What does it say about your reboot strategy when the best way to preserve fan interest is to deliberately lie about what is in the show? Instead of embracing the woke feminist direction as something he believes is legitimately good and worthwhile and attractive to viewers, Kevin Smith ran from it as decisively as he could. That's a pretty direct acknowledgement that such content is largely unwanted.
So they know this shit isn't popular, and yet they once again chose that direction. Sorta confirms the notion that most of this leftist idiocy in entertainment is ideologically motivated even to the utter detriment of profit.
With that in mind, I'm thinking maybe the lie wasn't just about duping more people into watching the show. Maybe leftist subversives can't get off unless the old school fans are actually ambushed by the destruction of their favorite franchises. I mean what joy is there in tearing down a man's childhood favorites if he's already resigned to your subversion? If he sees you coming from a mile away, you won't be able to extract the same satisfaction from his muted disappointment and frustration.
Sounds almost insane, but would you really put it past these people? One of the more choice critic reviewers even says that she enjoys the show primarily because she knows it pisses off the old school male fans. That's the level of petty spite and envy we are dealing with here.
Fat Kevin Smith and emaciated Kevin Smith are two different people...
Actually it seems to be having a daughter is what caused him to snap.
I'd call it a combination of popping out a daughter and not going for more kids, and him having a grabber that could have killed him. When he went full-vegan in 2018 to get his health under control he went full-woke at the same time. Shortly before that (circa 2014) he started pushing more roles out there in his flicks for his daughter - who is also insufferably woke. I have to wonder if the wokeness in the family stemmed from her mom's influence (journalist, actress, vegetarian), or if it was just a product of growing up rich and privileged in the Hollyweird Hills.
There's your problem right there.
No fatty acids == No functional brain.