The Critical Drinker Is Laundering Yet Another Diversity Inc. Project
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The movies can be accused of being tweaked to hold the attention of superstitious room temperature IQ folk (not that that's all the franchise is or only appeals to) as part of mass appeal, but that includes toning down agendas (not that this production rationality can be taken for granted). Broader, apolitical culture has decayed over the past decade, which could have had an inadvertent effect on the final product. I've only seen the first or second, so I can't confirm.
Not sure if this is what you mean but blockbusters have definitely gotten dumber to appeal to the global audience, and that's definitely affected the franchise.
That's a factor, but I'm talking across-the-board decay, emblemized by Corporate Memphis, which is much lamer than the iPod silhouette. Or even passable examples of modern urban aesthetic, as in The Finals or Xdefiant, just don't appeal as much as Viewtiful Joe / Gurren Lagann, or whatever the 1991-2011 Western equivalent was called.
Of course gradual decay extends beyond movies and urban aesthetic, but I can't be rambling on all day. My point that aside from sequel churn and international blunting, I expect a systemic drop in product palatability because the average creator, consumer, support staffer, etc being less sophisticated. This same phenomenon enables wokism/pc, but is discrete from it. Do we have the capacity for another Disco Demolition Night?
Absolutely, the vital forces in art have been diluted several times at this point and it doesn't help when younger generations only know the ripoffs instead of the inspirations