that marvel destroyed their comic book sales and are now repeating the exact same mistake with the MCU. Repeating the exact same words was probably to show that marvel learned nothing and do the same shit again.
Earlier this year, my dad suffered a heart attack that landed him in the hospital. Thankfully, we were able to get him in quickly and he was operated on in enough time that the damage was minimal. He is doing very well now. That being said - the entire time I sat in his hospital room or the waiting room, I read a fantasy novel. It didn’t take away the situation, nor did it make my dad well again. But it gave me something else to think about in the middle of a stressful circumstance, and I was better able to help my dad and my mom. That’s what all of these stories and characters mean to people. It’s not about skin color or chromosomes or where you like to stick your private parts. These stories entertain people. They relieve stress. They help us think and learn in a way that a lecture can never do. To reduce creative works down to a cheap way to score political points is insulting to the work and the audience. Great video, Gary.
You made a great point, showing one of the many reasons good storytelling is so important. We are creatures of narrative. By the bye, you know what the fastest way to increase empathy, at least based on psychological studies? Have someone read first person fiction.
"Escapism IS important." So well said, Brother Gary! Your closing remarks brought a tear to my eye AND put a grin on me mug. Thank you for keeping me entertained, it really does help!!
I feel the only way MCU can be saved is in Deadpool 3, Deadpool goes back in time in 2019 and shoots all the Disney Execs and makes sure none of this crap was made. Boom, clean storytelling while they make fun of themselves. Win-win situation :P
That message at the end was beautiful. Thank you so much Gary and all the team at Nerdrotic for making me laugh, smile and even tear up a bit at the end.
There are no "toxic fans" only "fans". If they're "toxic" they're either not fans or you're doing something wrong pissing off your paying customers. It's not even hard to figure out which one it is. *IF THEY WANT THEIR PRODUCT MORE LIKE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!* But if they're complaining that you *DIDN'T CHANGE ENOUGH* the source material, *THESE ARE NOT FANS, SEEING HOW THEY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.*
Toxic fans do exist but not in the context the medias use it. Toxicity is more within and against fandom, differences of opinions being the cause of their existence and an inability to be civil Disney is the problem, not the fans.
Buddy, the real problem with this is that they automatically blame us for being prejudiced or something like that, so any basis with arguments that we give is taxed as a crime or something bad...
It’s funny, I find it that oftentimes the quality of a fanbase is a direct reflection of the quality of the product itself, almost like if companies put out a good product the fanbase has no reason for infighting and splitting itself over disagreements regarding the direction of the franchise
The fans aren’t toxic, the industry is. It’s an easy get out when that toxic behaviour is protected behind laws now. It ridiculous how these minority groups have no tolerance for anyone else now their rights are constantly being shoved. Fighting oppression with more oppression is just fucking stupid.
@@mitsukamiyeah if you remember how bad it was when the female ghost busters film came out so many people getting cancelled for just stating their opinion
And surprise, surprise. The real decline after Endgame started with his death. As if he was the last line of defence to give us a true MCU. I bet Disney could not wait for him to die to trample all over his grave and legacy.
OPE NOPE NOPE It's CLEARLY -ist-a-phobic -gatey russian bots. Disney and it's hires just have to come up with NEW and IMPROVED insults, sure to bring the fans back, and make them realize what terrible people they are. Perhaps they can run a contest to appeal to fans: Let Kevin Fiege shit in a fan's mouth live on-stream. rather than just their eyes and ears.
You know, the world has gotten weird. In the past people were paying for what they liked and the creators adjusted their work to the taste of the paying fans. Nowadays the creators are so full of themselves that they think they can tell us what fans are supposed to like and what not. As if they can dictate what people like or not - big man addiction much?
lol. I keep telling people that when they tell me I am a biggot or misogynist for not liking what they are putting out. Nobody is under any obligation to put out a movie/book/show that is tailored to my tastes...but I am not obligated to spend my money on things that I do not like. It's how the system works. Sadly, Marvel had gotten so big that it was always going to take that juggernauht a while to fail after Disney started working to destroy it. I just find it amusing that they are so desperately trying to attract an audience that has never been into comic books while ignoring all of us who always have been into them. I guess that's their perogative...although I do hate them appropriating all the good stuff I grew up with, as opposed to generating new woke content. :(
You can give people what they don’t know they want(like Ford with the car or Apple with the IPhone), but if what you gave is not good and people don’t buy/like, scrap it and listen to them. You can’t win people by force, and the worst thing you can do is try to gaslight people, they may stop talking about it, but they also won’t show up in cinemas. Example, Strange World movie, people can stay quiet and just stay at home. The result is the same and the studios don’t make money. Hope they learn now.
@@graveyj2000 That is the point: you are not obligated to spend money on stuff not to your liking - and yet they are blackmailing us emotionally to do so by calling us names and stigmatize us as a kind of bad person most of us are not. I think their size and influence at the beginning caused a kind of big-man-addiction. In that state they think, they have the power to tell people what to think and what not. Me too. Hold on to the good old stuff and memories - and ignore the woke-mentality. Well, woke-content is broke-content at the end. At least that is what I observe so far.
Diversity is good when it exists naturally; when it's not talked about. Hollywood doesn't use diversity because it's helpful for social change, and you know this because 70% of their marketing strategies for their content is, "look how diverse this cast is. We made that!"
I grew up reading my dad's old Marvel (and a handful of DC) comics. They _had_ "strong female characters" in Storm, Jean Gray, and more. I admired their strength of _character,_ how they faced adversity of all types and strove to overcome it. Sometimes they'd break down when things were hard, but they always got back up and tried again, eventually becoming victorious. Sometimes men saved them, sometimes they saved men, but (for those on a team) they worked _together._ It wasn't a competition, it was cooperation. But that's not enough for intersectional feminists. _Nothing's_ ever enough for intersectional feminists. They wouldn't even be satisfied if every man on the planet died and they found a way to reproduced without men; they'd _still_ find something to complain about b/c they're malcontents. They can't make their own characters b/c they're flat and one-dimensional, just author self-inserts...so they take already established _male_ characters and make them gay, trans, female, or some overly-complicated mix of the above. They prey on nostalgia-bait-and-switch, and wonder why sales are falling. Time to go indie.
Bro even the movies they had the female x men working together and even succeeding without being all "girl power" The modern agenda Marvel has, they NEVER cared about characters or world building, just *THE MESSAGE* and their identity politics.
I think you thanos snapped a certain group of delusionists brother ... good job though.. I agree the modern western feminism is spoiling every one in the world ..
When strong men run a country/business it grows. When angry feminists run a country/business it’s fail. Even at the face of losing billions, meh it not their money they are losing
if men disappeared from the world overnight, civilization would come to a screeching halt. who would build things, fix things, and maintain the infrastructures?
It really is crazy how they are in this position, right around peak Marvel from 2015-2019 NO ONE thought they would be in this position. They got cocky
It actually went so according to plan that White Rabbit tried to screw it. They copied the new Marvel comics formula of ignoring your customers in favor of virtue signaling to an audience that wouldn’t pirate your product, let alone buy it.
The great thing about where we are in society today, is that people are waking up to the fact that nobody has to absorb any of this entertainment. Broken down, its all just people's ideas and words that mean nothing. Unapologetically find what you enjoy and take comfort knowing you're missing nothing in the process. It's great for things to exist around us. We just don't have to care.
It's sad when the best way to make money is to just not make the movie. At this point just skip the next garbage movie, give homeless shelters $10M and get a promotion for making more money than the other movies coming out.
Used to be that I was spending $50 or more a month at my local comic shop. Now that shop is long gone, and I don't even know where one is in my area. It's sad that once upon a time, my mom supported my love of comic books because it made me love reading, and now parents are actively trying to keep their kid aways from comics and other forms of entertainment to keep them from being indoctrinated into the modern nonsense culture.
Ive always planned for when i have a kid i would show them the shows i grew up with insted of those parents who just put cocomelon on and ignore their children
Gary once again hit the nail on the head! Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel and DC had pulled me through some of the most difficult times in my life. It is so disheartening to see what they’ve regressed into. All because of idiots that value their activism over good storytelling and characters.
They tried to make something for everybody and ended up making nothing for nobody... the funny thing is, when they were aiming for one specific audience, the comic book and superhero audience, they ended up capturing a global audience. It wasn't until they tried to cater to a global audience that they lost it
The closing part of this video had me in tears. Thank you Gary for being a true voice for real fans, and expressing why we love our escapism in whichever form it comes. ❤
The day my father had his fatal heart attack, my mother took us to see Return of the Jedi. It helped sixteen-year-old me get through that day, along with her, who'd just lost her husband of nearly thirty years. Forty years ago, Hollywood made movies that could help. They've stopped doing that.
Here's my message to the MCU, stop trying to convince us that Marvel is still gonna go on and on post endgame, stop making shows or movies that are based off of awful marvel comics, stop blaming everyone but yourselves, stop butchering your characters, stop going woke, stop trying to experiment and putting it out on Disney+ or the big screen that we all know is gonna flop, stop rushing your projects, stop making shows that we don't care about, stop trying to expand, like just stop, enough. Start looking for the right people for the job. Make products that make sense and not just for fandom and for some bullsh't based on some terrible comics. Just enough already. And same thing goes for Star Wars.
