They aren't making it for "nobody". It is even worse than that. They are making it for THEMSELVES. These shows have a target audience of 1 person, the showrunner.
I'm tired of writers with personality issues and character flaws making self insert protagonists. Then there is the other hack writes favorite, Tonight's episode: The writer's thinly veiled fetish.
It's a mistake to assume that they are only making this tripe for themselves and the activist set. No, this trash is for all young people, the way most entertainment is designed to appeal to teenagers and young adults. That there aren't enough activists walking the earth to support these choices doesn't factor into their thinking whatsoever. Eventually, people will just have to come around and watch their shows/movies or they'll simply have nothing else to watch. That's the game, as I see it.
@@avrivah1101 Also consider how stuff like home media's been getting cut back from physical distribution with some retailers lately. Getting us over to a digital future means that they can change whatever they want with a movie or TV show or video game because they own the file that people will watch. But the thing is that we've got a ton of movies, shows, and games from past decades and yet to come that will cater to us from an entertainment standpoint. And I have no issue seeing these companies continue to lose money on bad investments because they need our money, our buying power, in order to remain a business. And they can't put off paying their bills forever - Eventually, they come due and when the business can't come up with the money, they will collapse and be replaced by something that can surely deliver what people want. In the entertainment business, you may have to spend money to make money but you also need to go for content that people will want to watch. Doing shit projects with a paint job or glamour of some big classic moneymaking IP isn't enough anymore. The customer (not consumer) will eventually correct the market, and businesses will fall in line or die and be replaced.
You can't create a strong female character without first creating a strong character. It's truly bizarre how many of these writers don't appear to appreciate this basic concept.
@@triciacarr5019 ? It's the same idea like if a "woke" writer said it you'll say that is bad advice... Like the whole point of "Strong female character" is that they are a Strong character a "Strong female character" and all are written that way... Like when was the last time you saw a "strong female character" Run away in any compactify? How are they not strong? Like they could be well or poorly written it does not stop them from being strong or not. Which would for example an setrotypical 60s house wife strong just because she is all the tropes?
Note how they don't follow their own advice. They spend a lot of their time trying to get games like Kindom Come: Deliverance canceled, repeatedly trying to accuse the game of being problematic for not featuring enough minorities and independent, empowered females (they also did that with The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 before it came out). These types will beg you for mercy when on their knees, yet show you none when it's them holding the cudgel.
It's only bad when men do it. Or rather it's only bad when critical thinking, mature and self-motivated people do it but it's good when those in power do it to gain more power over the peasants.
Rage is nearly always bad. These women believe the very worst traits of the worst men represent strength, it's why their hero is always actually a villain
Tolkien is timeless because his job, his life, his destiny was writing. He spent every waking moment perfecting his craft. Even held authors clubs with other writers to improve and take criticism. He also has life experience, like being a veteran of a world war. This is why LOTR is so beloved. You can't duplicate that level of commitment. This is why the classics should never be messed with. There's a reason they're eternal with generations.
Additionally, when Tolkien set out to craft The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, he was steadfast in keeping any allegories or thematic elements tied to reality out of his world building despite the fact that, for example, he served in the first world war or had an issue with the rampant industrialization of society. The story and lore came first and foremost. In fact, he flat out despised allegory.
@@emirlsanchos6302 I can see why he hated them. Media is full of allegories now and it's exhausting constantly seeing the parallels. My eyes are permanently rolling.
LOTR is beloved for being an uninspired human-sue story built around the narcissistic idea that you are automatically evil and vile if you aren't made in humanity's image. Elves, dwarves and hobbits are just minorly altered humans, yet orcs, which are supposed to be corrupted elves, clearly aren't human, and while the villains get all these cool pets they care for like wolves, wyverns, elephants and rhinos, the humans get horses and nothing else. Mother-flipping overused, uncreative, boring as all heck horses.
Halo Infitie exsits Halo "fans": We hate it for not being Halo MCC! Game that costed half a billion USD to make brings in Billions of USD dispite being free to play. Microsoft: "It's not for you." Halo "fans": Halo is dead. Microsoft: Oh well I'm going to cry in my money and make a remake of the OG trilogy for the fans put in too PS5 because they would have no choice but to exept.
So, you think writers can do anything they want? What Hollywood are you talking about. There are endless stories of Movie companies micro managing the productions of movies, this is NOT from writers. If a writer wrote what the studios did not want, they would be GONE, are you kidding me with this nonsense. This is a top down process, they ARE destroying the movie industry on purpose. But you go ahead and blame writers for doing what they are told, or directors for that matter. Simply shows you know nothing about the industry.
Wow, those ending statements really drove the point home. As someone so eloquently pointed out to me in the comments of a different video, the irony is that when a Christian movie (specifically made for Christians) flops at the box office, "Kevin Sorbo doesn't go and blame atheists for not buying tickets."
Leslie Headland is that one rich girl from school who thinks being a lesbian who hates her parents makes her cool when there are about 20 other lesbian girls who hate their parents in the same grade, therefore they 'aren't like those other girls'. She ain't got shit to say but thinks her words are so rare and needs to be heard but all you hear is "I'M A LESBIAN! I'M NEAT! I'M MAGIC! PLEASE TELL ME I'M SPECIAL!"
I will never forget how Headland stated in an interview that she considered moving from MD to MA as a kid “traumatic”. I, and millions of military brats, laugh at that, and hysterically so.
@@Handle35667 She was despite what people on twitter/x would have you believe by claiming she only worked for him for a "short period" when it was 4 years, as such it's theorized her getting to make a Star Wars show was Hollywood's way of buying her silence.
@@crooster1 Big investment companies are keeping a lot of media outlets afloat. So movie studios can survive a few box office bombs as they have investor money from companies like Black Rock funding them. They've become dependent on it. Which gives the investment companies the power to make demands of what they want pushed in media. ''The message'' social engineering propaganda is pushed by Black Rock and their ilk. But most people dislike it so when it's injected in media, that media fails. That then leaves the media studios even more dependent on investor money to keep them afloat.
It's so good that you must give credit and quote it. "As Echo said, 'They couldn't build the house, so they became fussily obsessive about changing the furniture and decor.'
Well, there's nothing wrong with it, as long as expectations are aligned. The modern audience does exist - it's just VERY small. That's the mistake that keeps getting made. It's fine to make content for them... on a small budget. A $10 million show or movie would likely be quite successful. It's the $100 million + budgets that make absolutely no sense.
The activists audience is there online but never spend $$. They expect and demand the REAL fans to pay for everything. This happened in US comics where last 10+ years activists pushed for more representation and inclusion. Yet for some strange reason comic circulation has been in decline. What a coincidence!
@@jamesneese7663 Except for manga that's still being written for it's real audience and has now invaded the west and western comics are REEEE'ing like mad because of it.
George Lucas read books like Joseph Campbell's "Hero With A Thousand Faces" before he wrote Star Wars to create a tale that appealed to a large audience - that was universal in it's narrative. Now Star Wars stories are written only for the director, writer, & their particular demographic, whatever that may be.
Well said, George knew storytelling lasts so he stuck to the plan and it shows, he also knew how to build the world around the story too, I’m not his biggest fan but I greatly respect his work
There's an expression, "Don't ascribe to malice what can be ascribed to stupidity." However, too many people think this means _anything_ can be ascribed to stupidity. Not with the modern entertainment industry. There's just too many "mistakes" for it to be a coincidence. I've literally heard progressives say they would burn Star Wars, Tolkien, Warhammer, etc. to the ground if "conservatives" enjoyed it. That's malice. I think the guys at the top of the entertainment food chain know that their worldview is crumbling, and have adopted a scorched-earth policy before circumstances eject them from control of these ips.
Yeah, any actual content or proper escapist material with even a vague whiff of traditional entertainment, morality, or archetypes are targets. Presumably, it's so when later generations look up Star Wars or LotR, they are given the horrible "modern" results and not the real stories. Can't have any unsanctioned heroes. The left probably intend to supply a roster of "heroes" acceptable to them. Having failed to do so in fiction, they will probably just be politicians presented as heroes. But in amy event, I think this is systematic rather than mere happenstance.
The major irony here is that they believe it's the normal audience they relied on all these decades that is a small vocal minority with an outsized media presence. Projection is such a deadly psychological problem.
lesbian headland is from westport, connecticut, median income of $200,000, the 9th wealthiest city in the US, 48 miles from NYC. so when she says she was brought up in a "strict religious household", she is referring to the mainline, theologically liberal churches that are nothing more than progressive activist groups that have co-opted christian terminology. it's just they weren't radical enough for her.
Not all churches in New England are like that. But damn it's hard to find ones that aren't, I admit that. In not even religious but if I was inclined to go into one it's going to be one that actually stuck with tradition and principle. Not one with a pride flag out front. Which is most of them around here. It's one thing to say that gays are welcome. They are are. We are all sinners, who says that a gay is worse than anyone else? But that doesn't mean you have to affirm them and say that no, it's all good, you are perfectb the way you are. You might as well hang out signs saying "adulterers are welcome here, pornography is not a sin". If that's the cost of getting attendance, you might as well shut down operations.
@justforever96 idk man, i feel what your saying at its core but I think most people would agree shoplifting or hating your neighbor for some specific reason isn't the same as assualting a minor or chopping off dicks. I'm pretty sure the reason bundle of sticks is the root for their slur is because that's just how they solved the pdf problem back in the day, at a certain point we turn away from traditions as we forget the issues they solved the problem is rather then be smart and neutral and saying hey yeah don't burn them but also acknowledging what they do promote is morally wrong we decide to go just as crazy but in the other direction
@@DeShawnMcDonald To be fair it even now... The left has crazies that want to kill Trump the Right has crazies that want to demolish the US government and leadership and replace it with a dictatorship. nethier is ok but both are cuased by but side rethoic and inablity to know what facts are or how to talk to others who are not yes men... Like based on what I've seen in youtube comments nboth sides want to fight the US goverment and soon... Which is bad but the timing is terrible WW3 is on and the US is in danger of being invades by sleeper cells and by air... Like if WW3 both side to Chill the F out the US may be in for like a 4 way fight though I'm confident we can win.
@@jelkel25 Yeah mass bots is why Elon almost reneged on buying twitter because they wouldn't turn over their books and statistics on the estimated number of bots vs. actual users.
The greatest writing advice I've ever heard is that love for the people you're writing for should be your motivation behind everything you create. That's what so many creators now simply can not understand.
Spielberg built a hugely successful career out of making movies that reflected his own childhood fantasies. The difference is that those fantasies had a very wide shared appeal to a large audience rather than a limited appeal to a rather small group who desperately want to believe that their fantasies are far more prevalent than they actually are.
He also wanted to make a Spiderman movie where Spidy and MJ make explicit love on a skyscraper... Like that was in the 90s too... It was canned becuase while that could work but it likly would have killed Spidy and marvel from backlash from parents. Becuase that would have been the most only/most recent Spidy movie and it would not have been a good look at all.
