As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of the pre Disney Star Wars Expanded Universe books and comics. I find it interesting they wanted nothing to do with the EU and thought it was smart to alienate myself and all the other fans who faithfully bought the books and spent time in forums, but they seem to keep mining it for content and even more interesting they don’t want to turn their crappy High Republic into a tv series.
Of course we could play a drinking game for when we hear “updated for modern audiences”, “i never played KOTOR”, or showcase the diverse cast
I'm deeply frustrated that modern Western entertainment is so shit that my initial reaction is anger. More KotOR should excite me. More LotR should have excited me. More Fallout should have excited me. And so on. But I felt nothing but anger and dread in each of those cases. Because I knew what they'd do with it.
It’s a subjugation fetish. They don’t care about the ip, they care about taking it away from you.
Exactly. Ruining the IP is the goal.
It's also that they're trying to play two clashing angles. Things they know have a large and popular fanbase, and serving DEI interests.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people at the top truly are so out of touch that they don't understand or realize it. They certainly don't seem to realize or care that the DEI bullshit and narrative pushing makes the content almost entirely unpalatable to anyone with any sense of taste.
The people at the top don’t live in the real world like the rest of us. No better than typical Hollywood actors and they probably keep getting hired because they are REALLY good at fucking shit up
If they were capable of writing a good story, they wouldn't need someone else's IP to do it.
"The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own."
--Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
My cohost and I were just discussing this the other day. We're at a point where we avoid western content because there's such a high chance of there being some sort of social political nonsense in the show. All we're doing now is watching anime.
Cohost, huh? Feel like shilling? Feel free to link, if you feel like it of course. If not, DM me (again, if you want), I'm curious now.
And, yeah...Western entertainment largely fucking sucks. I made a post about a month ago complaining about just that; I took a chance, watched a newish movie I'd heard positive things about...and was supremely disappointed. Fuck Michael Bay, fuck Ambulance. That was brutal. What a pointless pile of antiwhite garbage.
I will say, as far as good semi-recent Western entrainment goes, it reminded me how enjoyable both Baby Driver and Boss Level were. Recent action movies that still did it right, with no or limited bullshit. I rewatched them both after the Ambulance fiasco, and still enjoyed them.
https://rumble.com/c/SeethingNerds
We do a lot more talking off stream. What I just mentioned was a part of that, but that's are channel. Not many followers. It's something we do for fun and get a kick out of it.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
Thanks! Will subscribe