The ending of this one was Surprisingly heartwarming. Plus Gary made it through an entire video without mentioning One Piece? Good stuff team Nerdrotic! Hail to the fellowship!
Comics were my life as a kid. I read most Marvel titles, even the oddball ones like Deathlok, Werewolf by Night, and War of the Worlds (Killraven). I watched the bad made-for- TV movies of Spider-man and Captain America. I suffered through the Fantastic Four Cartoons where they replaced The Human Torch with Herbie the Robot (Star Wars was huge so...droid). In the 90s (my 30s) I collected with friends at work. I sold and re-bought collections. The Daredevil "Electra" storyline was unbelievable. She-Hulk was amazing. She served as a substitute for the Thing for a while in the Fantastic 4 and was an Avenger. Pre MCU Movies were very enjoyable. Sam Raimi Spiderman Movies set the bar but I like Blade, Daredevil, and even Electra. The X-Men movies were fine with Logan being gold. The MCU was a treat because I could introduce my kids to my heroes, but then it all went south (Thor Love and Thunder broke me) and it makes me sad. I'll hang onto the few DVDs I still have to hopefully share with future grandkids. By destroying Marvel, like Star Wars, I feel betrayed by Disney and the woke agenda (I'm a left leaning moderate). I'm sad for the kids that won't get to adventure with their heroes like I did. Good Job, Disney.
Gary, thank you so much for everything you do! Your last 2 min of the video really touched something important and I just wanted to truly thank you for the escapism you provide to so many of you, being the short quality videos or through your podcasts! thanks for countless hours of entertainment in difficult times, I'm 26 with a mom who has just been diagnosed with alzheimers, so I truly mean it when I say thank you for everything you provide! Love from Denmark
@@rudraakram3879 sorry but I just do not understand what the issue with having LGBT characters is?....these people exist in real life so it would make perfect sense to see it in media. As long as the representation isn't harmful to the community then I see no issue. It's important we see different kinds of people in media, it helps to lessen the ignorance, misunderstandings and hate surrounding certain communities. You can absolutely have LGBT characters AND character development AND good stories.
@@BriRomanoff lol then see what is happening with MCU We don't want to see these kind of characters and we don't want our kids to see them also ... Once MCU felt like unstoppable money printing machine at box office and after they tried to push lgbtq and strong women agenda down our throats look at their condition .... Look at numbers of mr marvel, female hulk show ... Marvel's movie... All flop ... Clear message from audience we don't want to see this BS
Oh there’s already numerous reasons for this but largely it has to do with selling out and thinking everyone is supposed to be fine with trash just cuz it came from Marvel.
Gary, you are a smart man and someone who knows pop culture. I miss the days when I went to your shop and had great conversations with you about a comic or movie. Glad you got out of that shithole of a city. I, too, got out a couple of years before you left. Watching your shows brings a good time to my day. Thank you, buddy.
You're right about stories getting folks through rough times. It got me through some very tough stuff. That's why it's such a shame to see some of these same characters bastardized for the sake of diversity or whatever agenda the media is pushing that week.
Yeah they movies were around for a long time. Idk how many things I went through and had a new marvel movie to look forward too. And wasn't disappointed. Now days I skip it all.
The last couple minutes of the video were especially good. It was nice to hear that from Gary. In troubled times, entertainment and escapism can be medicine for the soul.
Imagine if - in another timeline - Marvel never went full ESG, never went full DEI, never went multiverse. Imagine Gary being just one of many online reviewers singing praise of 2 - 3 Marvel live action shows every year and another incarnation of Doctor Who. Imagine Geeks&Gamers team excited for Zack Snyder's Justice League 2 and Star Wars: Duel of the Fates. The most emotional "What if..." that's yet to be written is a story about us-fans getting what we want and what we deserve.
What if Star Trek Picard had been a three season build up for a massive TNG era Star Trek finale instead of getting Discovery and the Patrick Stewart vanity project. The what if’s…..
I suspect, with the pressure of Hollywood, the only way it would have survived, was if Stan Lee had survived 20 more years and been more healthy. His death, might have killed the MCU, more than Tony Stark.
“Inclusivity”, “progress”, “empowerment” is a religion to these people. Until there’s a passive purge at Disney, it will never change. Being an Ali and an activist is more important than good stories and making money to them. Sad
Profit, ROI and a happy customer over rules any religion in the entertainment industry, and the wokies will soon find out a pendulum swings both ways, and the only colour that really matters in hollywoke is green.
These people thought they had a platform... which is true enough. They forgot that they had a DUTY... to please the fans... to give them/us what they/we want. It really is that simple.
Saint Floyd was the catalyst that brought all this on. All the liberal artists are now filled with self-loathing and they’re taking it out on classic characters made by white men.
The funniest thing is: the handful of hater accounts are going to go 'Nuh-uh! Marvel's doing great! Disney is doing great! you're just a mean hater bigot!' even now as Disney's on the verge of being bought out by a single billionaire. The idea of 1 guy buying disney lock stock and barrel just 5 years ago was unthinkable.
Gary is the voice of every person who deals with personal struggles, and is resentful of instead being beat over the head with “the message” where we used to find reprieve from the suffering of life.
IF youre racist, homophobic and misogynstic I guess. He's not wrong about a lot of stuff but his anger is misdirected at the result of pandering and not the action of pandering. No one wanted Falcon to be Captin America, I liked him as Falcon. But.. don't make it into a race thing. WE HATE BLACK CHARACTERS, WOMEN and anyone who isn't a straight white male. Its really racist sounding, even the hate on Asian hulk. The IDEAS are stupid, the the actions are stupid, but why bring down the victims of pandering and not condeem the action?
The "victims of pandering" are the audience. No one likes to be preached at. I don't watch movies to be lectured about the perceived "privilege" I have. F you, you don’t know me or my life. Shut up, get off your obnoxious soap box and just tell a decent story.
I’m not a Marvel fan, a comic book fan, a Star Wars fan or DC fan, but I was a loving Disney fan. But, they’ve damaged everything they touch, so I enjoy watching you & others criticize them. Keep up the good work!!
The message at the end was something I desperately needed to hear. I was starting to think that maybe I was the only one who felt that way about these franchises and entertainment. Thank you for the entertainment and encouragement you provide, Gary! God bless! 🤘
People need to understand Disney is not in the entertainment business, they are a propaganda machine, don't get surprised when they don't give you the good content you expect.
1. None of phase 4 has been connected 2. Marvel is too scared to do actually important things 3. Plot armorrrrrrrr 4. forced diversity 5. Superhero fatigue 6. No more originality 7. Not listening to fans 8. Kang "the big bad" of phase 4 has been killed by Sylphie and by fucking ant man... 9. Too much content.. too much cringe content more accurately 10. Idk, marvel is losing ideas and I wanted this list to have 10 points
Thank you Gary for providing some escapism these past years. It sucks to see some beloved franchises treated like this but its people like yourself that remind us they ARE important and worth cherishing. You have provided me with plenty of laughs and I just wanted you to know you are appreciated!
Killing off all your established characters with any charisma and charm and replacing them with people who have zero charm, appeal or personality, then insert writers who only care about themselves and their ideals with zero regard for characters lore and history.
Nicely said Nerdrotic, I really loved and appreciated this video the most out of all you've done so far, and that says a lot cause I always enjoy your content. Your messaging is spot on, very sincere and heartfelt to an industry that's dying and which has doubled down on mistake after mistake. Acknowledging and listening to the knowledgeable and passionate fan base seems like a no brainer, yet is completely lost on current creators either through ignorance or purposely and without any appreciation of the responsibility they hold to the original fanbase, creators and story tellers. It really isn't rocket science and I hope this dark period will someday be a distant memory of failed 'creativity' and experimentation. I remain cautiously optimistic but that just might be the rum talking :). Keep up the good fight with your always entertaining and very much appreciated videos. Cheers. T from Vancouver
I said it before and I’ll say it again. Marvel/Disney should quadruple down and go all in. I want the writers and directors to show us what they really want the future to look like.
Disney forumula. Pick a classic and ruin it. + Like action remake + gender swap * race swap + LGBTQ themes + Disabled actor + People of minority + No functioning family dynamic in films of real people (aka films that aren't just animated) + No functioning hetero relashionships + Girl bosses, no adversity, naturally are stronger, smarter, better then men at everything
@@alittlebitofjessicaIKR? If they go all in with these trash writers and producers, then Marvel will plummet and die. Prolly the best thing that'll happen if they don't focus up.
I’m sick of being gaslit by marvel content creators. You’re one of the few I’ve found that speaks the truth of what’s really going on. The algorithm didn’t do me dirty this time and for that I’ve subscribed and can’t wait to watch your other videos
I watched Constantine the other night for the first time in years, and I wish comic book movies would go back to that approach of tone and storytelling. Let each movie speak for itself. It worked best when movies based of graphic novels/comics tried to deliver unique, standalone stories and not mostly push merch.