There have always been writers that never understood that their stories were niche and did not resonate with a large swath of audiences. We saw them in small, indy films. There used to be mechanisms in place that prevented them from creating ostensibly mass-appeal big-budget films that flopped. Those guardrails appear to have been removed.
Spielberg also doesn't self-insert. It's the difference between using your life experience to enrich your characters and having the main character be a glorified version of you, that goes through things you went through only so he can win this time.
everyone: "wow, this house is really badly built. the foundation is crooked and the roof is full of holes!" them: "sorry straight white man, this house wasn't built just for you!"
@@DeShawnMcDonald I mean I don't think you want to side with the Japanese on this one bud... Like they still have the same mindset as a society that they did in WW2 like if the germans did would you side with them? Which they tell you otherwise because they don't want to meet their 5th sun. But the stuff they did in WW2 to everyone they could would make the Saw movies look like a fun carnival ride and the stuff they did never ends it's a bottomless iceberg... Which their descendants are currently adapting that stuff in there media mostlhy the stuff you can show on youtube but still like their child shows and books still shows some of it... Which if you moved to Japan or even just visted they would not like you for littlerly all the stuff you'd listed... Like from there point of view your the evil demonic liberal invader who stopped them from having a friendship circle totally not a imperial power block over the East... LIke, seriously it was called the Co Propensity Sphere like so Kwei right? So yeah, just because we are friends does not mean they are the type to side with.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough wtf was that about lmao, did you think this was a different comment on a different youtube video? Or are you seriously trying to get me on board with demonic level degeneracy by saying a totally unrelated nation is bad too?
Joker made over a billion dollars yet they decided it appealed to the ''wrong people'' and made a horrible sequel for twice the price which will now bomb.
@@KristySkiInc3ls on paper, peons in actuality. People used the iconography in IRL protests like Hong Kong and the establishment media trumped up fears that it was going to spark an "Inc3l revolution" so they had to shut it down to keep the peasantry in their place
The meteoric rise of Terrifier, unless it is a complete astroturfing, shows people just want the thing. They don’t want to be bludgeoned with messages.
@@pilouuuu I think this metaphor specially applies to the aesthetic of woke media; it's often an eyesore of vivid colors that almost never match the context of the scene or the work as a whole.
This is not unique to just Hollywood. Once, in the city I was living in at the time, there was a restaurant that opened that catered "exclusively to vegans". The problem? This was in Texas. Cattle country. It was gone after only a few months and, of course, the owner blamed the residents for not being "progressive" enough. If you only cater to a small audience, you shouldn't be surprised when that audience isn't big enough to sustain your business. It's basic business 101. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Hollywood has learned this yet. 🙄
Um what makes you think vegans don't exist in Texas? Like just because you live on a farm does not mean you like having to kill and eat animals... Also what about people who you know have medical problems and need to be vegan or suffer/die... Also you know that food service is insanely hard to make work even with an audience right? Like in Jax Food places from major chains close all the time just because the audnace is fickle and you need to be excpenal to stay... Pretty much poltic and audnace have nothing to with success vcase in point star wars a highly progressive movie like the empire was intented to be the US and the Rebel the veit con and the movie was made exclusivly for 12 year old boys... Like it was the way it is becuase Lucas listened to other people and made it what it was... also his world was not reliant on those two aspects... Which how is catering to anti vaitnam war 12 year old boys a big audince again?
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough I never said vegans don't exist in Texas. But judging from your response, you only read what you want to hear. I simply stated that there weren't enough of them to sustain this particular business. If you think otherwise, roll the dice, open a restaurant yourself, and prove me wrong. Pretty simple... the math won't lie.
@@GreenBlueWalkthroughthere are neighborhoods you don’t want you after dark I don’t care what color you are. Don’t think everywhere thinks like you that’s just rude.
The biggest issues I see in Hollywood is they no longer take the criticism of fan base seriously anymore in fact they attack it even if the numbers show that they are wrong they just expect us the to love it just because they say so pretty much shut up and give me your money
The problem is that the entertainment industry got fat and lazy. They just assumed that people would just watch anything they put out. It didn't matter if they hired talentless activists to churn out garbage, the audience would continue to throw money at them because 'this is the way it has always been'. So Hollywood happily diverged from what people actually wanted and started making entertainment they decided that the audience needed. Now things have become sour as the idiots have started to wake up and realise that maybe they aren't the geniuses of entertainment that they thought they were. At this point they have two options. Denial or acceptance.
That statement about Leslie Headland is especially insidious. She tries to dismantle religion in a way by deconstructing the Jedi as oppressive, when she worked closely with Harvey Weinstein. The evils of Hollywood are truly frightening.
They can make dismissive remarks like "If you don't like it, don't watch it." However, they will harass creators/audiences of shows THEY don't like, instead of simply "not watching it."
There's a word for people who force themselves onto others and expect those others to not only submit but to like it. The word is narcissist. OK, maybe there are 2 words.
Although Dustborn and Concord were horrible, I have to give them credit for ruining themselves and not ruining an old IP like Star Wars or Ghostbusters.
You know that Ghost buster never has had a good game and bearly any successful ones... Also have you forgoten EA's Battlefront 2 and the recent outsdiers?
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough Why would you assume he was referencing Ghostbusters and Star Wars games? Weird thing to fixate on when discussing famous IP's built in cinema.
"Write what you know." In a time of miniscule actual human contact, self absorption, echo chambers, and self aggrandizement, that's become a terrible way to write. Yet, they take it a step further by being reticent toward change, advice, or accepting general knowledge about the license for which they are hired to write.
"Write what you know" is still good advice, except there's an implicit requirement that one actually _knows_ things before they write. As you allude to, having a well of knowledge and (real) experience to draw from makes for better writing.
Perfect title. The modern audience is a myth. These people are huffing their own farts, yet are surprised when we all leave the room. I’m 19, a diehard Indiana Jones fan, I should be the prime target audience for that new Indy Game, yet when I heard it was a “Modern Indiana Jones, for a modern audience,” I immediately checked out and stopped caring. Believe them when they tell us, “it’s not made for you.” As a great man once said, “Everything woke turns to shit.” None of it succeeds, and in fact it always fails, both culturally and financially. I’d like to find this modern audience one day, they must be *_somewhere..._*
That’s because the people doing this stuff don’t understand the audience they’re targeting. Like take me, I’m non binary and bi. I should BE this ‘woke audience’ right? Yet I despise all this stuff too. Why? Because it’s mostly soulless, boring, badly written, badly acted or (if a game) poorly plotted. The characters are generic. The stories predictable or nonsensical. They’re just… tedious. Now take something that is very inclusive and very gay, say the Netflix Sandman or the newer SheRa princess of power. Hear anyone whining about them? Nope. Because both are well done, well acted, and sucked you right in. I loved both. And that’s the irony. The problem isn’t queer themes, or inclusion. People love those when done right. The problem is arrogant, elitist pricks who make soulless, boring, incredibly expensive tedium and then mock the audience for not liking it. The problem isn’t ‘woke’. It’s that the stories and characters suck.
My guess is that the so called "modern audience" don't like tv shows or movies at all. They make a lot of noise on social media, but when the entertainment industry tried to respond, they did not show up, staying with their hobbies of... making a lot of noise on social media.
@@Androsynth75I completely agree. To clarify, my definition of “Woke” is sacrificing narrative quality/satisfaction for unnecessary and ham-handed diversity/representation, and putting the message before the story. Yes, bad stories are the problem, and woke gets used with a lot of different definitions, but I think it’s fair to say that “woke” and “bad story” are one-in-the-same, it’s just a very quick and easy way to say: “This story lacks substance, is poorly written, and is being used as a vessel for political messaging.” I’d think any and all marginalized communities/minorities would unanimously be insulted that these massive corporations think they’ll turn out in droves by simply including characters of that corresponding identity. It’s lazy, disrespectful, and completely out of touch.
@@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689 I think you're CLOSE... The part that you're missing (IMO), is that they don't like *these* TV-shows, movies, or games... the ones intended to appeal to normal male audiences, like Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, etc. THAT is the reason that they don't know that Star Wars always had strong women, like Princess Leia, Padme, and so on... and the reason that what's-her-name (J Law) thought she was the first female action hero, and so on.
@@mrg2155 Unfortunately for them, not even the young care about modern entertainment, many would much rather stay all day on TikTok or YT shorts which, for as much crap as those get, and rightfully so, have plenty of content that's not only many times more entertaining than anything coming out of Hollywood these days, but is sometimes genuinely insightful in its own right if you know which creators to look for (or have simply trained the algorithm to not show you crap). And TikTok/YT shorts is just one example I could think of off the top of my head. Point being, even if they want to mold the youth through mainstream entertainment, there's still mountains of alternatives to woke media.
"Don't like it don't watch it. It wasn't made for you." Alrighty... Plenty of classics that i could become another fan of, or could use another rewatch.
And that is a mayor realvation because? Like why are you expecting content creators to make everything just for you so you can watch it? Which who has ever said a fan must love everything someone makes 100% of the time?
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough "Content" creators are supposed to make (disposable) content people want to watch. Artists on the other hand make (lasting) art to express themselves and for people to appreciate. Artists who see themselves as content creators tend to create bad art.
I want there to be NEW classics. Creators are always talking about how wonderful the older films are, but they always seem to be more interested in re-creating their style rather than their substance. STAR WARS looked like a '70s film - because it indeed was one - but its themes were straight out of a '30s or '40s underdog saga. That's why it succeeded with both younger and older people.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough I have watched things which i haven't liked, But i can still respect it. I do not respect nonsense like what is being peddled nowadays. especially when it's blatantly progressive propaganda. If said creators were humble enough to admit they made a flop. And, or didn't try to antagonize, gaslight, and blame the audience in general i'd be far more forgiving of that fact. Also if you are going to ask questions in good faith, leave any strawmanning and hyperbole out of it. It makes you seem incredibly disingenuous and petty.
Great video: the problem with a lot of modern gay artists is their gender, sexuality, lifestyles, etc. can’t replace good writing, the hero’s journey or the classic three act structure Western Civilization has relied on for millennia to tell meaningful stories, so their content is DOA because it lacks the originality, substance and creativity audiences need to feel curious, respected and entertained. In other words, they’re bad artists because they’re putting their own lifestyles BEFORE the lifestyles of their audiences and it’s boring the sh!t out of us. 🤷🏻♂️
This extends to the art community (painting etc ) modern art is trash because art (paintings, film etc. ) can be subjective, so everyone decided that art can never be bad. Now we encourage trash becaue we believe there is no "bad" art. There's no one there to say "this is complete and utter horse pucky. Go learn how to.art better" bow it's all just "expressing oneself" .
I love that experiment when some guys let animals (chimps, elephants) paint something for fun, then showed those paintings to a bunch of modern art critics and they were all ´sperging about the awesome quality of the paintings. :D
My favorite thing about the She Hulk downfall is how they claimed that the target audience was women in their 30s. I was the target audience and even I didn't like it.
