Why Modern Movies Suck - They Hate Their Own Fans

You know, I generally consider Twitter to be nothing more than a fist or an insistent puddle of

hate

. Envy, virtue signaling, and useless life-

suck

ing arguments between people who have never met and probably never will meet in real worlds, but you run into them from time to time. little grains of Truth and Pearls of Wisdom, one of which happened this morning while I was taking a break in my neighbor's garden. Wait, anyway, this one took the form of a long Twitter thread describing a growing trend among major movie studios of intentionally provoking an antagonistic fan. bases to attract attention and deflect criticism from what

they

have done a practice known as fan beating the op.

The description of fan beating is a form of marketing used by producers, film studios and actors with the incentive of stirring up artificial controversies, gaining publicity and explaining. far from negative reviews of a new and often highly anticipated product, it is something that many of us in the world of film criticism have suspected for some time and clearly explains many of the seemingly baffling decisions driving

modern

film production. The directors and actors make a point of exaggerating the diversity of the film's cast rather than the film itself ever questioning why it has become common practice to swap out popular Legacy characters instead of creating new and interesting ones. expressly built.

Have you ever wondered why the release of any major production is almost always accompanied by a storm of complicit media articles blathering incessantly about how important the latest piece of generic corporate garbage is to w

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ver social political cause it may be? popular right now and dismiss any demanding voices as toxic, hateful bigots. Well, not Wonder anymore, dear viewer, because it basically comes down to Fan's beating and since it's all been highlighted by the controversy revolving around the power rings in recent months, I thought this might be an interesting topic for us to explore. together

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happen so hard because the drink leads you to another installment of why

modern

movies

suck

.

It all began in the year of Our Lord 2016 with the release of the rebooted Ghostbusters movie. Now you don't need me to tell you that this movie was a failure in basically every aspect of its production, from the tedious and derivative plot to the unfunny jokes, Hami's performances, and the cringe-inducing dance scenes. Paul Fig just wants to dance with you, but none of this seemed to matter at the time because, according to the news. The only thing the media cared about was the gender of the four main characters. They certainly didn't hate the movie because it was poorly written, horribly acted, and shakily produced by a creative team that lacked the motivation or intellectual capacity to understand the source material oh no, they just couldn't stand watching four women searching for the place of a man on the big screen, don't question this anymore, it's just pure sexism, take our word for it and somehow, through a combination of Lovecraftian manipulation and utter stupidity, The studio even managed to get the film involved in the election US Presidential elections, you've got to be kidding me, that's right, as Ghostbusters 2016 became a real political event because if you didn't support the female Ghostbusters, then you clearly didn't support the presidential candidate. anyone and that could only mean you were voting for the orange man alien ERS became another huge focal point of the media war surrounding this movie it's no secret that its party of characters didn't exactly endear itself to the

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, was loudly annoying and obnoxious and Jonesy's dominant performance didn't exactly help the situation, there were plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize both the character and the actor, none of which had anything to do with the color of his skin, but naturally , the media chose to focus on the small minority of racists. who exactly did that so guess what the narrative became racist and toxic,

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harassed the black actress, any legitimate criticism of the character or her performance immediately went out the window and all people saw was that important emotionally manipulative headline, conveniently forgetting the fact that no one had A Problem with Ernie Hudson's Winston three decades before there really was no ploy or gambit, no matter how dirty or desperate they tried to use to sell this movie, but it turned out that all the tactics clandestine companies in the world could not achieve it.

Ghostbusters was a hit, but what it did was get the fan rolling and very soon the ship became standard practice within the industry, not just an uncomfortable reality of a hyper-polarized market, but an accepted part of the strategy. of a Project and truly one of the biggest offenders has to be Disney, they are practically going out of

their

way to antagonize

their

own fans these days and form the resulting controversy for all it's worth. You thought Rose Tico was a poorly written character who added nothing to The Last Jedi and actually took away from pre-existing characters like Finn, shut up you bigot, you're no different than the people who banned Kelly Marie Tran from social media.

You thought Captain Marvel was a little bland and unlikable, with no compelling fights or conflicts and powers that basically make her. an invincible God that no one could clearly challenge you just hate women you thought the eternals were a boring, incoherent mess with no idea what it was trying to say or be done by an inexperienced director who was completely out of her league you need to silence those disgusting Thoughts because this movie is literally saving lives, you thought the Mulan remake undermined the original's inspiring message about the value of hard work, determination, and resilience in favor of the lazy, meaningless, and potentially harmful trope that receiving email will get you automatically makes you brilliant in everything you are. such a toxic enemy, damn man, has even gotten to the point where they trot out these excuses and lightly veil provocations before the product is even released, like Tim Miller with Terminator Dark Fee, who proudly proclaimed androgynous.

Sorry, old habits die hard. Grace would be an amazing character for enlightened people, but she would scare the hell out of the misogynists who live in the basement. Oh no, Tim, please stop, the implication was as subtle as a purple unicorn with a chainsaw super glued to its forehead if you didn't like this character and, by extension, the movie. she was then clearly you're the problem or how about Obi-Wan Kenobi's Moses Ingram, who was apparently informed beforehand by lucasfilm that he would receive racist hate from toxic fans almost as if they were counting on it happening?