@@LuisSierra42with a heaping helping of cynicism, just the way I like it. Not a joke, I really do love how cynical John Constantine is about the whole thing.
You are correct. As a life long fan, I gave up awhile back. Things are not going to change and every bit of potentially good information turned out to be a scam or just plain lie. I am tired, Tired of being laughed at by the media. Tired of them ruining everything I loved. They finally got what they wanted. I quit caring at all. Great job guys! You nailed it. Just as a side note, I couldn't be more sick of the actor who plays Kang. He is a goofball and his only expression is that of pursed lips and a arrogant, haughty stare. He looks ridiculous.
goes to show how determine people are to hate the modern mcu. Go back and watch the infinity saga again, you'll be surprised how similar it is in quality to some of early phase 4.
Gary! You are a living legend and having battled with depression all my life (well since I was diagnosed at 14 years young and now 54 and still on fluoxetine to take the edge off) being able to escape in a well written and acted sci-fi or animation is critical for me and I love anything from alien to endgame (except when the gang of women turned up and spoiled it) I've even watched all the woke crap over the past few years just so I can have a opinion of my own which gladly marries with yours.. it's all gone shit side up.. please keep up the great work because you sir are entertaining.. thank you...
That end speech hit so hard. Hopefully one day marvel will return to it's former greatness, because its been gone for a while. A little too long for my liking.
Dear Mr. Nerdrotic: I’m one of your 60% subscribers. I think the reason so many fans love you is because you truly love us, and the fact that “they” (the Bob Igers, Kevin Feiges, Kathleen Kennedy’s, et ceteras of the world) don’t. Thank you for being there for us.
Gary, I normally just watch videos such as these without having anything more than a thumbs-up to give in return, but your spiel near the end about the power of entertainment really hit me in just the right spot that I felt compelled to express my appreciation. Throughout my life, I have found that kind of thing through many different forms, e.g. music, movies/TV, games and sometimes books, and you were 100% correct in how it provided me much-needed laughter, escape, catharsis, motivation, even hope over the years. It really saddens me that this industry has managed in 5 or 6 years to bring itself to the brink of oblivion just because it decided it hated some of the people who enjoyed what it made. I look around the cultural landscape and I find myself saddened to see nothing that resembles what we had as kids. I was 5 when Star Wars was first released, and so for years nothing else commanded my attention anywhere near as greatly. Hell, just this evening, I was having a conversation with a co-worker about how these movies were goddamned EVENTS, and not just a big pile of homogenized content that can’t instill that same kind of enthusiasm. Now I’m reminded of being in college and how geeked out I was over the TNG episodes featuring the return of Spock, and how awesome it was to see him and Data converse in that one scene. Anyway, I’m rambling here with what’s obviously free-form writing so I won’t take up much more space, as I think you should get what I’m trying to say. I’ll leave with this: as much as the younger generations fail to instill in me much confidence that this thing we love can find its way again, I do reserve a smidgeon of optimism that in every generation there’s just enough youngsters who, regardless of background, possess just enough of that F*CK YOU I WON’T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME spirit to know how things actually work enough to enable them to follow their dreams. Thanks for inspiring this babble.
I had a friend who was a huge fan of the walking dead comic and went full cold-turkey on the show the second Carl died because, in his eyes, there was nothing they could do to stay true to the source material beyond that point. Now when I talk to him about the MCU, I always refer to season one of She-Hulk as "Carl's Death"
@@levistonermine was the second She-Hulk stopped halfway through the last episode and became a festival of nonsensical fuckery. And it has been fuckery ever since
@@theladyivy I haven't read the comic either, but I know the very last page of Kirkman's run ends with Carl hugging his daughter. So if he's not the main character, he at least makes it to the end.
As much as it saddens me to see these properties destroyed (they pretty much got me through my childhood and teenage years), the market will make way for newer and better things. Just let Disney destroy themselves.
@@ramonandrajo6348can and _will_ be ignored. I wouldn’t be surprised if Disney sells Marvel and Star Wars and whoever picks them up just scrubs the entire Disney timelines right away. We can hope
What he said about escapism at the end is so true. Good entertainment was the only thing that got me through middle school. I hate the current state of the video game and movie industries.
Wouw... Im just member of your channel from the Netherlands who rarely actually comments on anything on TH-cam but I finally took the effort to say... that you have a gift of speaking the words most of us cant find to say. Please dont stop creating video's. You're doing more then just confirming our thoughts. You are slowely but surely making a change. Rock on my dude🤘
Thank you deeply for this video, Gary.... especially that final message at the end. That part really moved me and I felt every word of it. It's hard to see them do so much damage to things that brought our childhood and most impressionable moments joy, but we have to move on. I hope we all can stay strong in the years to come as we seek enjoyment in other material to distract from the anguish for just a little bit.
As we say in the UK, the level of entertainment you provide is world class, Gary. All you're 100% right about the importance of escapism. Keep doing your thing!
totally agree with the closing comments.. from someone who isn't / wasn't used to failure - covid19 destroyed my business (aviation mainly focused in NZ/AU) and life, I just shutdown and gave up, escapism is useful. Lots of earlier films used to give life lessons, especially the idea of redemption.. or pulling yourself up - myself, even as an adult used to look up to male role models even if in world of fantasy - there are none or few now. I started to go down a dark path, which I won't go into as frankly too ashamed at myself.. but was a sort of escapism (ok starting to hang around with some biker clubs.. actually most of them were ok, some were psychos, but at least I felt something)... This might sound insane, but it isn't just about 'content' / 'product' it's about society.. art makes society, and vice-a-verse.. I fear for the future... I kind of turned my life around, but only just.
The last bit hit home the most. Escapism. The stories of Marvel, Star Wars, Tolkien, Dr Who etc are not supposed to resemble the “real world”. As many of us are trying to escape the real world when we watch or read. Helps with anxiety or depression. Luckily we still have the great works created from the past to go back to. 19:13
Preach my brother🙏 I watched the original "little mermaid" animated movie instead of the woke version in the airplane and it still hits home like you've said. Escapism.
In the ending part, Those words hit my big heart hard. If I can say a personal story: After JDF/Jason David Frank’s Death, I felt like nothing could make me happy. However, Where Wakanda Forever failed, Oshi no Ko (An Anime) brought up higher than Avengers Endgame had! Sure the First episode was depressing but….It gave me a story that I can stay invested in, until I picked up the Manga right after that. (Secret Invasion overkilled me with its lack of creative direction by bellyflopping straight into the deepest pits of Hell.) To be honest, Better Comics and Manga came out during Marvel plus DC Comics downfall. Escapism is truly a therapeutic experience.
I stopped reading comics around 2005, when I started to pick up manga. Especially Naruto, Inuyasha and such. I became more a big fan of manga and anime then American comics. Manga has always been amazing. It's nice to see people finally realizing it.
Wow Gary, you actually had me teared up a little bit at the end there with your earnestness and sincerity. Trust me bro there are millions of us in the world who share your thoughts, love visual media and good story telling and we’re not going anywhere. We can wait as long as it takes to get quality entertainment. I’ve cancelled all my subscriptions for now and if nothing changes it will stay that way. I will NOT support these people who desecrate our beloved characters, and I urge everyone else to do the same.
The marvels isn’t even out yet. Captain marvel wasn’t a bad film. Brie Larson isn’t a bad actress. Ms marvel was one of the better Disney + shows. Monica was an interesting character in Wandavision. The marvels could be a great film but some people won’t know that because they can’t get past the idea that anything other than a straight white male lead means marvel and Hollywood are focused on being “too woke.” Obviously there are exceptions such as Black Panther and Wanda but for the most part this is true. She-Hulk was a shit project but that had nothing to do with being “woke.” People wouldn’t talk shit on captain marvel if the lead was a straight white male playing the same kind of character. Marvel comics has been inclusive since the 60s and modern mcu fans should allow room for many different types of characters. If the marvels is a bad film once it’s out is one thing but writing it off before anyone knows anything about it is focused too much on being “anti-woke” and would go as far to say that some people are straight up sexist/misogynistic.
I'm personally disgusted they didn't even consider blaming it on the boogie. But seriously, after guardians 3, I have no more marvel ip I'm looking forward to. I feel like the fantastic 4 are always doomed to have a bad on screen adaptation at this point
I’m just impressed by all this, if you went back in time and told a teenage me “there will be multiple marvel movies a year, PLUS shows. And you’re gonna not only hate it. But stop reading comics all together” I wouldn’t believe you.
They literally turned a life long marvel fan into an active hater.
I personally thought Marvel was going to tank in 97-98 when they had to be bought out. But they survived and the MCU was incredibly fresh and I rejoiced. I can only hope what we currently see is the 97-98 Marvel and it can rise from its own ashes.
Me too
It went downhill after end game and spiderman. It was GG after that haha
Change *Marvel* to *Star Wars* and you are still correct
don't let the real haters win man, those losers were and still are jealous of what a community of like-minded people like us were up to
so they connived to hijack this space and decided to be petty and they still manage to fail
i live marvel because i like to...marvel at wondrous concepts and things and future space civilizations, alternate history and what not and to marvel and wonder at all the fantastical things that might or might not come to fruition one day
Aside from the attempts at social engineering, the other big problem is that the mindset in Hollywood is 'content creation' rather than 'good storytelling'.