Even more morbidly hilarious: In the comics, especially the 1980s Byrne run, she’s a successful lawyer, takes crap from no one, is super strong, sexy and sensual, goes on ridiculous adventures, and was the original Marvel 4th wall breaker before Deadpool. She should have been insanely successful if: 1) She Hulk was not connected to the MCU 2) Was not ideologically sabotaged from the get go
7:37 nah, at this point I reject anything "progressive", even a silly haircut is enough to quit a piece of content. I've had enough and there are too many alternatives out there.
They've pushed the activist shit so hard that even the mostly reasonable stuff is repulsive. The pendulum swings proportionate to how hard it was pushed.
exactly. never watched Acolyte, never watched ROP, never watched the Obi-Wan show, never watched Boba fett, never watched The lAsT Jedi, never watched The Rise of Palpatine...the list will go on. I still read, listen to and watch Star Wars and LOTRs regularly. They are available. Just watched the Battle of Sluis Van (Heir to the Empire) where Thrawn took his first L as an excellent animation on this very platform from DarthAngelus. Soon every person who put in the time will be able to create films in a short time of beloved stories and literature and then we will see the power of these terrible studios. they are already teetering...
? So hate to break it to you but... The people who say "Don't like it don't watch it" are not talking to you. They are talking to those who belive that in order to be a fan they must love everything they make 100% of the time forever and ever and ever. Like for me I love things because of one thing sometimes small sometimes just my take... and nothing else... Like I love the wolds of souls borne games but find the art to spooky to play and the devs have funny game design ideas that I hate...
@@takuid Um 1. Unless copywrite laws are reverted/replied soon would be many many dacades for most media. Like you do know that if disney had to sell Star wars it could be buaght by anyone right? Like anyone including far worse people who just want to pump and dump or just hold on to sueing anyone and anyone wh9ile doing nothing... Also Star Wars the first film that came out in theaters and only that OG cut, would be public like near the end of the 21st century... So yeah you have a very funny definition of soon... Also you know you could just write fab fiction right or even get good and make art and movies/shows right now right? Like all it takes is a pencil and paper or you know an device and google docs...
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough you don't get it. I am talking about people being able to create visual representation (video/animation) of the stories they like with **far more limited resources** using ML/AI tools. It is already happening. They will not profit from them using ads etc. DarthAngelus is not profiting from his animations (full length 2.5-hour Heir to the Empire story). Therefore he is free to produce them. Many people will be able to do this as the barrier to entry drops off the cliff. In ten years, the entire landscape of entertainment is going to change. It is very much possible Disney and other studios like them cease to exist shortly after that. Sooner if they persist in this path they are taking, a la Ubisoft.
A way I've started to describe it is "We gave big budgets to people with starving artist attitudes". Focus on one's specific vision and saying it was the audience's fault for not appreciating it used to be what kept you living in a garage apartment, eating instant noodles for most meals, and begrudgingly working an hourly job until your big break came. But now we've seen people with those same attitude issues be handed massive IPs and huge budgets only to see that it probably wasn't budget or exposure issues that were keeping their art from flourishing. Even George Lucas, when pursuing his vision, still often tried to hearken back to old (and successful) serial radio programs and cinema productions, meaning he was focusing to some degree on the audience's experience. Even then, they were not going to be surprised if Star Wars was a flop.
@@talithakoum3922 I love how on channels like Yellow Flash's it's like "F*ck dem w0ke!" but here it's "Revolver really is a classic, isn't it?" :) And Revolver is only underrated because of what followed it. Imagine living in the shadow of Sgt. Pepper! :p
Even before this long streak of self inserts in Hollywood entertainment I also used to see it in the occasional fantasy novel back in the 2000's. I used to read voraciously, especially fantasy, and on my own, without all the propaganda from the left or the right, decided I was very skeptical of female authors. Of course there are mediocre authors of every sex, Stephen King a prime example, but the problem I noticed was that I couldn't help but not see the author in every character. Whatever, I don't care enough to make this comment engaging. Great vid!
It is insanely hard to find a true artist of storytelling and literature these days (was already an extremely rare event in fantasy). It might be over fr.
when I was young, my teachers told me to write what I know. the problem was that I found myself boring. I only truly began to enjoy writing when I stopped following that advise. imagination over self insertion forever.
Margaret Weis (with Tracy Hickman) was easily the *best female fantasy writer ever*. I devoured her books, which were mainly part of the Dragonlance series (D&D) universe, and they tasted of God's own ambrosia. Where people like her have gone is anyone's guess. But if you were (or still are) into fantasy I'd give her a go. Flawed hero's. Redeemable villains. Real heart.
Well... We still live in a Capitalistic System so, if you don't like these shows... As Ncuti Gatwa (latest Doctor Who actor) said "Go Touch Grass!" So do EXACTLY that! And at some point, these shows will simply die! Because hate watching them will only keep them going! These shows NEED viewers remember!? Irrespective if they love, hate or are indifferent to the show!
These people clearly don't care about money at all like literally AT ALL. It's been over a decade of the following- new movie/show/game comes out and flops because it's woke poorly written trash, only for hollywood to immediately announce the next big thing which is also woke garbage.
this is my philosophy when dealing with ... anything basically. I don't have to purchase the crap of these "artist". let them suffer. If they really wanted my money they would take the time to understand what the people really want to see rather then bask in palaces of glass made from their fragile egos.
Talent is a vanishingly rare commodity. It's hard enough to recruit and retain it even in the best of circumstances. So when you orient yourself in a prissy, flakey, and creatively sterile direction while simultaneously erecting as many barriers as possible to allowing in genuinely talented creatives what you're left with is a pool of woke fanfic writers with access to shocking amounts of money. Is anyone surprised then that it's all slop all the time?
As an aspiring writer and former businesswoman, I could not agree more. Normally I don’t comment on a lot of TH-cam videos but I could feel your passion and disappointment because I am a passionate bookworm. All mediums of art suffer from this as well including modern paintings, literature, etc. There needs to be a balance of style and substance. Besides you don’t have a business without satisfied customers who want more of what you produce. We all have ego problems, including the greats like Hemingway, Shakespeare, etc but they never let their ego get in the way of producing classic art that the masses could not get enough of.
I agree about swapping characters in the name of representation. They don't want to create original characters for women, or POC or LGBTQ, they just want to lazily insert us into already established IP. This is like giving the adopted kid hand-me downs. The clothes don't fit, and the kids see the lack of effort, even if they're desperate for clothing!
That actually could work if you do it properly. The Soviets were determined to stamp down Russian nationalism and promote 'international brotherhood' so they promoted regional minorites and got international communists immigrating from the American south, Africa, mongolia and india. A party function, a diplomatic event, even a media event where you meet racialy diverse party symathisers would be appropriate or black American factory workers who came over to set up modern auto factories for Ford and other companies. On the other hand if you impose racially diverse casting for no good reason and apply it with a sledge hammer to the background cast its not going to go well.
@@voiceofraisin3778 - Exactly. Which is why I despise the musical "Hamilton". Alexander Hamilton was white, but the musical portrays him as black. That's like portraying MLK Jr. as white when he was black. I also prefer the original 1960s-1970s version of "1776", which portrays the members of the Second Continental Congress as what they were - straight white men - whereas the 2022-2023 revival of "1776" portrays them as transgender or nonbinary - something that was unconscionable back in 1776!
Brilliant, sir. I celebrate every word. This should be taught in every film school from this day forward. I particularly like using Arcane as an example, because it has all of the diversity and inclusion, but all in service of a great story, well told. If you try to jam in DEI into an uninspired, haff-assed attempt at fan fiction (The Acolyte), the result will be failure. Not because the DEI was present, but the lack of life experience and mastery of the craft of writing.
"Media, especially in larger studios or networks, often becomes an echo chamber of certain ideological beliefs due to selective hiring practices. Over time, the hiring pool consists largely of people who share similar views. These views can be progressive or "woke," and once entrenched, they become the norm in that industry. The content produced reflects this mindset, not because it necessarily sells better, but because it's consistent with the worldview of those creating it" I believe the cultural shift to include others from various backgrounds encouraged the media departments to hire more diverse people. This caused a cascade that eventually caused the mindset of the media to shift. They are indeed making media for a selfom few. I believe they won't back down due to the echo chamber they live in. Rather, they will double down in trying to make us one of them.
Writers used to go out and live for a while to have ideas and experiences to draw off of in order to make great stories. After that, writers had to read the works of other great writers in order to understand the works of a great story. These people have no life experiences from costal elite cities, haven't read any classics except the sparknotes, and watch unhealthy amounts of movies and television with only regard for the spectacle and whatever surface level themes they could gather. Mix narcissism with anti intellectualism and this is the end result.
Ok that offended me and the vast majority of writes to ever exist. To name a single example Benjman Franklin was a city boy and likely when to the woods less then most modern Americans... Like I write great stores have had a legendary life sitting in my lazy boy and I'm a 29 year old Jaxian... Like what have you've written that was so great and what have you done that your drew from?
Ever work at a creative company and try to criticize those above you? You will be shown the door, immediately. Despite the poor results later, those that took all the credit before release will blame the world for it's failure only to try another piece, fail, another piece, fail rinse repeat and never be held accountable. That's today's music ,movies and art.
This is the most articulate and factual video I've seen on this topic. While I love the Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic, your even tone and compelling argument are fantastic. Well done!
Cracks me up that there are so many videos like this. Clearly explaining what “creators” these days are doing wrong, and then watching them make the same mistakes over and over. This video is a phenomenal to the point breakdown.
The thing is that they indoctrinate people into "normal = bad". And no, normal doesn't mean to oppress or discriminate another person. And this distinction is a message both woke people leftists AND conservatives have to learn.
Yeah, totally agree and glad this was done by a Brit. If it were some white Yankee dude, would automatically be shoved into a "Trumper/InCel Hater" enemy box. I'm SO tired of all this cultish division in the U.S. It's either "You're 110% with my same beliefs in this cult, or you're my enemy!" /eyeroll. I miss the 1990s so much. At least the diversity trend back then wasn't so psycho and alienating; it was all-inclusive and collaborative. Wasn't perfect and still had a ways to go, but at least it wasn't so full of narcissism, insecurity, and dare I say, echo chambers :P REAL and BELIEVABLE characters (let alone widely relatable) have arcs and flaws.
I miss the 90's too, it was a really interesting time. I will say as a former liberal the person I remember starting the whole "you're either with us or against us" vibe in the modern day was W. Bush, a President I never thought would be outdone in incompetence until the last 3 1/2 years. As far as I'm concerned, Dick Cheney is the devil incarnate... And he supports the DNC candidate. In fact, just about all the warmongers seem to be on her side, and far too many people I clearly remember using the Iraq war vote as a litmus test for the 2008 campaign between Hillary and Obama are blissfully unaware, or even enthusiastically supportive of the devil's nod to their candidate... Who didn't receive a single vote in the primaries. Trump may be an egotistical jack wagon sometimes, but at least he's not supported by THOSE people. I still have a memory long enough to despise them...
