It should have died years ago, the rehashing of the same characters, again and again and again was only going to last so long. They should've come up with something new but decades of playing it safe then slipping into pandering means it's outlived it's shelve life.
It's insane that when the MCU became the most popular thing in the universe Marvel comics was putting out stories with fat Squirrel Girl, Carl Manvers, Lady Thor, gay Iceman, etc etc.
I predicted the Marvel sjws were forcing these stories in order to push them into the films once all the white guys contracts were up, which was 100% accurate. So now they've not only squandered 60 years of successful comics, they're taking the MCU with them. Truly a market debacle for the ages.
I often think about how much money is being left on the table by leftist producers.
Look at Returnal. Game looks pretty cool on first glance. Great graphics, compelling gameplay. But the protagonist is a homely middle aged woman. So I’m out. Not interested. And I know I’m not alone. So how much money did they lose with this one design decision? Is Returnal a significantly bigger property if the protagonist is a reasonably cute 20-something who avoids feminist-speak?
You can apply this thought experiment almost everywhere now. What if the Hawkeye and Loki tv series were about Hawkeye and Loki instead of their female replacements? What if the Star Wars sequel was about the entire ensemble cast, men included, instead of just Rey? Would Hollywood be enjoying record profits instead of one gigantic flop after another?
What if the Star Wars sequel was about the entire ensemble cast, men included, instead of just Rey?
That wouldn't have saved anything about it. The sequels fail at worldbuilding in a way that makes it hard to work with. A focus on Rey isn't the main problem, it's the insane power scaling, the catastrophic lack of worldbuilding and being a jumbled mess of a trilogy because there was nobody with central creative control to plot out a basic outline that the lower writers need to stick to.
It should have died years ago, the rehashing of the same characters, again and again and again was only going to last so long. They should've come up with something new but decades of playing it safe then slipping into pandering means it's outlived it's shelve life.
It's insane that when the MCU became the most popular thing in the universe Marvel comics was putting out stories with fat Squirrel Girl, Carl Manvers, Lady Thor, gay Iceman, etc etc.
I predicted the Marvel sjws were forcing these stories in order to push them into the films once all the white guys contracts were up, which was 100% accurate. So now they've not only squandered 60 years of successful comics, they're taking the MCU with them. Truly a market debacle for the ages.
I often think about how much money is being left on the table by leftist producers.
Look at Returnal. Game looks pretty cool on first glance. Great graphics, compelling gameplay. But the protagonist is a homely middle aged woman. So I’m out. Not interested. And I know I’m not alone. So how much money did they lose with this one design decision? Is Returnal a significantly bigger property if the protagonist is a reasonably cute 20-something who avoids feminist-speak?
You can apply this thought experiment almost everywhere now. What if the Hawkeye and Loki tv series were about Hawkeye and Loki instead of their female replacements? What if the Star Wars sequel was about the entire ensemble cast, men included, instead of just Rey? Would Hollywood be enjoying record profits instead of one gigantic flop after another?
That wouldn't have saved anything about it. The sequels fail at worldbuilding in a way that makes it hard to work with. A focus on Rey isn't the main problem, it's the insane power scaling, the catastrophic lack of worldbuilding and being a jumbled mess of a trilogy because there was nobody with central creative control to plot out a basic outline that the lower writers need to stick to.
The fact that episode seven puts everything back to square one the way it did almost makes me believe it was a Great Reset psyop.