I was just talking about that with some people at work. They're so focused on pumping out content to fill up space in their lineup, that they aren't focusing any real attention on any particular IP. Since the beginning of Marvel Phase 4 in Jan 2021, we've seen 9 Marvel Films (10 if you include The Marvels), 11 Marvel Series Seasons (including What if? and Loki S2), and 5 Star Wars series season releases. This doesn't take into account the 32 non-Marvel films released under the Disney banner, a bunch of unrelated series like Willow, and National Treasure, among others as well as different unscripted shows, various animated series, as well as specials and shorts. Unfortunately judging by their list of upcoming shows and movies, this is going to get worse before it gets better.
The fact that if you were a businessman or boss of a company (or, in this case, franchise) did near to half as bad as things have progressed with (woke hollywood) that person would be fired, blacklisted and flagged for what I have done so that others don't make the mistake in hiring that person for there foreseeable future in that career all withinn 24-48hrs.
And the sheer fact that they (woke hollywood people) have made it this far for near on 10years doing the same thing again and again should go down in history books as one of the greatest escapes of responsibility. Right next to the page of the great Houdini escape artist.
"social engineering" 🙄yeah right
@@robi6317 Larry Fink used those exact words, but keep living in denial, reality will come for you either way.
@@robi6317lol you are so delusional 😂
These people literally tell you their intentions but you still choose to live in fantasy
‘Apathy is the killer’. So true.
The most significant part of your review is at 19:00. The reflection on escapism, & the importance of storytelling. Powerful. This human element has been overlooked and replaced by algorithms and sales data.
Thanks for sharing.
Yep. I would say escapism & the importance of storytelling have been replaced by identity politics, ideology, misandry, and the ethos of the devouring mother.
Some of the best memories of my childhood are of my Dad or Grandma, telling stories around the campfire (or anywhere, for that matter) I think humans just need storytelling, it's part of our psyche or something.
Almost teared up at the end there
Sometimes it's just easier to walk away when a friendship is over and my friendship with Hollywood is OVER.
You would think Disney/Marvel would take the "apathy is the killer" message seriously, because THEY showed apathy first. By not caring what criticisms the fans had towards their stuff.
I just don't understand why they have to destroy characters that have been loved for decades now to be inclusive,create new ones. Did she just say the X-Men is outdated due to it being called X-Men? Wtf?
wait a bit n they will cancel doctor strange 3 spiderman 4 because they have men lol n dont worry even if they do release it they will make doctor strange and spiderman pass there mantell to a random woman
X-Them, coming fall 2024 /s
The last few minutes of your video almost had me in tears. I live on my own and rarely see or speak to anyone so the characters in the movies and comicbooks I like feel like friends to me. I find great comfort and peace spending time with them. In the same way, I love watching your videos as again, it feels like I'm spending time with a friend. It was great to hear you say what I have been feeling for so long. These stories and characters matter to us. They get us through tough times which is why it's so hard to watch them be destroyed in real time. When you don't have much, you cherish the few things you do have. I'm not racist or sexist or any kind of phobe. I just want the things I love and have invested in to be respected.
You are not alone. In my experience, humans everywhere share many common values and a love for great storytelling. Disney and Hollywood have failed to recognize this commonality, and they will fail as a result. We simply need to endure.
In the last minutes you can feel the pain in Gary's words.
@@jdesanti76 Yeah, he really cares about all this stuff
Hey, we're all there with you. We wouldnt be angry if we never cared in the first place. Mauler wouldnt make 5hr videos if he didnt give a damn
Same here. Watching TV is escapism and makes me feel less alone too. That's why it's so disappointing to see the disrespect for characters that we love, or when TV shows are full of these "grey zone" characters that you just want to die... How can you enjoy a show if you just wish all the main characters would die because they're horrible?
Marvel has failed because when inclusivity and diversity are the most important qualities about your movie/show, it's guaranteed to be an utter flop.
@_________301I think you put in brie lack there of acting skills
Ariel is black bro🤣
Same with games
@_________301 there's a hundred reasons she was a bad choice. Mainly her absolute lack of a body. Fake C's aren't going to cut it
Marvel failed because when 'inclusive diversity' raised the call, they folded.
-Killed off or retired most of the heroes
-Killed off or turned most villains into a joke
-New heroes/villains/stories are boring, derivative, or just a vehicle for lame jokes
-Pumping unwelcome diversity junk into stories that does nothing for the plot or characters
-Calling angry or dissatisfied fans names and dismissing their criticism
-Hiring the most insufferable people to act or direct their projects
-Treating the closest thing to modern mythology as ‘content’ to be churned out like a factory assembly line
Lol Disney
And they wonder why they’re failing so badly? Gee Golly, excuse me if I can’t muster up a shocked face 🙄
For real! They not making money. Poor Disney LMAO
Wow. What a bunch of bologna.
And the whole universe going nowhere , circling around in bs.
@@ohnoliverhello Project much? LoL. I like how you people have to crap on it before the actual results come out because you can't dispute established facts.
For me it's
-absence of stan Lee's guidance
-disney on being too woke
-the target audience is basically more on males and they fail to reach out the expectations.
-the emergence of female superheroes and lack of more introductions of male superheroes
Rip the goat Stan Lee
you forgot the most important point . the writing was horrible.
female heroes are not the problem ... they must be well written characters with flaws and struggles to overcome
There is a difference between writing characters for stories and writing stories around characters.
The problem is that they're not writing characters anymore, they're creating icons.
They wanted so bad to make Captain Marvel a female icon, they didn't make her a character.
Same applies to Rey, Galadriel, She-hulk, the Doctor, pretty much the entire cast of Terminator Dark Fate, the list goes on and on.
@@funkydiscogod 👍👍
@@funkydiscogod So true, They hardly get any character to begin with. Funny thing some of those characters movies I cannot even recall and thats the reason why I'm stuck watching recaps because they are making such a chaos I can't even remember the storylines anymore.
they dont write anything, they have a woke checklist done by activists who hates superheroes
Thats likeone of the main tenets of writing too.... you can have some key occurrences you want to happen, but writing characters around a story turns them into dumb tools
as a lifelong fan of Marvel comics and Stan Lee’s/jack kirby's iconic creations, it’s destroyed me to see what Disney has done
So true. If Disney never bought out Marvel, then Marvel would of been alive and well. But now Disney just killed it and ruined everything. Even FOX and Star Wars 😠
Same.
Same
@@truearea53not true. Disney bought marvel in 2009 and if you remember up to endgame it was AMAZING. Now they are shitting the bed
They did it in purpose and I refuse to hear differently.
"Escapism is important, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
You hit the nail on the head. In today's day where everything is depressing, scary, and uncertain, escapism helps people get through one more day. But how can we escape for just an hour from our reality when the writers shoehorned poorly hidden allegories (if not blatantly spelling it out) about the real world in our escapism? I'm tired of being preached at, and I'm tired from all the real world horrors. I need that hour or two to recharge and recenter.
100% This!!! I watch movies and TV to get away from the real world and how shitty it is. So I’m not inclined to pay money to watch some misinformed prick tell me all about the imaginary world they live in, where POCs are the center of the universe, and white men are all evil and need to be belittled and insulted.
"In today's day where everything is depressing, scary, and uncertain..." Let's not forget worst aspect: It's soul-crushingly monotonous---all joy and sense-of-adventure have been stripped from life.
Love the closing comments. There's a reason that movie attendance was high during the Depression: it was an affordable escape. Current movies do not allow people to escape all of the current crap. Many of them reinforce the crap people want to escape.
gold 😞
How the turn tables.
Snowflake and Safespace! I’d forgotten about them. In fact I remember watching the livestream when Gary discovered them. He said “Marvel, you’re dead!” He was not wrong.
Wow, I remember that. Gary displayed a rare form of anger.
@@scottmcgregor4829 yeah
Just blame women already, stop dancing around it like star lord 😂.
I thought it was a joke, but then I googled it. It was the truth, what the heck.
Blame modern feminists. I was done once I saw She-Hulk twerking and talking down about men the entire show.😒
Love that solid soulful outro, Gary.
Really hit home. It was nice to hear!
I agree. I was down to earth and I think we can all get behind it.
Absolutely! He hit the nail on the head
1000000% spot on...
Came here to say the exact same thing. Thank you Gary. Keep up the good fight. We got your back.
This 20 minute video was better than any episode of any current series on Disney +…. Thank you Gary 😊
and longer than most of them. _JC
Well said. I add my thanks Gary!
Gary - You had some excellent points about the importance of pop culture... BUT...
You left out a bit... the "pop".
"Pop", as you know, is short for "popular".
"Pop culture" does everything you mentioned, and more...
It brings people together... and, if it isn't divisive woke garbage... it helps to unite different people... put aside our differences... to share something we both/all enjoy.
Like so many of us once enjoyed Star Wars, Marvel, Disney...
Yeah, I agree. Independent TH-cam creatives are creating really good quality work in response to all this garbage.
Damn! that true in fact.
People’s weird crush on Loki isn’t going to save your brand.