Dude literally thinks the US number 1 in everything good and last in every bad is worse then soon to be England if it survives you know having a government that changes on the whims of the elite and the public... Not a rock that has been around for 200 years. Or di you forget breix and all the stuff that has happened since?
What causes Narcissism? One’s strong desire for validation. Whether it’s their trauma or society’s hunger for likes and attention being the norm. The only way to stop this trend is to starve them of any supply. DO NOT BUY inauthentic woke content. Do not attack them in videos or comments. Do not validate their toxic behaviors. The ones that are too far gone will throw a tantrum and fade away. And hopefully the majority will mature and understand what they are actually doing and gain awareness.
I see this as a good thing. Let big companies fall and get crushed by the weight of their own hubris. It’s time for a new wave of franchises and indie studios to rise
They couldn't build the house, they couldn't even remodel the existing house without breaking the load-bearing walls. The house then ineviatbly falls on them but it's the viewers fault not theirs
I'm feeling really smart right now! I stopped watching the garbage waaaay back. I saw where this was heading and opted out. I occasionally check in to see just how low it will sink and I'm finding out there is no bottom😂😂😂😂
It's not just about narcissism. Firstly, the media falls into the hands of those who pathologically hate said media, be it comics, video games, etc. At the same time, this is done for people who also pathologically hate said media. Secondly, this is being done by a group of champagne socialists in the West who have never been anywhere other than California and Belize for sex tourism, so their life experience and knowledge is very limited. At the same time, they are too lazy and proud to break out of their comfort zone or ask ask someone who understands the matter. And thirdly, the most important thing is that now IP and franchises are used as nothing more than a source of names that are inserted into placeholders of clichéd scripts. In other words, showrunners and directors do not adapt to existing material, do not try to put it on the screen, but simply add recognizable names and things to the cookie-cutter story. You can conduct a thought experiment - if the main character, setting and plot are easily replaceable for a film or series, then they are not important and were added simply for brand recognition.
You are right about the large support of the critics who are portrayed as loud minority. How can they appeal to so many people? It is not that viewers hear one negative review and then it's already over for them. They are not that fragile!
Awesome video! I’m glad to watch level-headed and well articulated discussions about these topics. It’s hard to find people not catering to one extreme or another. Thank you. You have my sub.
Self insert fan fiction based on their pathetic lives leads to their rage issues toward the average consumers of their efforts when their shows are ridiculed, memed, and ignored. They take it personally.
They are everywhere now. Education, corporate boardrooms, the government agencies, entertainment, technology, science. The move was rapid and complete when they made it. They have the levers in all the important places. Every major corporation now has "DEI consultants" getting six figures or more every year to act as political commissars and to review and approve everything the corporation does. The media is full of them, they run education, they control the finances of science, to make sure funding and even the careers of any scientist who dares ask the wrong questions is say risk. They decided what they want the outcome to be and are prepared to do whatever is necessary to obtain that, whatever the cost.
I love these videos. They so articulately nail it. Everything. All of what's wrong with current movie and game making and the sycophantic fanboys/girls who prop it up with their toxic positivity.
"This show isn't meant for you!". People using this catch-phrase probably felt on the outer and wanted to be engaged, but felt (real or perceived) like content "wasn't made for them". That led to strong hatred and resentment, which is why now many beloved franchises have been destroyed. If "they" can't enjoy it, no one can. How the fuck those responsible for green-lighting these vanity projects approve of and endorse this blind hatred and destruction is disturbing.
Many of these people fundamentally dislike the material and its fans. When their audience dislikes their work and points out inconsistencies or provide constructive criticism, these people's replies are usually variations of "Shut up, nerd".
@@Tisply25 media literacy is simply the ability to grasp the underlying meaning of a piece of media, as opposed to its superficial trappings. It really doesn't have anything to do with assessing a work's overall quality. There are plenty of meaningful works that are ham-fisted in their execution, thereby failing to be good art. Misenterpretation is also possible - inferring or imposing meaning that was not intended or even implied.
It's because they're making content that caters to people that don't really watch it. That and they keep trying the hardest they can to end physical media sales which used to save a lot of movies that were box office flops.
Ah, that house analogy for media creation is rather fitting. In fact, I would say that some creatives are essentially Delia Deetz from Beetlejuice, taking something that is perfectly good already for what it is and morphing it into something that is not only different but also not at all suited for what was already there.
In a way, I respect a creative who says "this is something that I would have wanted to watch, so this is what I made", but the problem with that is people who would say this would never hate on the people calling it bad.
The respectable creative also wouldn't tell anyone "this isn't for you" just because it was relatable to the creative. who happens to belong to some sort of minority. Their work would not be *about* the majority, but it wouldn't be "not for" them. If anything, they'd welcome the curiousity and a chance for others to learn about it and find their own relatability in some aspect of their art that IS universal to the human experience.
The Zeitgeist of this ego-driven-franchise-destroying 'legacy' is like an anti-auteur movement. Instead of having an artistic mindset at the helm of a film or series, we have individuals who make pale copies of copies of copies. Self-insert + fan fiction 'talent' + political nonsense accompanied by exorbitant funding and wham... the last ten years of Hollywood explains itself.
They aren't making it for "nobody". It is even worse than that. They are making it for THEMSELVES. These shows have a target audience of 1 person, the showrunner.
I'm tired of writers with personality issues and character flaws making self insert protagonists. Then there is the other hack writes favorite, Tonight's episode: The writer's thinly veiled fetish.
It's a mistake to assume that they are only making this tripe for themselves and the activist set. No, this trash is for all young people, the way most entertainment is designed to appeal to teenagers and young adults. That there aren't enough activists walking the earth to support these choices doesn't factor into their thinking whatsoever. Eventually, people will just have to come around and watch their shows/movies or they'll simply have nothing else to watch. That's the game, as I see it.
Don't be unfair, its more than the showrunner herself: Its her and her lesbian girlfriend, see Lesley Headland and her wife.
@@avrivah1101 Also consider how stuff like home media's been getting cut back from physical distribution with some retailers lately. Getting us over to a digital future means that they can change whatever they want with a movie or TV show or video game because they own the file that people will watch.
But the thing is that we've got a ton of movies, shows, and games from past decades and yet to come that will cater to us from an entertainment standpoint. And I have no issue seeing these companies continue to lose money on bad investments because they need our money, our buying power, in order to remain a business.
And they can't put off paying their bills forever - Eventually, they come due and when the business can't come up with the money, they will collapse and be replaced by something that can surely deliver what people want. In the entertainment business, you may have to spend money to make money but you also need to go for content that people will want to watch. Doing shit projects with a paint job or glamour of some big classic moneymaking IP isn't enough anymore.
The customer (not consumer) will eventually correct the market, and businesses will fall in line or die and be replaced.
Oh boy feminism I love it
You can't create a strong female character without first creating a strong character. It's truly bizarre how many of these writers don't appear to appreciate this basic concept.
I’ve been writing paragraphs trying to diagnose the problem of woke writers, and here you go nailing it in one sentence.
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They reveal they see the worst of masculine traits as strong, not the ones that are actually men's strengths.
@@triciacarr5019 ? It's the same idea like if a "woke" writer said it you'll say that is bad advice... Like the whole point of "Strong female character" is that they are a Strong character a "Strong female character" and all are written that way... Like when was the last time you saw a "strong female character" Run away in any compactify? How are they not strong? Like they could be well or poorly written it does not stop them from being strong or not. Which would for example an setrotypical 60s house wife strong just because she is all the tropes?
@@arostwocents I mean they are all the stereotypical male action hero just female...
Which inevitably leads to the "strong female" character tearing down and chastising all the caricatures of men around her
“Don’t watch, bigots!” “Wow, I can’t believe how low our viewing numbers are…”
Crazy. You'd think labelling your audience as bigots, racists, and homophobes would convince them to tune right in.
They don't see the connection.
Note how they don't follow their own advice. They spend a lot of their time trying to get games like Kindom Come: Deliverance canceled, repeatedly trying to accuse the game of being problematic for not featuring enough minorities and independent, empowered females (they also did that with The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 before it came out).
These types will beg you for mercy when on their knees, yet show you none when it's them holding the cudgel.
@@Herr_Affe Facts. I've said for many years that these people are not all that concerned about oppression; they just want their turn with the whip.
Please continue ignoring comparisons to the weimar republic. There are no solutions there.
3:19 _"and as a woman who is taught by society to hide her rage."_
Funny, as a man I was taught by society that rage is usually bad.
It's only bad when men do it. Or rather it's only bad when critical thinking, mature and self-motivated people do it but it's good when those in power do it to gain more power over the peasants.
Rage is nearly always bad. These women believe the very worst traits of the worst men represent strength, it's why their hero is always actually a villain
@@SirKenchalotwhen a woman does it..... That means it is not illegal.
I love Despot of Antrim
@@arostwocents "rage is nearly always bad"
I too enjoy couching my sophistry with weasel words.
Lets all just revert back to being animals, the ultimate freedom.
"It wasn't made for you" gains it's double edge.
It's finally a chainsaw.
All of them: It was made for meeee! Me, me, me! No one but me and I'm the only one who is right. Me😭
Nah that would mean it’s doubly useful. Retire that saying, a double edged sword has always been more utilitarian than a single edge.
Tolkien is timeless because his job, his life, his destiny was writing. He spent every waking moment perfecting his craft. Even held authors clubs with other writers to improve and take criticism. He also has life experience, like being a veteran of a world war. This is why LOTR is so beloved. You can't duplicate that level of commitment. This is why the classics should never be messed with. There's a reason they're eternal with generations.
Additionally, when Tolkien set out to craft The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, he was steadfast in keeping any allegories or thematic elements tied to reality out of his world building despite the fact that, for example, he served in the first world war or had an issue with the rampant industrialization of society. The story and lore came first and foremost. In fact, he flat out despised allegory.
@@emirlsanchos6302 that's a good point I didn't mention about industrialization. Appreciate that👍
@@emirlsanchos6302 I can see why he hated them. Media is full of allegories now and it's exhausting constantly seeing the parallels. My eyes are permanently rolling.
LOTR is beloved for being an uninspired human-sue story built around the narcissistic idea that you are automatically evil and vile if you aren't made in humanity's image. Elves, dwarves and hobbits are just minorly altered humans, yet orcs, which are supposed to be corrupted elves, clearly aren't human, and while the villains get all these cool pets they care for like wolves, wyverns, elephants and rhinos, the humans get horses and nothing else. Mother-flipping overused, uncreative, boring as all heck horses.
@@baalfgames5318 said you ...and no one else
Writers: It’s not for you.
Audience: Ok.
Property flops.
Writers: ‘Surprised Pikachu face.’
Then proceeds to blame "bigoted" audience
then they go on strike, not getting theyre the ones at fault.
Halo Infitie exsits
Halo "fans": We hate it for not being Halo MCC!
Game that costed half a billion USD to make brings in Billions of USD dispite being free to play.
Microsoft: "It's not for you."
Halo "fans": Halo is dead.
