Happy to say that my parents stopped watching Wheel of Time. My mom told me her and my dad were watching it when it came out and I was pretty surprised and my dad asked me why I didn't watch it since he knew I read the books. I told him because the showrunner seems to hate the books. My dad rolled his eyes and called me a book purist (he teases me about that as well with comic books because I don't watch many of those anymore).
I asked my mom why they stopped watching and my dad said "they went gay on us". Like me they are devout Christians (well I do my best to be) so they aren't interested in heavy lgbt content or at this point any so, also like me, they watch a lot of older content. I told them that in the books it is there but not really prevalent and not something you would expect someone who simply wants to adapt a book series to focus on. I used to think my parents where silly to stop watching shows for that reason but I can understand that mindset now.
The three most trendy groups in Hollywood right now are lgbt, women, and blacks (although I don't think straight black males are very desirable to hollywood). At one time a lot of people would've given shows a chance but not anymore. With me I am wary about anything made after 2014 when I really started to notice things.
Ironically I would say the obsession with diversity has made every show look exactly alike. You know with woke storytelling who will be the good and bad guy, who will be in charge, if a woman is a villain then there will be some justification, etc. With fantasy look at how "reflecting the modern world" just ruins it. They can't make their own stories to do the reflecting they want so they tear down classics. Critical Drinker once said that Willow, Wheel of Time, Witcher Blood Origin, and Rings of Power are essentially the assembly line creations... diverse fantasy 1, 2, and 3.
I'm a big reader and after Sci-Fi/Fantasy one of my favorite genres is murder mystery/cop drama and I've read books with gay detectives but the focus was on the mystery or finding the killer. Now it is everywhere and I'm convinced there is a rule that says that same sex couples always have to be shown in a positive light and the shill media acts like it is the best piece of cinema since Casablanca. Stranger Things Season 3 where instead of the reformed jock falling in love with the nerdy girl (which makes sense for a show that is a homage to the 80s) we get subverted expectations and I don't watch the last of us but I hear the critics loved the last episode.
Anyway, sorry for my rant, I'll now try to get my parents to listen to The Wheel of Time audiobook
Props to them for sticking to their principles and refusing garbage, but not surprised, as everything you have said has given me a very positive impression of your parents.
Even people who are not bothered by LGBTP content should avoid it. Because it's a sure marker that it's garbage, when they are shoehorning in modern politics. Obviously exceptions apply when it's tasteful and situationally appropriate, like in an Alan Turing biopic.
I've said one of the best cases of a gay character is in Warehouse 13. But I honestly think in America (I know the BBC has a policy) literally every show has to have specific diversity which kills entertainment. Like when I see shows about firefighters I always wonder how many petite women are actually firefighters because they seem to be all over.
Like I said I didn't mind a gay character here and there before but now that is all they seem to want to have in programming and if there is a romance subplot I want to see a man and a woman. There is a big market to cater to a variety of niche groups which is why I've said for years that if lgbt activists were really serious then they would work to have a channel/streaming network that produced strictly lgbt content instead of demanding straight people watch it in every show. All they have done is made it to where people won't give any show a chance once they see it. Similar with women, black people, etc.
It has to be in the US as well, at least unofficially. House of Cards included gratuitous homosexuality for literally no reason at all. And while they were at it, demonizing Russia for protecting children from this sort of thing. Things have only gotten worse since then. But who cares, I don't wash that filth anyway. My concern it that it corrupts future generations.
They are the entertainment.
Are you... are you saying that you are straight? Get on with the times. It's 2022.
There is plenty of LGBTP content. Believe me, I'd know (though obviously not about the TP part). There's tons of small budget productions. They don't want that. They want to enter other people's entertainment. They want to use entertainment to push 'THE MESSAGE', which is pretty sick because it's just brainwashing and propaganda.
There was a time when it was 'controversial', and where I regarded it as a positive. Because the makers had guts. Now it's the other way around, and it takes courage to have all your characters be straight. So now I like this. That is where creativity lies.
Yea it’s crazy how things have flipped
and thanks about the compliment of my parents. I completely understand what Twain meant when he said how his parents became so much smarter between age 14 and 21. I happily seek out their advice now but when I was a teen I thought I knew it all.
Oscar Wilde also said that he was not young enough to know everything.
That said, your parents may be good, but I see a lot of parents nowadays who are sheer horrorcows.
My favorite Oscar Wilde quote is “there are two tragedies in life.. not getting what you want, and getting it).