Yeah, I don't get it either. 🤷🏾♀️
Fr. He looks like a rat to me.
I recognize that the MCU is terrible in general at this point, but I disagree with the dislike towards the Loki show. I thought it was one of their best post-Endgame projects.
"Escapism is important." That single statement right there is what entertainment is supposed to be. We watch these movies and read those comic books to get away from the crush of reality and the constant perils of the real world. Well said, sir.
What world do you want to live in? We're living in the current lol 😆 sorry you can escape it to a reality that suits you lol and what you like lol
@@Pilot646so you don’t have any hobbies or things you enjoy doing to relax and disconnect?Damn must be boring being around you.
@@Pilot646 yes. it's people choice. Why are you shaming for that? Most of the people is watching movies, reading books, playing games and listening musics to escape reality. You are in minority. Lol like u live in current? You are commented on video related to marvel :D It's imaginary world with heroes, magic and etc. It's escapism.
There's no escape and that beep noise is a clear sign.
@@joshsmith2629what a stupid ass comment lmao
When I was knee deep in addiction I would would watch Captain American when I was really hurting with withdrawals. I literally didn’t go out and score a bag because of that flagpole scene. I know the words of an ex-junkie don’t have a ton of weight, but when he dove on that grenade and told everyone to run. That really helped me forget about my sweats and shakes.
You know, stories like yours deserve to be heard. These characters and properties have been literal lifesavers. Maybe, just maybe, if they were made to understand just how much people cherish these franchises, they may actually change their ways. I'd hope so, anyways.
Glad you got clean. Keep your head up. We're all struggling with you.
Your words mean a lot to a lot of people I’m sure. I’m proud of you and the journey you take known and unknown.
To hear him tell it, Gary is an ex-junkie himself and look at all of us listening to him. Everyone needs some kind of inspiration somewhere, and so long as your morals are in the right place it doesn't matter where that inspiration originates. Keep trying Nick. It's all anyone can ever do.
@@Tundra. I appreciate everyone’s kind responses. I just keep going one day at a time.
Wild because I’d watch iron man 2 when he’s suffering palladium poisoning - ex heroin junkie
Watching Gary is more interesting than any forthcoming Disney/Marvel movie. I’m also more excited for the next video than any forthcoming Disney/Marvel movie.
Just don't ask him bout his favorite orange president 😂
He well get a hard on and start talking bout how great russia is .
😂
And he gets more views
Yes, correct.😂😂😂
I'm looking forward to DeadPool 3, and I'm even more anxious that they don't destroy it with it.
I agree Colin, id rather watch the Plinkett reviews than the prequels too.
nobody will know that the music in the beginning is from the original Sailor Moon Series so I'm here wondering how did Nerdrodic know about that?? unless that was his blk editor Garett that used the soundtrack
I was thinking about that too
oh i knew. it was awesome heh
I’m actually impressed with how knowledgeable and well edited this video was and wasn’t just 20 minutes of saying the same thing
When he said the cancelled Batgirl film was their most profitable of the year, I fell of my seat laughing. Its truly true. IF they had finished it and released it they would have lost masses more cash on it. By axing it they saved the money so its more profitable to not make something, than to make what they want us to see and have flop after flop. They will never learn and nothing will change. The most you can hope for is the whole thing is put on hold and paused for some years till the woke firestorm burns itself out....
How about that big chunk that was repeated? Pretty sloppy editing actually. If it was done for effect, it was a bad effect.
If marvel has gotten bad. It's cause you have no life and you've invested way too much of yourself into being entertained. Just like the government wants😊
@@robertdouble559right? I though this guy was being sarcastic. There’s a chunk that’s word for word at the beginning and like 2/3 through. Tf
@@drunkman12345probably to make a point that marvel destroyed their comic book sales and are now repeating the exact same mistake with the MCU. Repeating the exact same words was probably to show that marvel learned nothing and do the same shit again.
Earlier this year, my dad suffered a heart attack that landed him in the hospital. Thankfully, we were able to get him in quickly and he was operated on in enough time that the damage was minimal. He is doing very well now. That being said - the entire time I sat in his hospital room or the waiting room, I read a fantasy novel. It didn’t take away the situation, nor did it make my dad well again. But it gave me something else to think about in the middle of a stressful circumstance, and I was better able to help my dad and my mom.
That’s what all of these stories and characters mean to people. It’s not about skin color or chromosomes or where you like to stick your private parts. These stories entertain people. They relieve stress. They help us think and learn in a way that a lecture can never do. To reduce creative works down to a cheap way to score political points is insulting to the work and the audience.
Great video, Gary.
Hope your father has a speedy recovery.
You made a great point, showing one of the many reasons good storytelling is so important. We are creatures of narrative.
By the bye, you know what the fastest way to increase empathy, at least based on psychological studies? Have someone read first person fiction.
Hope he’s better.
Definitely didn't need the sob story just comment on the content
@@sinoverlord409 You should probably read some first person fiction...
"Escapism IS important."
So well said, Brother Gary! Your closing remarks brought a tear to my eye AND put a grin on me mug. Thank you for keeping me entertained, it really does help!!
I feel the only way MCU can be saved is in Deadpool 3, Deadpool goes back in time in 2019 and shoots all the Disney Execs and makes sure none of this crap was made. Boom, clean storytelling while they make fun of themselves. Win-win situation :P
That message at the end was beautiful. Thank you so much Gary and all the team at Nerdrotic for making me laugh, smile and even tear up a bit at the end.
Yeah, that was great :-)
There are no "toxic fans" only "fans". If they're "toxic" they're either not fans or you're doing something wrong pissing off your paying customers. It's not even hard to figure out which one it is. *IF THEY WANT THEIR PRODUCT MORE LIKE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!* But if they're complaining that you *DIDN'T CHANGE ENOUGH* the source material, *THESE ARE NOT FANS, SEEING HOW THEY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.*
Toxic fans do exist but not in the context the medias use it.
Toxicity is more within and against fandom, differences of opinions being the cause of their existence and an inability to be civil
Disney is the problem, not the fans.
Buddy, the real problem with this is that they automatically blame us for being prejudiced or something like that, so any basis with arguments that we give is taxed as a crime or something bad...
It’s funny, I find it that oftentimes the quality of a fanbase is a direct reflection of the quality of the product itself, almost like if companies put out a good product the fanbase has no reason for infighting and splitting itself over disagreements regarding the direction of the franchise
The fans aren’t toxic, the industry is. It’s an easy get out when that toxic behaviour is protected behind laws now.
It ridiculous how these minority groups have no tolerance for anyone else now their rights are constantly being shoved. Fighting oppression with more oppression is just fucking stupid.
@@mitsukamiyeah if you remember how bad it was when the female ghost busters film came out so many people getting cancelled for just stating their opinion
You are absolutely one of my favorite “idiots with a microphone”. Keep up the great work, you are appreciated.
The "It's very unique because they've done it before" was especially idiotic...
You and me both. Give that man a 🍺
These people really think a million dollar company is failing 😂😂
So basically this channel is just about saying how bad Disney is?? It’s an every thing is woke channel…got it
@@Leo6933nothing gets past you, does it?! Hahaha
This video gave me the feels. Thank you Gary for expressing what we are all feeling.
as a lifelong fan of Marvel comics and Stan Lee’s iconic creations, it’s sickens me to see what Disney has done. 😕
And surprise, surprise. The real decline after Endgame started with his death. As if he was the last line of defence to give us a true MCU. I bet Disney could not wait for him to die to trample all over his grave and legacy.
Another nail hit squarely on the head. Thank you, Gary, for so eloquently voicing what so many of us believe too. God Bless!
God Bless!
Satan Bless
OPE NOPE NOPE
It's CLEARLY -ist-a-phobic -gatey russian bots.
Disney and it's hires just have to come up with NEW and IMPROVED insults, sure to bring the fans back, and make them realize what terrible people they are.
Perhaps they can run a contest to appeal to fans: Let Kevin Fiege shit in a fan's mouth live on-stream. rather than just their eyes and ears.
You know, the world has gotten weird.
In the past people were paying for what they liked and the creators adjusted their work to the taste of the paying fans.
Nowadays the creators are so full of themselves that they think they can tell us what fans are supposed to like and what not.
As if they can dictate what people like or not - big man addiction much?
They just have to think outside the box...you want diversity and don't like x-men? Fine, cast trans women, they are the x-men.
lol. I keep telling people that when they tell me I am a biggot or misogynist for not liking what they are putting out. Nobody is under any obligation to put out a movie/book/show that is tailored to my tastes...but I am not obligated to spend my money on things that I do not like. It's how the system works. Sadly, Marvel had gotten so big that it was always going to take that juggernauht a while to fail after Disney started working to destroy it. I just find it amusing that they are so desperately trying to attract an audience that has never been into comic books while ignoring all of us who always have been into them. I guess that's their perogative...although I do hate them appropriating all the good stuff I grew up with, as opposed to generating new woke content. :(
You can give people what they don’t know they want(like Ford with the car or Apple with the IPhone), but if what you gave is not good and people don’t buy/like, scrap it and listen to them.