Microsoft: Oh well I'm going to cry in my money and make a remake of the OG trilogy for the fans put in too PS5 because they would have no choice but to exept.
"It's not FOR you"
"I know, that's why I never bought it"
(Tim Allen grunt)
So, you think writers can do anything they want? What Hollywood are you talking about. There are endless stories of Movie companies micro managing the productions of movies, this is NOT from writers. If a writer wrote what the studios did not want, they would be GONE, are you kidding me with this nonsense. This is a top down process, they ARE destroying the movie industry on purpose. But you go ahead and blame writers for doing what they are told, or directors for that matter. Simply shows you know nothing about the industry.
Wow, those ending statements really drove the point home. As someone so eloquently pointed out to me in the comments of a different video, the irony is that when a Christian movie (specifically made for Christians) flops at the box office, "Kevin Sorbo doesn't go and blame atheists for not buying tickets."
Yea, im sure you're life changed for the better knowing he made those statements, right? 🙄
No. One. Cares.
@@BleachDemon707 lol stay bitter
@@BleachDemon707 Mo. Ketchups.
Thats becausr Kevin Sorbo is a REAL human,
@@BleachDemon707guys guys look someone’s trying to be edgy! You see that?!
no one cares!
Leslie Headland is that one rich girl from school who thinks being a lesbian who hates her parents makes her cool when there are about 20 other lesbian girls who hate their parents in the same grade, therefore they 'aren't like those other girls'.
She ain't got shit to say but thinks her words are so rare and needs to be heard but all you hear is "I'M A LESBIAN! I'M NEAT! I'M MAGIC! PLEASE TELL ME I'M SPECIAL!"
Oh ya, she absoultely strikes me as the "revenge on my parents and their worldview" type of persona.
I will never forget how Headland stated in an interview that she considered moving from MD to MA as a kid “traumatic”. I, and millions of military brats, laugh at that, and hysterically so.
EXCELLENT WORK. ECHO CHAMBERLAIN SKIP NARCISSISTIC INDUSTRY
I thought Lesly headland was Weinstein’s assistant and responsible for screening girls for him?
@@Handle35667 She was despite what people on twitter/x would have you believe by claiming she only worked for him for a "short period" when it was 4 years, as such it's theorized her getting to make a Star Wars show was Hollywood's way of buying her silence.
Back in the day, the studio owners had their own money in the game.
And a failed movie could tank the studio. During Hollywood's Golden era, nearly all studios were one bad movie away from bankruptcy. Very motivating.
@@BillPeschel Exactly. 👍
We have a saying "eye of the owner makes cow fat" for a reason.
Can you explain?
@@crooster1 Big investment companies are keeping a lot of media outlets afloat. So movie studios can survive a few box office bombs as they have investor money from companies like Black Rock funding them. They've become dependent on it. Which gives the investment companies the power to make demands of what they want pushed in media. ''The message'' social engineering propaganda is pushed by Black Rock and their ilk. But most people dislike it so when it's injected in media, that media fails. That then leaves the media studios even more dependent on investor money to keep them afloat.
We don’t have writers anymore. We have narcissistic activists making fanfiction for source material they despise
"They couldn't build the house, so they became fussily obsessive about changing the furniture and decor."
Great line, stealing that one...😊
It's so good that you must give credit and quote it. "As Echo said, 'They couldn't build the house, so they became fussily obsessive about changing the furniture and decor.'
@@Frip36 oh I will.. That level of brilliance must be respected...
Tailoring content for a specific audience only works if that audience actually exists.
Exactly.
Well, there's nothing wrong with it, as long as expectations are aligned. The modern audience does exist - it's just VERY small. That's the mistake that keeps getting made. It's fine to make content for them... on a small budget. A $10 million show or movie would likely be quite successful. It's the $100 million + budgets that make absolutely no sense.
The activists audience is there online but never spend $$. They expect and demand the REAL fans to pay for everything.
This happened in US comics where last 10+ years activists pushed for more representation and inclusion. Yet for some strange reason comic circulation has been in decline. What a coincidence!
@@jamesneese7663 Except for manga that's still being written for it's real audience and has now invaded the west and western comics are REEEE'ing like mad because of it.
@@zerogrey3798 ummm. Manga comes from Japan. Those are not US comics
George Lucas read books like Joseph Campbell's "Hero With A Thousand Faces" before he wrote Star Wars to create a tale that appealed to a large audience - that was universal in it's narrative. Now Star Wars stories are written only for the director, writer, & their particular demographic, whatever that may be.
Self absorbed "activists"
Well said, George knew storytelling lasts so he stuck to the plan and it shows, he also knew how to build the world around the story too, I’m not his biggest fan but I greatly respect his work
He actually invited Joseph Campbell to his ranch, he mentioned it in the the PBS show, Power of Myth.
@@kathleenhensley5951wasn’t that PBS show done AT Skywalker Ranch? I remember seeing it (cough cough) decades ago.
? He has always said he made Star Wars is for 12 year old boys... While the "woke" people say they are making it for anyone...
There's an expression, "Don't ascribe to malice what can be ascribed to stupidity." However, too many people think this means _anything_ can be ascribed to stupidity. Not with the modern entertainment industry. There's just too many "mistakes" for it to be a coincidence. I've literally heard progressives say they would burn Star Wars, Tolkien, Warhammer, etc. to the ground if "conservatives" enjoyed it. That's malice. I think the guys at the top of the entertainment food chain know that their worldview is crumbling, and have adopted a scorched-earth policy before circumstances eject them from control of these ips.
Yeah, any actual content or proper escapist material with even a vague whiff of traditional entertainment, morality, or archetypes are targets. Presumably, it's so when later generations look up Star Wars or LotR, they are given the horrible "modern" results and not the real stories. Can't have any unsanctioned heroes. The left probably intend to supply a roster of "heroes" acceptable to them. Having failed to do so in fiction, they will probably just be politicians presented as heroes. But in amy event, I think this is systematic rather than mere happenstance.
"I will ruin your mythos in a minute, baby!" ~ Tito Woketiti
💯!!! Exactly. These people are malicious. They know exactly what they are doing.
@@seregrian5675 asked AI to draw me an "artistic reject" and it drew Waikiki or whatever his name is lol
50 years ago, they told you how they feel about you...
Fish, and bicycles.
Oh yes. It's malice.
This is why they get really offended and attack the critics because the show is about them they take the criticisms personally.
Hollywood mistakenly believes that the “noisy woke” viewership is a large viewership.
The major irony here is that they believe it's the normal audience they relied on all these decades that is a small vocal minority with an outsized media presence.
Projection is such a deadly psychological problem.
@@cattrucker8257 🤔👍
Well, that's the only kind of person they've ever met. How can any other audience really be that big if they've never seen one before?
Not just that. They think they're the only audience that matters.
@@unclerukmer Good point!
lesbian headland is from westport, connecticut, median income of $200,000, the 9th wealthiest city in the US, 48 miles from NYC.
so when she says she was brought up in a "strict religious household", she is referring to the mainline, theologically liberal churches that are nothing more than progressive activist groups that have co-opted christian terminology.
it's just they weren't radical enough for her.
Yup, I know those New England, 7th Heaven Christians. They drive fancy cars, live in big houses, and have lgbt flags at their churches.
Not all churches in New England are like that. But damn it's hard to find ones that aren't, I admit that. In not even religious but if I was inclined to go into one it's going to be one that actually stuck with tradition and principle. Not one with a pride flag out front. Which is most of them around here. It's one thing to say that gays are welcome. They are are. We are all sinners, who says that a gay is worse than anyone else? But that doesn't mean you have to affirm them and say that no, it's all good, you are perfectb the way you are. You might as well hang out signs saying "adulterers are welcome here, pornography is not a sin". If that's the cost of getting attendance, you might as well shut down operations.
@justforever96 idk man, i feel what your saying at its core but I think most people would agree shoplifting or hating your neighbor for some specific reason isn't the same as assualting a minor or chopping off dicks.
I'm pretty sure the reason bundle of sticks is the root for their slur is because that's just how they solved the pdf problem back in the day, at a certain point we turn away from traditions as we forget the issues they solved the problem is rather then be smart and neutral and saying hey yeah don't burn them but also acknowledging what they do promote is morally wrong we decide to go just as crazy but in the other direction
Reckon she’s only p!ssed because they didn’t praise her and her scissor sisters. Just another fail up narcissist.
@@DeShawnMcDonald To be fair it even now... The left has crazies that want to kill Trump the Right has crazies that want to demolish the US government and leadership and replace it with a dictatorship. nethier is ok but both are cuased by but side rethoic and inablity to know what facts are or how to talk to others who are not yes men... Like based on what I've seen in youtube comments nboth sides want to fight the US goverment and soon... Which is bad but the timing is terrible WW3 is on and the US is in danger of being invades by sleeper cells and by air... Like if WW3 both side to Chill the F out the US may be in for like a 4 way fight though I'm confident we can win.
Likes and tweets are *not* views and purchases.
Isn't a large amount of likes and tweets bots these days?
@@jelkel25 Yeah mass bots is why Elon almost reneged on buying twitter because they wouldn't turn over their books and statistics on the estimated number of bots vs. actual users.
These people are paid off
Weimarian demoralisation propoganda is not really about the shekels.
The greatest writing advice I've ever heard is that love for the people you're writing for should be your motivation behind everything you create. That's what so many creators now simply can not understand.
Spielberg built a hugely successful career out of making movies that reflected his own childhood fantasies. The difference is that those fantasies had a very wide shared appeal to a large audience rather than a limited appeal to a rather small group who desperately want to believe that their fantasies are far more prevalent than they actually are.
He also wanted to make a Spiderman movie where Spidy and MJ make explicit love on a skyscraper... Like that was in the 90s too... It was canned becuase while that could work but it likly would have killed Spidy and marvel from backlash from parents. Becuase that would have been the most only/most recent Spidy movie and it would not have been a good look at all.
Spielberg is a pedo
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough that wasn't Spielberg, it was James Cameron's abandoned plans for a Spider-Man film.
There have always been writers that never understood that their stories were niche and did not resonate with a large swath of audiences. We saw them in small, indy films. There used to be mechanisms in place that prevented them from creating ostensibly mass-appeal big-budget films that flopped. Those guardrails appear to have been removed.
Spielberg also doesn't self-insert. It's the difference between using your life experience to enrich your characters and having the main character be a glorified version of you, that goes through things you went through only so he can win this time.
everyone: "wow, this house is really badly built. the foundation is crooked and the roof is full of holes!"
them: "sorry straight white man, this house wasn't built just for you!"
