I came across an article where the lady who is in charge of the upcoming Supergirl movie said that the character is "too optimistic" and she wants something dark and gritty. I know it is beating a dead horse to ask "Then why don't you make your own stuff if you don't care to research and respect the source material", but this is just a small symptom of a massive problem.
I remember a normie friend calling me a nerdy snob because I refused to watch the Obi-Wan show due to the showrunner saying it was a priority to have Leia in it along with other stuff (I had already cancelled Disney) or I was told I was making a mountain out of a mole hill when I thought it was dumb in the 3rd season of Stranger Things to set up that guy and girl in the ice cream store to be a couple only for her to say she is a lesbian.
Like I said, this is all a symptom of a bigger issue but I do think it is a little sad that this is what I come to expect. Dark and gritty can be good every now and then, but would it kill modern entertainment to make something uplifting and hopeful? I know it may be sappy but I still enjoy watching old episodes of Leave it to Beaver or Little House and seeing the family unit celebrated.
There’s an unholy union between the rapacious executive class and the leftist ideologues who have flooded everything via captured HR departments and affirmative action.
The money men want infinite growth. They are obsessed with untapped markets. The biggest untapped market for any product are people who don’t like or need the product. The best way to “tap” that market is to turn your product into something completely different, often times even something antithetical to itself.
Feminists are Johnny on the spot. They offer promises of huge untapped markets - the mythical modern audience - and the recipe to capture that money is always the same: put a chick in it, and make her lame and gay. Brand loyalty will carry sales among the established audience. The bigger the IP, the more guaranteed sales, the greater you can diverge from the original to seek out new markets.
And if the old fans complain because you purchased their favorite stuff and deliberately destroyed it, just brand those “traitors” as Nazis. Your leftist fellow travelers in media will gladly promote your smears for free. Those fans deserve it for turning their backs on the franchise. You spent $4 billion for those fans.