I was at my local used book store the other day and picked up some Indiana Jones books from the 80s/90s along with some other stuff. It had me thinking about the upcoming Indiana Jones movie which I have no doubt will be a bait and switch or Indy dying and a woman taking over (I wouldn't even put it past Disney to have Indy give a speech about how she is much better than he is before dying).
I also know that Netflix is doing a Conan the Barbarian show, and I am pretty sure it will be Conan surrounded by much more capable women or his female sidekick will be the real star.
What would you consider to be the most egregious example of a bait and switch? Also, bait and switch tactics pretty much show that they know full well what the mass audience wants to see, but they are so arrogant and insist on cramming in their message. One of the best examples of this was late 2016 there was a miniseries about the history of the lgbt movement that bombed in the ratings. How was it explained? Maybe that the majority of people aren't interested in content that focuses heavily on lgbt? Nope, it was blamed on Trump, homophobia, and the usual suspects.
Copying a post I made on the Witcher sub on Reddit a while ago. Formatting might be fucked so apologies if so.
Issues include the newer material flat out contradicting previous content such as the 'Countdown to Star Trek' prequel comic for the 2009 reboot movie [all three of which were written by Kurztman] since the comic in question has Data very much alive and resurrected inside the body of B4 as was heavily hinted at happening towards the very end of Star Trek Nemesis. Data even has a conversation with OG Spock in the comic about their similar resurrections. Whereas in Picard there is no Data because he's now somehow dead again.
There's also the dialogue between Picard and Riker when recounting the events of the "surprise daughter" plotline [sound familiar?] and when Picard voices his thoughts on this Riker chastises him for treating her like one of his officers rather than an actual child because [paraphrasing] "Picard doesn't know what it's like to be a parent since he never had children". Which is;
False.
Something Patrick Stewart of all people knows.
Something anyone bothering to check TNG lore should also know.
Why? Because by Patrick Stewart's own admission the episode 'The Inner Light', which has Picard experience the memories of a now long dead alien, [including the family said alien raised meaning he has that experience of having and raising children], is his favourite episode of the show.
"BE: (Stands up) Well, I didn’t want to bore you with the “Star Trek” questions you’ve probably heard a thousand times, but I did want to at least tell you that “The Inner Light” is my favorite episode."
"PS: Mine, too!"
"BE: Well, there you go."
"PS: It was a spec script, you know. That’s something that not many people know: it was a spec script. One of the tiny few that actually got made. And, of course, my son was in it, and it was the first time I’d ever worked professionally with my son, so that’s another reason why it’s special to me. There are other stories about that episode, but… (Grins conspiratorially) …I’ll have to save them for my biography, as I’ll probably be sued when they come out."
FYI His son plays the son of the character whose memories he experiences, so his own son is playing his son.
Plot to Picard:
Plot to Mass effect
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