All the religious southern black men: * slowly puts on maga hat while looking suspiciously at the liberals
@@DeShawnMcDonald I mean I don't think you want to side with the Japanese on this one bud... Like they still have the same mindset as a society that they did in WW2 like if the germans did would you side with them? Which they tell you otherwise because they don't want to meet their 5th sun. But the stuff they did in WW2 to everyone they could would make the Saw movies look like a fun carnival ride and the stuff they did never ends it's a bottomless iceberg... Which their descendants are currently adapting that stuff in there media mostlhy the stuff you can show on youtube but still like their child shows and books still shows some of it... Which if you moved to Japan or even just visted they would not like you for littlerly all the stuff you'd listed... Like from there point of view your the evil demonic liberal invader who stopped them from having a friendship circle totally not a imperial power block over the East... LIke, seriously it was called the Co Propensity Sphere like so Kwei right? So yeah, just because we are friends does not mean they are the type to side with.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough wtf was that about lmao, did you think this was a different comment on a different youtube video? Or are you seriously trying to get me on board with demonic level degeneracy by saying a totally unrelated nation is bad too?
Lmfaoooo
Built for women by women
Joker made over a billion dollars yet they decided it appealed to the ''wrong people'' and made a horrible sequel for twice the price which will now bomb.
Who were the "wrong people" it appealed to??
@@KristySkiInc3ls on paper, peons in actuality. People used the iconography in IRL protests like Hong Kong and the establishment media trumped up fears that it was going to spark an "Inc3l revolution" so they had to shut it down to keep the peasantry in their place
@@KristySkiThe peons of society. Can't have the peasantry getting any ideas above their station
The sequel is not inclusive, and I don't think it was designed to appeal any people at all.
The meteoric rise of Terrifier, unless it is a complete astroturfing, shows people just want the thing. They don’t want to be bludgeoned with messages.
Indeed....they couldn;t build the house, so concentrated on replacing the furniture and decor.
Damn. Well said.
And all new decor is tacky, tasteless and kitsch.
And for whatever reason, the furniture costs 180 million dollars
@@pilouuuu I think this metaphor specially applies to the aesthetic of woke media; it's often an eyesore of vivid colors that almost never match the context of the scene or the work as a whole.
@@Historical-Stuff ...when they could've purchased a similar piece from IKEA for way less.
This is not unique to just Hollywood. Once, in the city I was living in at the time, there was a restaurant that opened that catered "exclusively to vegans". The problem? This was in Texas. Cattle country. It was gone after only a few months and, of course, the owner blamed the residents for not being "progressive" enough. If you only cater to a small audience, you shouldn't be surprised when that audience isn't big enough to sustain your business. It's basic business 101. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Hollywood has learned this yet. 🙄
In Austin, by chance?
Um what makes you think vegans don't exist in Texas? Like just because you live on a farm does not mean you like having to kill and eat animals... Also what about people who you know have medical problems and need to be vegan or suffer/die... Also you know that food service is insanely hard to make work even with an audience right? Like in Jax Food places from major chains close all the time just because the audnace is fickle and you need to be excpenal to stay... Pretty much poltic and audnace have nothing to with success vcase in point star wars a highly progressive movie like the empire was intented to be the US and the Rebel the veit con and the movie was made exclusivly for 12 year old boys... Like it was the way it is becuase Lucas listened to other people and made it what it was... also his world was not reliant on those two aspects... Which how is catering to anti vaitnam war 12 year old boys a big audince again?
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough I never said vegans don't exist in Texas. But judging from your response, you only read what you want to hear. I simply stated that there weren't enough of them to sustain this particular business. If you think otherwise, roll the dice, open a restaurant yourself, and prove me wrong. Pretty simple... the math won't lie.
@@GreenBlueWalkthroughthere are neighborhoods you don’t want you after dark I don’t care what color you are. Don’t think everywhere thinks like you that’s just rude.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough Maybe learn to spell before you scream at people for disagreeing with you online.
The biggest issues I see in Hollywood is they no longer take the criticism of fan base seriously anymore in fact they attack it even if the numbers show that they are wrong they just expect us the to love it just because they say so pretty much shut up and give me your money
The problem is that the entertainment industry got fat and lazy. They just assumed that people would just watch anything they put out. It didn't matter if they hired talentless activists to churn out garbage, the audience would continue to throw money at them because 'this is the way it has always been'. So Hollywood happily diverged from what people actually wanted and started making entertainment they decided that the audience needed.
Now things have become sour as the idiots have started to wake up and realise that maybe they aren't the geniuses of entertainment that they thought they were. At this point they have two options. Denial or acceptance.
"To remind you, that all humans are trolls. And all the showrunners are just humans."
That statement about Leslie Headland is especially insidious. She tries to dismantle religion in a way by deconstructing the Jedi as oppressive, when she worked closely with Harvey Weinstein. The evils of Hollywood are truly frightening.
They can make dismissive remarks like "If you don't like it, don't watch it." However, they will harass creators/audiences of shows THEY don't like, instead of simply "not watching it."
There's a word for people who force themselves onto others and expect those others to not only submit but to like it. The word is narcissist. OK, maybe there are 2 words.
Douche? Asshole? Twat? Brat? Come on, I'm not even trying XD
Not sure "liking it" is a requirement for either of those. Often they would rather you didn't. That's the point.
@@amalekedomite They Who Must Not Be Named
"I don't expect you to like it. I expect you to do it" --Dad
"You will do it _and_ like it" -Mom
Although Dustborn and Concord were horrible, I have to give them credit for ruining themselves and not ruining an old IP like Star Wars or Ghostbusters.
You know that Ghost buster never has had a good game and bearly any successful ones... Also have you forgoten EA's Battlefront 2 and the recent outsdiers?
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough Your reading comprehension needs more exercise.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough Why would you assume he was referencing Ghostbusters and Star Wars games? Weird thing to fixate on when discussing famous IP's built in cinema.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough Excuse me? Ghostbusters on the Sega Genesis was awesome.
2:37 I don’t understand how blaming the audience was ever expected to work. You can’t shame people into liking or watching something.
It's gotten so bad that some idiots were complaining about the lack of diversity in the new Shogun series... Shogun for God's sake!
"Write what you know."
In a time of miniscule actual human contact, self absorption, echo chambers, and self aggrandizement, that's become a terrible way to write. Yet, they take it a step further by being reticent toward change, advice, or accepting general knowledge about the license for which they are hired to write.
"Write what you know" is still good advice, except there's an implicit requirement that one actually _knows_ things before they write. As you allude to, having a well of knowledge and (real) experience to draw from makes for better writing.
@@faynarawn4164 I wrote a script about living in a camper van. I've never done that myself, so what did I do? Research! What a novel concept!
Perfect title. The modern audience is a myth. These people are huffing their own farts, yet are surprised when we all leave the room.
I’m 19, a diehard Indiana Jones fan, I should be the prime target audience for that new Indy Game, yet when I heard it was a “Modern Indiana Jones, for a modern audience,” I immediately checked out and stopped caring. Believe them when they tell us, “it’s not made for you.”
As a great man once said, “Everything woke turns to shit.” None of it succeeds, and in fact it always fails, both culturally and financially.
I’d like to find this modern audience one day, they must be *_somewhere..._*
That’s because the people doing this stuff don’t understand the audience they’re targeting. Like take me, I’m non binary and bi. I should BE this ‘woke audience’ right?
Yet I despise all this stuff too. Why? Because it’s mostly soulless, boring, badly written, badly acted or (if a game) poorly plotted. The characters are generic. The stories predictable or nonsensical. They’re just… tedious.
Now take something that is very inclusive and very gay, say the Netflix Sandman or the newer SheRa princess of power.
Hear anyone whining about them? Nope. Because both are well done, well acted, and sucked you right in.
I loved both.
And that’s the irony. The problem isn’t queer themes, or inclusion. People love those when done right.
The problem is arrogant, elitist pricks who make soulless, boring, incredibly expensive tedium and then mock the audience for not liking it.
The problem isn’t ‘woke’. It’s that the stories and characters suck.
My guess is that the so called "modern audience" don't like tv shows or movies at all. They make a lot of noise on social media, but when the entertainment industry tried to respond, they did not show up, staying with their hobbies of... making a lot of noise on social media.
@@Androsynth75I completely agree. To clarify, my definition of “Woke” is sacrificing narrative quality/satisfaction for unnecessary and ham-handed diversity/representation, and putting the message before the story.
Yes, bad stories are the problem, and woke gets used with a lot of different definitions, but I think it’s fair to say that “woke” and “bad story” are one-in-the-same, it’s just a very quick and easy way to say: “This story lacks substance, is poorly written, and is being used as a vessel for political messaging.”
I’d think any and all marginalized communities/minorities would unanimously be insulted that these massive corporations think they’ll turn out in droves by simply including characters of that corresponding identity. It’s lazy, disrespectful, and completely out of touch.
@@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689 I think you're CLOSE... The part that you're missing (IMO), is that they don't like *these* TV-shows, movies, or games... the ones intended to appeal to normal male audiences, like Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, etc.
THAT is the reason that they don't know that Star Wars always had strong women, like Princess Leia, Padme, and so on... and the reason that what's-her-name (J Law) thought she was the first female action hero, and so on.
@@mrg2155 Unfortunately for them, not even the young care about modern entertainment, many would much rather stay all day on TikTok or YT shorts which, for as much crap as those get, and rightfully so, have plenty of content that's not only many times more entertaining than anything coming out of Hollywood these days, but is sometimes genuinely insightful in its own right if you know which creators to look for (or have simply trained the algorithm to not show you crap). And TikTok/YT shorts is just one example I could think of off the top of my head.
Point being, even if they want to mold the youth through mainstream entertainment, there's still mountains of alternatives to woke media.
"Don't like it don't watch it. It wasn't made for you."
Alrighty... Plenty of classics that i could become another fan of, or could use another rewatch.
And that is a mayor realvation because? Like why are you expecting content creators to make everything just for you so you can watch it? Which who has ever said a fan must love everything someone makes 100% of the time?
@@GreenBlueWalkthroughnone of your questions refute his point.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough "Content" creators are supposed to make (disposable) content people want to watch. Artists on the other hand make (lasting) art to express themselves and for people to appreciate. Artists who see themselves as content creators tend to create bad art.
I want there to be NEW classics. Creators are always talking about how wonderful the older films are, but they always seem to be more interested in re-creating their style rather than their substance. STAR WARS looked like a '70s film - because it indeed was one - but its themes were straight out of a '30s or '40s underdog saga. That's why it succeeded with both younger and older people.
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough I have watched things which i haven't liked, But i can still respect it. I do not respect nonsense like what is being peddled nowadays. especially when it's blatantly progressive propaganda.
If said creators were humble enough to admit they made a flop. And, or didn't try to antagonize, gaslight, and blame the audience in general i'd be far more forgiving of that fact.
Also if you are going to ask questions in good faith, leave any strawmanning and hyperbole out of it. It makes you seem incredibly disingenuous and petty.
It wasnt made for you is actually 100% true. They are making crap in hope our kids will watch it and adopt it. Kids are naive and receptive
Social engineering....
LGBTQ products should be tagged so parents can filter this shit.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
@@dekooks1543 We both found the correct comment.