You can’t win people by force, and the worst thing you can do is try to gaslight people, they may stop talking about it, but they also won’t show up in cinemas.
Example, Strange World movie, people can stay quiet and just stay at home. The result is the same and the studios don’t make money.
Hope they learn now.
@@demontferrat Amen to that dude
@@graveyj2000 That is the point: you are not obligated to spend money on stuff not to your liking - and yet they are blackmailing us emotionally to do so by calling us names and stigmatize us as a kind of bad person most of us are not.
I think their size and influence at the beginning caused a kind of big-man-addiction. In that state they think, they have the power to tell people what to think and what not.
Me too. Hold on to the good old stuff and memories - and ignore the woke-mentality.
Well, woke-content is broke-content at the end. At least that is what I observe so far.
Diversity is good when it exists naturally; when it's not talked about. Hollywood doesn't use diversity because it's helpful for social change, and you know this because 70% of their marketing strategies for their content is, "look how diverse this cast is. We made that!"
I grew up reading my dad's old Marvel (and a handful of DC) comics. They _had_ "strong female characters" in Storm, Jean Gray, and more. I admired their strength of _character,_ how they faced adversity of all types and strove to overcome it. Sometimes they'd break down when things were hard, but they always got back up and tried again, eventually becoming victorious. Sometimes men saved them, sometimes they saved men, but (for those on a team) they worked _together._ It wasn't a competition, it was cooperation.
But that's not enough for intersectional feminists. _Nothing's_ ever enough for intersectional feminists. They wouldn't even be satisfied if every man on the planet died and they found a way to reproduced without men; they'd _still_ find something to complain about b/c they're malcontents. They can't make their own characters b/c they're flat and one-dimensional, just author self-inserts...so they take already established _male_ characters and make them gay, trans, female, or some overly-complicated mix of the above. They prey on nostalgia-bait-and-switch, and wonder why sales are falling.
Time to go indie.
Bro even the movies they had the female x men working together and even succeeding without being all "girl power"
The modern agenda Marvel has, they NEVER cared about characters or world building, just *THE MESSAGE* and their identity politics.
I think you thanos snapped a certain group of delusionists brother ... good job though.. I agree the modern western feminism is spoiling every one in the world ..
When strong men run a country/business it grows. When angry feminists run a country/business it’s fail. Even at the face of losing billions, meh it not their money they are losing
if men disappeared from the world overnight, civilization would come to a screeching halt. who would build things, fix things, and maintain the infrastructures?
@@johnnyrotundo6483not Feminists, that's for sure
It really is crazy how they are in this position, right around peak Marvel from 2015-2019 NO ONE thought they would be in this position. They got cocky
Lazy not cocky...
It actually went so according to plan that White Rabbit tried to screw it. They copied the new Marvel comics formula of ignoring your customers in favor of virtue signaling to an audience that wouldn’t pirate your product, let alone buy it.
"stage 5 and 6". At least cancer has the decency to stop at stage 4
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Oof
The great thing about where we are in society today, is that people are waking up to the fact that nobody has to absorb any of this entertainment. Broken down, its all just people's ideas and words that mean nothing. Unapologetically find what you enjoy and take comfort knowing you're missing nothing in the process. It's great for things to exist around us. We just don't have to care.
"The canceled Batwoman was the most profitable DCEU film of the year"
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It's sad when the best way to make money is to just not make the movie.
At this point just skip the next garbage movie, give homeless shelters $10M and get a promotion for making more money than the other movies coming out.
Used to be that I was spending $50 or more a month at my local comic shop. Now that shop is long gone, and I don't even know where one is in my area. It's sad that once upon a time, my mom supported my love of comic books because it made me love reading, and now parents are actively trying to keep their kid aways from comics and other forms of entertainment to keep them from being indoctrinated into the modern nonsense culture.
It would be better if they gave them old books/comics to read rather than keep them from reading
I was just going to say, it's best to go back in time and get the classic comics from the 70s and up to the 90s
Ive always planned for when i have a kid i would show them the shows i grew up with insted of those parents who just put cocomelon on and ignore their children
Gary once again hit the nail on the head! Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel and DC had pulled me through some of the most difficult times in my life. It is so disheartening to see what they’ve regressed into. All because of idiots that value their activism over good storytelling and characters.
They tried to make something for everybody and ended up making nothing for nobody... the funny thing is, when they were aiming for one specific audience, the comic book and superhero audience, they ended up capturing a global audience. It wasn't until they tried to cater to a global audience that they lost it
I agree, they should connect all moives and now shows together so it can make sense
When you try to plees evdrybody you plees owbody.
The closing part of this video had me in tears. Thank you Gary for being a true voice for real fans, and expressing why we love our escapism in whichever form it comes. ❤
That bit at the end about escapism came out of nowhere, and was profound as heck.
Great content as always.
The day my father had his fatal heart attack, my mother took us to see Return of the Jedi. It helped sixteen-year-old me get through that day, along with her, who'd just lost her husband of nearly thirty years. Forty years ago, Hollywood made movies that could help. They've stopped doing that.
Here's my message to the MCU, stop trying to convince us that Marvel is still gonna go on and on post endgame, stop making shows or movies that are based off of awful marvel comics, stop blaming everyone but yourselves, stop butchering your characters, stop going woke, stop trying to experiment and putting it out on Disney+ or the big screen that we all know is gonna flop, stop rushing your projects, stop making shows that we don't care about, stop trying to expand, like just stop, enough. Start looking for the right people for the job. Make products that make sense and not just for fandom and for some bullsh't based on some terrible comics. Just enough already. And same thing goes for Star Wars.
The ending of this one was Surprisingly heartwarming. Plus Gary made it through an entire video without mentioning One Piece? Good stuff team Nerdrotic! Hail to the fellowship!
Comics were my life as a kid. I read most Marvel titles, even the oddball ones like Deathlok, Werewolf by Night, and War of the Worlds (Killraven). I watched the bad made-for- TV movies of Spider-man and Captain America. I suffered through the Fantastic Four Cartoons where they replaced The Human Torch with Herbie the Robot (Star Wars was huge so...droid). In the 90s (my 30s) I collected with friends at work. I sold and re-bought collections. The Daredevil "Electra" storyline was unbelievable. She-Hulk was amazing. She served as a substitute for the Thing for a while in the Fantastic 4 and was an Avenger. Pre MCU Movies were very enjoyable. Sam Raimi Spiderman Movies set the bar but I like Blade, Daredevil, and even Electra. The X-Men movies were fine with Logan being gold. The MCU was a treat because I could introduce my kids to my heroes, but then it all went south (Thor Love and Thunder broke me) and it makes me sad. I'll hang onto the few DVDs I still have to hopefully share with future grandkids. By destroying Marvel, like Star Wars, I feel betrayed by Disney and the woke agenda (I'm a left leaning moderate). I'm sad for the kids that won't get to adventure with their heroes like I did. Good Job, Disney.
I tend to agree with everything you have stated
“The woke agenda” lmao 💀
The movies are bad because they’re written poorly, not because black people and women are in them
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Gary, thank you so much for everything you do! Your last 2 min of the video really touched something important and I just wanted to truly thank you for the escapism you provide to so many of you, being the short quality videos or through your podcasts! thanks for countless hours of entertainment in difficult times, I'm 26 with a mom who has just been diagnosed with alzheimers, so I truly mean it when I say thank you for everything you provide! Love from Denmark
Gary gets it, the commonality that runs between us fans of Star Wars or Marvel, and how it has been betrayed by Disney, and how it can be corrected...
Hey,im sending all the good karma your way that I can.hang in there and I hope that bright days are in your future to help out with the bad ones.
Fans: We want good stories, character development & action!
Marvel: No. You want LGBTQ & strong independent women!
and what exactly is wrong with those things? all of this can co-exist when done correctly....
@@BriRomanoffwhen done correctly… that’s the key word. Don’t push down a message, and people will get the message.
@@rudraakram3879 sorry but I just do not understand what the issue with having LGBT characters is?....these people exist in real life so it would make perfect sense to see it in media. As long as the representation isn't harmful to the community then I see no issue. It's important we see different kinds of people in media, it helps to lessen the ignorance, misunderstandings and hate surrounding certain communities. You can absolutely have LGBT characters AND character development AND good stories.
@@BriRomanoff lol then see what is happening with MCU
We don't want to see these kind of characters and we don't want our kids to see them also ... Once MCU felt like unstoppable money printing machine at box office and after they tried to push lgbtq and strong women agenda down our throats look at their condition ....
Look at numbers of mr marvel, female hulk show ... Marvel's movie... All flop ... Clear message from audience we don't want to see this BS
Accepting LGBTQ is the problem
Oh there’s already numerous reasons for this but largely it has to do with selling out and thinking everyone is supposed to be fine with trash just cuz it came from Marvel.
EXACTLY! They got lazy and cashed out
Gary, you are a smart man and someone who knows pop culture. I miss the days when I went to your shop and had great conversations with you about a comic or movie. Glad you got out of that shithole of a city. I, too, got out a couple of years before you left. Watching your shows brings a good time to my day. Thank you, buddy.
