I'm not the intended audience, at least not anymore, that is true. I think it is important to ask who does the appeal to work in trades really benefit? Opportunities to move out of trades is limited if so desired, and recommending someone to dedicate their life to such a physically demanding career in a society that views trades so poorly is perhaps something that needs to be analyzed further.
I can’t tell you how many times female coworkers have told me how thankful they are that they don’t have daughters. I think many of them know how awful they were as teens and don’t want to deal with that. The main reason they say is because of the nightmare of trying to raise a daughter in a world where they are more easily susceptible to social media influences. They probably underestimate the influence of social media on boys, but I’m sure they are imagining how much worse they themselves would have been if social media existed and apply that logic to what having a daughter would be like.
Barbie and SpiderMan are definitely woke and were made with the intention of being woke, there is no getting around that. We shouldn’t be jumping over hoops to try to pretend that there weren’t woke elements in successful entertainment.
I’m growing to hate the word “woke” because it sounds so retarded. The left has monopolized all of the isms and all we have is weak, childish sounding words. The criticism of the left is valid, but white people have such a Pavlovian response to being called a racist that they instantly shut down and crawl into a corner like a pathetic bitch.
Apathy is the only correct response to being called a racist, or any other -ist. White tribalism is the only thing that can save the future.
A shin Godzilla sequel could work, but it would probably be unrecognizable as a Godzilla film, with more of an exploration of how Japan and the Japanese people handle the aftermath and what the existence of Godzilla would mean on a global scale. Godzilla as a character would be completely nonexistent, instead more as a backdrop for the story.
There is no way that Activision Blizzard will be any worse under Microsoft than if they continued to exist on their own. I know I’m tempting fate with this, but Activision is one of the worst corporations in the industry, and the only way it will get worse is if Microsoft lets Activision continue its current trajectory of franchise consolidation and wokeness.
I always found it funny that the bleak future where everyone was poor was full of Latinos. They probably thought that it would show how oppressed Latinos are, but in reality it just shows how the future will go to shit when the majority of the population is Latino.
You bring up good points, but keep in mind that you are talking about entertainment media that is written by people who are completely brainwashed by the media. Their idea of a "counterculture" is merely a playground set up by the media, the government, and the corporations. There are "antagonist" media, corporations, and government entities, but in order to maintain the astroturfed counterculture, there are also "good" media, corporations, and government entities who stand in the name of progress (and diversity!). It's a palatable type of anarchy that allows the media, corporations, and government to silence or wipe out anybody that is deemed a threat. They venerate the journalist who is a voice for good archetype because that type of journalist is more than willing to shut up in the name of progressive values.