Great video: the problem with a lot of modern gay artists is their gender, sexuality, lifestyles, etc. can’t replace good writing, the hero’s journey or the classic three act structure Western Civilization has relied on for millennia to tell meaningful stories, so their content is DOA because it lacks the originality, substance and creativity audiences need to feel curious, respected and entertained. In other words, they’re bad artists because they’re putting their own lifestyles BEFORE the lifestyles of their audiences and it’s boring the sh!t out of us. 🤷🏻♂️
The plan is to change lifestyle of the audience. Its about our kids, not us
As a narcissist I gotta say they're not making products for us either!
The "someone else built the house, but they became fussily obsessed with changing the furniture and decor" is one of the best digs Ive ever heard.
This extends to the art community (painting etc ) modern art is trash because art (paintings, film etc. ) can be subjective, so everyone decided that art can never be bad. Now we encourage trash becaue we believe there is no "bad" art. There's no one there to say "this is complete and utter horse pucky. Go learn how to.art better" bow it's all just "expressing oneself" .
This is why I don't I stopped looking at paintings and (specially) drawing forums, subreddits etc.
I love that experiment when some guys let animals (chimps, elephants) paint something for fun, then showed those paintings to a bunch of modern art critics and they were all ´sperging about the awesome quality of the paintings. :D
The She-Hulk show was such a huge miss. Everyone went nuts over Lady D from Resident Evil. A show about a big green lady should've broke the internet.
Tbh I prefer D's pale skin over the green one plus vampire stuff just hits so nicely.
My favorite thing about the She Hulk downfall is how they claimed that the target audience was women in their 30s. I was the target audience and even I didn't like it.
Even more morbidly hilarious: In the comics, especially the 1980s Byrne run, she’s a successful lawyer, takes crap from no one, is super strong, sexy and sensual, goes on ridiculous adventures, and was the original Marvel 4th wall breaker before Deadpool. She should have been insanely successful if:
1) She Hulk was not connected to the MCU
2) Was not ideologically sabotaged from the get go
Lady D was cringe. Epitome of "safe horny"
7:37 nah, at this point I reject anything "progressive", even a silly haircut is enough to quit a piece of content. I've had enough and there are too many alternatives out there.
if an AI can pick up patterns, you can too. I should train a "woke content" detector and host it online for free lmao.
They've pushed the activist shit so hard that even the mostly reasonable stuff is repulsive. The pendulum swings proportionate to how hard it was pushed.
This is me right now
That haircut is called the Lobotomy haircut
I don't think a haircut should turn you off. Even an "ugly" person can bring an attractive ideology.
I've noticed that most people that follow this mindset suffer from severe cases of Main Character Syndrome.
Also known as NPD.
@@Mysikrysa Exactly.
I have never watched shows I don’t like and will continue not watching shows I dislike; no one needed to tell me not to watch.
exactly. never watched Acolyte, never watched ROP, never watched the Obi-Wan show, never watched Boba fett, never watched The lAsT Jedi, never watched The Rise of Palpatine...the list will go on.
I still read, listen to and watch Star Wars and LOTRs regularly. They are available. Just watched the Battle of Sluis Van (Heir to the Empire) where Thrawn took his first L as an excellent animation on this very platform from DarthAngelus. Soon every person who put in the time will be able to create films in a short time of beloved stories and literature and then we will see the power of these terrible studios. they are already teetering...
? So hate to break it to you but... The people who say "Don't like it don't watch it" are not talking to you. They are talking to those who belive that in order to be a fan they must love everything they make 100% of the time forever and ever and ever. Like for me I love things because of one thing sometimes small sometimes just my take... and nothing else... Like I love the wolds of souls borne games but find the art to spooky to play and the devs have funny game design ideas that I hate...
@@takuid Um 1. Unless copywrite laws are reverted/replied soon would be many many dacades for most media. Like you do know that if disney had to sell Star wars it could be buaght by anyone right? Like anyone including far worse people who just want to pump and dump or just hold on to sueing anyone and anyone wh9ile doing nothing... Also Star Wars the first film that came out in theaters and only that OG cut, would be public like near the end of the 21st century... So yeah you have a very funny definition of soon... Also you know you could just write fab fiction right or even get good and make art and movies/shows right now right? Like all it takes is a pencil and paper or you know an device and google docs...
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough you don't get it. I am talking about people being able to create visual representation (video/animation) of the stories they like with **far more limited resources** using ML/AI tools. It is already happening.
They will not profit from them using ads etc. DarthAngelus is not profiting from his animations (full length 2.5-hour Heir to the Empire story). Therefore he is free to produce them. Many people will be able to do this as the barrier to entry drops off the cliff. In ten years, the entire landscape of entertainment is going to change. It is very much possible Disney and other studios like them cease to exist shortly after that.
Sooner if they persist in this path they are taking, a la Ubisoft.
A way I've started to describe it is "We gave big budgets to people with starving artist attitudes".
Focus on one's specific vision and saying it was the audience's fault for not appreciating it used to be what kept you living in a garage apartment, eating instant noodles for most meals, and begrudgingly working an hourly job until your big break came. But now we've seen people with those same attitude issues be handed massive IPs and huge budgets only to see that it probably wasn't budget or exposure issues that were keeping their art from flourishing.
Even George Lucas, when pursuing his vision, still often tried to hearken back to old (and successful) serial radio programs and cinema productions, meaning he was focusing to some degree on the audience's experience. Even then, they were not going to be surprised if Star Wars was a flop.
"And in their eyes you see nothing, no sign of love behind the tears.
Cried for no one, a Franchise that should have lasted years."
😂excellent use of a great McCartney song!🙌
_Revolver_ is such a brilliant and underrated album. Every song on it is genius.
@@talithakoum3922 I love how on channels like Yellow Flash's it's like "F*ck dem w0ke!" but here it's "Revolver really is a classic, isn't it?" :)
And Revolver is only underrated because of what followed it. Imagine living in the shadow of Sgt. Pepper! :p
Even before this long streak of self inserts in Hollywood entertainment I also used to see it in the occasional fantasy novel back in the 2000's. I used to read voraciously, especially fantasy, and on my own, without all the propaganda from the left or the right, decided I was very skeptical of female authors.
Of course there are mediocre authors of every sex, Stephen King a prime example, but the problem I noticed was that I couldn't help but not see the author in every character.
Whatever, I don't care enough to make this comment engaging. Great vid!
It is insanely hard to find a true artist of storytelling and literature these days (was already an extremely rare event in fantasy). It might be over fr.
when I was young, my teachers told me to write what I know.
the problem was that I found myself boring.
I only truly began to enjoy writing when I stopped following that advise.
imagination over self insertion forever.
@kaiserzaiser5002 I agree! I think it's good advice when getting started if you've never tried writing before, but that's about it.
Margaret Weis (with Tracy Hickman) was easily the *best female fantasy writer ever*. I devoured her books, which were mainly part of the Dragonlance series (D&D) universe, and they tasted of God's own ambrosia. Where people like her have gone is anyone's guess. But if you were (or still are) into fantasy I'd give her a go. Flawed hero's. Redeemable villains. Real heart.
@itadaku23 thanks for the recommendation! I will check it out.
Starting: "Don't watch if it's not for you"
Ending: "Why aren't you watching our show'
Well... We still live in a Capitalistic System so, if you don't like these shows... As Ncuti Gatwa (latest Doctor Who actor) said "Go Touch Grass!" So do EXACTLY that! And at some point, these shows will simply die! Because hate watching them will only keep them going! These shows NEED viewers remember!? Irrespective if they love, hate or are indifferent to the show!
Capitalism doesnt mean freedom of choice. Try to buy food that isnt made by prison labor. Or buy products made in the USA only.
These people clearly don't care about money at all like literally AT ALL. It's been over a decade of the following- new movie/show/game comes out and flops because it's woke poorly written trash, only for hollywood to immediately announce the next big thing which is also woke garbage.
this is my philosophy when dealing with ... anything basically.
I don't have to purchase the crap of these "artist". let them suffer. If they really wanted my money they would take the time to understand what the people really want to see rather then bask in palaces of glass made from their fragile egos.
Talent is a vanishingly rare commodity. It's hard enough to recruit and retain it even in the best of circumstances. So when you orient yourself in a prissy, flakey, and creatively sterile direction while simultaneously erecting as many barriers as possible to allowing in genuinely talented creatives what you're left with is a pool of woke fanfic writers with access to shocking amounts of money. Is anyone surprised then that it's all slop all the time?
This already happened with Disney in the 80s to a lesser degree in the form of Don Bluth. Superior to Disney, imo.
As an aspiring writer and former businesswoman, I could not agree more. Normally I don’t comment on a lot of TH-cam videos but I could feel your passion and disappointment because I am a passionate bookworm. All mediums of art suffer from this as well including modern paintings, literature, etc. There needs to be a balance of style and substance. Besides you don’t have a business without satisfied customers who want more of what you produce. We all have ego problems, including the greats like Hemingway, Shakespeare, etc but they never let their ego get in the way of producing classic art that the masses could not get enough of.
I agree about swapping characters in the name of representation. They don't want to create original characters for women, or POC or LGBTQ, they just want to lazily insert us into already established IP. This is like giving the adopted kid hand-me downs. The clothes don't fit, and the kids see the lack of effort, even if they're desperate for clothing!
I skipped watching "A Gentleman in Moscow" when the trailer revealed a racially diverse cast for 1920’s Soviet Union. Why spoil a good book.
They want to turn art into a political tool like it is in commumist china.
That actually could work if you do it properly.
The Soviets were determined to stamp down Russian nationalism and promote 'international brotherhood' so they promoted regional minorites and got international communists immigrating from the American south, Africa, mongolia and india.
A party function, a diplomatic event, even a media event where you meet racialy diverse party symathisers would be appropriate or black American factory workers who came over to set up modern auto factories for Ford and other companies.
On the other hand if you impose racially diverse casting for no good reason and apply it with a sledge hammer to the background cast its not going to go well.
@@voiceofraisin3778 - Exactly. Which is why I despise the musical "Hamilton". Alexander Hamilton was white, but the musical portrays him as black. That's like portraying MLK Jr. as white when he was black. I also prefer the original 1960s-1970s version of "1776", which portrays the members of the Second Continental Congress as what they were - straight white men - whereas the 2022-2023 revival of "1776" portrays them as transgender or nonbinary - something that was unconscionable back in 1776!
@brycelandon6387 lol wrong .. in hamilton the main chr of hamilton is played by lin manuel miranda who is ? white ??
there are other black people playing other ppl in hamilton but hamilton himself is white and has only ever been played by a white guy
Browsing "New on Netflix" these days is absolutely nauseating.
Brilliant, sir. I celebrate every word. This should be taught in every film school from this day forward. I particularly like using Arcane as an example, because it has all of the diversity and inclusion, but all in service of a great story, well told. If you try to jam in DEI into an uninspired, haff-assed attempt at fan fiction (The Acolyte), the result will be failure. Not because the DEI was present, but the lack of life experience and mastery of the craft of writing.
