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.
Yes Especially women and left leaning men (but I repeat myself) who use existing IP as a skin suit for their own ideas.
It's what LEGO discovered. When boys play with action figures, they embody the character. Every boy playing with a batman action figure is doing their best to reenact Batman as they've seen him depicted in official media. When girls play batman in the other hand, they inject their own values and fears and attributes into batman, so it's no longer batman at all. It's them, but with batman aesthetics.
This is why women and libs ruin everything, all IP they get their hands on. We basically turn on their films or games and see a shitlib dressed up like our favorite character, doing shitlib things for 90 minutes.