I mean, me. I'm not for a moment suggesting that studios would create sock puppet accounts on social media to harass their own actors and stir up controversy to help defend their shitty products or something, but wouldn't you know? Some convenient examples culled were soon produced from the tens of thousands of social media interactions it probably receives, negating any real criticism of the character, the writing, or the show as a whole, how's that little trailer doing for you? from The Little Mermaid? Disney, but it's not just Disney that has gotten into the issue. The game to beat the fans was the same deal with the new Resident Evil Show on Netflix, which turns out to be an absolutely ridiculous mess that has almost nothing to do with its source material, but what were all the promotions and articles focused on? of media before its launch? that the showrunners took an iconic antagonist known for his blonde hair and sunglasses and recast him with a black actor, the intention was clear, they were trying to incite the fanbase to react to such a strange change so they could scream racism and ignoring what is real. criticism of the shit they had produced and let's not get into it here this kind of blame for associational rubbish has an impact not only on public perception but also on non-professional critics, as well as on people whose theoretical job is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a new media outlet fairly free of bias or undue influence so that they can give the general public a reasonable idea of ​​whether a new project is worth watching because really, who wants to be loved along with all those toxic fans that are Do you dare to criticize a film for having a diverse approach?

Casts who want to be excluded from their peers lose that all-important access to premieres and set visits and are tainted with an accusation that they will never be able to escape for the rest of their careers. Have you ever wondered why critics and audience scores seem to be revising? completely different

movies

today is because it's easier to take the safe option and praise the things you're expected to praise rather than risk expressing your true opinions. I mean, do you really think Black Panther would have been lavished with such wild and almost hysterical praise if it had been set in Northern Europe and starred an all-white cast, the sad reality is that controversy generates attention, which makes me leading finally to what may be the best example of a fan hitting the rings of power from the beginning, the atmosphere surrounding this show was quite controversial after years of terrible reboots, remakes and modern reinterpretations of classic franchises.

No one was particularly optimistic about Amazon buying the rights to one of the least covered fantasy stories of all time. Would you stay true to the story or change it to suit? their needs: would they honor the spirit of Tolkien's work or twist and remake it to reflect the world we live in today? The answers came very soon with the first batch of promotional images that made sure to feature elves, dwarves and hobbits with race swaps taking center stage. who were never part of Tolkien's world and female political leaders and Sorcerers became sword-swinging soldier bosses, they were practically daring the fanatics to challenge them and when they inevitably did, the first group of hippies showed up.

Media articles emerged very soon, this topic became the focal point for the show's entire marketing campaign, the actors, writers and producers spent more time trying to defend and justify their cast and their choices rather than talk about the program itself. Sophia Nonvert somehow became the spokesperson for the entire cast talking incessantly about playing at the Dock. with a different skin color than other dwarfs we've seen so far it's kind of an event that breaks the glass ceiling that puts her alongside Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King this represents a progression this represents an acknowledgment of where we've been and a willingness to get to where we need to be to make this accessible to everyone, come on, love me not, you're not saving the world here, the image they desperately wanted to convey is a band of Brave Noble Under Siege artists braying hordes of toxic substances .

Hateful ferns who conveniently ignore the fact that they were the ones who created the monster they are now fighting, chose to go against the source material and claim to have so much reverence knowing it would make people angry, but in doing so they still chose shout those changes from the rooftops by rubbing them in the faces of the actual fanbase who they had already pissed off and chose to turn their show into some sort of cultural flashpoint in the hopes that it would divert attention and criticism from what they In fact, I had produced, as I said before in a previous video, diverse casting is certainly a good thing, in principle, giving people of different backgrounds, cultures, races and genders the opportunity to be represented on screen is only fair and correct for any study. do, but that doesn't mean it can be done on every project, regardless of setting and context, because the reality is that sometimes it just doesn't fit, no matter how much you try to bend reality around you, if I made a movie about Native Americans pre-colonial and randomly scattered some white actors into the tribe without explanation, then people would have every right to question that Creative Choice, it wouldn't make them bigger or racist, it would just make them normal rational human beings who know what I'm showing them to be mismatched with reality and trying to paint them as such would make me look like a total trying to dodge criticism.

It's the same bullshit tactics from Ghostbusters 2016, only more advanced and better organized. now, but it results in the same depressing result, the real fans are so burned and angry with the treatment of theirfranchise that come in with the worst possible outlook, determined to find trouble and unwilling to even up and give it a fair chance, yes, and Mike. Garner uses some short-term sympathy from a general public that fails to see the bigger picture and some false positive reviews from critics afraid of being lumped in with the state's enemies, but in the long term nothing good comes of this. things with less honest reviews focused on the actual artistic quality of the work, there is less incentive for writers and showrunners to strive to produce better content, it creates a deceptively positive feedback loop where you hear nothing but good things from professional sources in those who trust and conveniently. dismiss any criticism as invalid and motivated purely by personal bias and if you want an example of how the overall quality of movies and TV shows is negatively affected, look at what we have produced over the last five or six years, it's also nice for actors. who for the most part are simply honest people looking for their big break, aren't likely to turn down career-defining roles, even if it means playing characters they may not be suited for, but are ultimately just being used. as weapons and Shields of giant studios in an endless war against their own fans and along the way they will probably be exposed to a lot of abuse that they don't deserve and guess what I'm trying to say with all this.

Is that the best way you can? Generating buzz for your movie or TV show is simply focusing on creating the best content possible, telling the best story with the best writing and performances that everyone involved can offer. There are many options for working with actors of different genders or ethnic backgrounds. even in a place like Middle Earth, but just randomly placing them in cultures and places that make no sense and offer no explanation. Further, we need to reflect that the world we live in today is not the way to do it and, finally, try to dismiss any and all criticism, regardless of the context or the intention behind it, as hateful and toxic intolerance it is, in the end.

At best disingenuous and at worst detrimental to the success of your own products Whether you love them or hate them, fans are the people who ultimately write your paychecks and your success is linked to their appreciation of your work you can fight them you can ridicule them you can provoke them but the only thing you can't do is ignore them anyway that's all I have for today leave now