You're right about stories getting folks through rough times. It got me through some very tough stuff. That's why it's such a shame to see some of these same characters bastardized for the sake of diversity or whatever agenda the media is pushing that week.
Yeah they movies were around for a long time. Idk how many things I went through and had a new marvel movie to look forward too. And wasn't disappointed. Now days I skip it all.
MCU from 2008 - 2019: we are storytellers
MCU after 2019: we are content creators 🎉
As always pure perfection. You are the true voice of reasoning and common sense. For that, I salute you sir!!!👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👌🏽👌🏽
The last couple minutes of the video were especially good. It was nice to hear that from Gary. In troubled times, entertainment and escapism can be medicine for the soul.
Imagine if - in another timeline - Marvel never went full ESG, never went full DEI, never went multiverse. Imagine Gary being just one of many online reviewers singing praise of 2 - 3 Marvel live action shows every year and another incarnation of Doctor Who. Imagine Geeks&Gamers team excited for Zack Snyder's Justice League 2 and Star Wars: Duel of the Fates. The most emotional "What if..." that's yet to be written is a story about us-fans getting what we want and what we deserve.
😂 A "What If" comic if you will...
What you describe would only be in an "alternate universe" for sure.
What if Star Trek Picard had been a three season build up for a massive TNG era Star Trek finale instead of getting Discovery and the Patrick Stewart vanity project. The what if’s…..
I suspect, with the pressure of Hollywood, the only way it would have survived, was if Stan Lee had survived 20 more years and been more healthy. His death, might have killed the MCU, more than Tony Stark.
Marvel died when Stan Lee died
Well said, Gary. Thanks for voicing what we feel. You and the rest of the fan-tubers have our gratitude and support.
“Inclusivity”, “progress”, “empowerment” is a religion to these people. Until there’s a passive purge at Disney, it will never change. Being an Ali and an activist is more important than good stories and making money to them. Sad
By the time Disney figures it out hopefully they go out of business
Profit, ROI and a happy customer over rules any religion in the entertainment industry, and the wokies will soon find out a pendulum swings both ways, and the only colour that really matters in hollywoke is green.
And like all religions- it isnt real
These people thought they had a platform... which is true enough.
They forgot that they had a DUTY... to please the fans... to give them/us what they/we want.
It really is that simple.
Saint Floyd was the catalyst that brought all this on. All the liberal artists are now filled with self-loathing and they’re taking it out on classic characters made by white men.
Always appreciate you! Thansk for these videos. It's great to know we're not alone in our frustration.
The funniest thing is: the handful of hater accounts are going to go 'Nuh-uh! Marvel's doing great! Disney is doing great! you're just a mean hater bigot!' even now as Disney's on the verge of being bought out by a single billionaire. The idea of 1 guy buying disney lock stock and barrel just 5 years ago was unthinkable.
This was incredible and a million times more entertaining then anything marvel has pushed out over the past half decade
Gary is the voice of every person who deals with personal struggles, and is resentful of instead being beat over the head with “the message” where we used to find reprieve from the suffering of life.
IF youre racist, homophobic and misogynstic I guess. He's not wrong about a lot of stuff but his anger is misdirected at the result of pandering and not the action of pandering. No one wanted Falcon to be Captin America, I liked him as Falcon. But.. don't make it into a race thing. WE HATE BLACK CHARACTERS, WOMEN and anyone who isn't a straight white male. Its really racist sounding, even the hate on Asian hulk. The IDEAS are stupid, the the actions are stupid, but why bring down the victims of pandering and not condeem the action?
The "victims of pandering" are the audience. No one likes to be preached at. I don't watch movies to be lectured about the perceived "privilege" I have. F you, you don’t know me or my life. Shut up, get off your obnoxious soap box and just tell a decent story.
I’m not a Marvel fan, a comic book fan, a Star Wars fan or DC fan, but I was a loving Disney fan. But, they’ve damaged everything they touch, so I enjoy watching you & others criticize them. Keep up the good work!!
Y’all are so sad
@@djstylegaming1398And that's why you're here complaining 😂
@@XiaoyuuuYT where am I complaining?? I made a statement 😂😂😂
@@djstylegaming1398 Us? Sad? Yes, only if Disney did better... :)
The message at the end was something I desperately needed to hear. I was starting to think that maybe I was the only one who felt that way about these franchises and entertainment. Thank you for the entertainment and encouragement you provide, Gary! God bless! 🤘
Gary gets it, for sure.
This is why BNHA and any superhero anime and manga are way better than what Marvel have made nowadays.
That ending resonated with me in so many levels... my escapism still is music, and along with it pop culture shaped me of what i know about myself.
People need to understand Disney is not in the entertainment business, they are a propaganda machine, don't get surprised when they don't give you the good content you expect.
damn right, you nailed it, the reason why Disney is keep shoving our throat the propaganda.
20:29 that whole speech was unexpected… But incredible! You’ve been a good voice for a lot of people, and you have earned my respect along time ago!
1. None of phase 4 has been connected
2. Marvel is too scared to do actually important things
3. Plot armorrrrrrrr
4. forced diversity
5. Superhero fatigue
6. No more originality
7. Not listening to fans
8. Kang "the big bad" of phase 4 has been killed by Sylphie and by fucking ant man...
9. Too much content.. too much cringe content more accurately
10. Idk, marvel is losing ideas and I wanted this list to have 10 points
Thank you Gary for providing some escapism these past years. It sucks to see some beloved franchises treated like this but its people like yourself that remind us they ARE important and worth cherishing. You have provided me with plenty of laughs and I just wanted you to know you are appreciated!
Killing off all your established characters with any charisma and charm and replacing them with people who have zero charm, appeal or personality,
then insert writers who only care about themselves and their ideals with zero regard for characters lore and history.
I LOVED this commentary the most out of all of them, Gary! Well said... actually excellently said (as usual). Thank you!
Don't forget music! Also a great escapism and crutch to get through tough times! Great round up and finish on this video!
Nicely said Nerdrotic, I really loved and appreciated this video the most out of all you've done so far, and that says a lot cause I always enjoy your content.
Your messaging is spot on, very sincere and heartfelt to an industry that's dying and which has doubled down on mistake after mistake. Acknowledging and listening to the knowledgeable and passionate fan base seems like a no brainer, yet is completely lost on current creators either through ignorance or purposely and without any appreciation of the responsibility they hold to the original fanbase, creators and story tellers. It really isn't rocket science and I hope this dark period will someday be a distant memory of failed 'creativity' and experimentation. I remain cautiously optimistic but that just might be the rum talking :). Keep up the good fight with your always entertaining and very much appreciated videos. Cheers. T from Vancouver
Gary you don’t know how important you are to so many people, thank you.
I don't know it either lmao
No he's not.
I said it before and I’ll say it again. Marvel/Disney should quadruple down and go all in. I want the writers and directors to show us what they really want the future to look like.
Aka, japanese non-woke fan service masterpiece(s).
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Disney forumula. Pick a classic and ruin it.
+ Like action remake
+ gender swap
* race swap
+ LGBTQ themes
+ Disabled actor
+ People of minority
+ No functioning family dynamic in films of real people (aka films that aren't just animated)
+ No functioning hetero relashionships
+ Girl bosses, no adversity, naturally are stronger, smarter, better then men at everything
What does this comment even mean
@@alittlebitofjessicaIKR? If they go all in with these trash writers and producers, then Marvel will plummet and die. Prolly the best thing that'll happen if they don't focus up.
🤣🤣🤣 'hold my bud light' 🤣🤣🤣 farken killed me!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I’m sick of being gaslit by marvel content creators. You’re one of the few I’ve found that speaks the truth of what’s really going on. The algorithm didn’t do me dirty this time and for that I’ve subscribed and can’t wait to watch your other videos
Honestly i never let Disney gaslight me they can call me whatever kinda ism or phobic thing they want I don’t care
I watched Constantine the other night for the first time in years, and I wish comic book movies would go back to that approach of tone and storytelling. Let each movie speak for itself. It worked best when movies based of graphic novels/comics tried to deliver unique, standalone stories and not mostly push merch.
Or wasting an entire film by making it just the launchpad and set up for a franchise…
Constantine might not be a perfect movie but to this day, I think it's the best representation we've had of the whole God vs Satan mythos
constantine is a guilty pleasure movie for me, along with the doom movie with the rock and karl urban
Right? The movie was far from perfect but it was unique among its peers and far more interesting than anything made by Marvel Studios after Endgame.
@@LuisSierra42with a heaping helping of cynicism, just the way I like it.
Not a joke, I really do love how cynical John Constantine is about the whole thing.
You are correct. As a life long fan, I gave up awhile back. Things are not going to change and every bit of potentially good information turned out to be a scam or just plain lie. I am tired, Tired of being laughed at by the media. Tired of them ruining everything I loved.
They finally got what they wanted. I quit caring at all. Great job guys! You nailed it.
Just as a side note, I couldn't be more sick of the actor who plays Kang. He is a goofball and his only expression is that of pursed lips and a arrogant, haughty stare. He looks ridiculous.
goes to show how determine people are to hate the modern mcu. Go back and watch the infinity saga again, you'll be surprised how similar it is in quality to some of early phase 4.