"Media, especially in larger studios or networks, often becomes an echo chamber of certain ideological beliefs due to selective hiring practices. Over time, the hiring pool consists largely of people who share similar views. These views can be progressive or "woke," and once entrenched, they become the norm in that industry. The content produced reflects this mindset, not because it necessarily sells better, but because it's consistent with the worldview of those creating it"
I believe the cultural shift to include others from various backgrounds encouraged the media departments to hire more diverse people. This caused a cascade that eventually caused the mindset of the media to shift. They are indeed making media for a selfom few. I believe they won't back down due to the echo chamber they live in. Rather, they will double down in trying to make us one of them.
Their idea of diversity is only skin deep, it is not diversity of opinions. It is the opposite of it.
Writers used to go out and live for a while to have ideas and experiences to draw off of in order to make great stories. After that, writers had to read the works of other great writers in order to understand the works of a great story. These people have no life experiences from costal elite cities, haven't read any classics except the sparknotes, and watch unhealthy amounts of movies and television with only regard for the spectacle and whatever surface level themes they could gather. Mix narcissism with anti intellectualism and this is the end result.
Ok that offended me and the vast majority of writes to ever exist. To name a single example Benjman Franklin was a city boy and likely when to the woods less then most modern Americans... Like I write great stores have had a legendary life sitting in my lazy boy and I'm a 29 year old Jaxian... Like what have you've written that was so great and what have you done that your drew from?
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough Learn to spell if you want to LARP as a writer. :D
@@GreenBlueWalkthrough why do you imagine that anyone cares a lick about who you are or what you think
Ever work at a creative company and try to criticize those above you?
You will be shown the door, immediately.
Despite the poor results later, those that took all the credit before release will blame the world for it's failure only to try another piece, fail, another piece, fail rinse repeat and never be held accountable.
That's today's music ,movies and art.
"And when everyone is super...no one will be super anymore."
-Syndrome, The Incredibles
This is the most articulate and factual video I've seen on this topic. While I love the Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic, your even tone and compelling argument are fantastic. Well done!
Exactly. Most mainstream media is making content for themselves or to push a specific message.
These companies are chasing ESG score liquidity… Not audience approval…
"It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten." ~ Ramalinga Raju
"you can sit on a throne of bayonets but you can't sit on it for long" - Boris Yeltsin
I've known a couple people who couldn't get off without being eaten
Excellent analysis. Spot on 👍🏼
This is the best and most comprehensive take I’ve seen. Well done.
"Nothing made by weaklings lasts."
I'm glad this is being talked about. I can't watch most of the newer movies and shows anymore and find myself watching older movies
Cracks me up that there are so many videos like this. Clearly explaining what “creators” these days are doing wrong, and then watching them make the same mistakes over and over. This video is a phenomenal to the point breakdown.
Perfectly describes what normal people are thinking.
The thing is that they indoctrinate people into "normal = bad". And no, normal doesn't mean to oppress or discriminate another person. And this distinction is a message both woke people leftists AND conservatives have to learn.
Yeah, totally agree and glad this was done by a Brit. If it were some white Yankee dude, would automatically be shoved into a "Trumper/InCel Hater" enemy box. I'm SO tired of all this cultish division in the U.S. It's either "You're 110% with my same beliefs in this cult, or you're my enemy!" /eyeroll. I miss the 1990s so much. At least the diversity trend back then wasn't so psycho and alienating; it was all-inclusive and collaborative. Wasn't perfect and still had a ways to go, but at least it wasn't so full of narcissism, insecurity, and dare I say, echo chambers :P REAL and BELIEVABLE characters (let alone widely relatable) have arcs and flaws.
Lol, this dude will be lucky if he doesn't get arrested for hate speech in the UK. You think things are any better in Europe?
Kiwi, not Brit.
@mxvega1097 Thanks for clarifying, couldn't tell, but still not a Yankee lol
I miss the 90's too, it was a really interesting time. I will say as a former liberal the person I remember starting the whole "you're either with us or against us" vibe in the modern day was W. Bush, a President I never thought would be outdone in incompetence until the last 3 1/2 years. As far as I'm concerned, Dick Cheney is the devil incarnate... And he supports the DNC candidate. In fact, just about all the warmongers seem to be on her side, and far too many people I clearly remember using the Iraq war vote as a litmus test for the 2008 campaign between Hillary and Obama are blissfully unaware, or even enthusiastically supportive of the devil's nod to their candidate... Who didn't receive a single vote in the primaries. Trump may be an egotistical jack wagon sometimes, but at least he's not supported by THOSE people. I still have a memory long enough to despise them...
Dude literally thinks the US number 1 in everything good and last in every bad is worse then soon to be England if it survives you know having a government that changes on the whims of the elite and the public... Not a rock that has been around for 200 years. Or di you forget breix and all the stuff that has happened since?
What causes Narcissism? One’s strong desire for validation.
Whether it’s their trauma or society’s hunger for likes and attention being the norm. The only way to stop this trend is to starve them of any supply.
DO NOT BUY inauthentic woke content. Do not attack them in videos or comments. Do not validate their toxic behaviors. The ones that are too far gone will throw a tantrum and fade away. And hopefully the majority will mature and understand what they are actually doing and gain awareness.
But it's cool when the anti woke people want to end wokeness by force?
I can't help but laugh hysterically while looking at the show runners for R.O.P. They actually LOOK ridiculous.....
Its even simpler. They hate the customers.
We are in bizarro world.
I see this as a good thing. Let big companies fall and get crushed by the weight of their own hubris.
It’s time for a new wave of franchises and indie studios to rise
They couldn't build the house, they couldn't even remodel the existing house without breaking the load-bearing walls. The house then ineviatbly falls on them but it's the viewers fault not theirs
I sure do like the house that love built.
Dear Ncuti, I can handle your chocolatiness just fine. It's your totally vanilla portrayal of the Doctor that doesn't impress me.
Or the overtly sexual overtones he needs to press into every episode. His absolute NEED to remind everyone he's gay at all times.
I'm 70 and can remember a time (not that long ago) when entertainment was just that, entertaining.
Making shows for 1% not a good idea. Definitely a lose lose proposition.
The self insertion is especially visible in video games, where the main character often looks suspiciously like the lead dev.
Good analysis as always.
Very well said. It appears as if modern entertainment is created to please the writers & show runners as opposed to an actual real audience.
If these "people" could reason they wouldn't be doing this.
It wasn’t made for me so I didn’t buy it, watch it, or play it, and it failed, I am not alone there are many like me
I'm feeling really smart right now! I stopped watching the garbage waaaay back. I saw where this was heading and opted out.
I occasionally check in to see just how low it will sink and I'm finding out there is no bottom😂😂😂😂
It's not just about narcissism. Firstly, the media falls into the hands of those who pathologically hate said media, be it comics, video games, etc. At the same time, this is done for people who also pathologically hate said media. Secondly, this is being done by a group of champagne socialists in the West who have never been anywhere other than California and Belize for sex tourism, so their life experience and knowledge is very limited. At the same time, they are too lazy and proud to break out of their comfort zone or ask ask someone who understands the matter. And thirdly, the most important thing is that now IP and franchises are used as nothing more than a source of names that are inserted into placeholders of clichéd scripts. In other words, showrunners and directors do not adapt to existing material, do not try to put it on the screen, but simply add recognizable names and things to the cookie-cutter story. You can conduct a thought experiment - if the main character, setting and plot are easily replaceable for a film or series, then they are not important and were added simply for brand recognition.
Bureacracies are best understood when you assume they are run by a cabal of their enemies
*"It wasn't made for you.....or anyone who wishes to be entertained."*
You are right about the large support of the critics who are portrayed as loud minority. How can they appeal to so many people? It is not that viewers hear one negative review and then it's already over for them. They are not that fragile!
Awesome video! I’m glad to watch level-headed and well articulated discussions about these topics. It’s hard to find people not catering to one extreme or another. Thank you. You have my sub.
Self insert fan fiction based on their pathetic lives leads to their rage issues toward the average consumers of their efforts when their shows are ridiculed, memed, and ignored. They take it personally.
This is one of the best videos I've ever watched. Thank you. You nailed it.
They infiltrated Hollywood and gaming studios pretty well. 😑
They are everywhere now. Education, corporate boardrooms, the government agencies, entertainment, technology, science. The move was rapid and complete when they made it. They have the levers in all the important places. Every major corporation now has "DEI consultants" getting six figures or more every year to act as political commissars and to review and approve everything the corporation does. The media is full of them, they run education, they control the finances of science, to make sure funding and even the careers of any scientist who dares ask the wrong questions is say risk. They decided what they want the outcome to be and are prepared to do whatever is necessary to obtain that, whatever the cost.
I love these videos. They so articulately nail it. Everything. All of what's wrong with current movie and game making and the sycophantic fanboys/girls who prop it up with their toxic positivity.
"This show isn't meant for you!". People using this catch-phrase probably felt on the outer and wanted to be engaged, but felt (real or perceived) like content "wasn't made for them". That led to strong hatred and resentment, which is why now many beloved franchises have been destroyed. If "they" can't enjoy it, no one can. How the fuck those responsible for green-lighting these vanity projects approve of and endorse this blind hatred and destruction is disturbing.
Many of these people fundamentally dislike the material and its fans. When their audience dislikes their work and points out inconsistencies or provide constructive criticism, these people's replies are usually variations of "Shut up, nerd".
They're now throwing around a new phrase: Media literacy.
@@Tisply25 media literacy is simply the ability to grasp the underlying meaning of a piece of media, as opposed to its superficial trappings. It really doesn't have anything to do with assessing a work's overall quality. There are plenty of meaningful works that are ham-fisted in their execution, thereby failing to be good art. Misenterpretation is also possible - inferring or imposing meaning that was not intended or even implied.
The" casting couch" issues ...
It's because they're making content that caters to people that don't really watch it. That and they keep trying the hardest they can to end physical media sales which used to save a lot of movies that were box office flops.
Ah, that house analogy for media creation is rather fitting. In fact, I would say that some creatives are essentially Delia Deetz from Beetlejuice, taking something that is perfectly good already for what it is and morphing it into something that is not only different but also not at all suited for what was already there.
They would have gotten away with it if not for social media. Thank you for speaking sense
In a way, I respect a creative who says "this is something that I would have wanted to watch, so this is what I made", but the problem with that is people who would say this would never hate on the people calling it bad.
The respectable creative also wouldn't tell anyone "this isn't for you" just because it was relatable to the creative. who happens to belong to some sort of minority. Their work would not be *about* the majority, but it wouldn't be "not for" them. If anything, they'd welcome the curiousity and a chance for others to learn about it and find their own relatability in some aspect of their art that IS universal to the human experience.
@@iprobablyforgotsomething exactly 💯
This guy is a master at explaining stuff.
I wish I had that skill.
The Zeitgeist of this ego-driven-franchise-destroying 'legacy' is like an anti-auteur movement. Instead of having an artistic mindset at the helm of a film or series, we have individuals who make pale copies of copies of copies. Self-insert + fan fiction 'talent' + political nonsense accompanied by exorbitant funding and wham... the last ten years of Hollywood explains itself.
This is an awesome video. Clearly articulates what's been happening. ❤