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.
The Witcher would fall in to this category. WOT would be another on. He-man was top bait and switch.
I think Shang-chi as well, he is kind of pathetic in face of better women despite being the main character. I can't feel sorry since the actor was an ass.
Not sure about Picard, I assume they did a bait and switch but I only got half way thru the first episode.
Yea I intend to read the Witcher books. Cavill himself kind of warned people. And once I saw who the showrunner was I figured it would turn out that way. Plus it’s Netflix
The problem with the Witcher books is that the writing style is different then you would expect. I only read the first one, the characters and story are great but the style put me off. If you read them let me know what you think and maybe I'll give them another try. I did like the story from the games.
The reason I think it was bait and switch is that the woman behind it said she will not let her politics influence the movie, she being a feminist SJW type. Obviously that was not true.
I haven’t read any of them but isn’t the first like a collection of short stories or did you read the first like novel-novel?
If I recall, the first book is just short stories, though I believe a couple tie into the plot of the books after that point. Good series, but I never got around to reading the book that came out recently as a sort of prequal.