Disney destroy anything it touches, everything from popular movie IPs, games etc.
Gary! You are a living legend and having battled with depression all my life (well since I was diagnosed at 14 years young and now 54 and still on fluoxetine to take the edge off) being able to escape in a well written and acted sci-fi or animation is critical for me and I love anything from alien to endgame (except when the gang of women turned up and spoiled it) I've even watched all the woke crap over the past few years just so I can have a opinion of my own which gladly marries with yours.. it's all gone shit side up.. please keep up the great work because you sir are entertaining.. thank you...
That end speech hit so hard. Hopefully one day marvel will return to it's former greatness, because its been gone for a while. A little too long for my liking.
Dear Mr. Nerdrotic: I’m one of your 60% subscribers. I think the reason so many fans love you is because you truly love us, and the fact that “they” (the Bob Igers, Kevin Feiges, Kathleen Kennedy’s, et ceteras of the world) don’t. Thank you for being there for us.
I'm ok'ish with falcon becoming captain America, just because they didn't just race swap him. But them making captain America a nazi is fucking scummy
Gary, I normally just watch videos such as these without having anything more than a thumbs-up to give in return, but your spiel near the end about the power of entertainment really hit me in just the right spot that I felt compelled to express my appreciation. Throughout my life, I have found that kind of thing through many different forms, e.g. music, movies/TV, games and sometimes books, and you were 100% correct in how it provided me much-needed laughter, escape, catharsis, motivation, even hope over the years. It really saddens me that this industry has managed in 5 or 6 years to bring itself to the brink of oblivion just because it decided it hated some of the people who enjoyed what it made. I look around the cultural landscape and I find myself saddened to see nothing that resembles what we had as kids. I was 5 when Star Wars was first released, and so for years nothing else commanded my attention anywhere near as greatly. Hell, just this evening, I was having a conversation with a co-worker about how these movies were goddamned EVENTS, and not just a big pile of homogenized content that can’t instill that same kind of enthusiasm. Now I’m reminded of being in college and how geeked out I was over the TNG episodes featuring the return of Spock, and how awesome it was to see him and Data converse in that one scene.
Anyway, I’m rambling here with what’s obviously free-form writing so I won’t take up much more space, as I think you should get what I’m trying to say. I’ll leave with this: as much as the younger generations fail to instill in me much confidence that this thing we love can find its way again, I do reserve a smidgeon of optimism that in every generation there’s just enough youngsters who, regardless of background, possess just enough of that F*CK YOU I WON’T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME spirit to know how things actually work enough to enable them to follow their dreams. Thanks for inspiring this babble.
I had a friend who was a huge fan of the walking dead comic and went full cold-turkey on the show the second Carl died because, in his eyes, there was nothing they could do to stay true to the source material beyond that point. Now when I talk to him about the MCU, I always refer to season one of She-Hulk as "Carl's Death"
My “Carl’s death” moment was the Capt Marvel movie. It was all downhill from there.
I haven't read the Walking Dead comics, but I thought they followed Morgan's adventures, and Rick and them were made up for the TV show?
@@levistonermine was the second She-Hulk stopped halfway through the last episode and became a festival of nonsensical fuckery.
And it has been fuckery ever since
The term is "jumped the shark" - first associated with Happy Days as it was never the same after Fonzie jumped the shark.
@@theladyivy I haven't read the comic either, but I know the very last page of Kirkman's run ends with Carl hugging his daughter. So if he's not the main character, he at least makes it to the end.
As much as it saddens me to see these properties destroyed (they pretty much got me through my childhood and teenage years), the market will make way for newer and better things. Just let Disney destroy themselves.
These properties were never destroyed. It is simply the newness of those properties that sucks, which can be ignored.
@@ramonandrajo6348can and _will_ be ignored. I wouldn’t be surprised if Disney sells Marvel and Star Wars and whoever picks them up just scrubs the entire Disney timelines right away. We can hope
What he said about escapism at the end is so true. Good entertainment was the only thing that got me through middle school. I hate the current state of the video game and movie industries.
Wouw... Im just member of your channel from the Netherlands who rarely actually comments on anything on TH-cam but I finally took the effort to say... that you have a gift of speaking the words most of us cant find to say. Please dont stop creating video's. You're doing more then just confirming our thoughts. You are slowely but surely making a change. Rock on my dude🤘
Are you 6'9"
Thank you deeply for this video, Gary.... especially that final message at the end. That part really moved me and I felt every word of it. It's hard to see them do so much damage to things that brought our childhood and most impressionable moments joy, but we have to move on. I hope we all can stay strong in the years to come as we seek enjoyment in other material to distract from the anguish for just a little bit.
As we say in the UK, the level of entertainment you provide is world class, Gary. All you're 100% right about the importance of escapism. Keep doing your thing!
totally agree with the closing comments.. from someone who isn't / wasn't used to failure - covid19 destroyed my business (aviation mainly focused in NZ/AU) and life, I just shutdown and gave up, escapism is useful. Lots of earlier films used to give life lessons, especially the idea of redemption.. or pulling yourself up - myself, even as an adult used to look up to male role models even if in world of fantasy - there are none or few now. I started to go down a dark path, which I won't go into as frankly too ashamed at myself.. but was a sort of escapism (ok starting to hang around with some biker clubs.. actually most of them were ok, some were psychos, but at least I felt something)... This might sound insane, but it isn't just about 'content' / 'product' it's about society.. art makes society, and vice-a-verse.. I fear for the future... I kind of turned my life around, but only just.
The last bit hit home the most.
Escapism.
The stories of Marvel, Star Wars, Tolkien, Dr Who etc are not supposed to resemble the “real world”.
As many of us are trying to escape the real world when we watch or read. Helps with anxiety or depression.
Luckily we still have the great works created from the past to go back to.
19:13
Preach my brother🙏
I watched the original "little mermaid" animated movie instead of the woke version in the airplane and it still hits home like you've said. Escapism.
What to the activists do after they've burned down the company they've infiltrated? They no longer have a platform to screech from.
Always trust a leftist activist to double down on stupid. You can set your watch to it, it's that predictable.
No, they move to the next thing to destroy
They’ll try to get involved in anime or 40k
@@KenDAKL4everbingo. Was going to write the same thing
@adamcrosby2640 it's only a matter of time
Hands down one of the best content creators on the interwebs. Thank you for all the awesome content and hard work you've clearly put into it.
In the ending part, Those words hit my big heart hard.
If I can say a personal story: After JDF/Jason David Frank’s Death, I felt like nothing could make me happy. However, Where Wakanda Forever failed, Oshi no Ko (An Anime) brought up higher than Avengers Endgame had! Sure the First episode was depressing but….It gave me a story that I can stay invested in, until I picked up the Manga right after that. (Secret Invasion overkilled me with its lack of creative direction by bellyflopping straight into the deepest pits of Hell.)
To be honest, Better Comics and Manga came out during Marvel plus DC Comics downfall. Escapism is truly a therapeutic experience.
I stopped reading comics around 2005, when I started to pick up manga. Especially Naruto, Inuyasha and such.
I became more a big fan of manga and anime then American comics. Manga has always been amazing. It's nice to see people finally realizing it.
It's incredible how every nerd franchise has been taken over and destroyed
and very depressive
Feminists and diversity hires.
Wait for Warhammer 40000 from Henry Cavill. My only hope.
Also, one piece show is good.
Not Dragonball??
And not just that- there's not really such thing as the crowd-pleasing movie anymore.
Wow Gary, you actually had me teared up a little bit at the end there with your earnestness and sincerity. Trust me bro there are millions of us in the world who share your thoughts, love visual media and good story telling and we’re not going anywhere. We can wait as long as it takes to get quality entertainment. I’ve cancelled all my subscriptions for now and if nothing changes it will stay that way. I will NOT support these people who desecrate our beloved characters, and I urge everyone else to do the same.
The marvels isn’t even out yet. Captain marvel wasn’t a bad film. Brie Larson isn’t a bad actress. Ms marvel was one of the better Disney + shows. Monica was an interesting character in Wandavision. The marvels could be a great film but some people won’t know that because they can’t get past the idea that anything other than a straight white male lead means marvel and Hollywood are focused on being “too woke.” Obviously there are exceptions such as Black Panther and Wanda but for the most part this is true. She-Hulk was a shit project but that had nothing to do with being “woke.” People wouldn’t talk shit on captain marvel if the lead was a straight white male playing the same kind of character. Marvel comics has been inclusive since the 60s and modern mcu fans should allow room for many different types of characters. If the marvels is a bad film once it’s out is one thing but writing it off before anyone knows anything about it is focused too much on being “anti-woke” and would go as far to say that some people are straight up sexist/misogynistic.
What are you, fuckin nuts? Desecrate our beloved characters? Grow up
Thank you for vocalising something many of us feel about stories being a refuge from a shitty reality. It matters. This matters. You're awesome.
I'm personally disgusted they didn't even consider blaming it on the boogie.
But seriously, after guardians 3, I have no more marvel ip I'm looking forward to. I feel like the fantastic 4 are always doomed to have a bad on screen adaptation at this point