The never-ending battle against woke Hollywood and SJW infused entertainment media [trigger warning]

I am not going to engage in piracy to watch media without paying for it.

I am not going to pay money to companies that get in deep in bed with the CCP. Right now, no media company is deeper in bed with the CCP than Amazon. This isn't going to change unless the CCP collapses or Jeff Bezo is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future leading to an a Ebineezer Scrooge like transformation.

There used to be one thing on Amazon I liked.

The Tick (which I dutifully watched years ago before I swore off Amazon)

and now Jack Reacher.



Let's pretend Jeff Bezos turned on the CCP, even two good pieces of media probably isn't enough to make me want to join Amazon Prime.

But maybe, it is a sign that media as a whole is moving away from woke if Amazon could create something like this.

Or maybe it's a fluke.

 

When I get a notification of a new video from this guy, I usually drop what I'm doing to listen to what he has to say.

 

Pessimists are happier than optimists. 90% of the time they are right and 10% of the time they are pleasantly surprised.

I just don't care about Star Wars any more. I'm not rooting for it to fail or hoping for it succeed, I just don't care. The Mandalorian was good but it wasn't amazing. It was too little too late for all the garbage that came out. The franchise is dead.


In media terms, dead does not mean forever. I would say the 1966 Batman movie killed the Batman franchise and the goofy movie ended up pulling the comics down till Frank Miller created the comic series The Dark Returns in 1986 which reignited interest and love for a grittier which led directly to the 1989 Tim Burton movie, which led to the early 90s Batman the Animated Series which restored Batman to awesomeness.

Essentially Disney needs to stop beating Star Wars like a dead horse and let it die with dignity. Then ~20 years let some fresh talent breath new life into it and reboot it. Maybe retelling the original trilogy and/or the prequel trilogy with new actors, new directors and fitting the 2040 zeitgeist, whatever form that takes.

Maybe in the mean time we can enjoy a spiritual successor to Star Wars to tide us. Much as Star Wars a spiritual successor to Flash Gordon and The Orville was a spiritual successor to Star Trek and Jason Bourne is a sort of spiritual successor to 007.

It can be both!

I chose not to watch Fantastic Beasts because reviewers I trust said they were subpar and I was kind of tired of the Harry Potter universe already.

I am choosing not to watch Aquaman 2 because Amber Heard is in it. I will watch it (on opening weekend) if they reshoot the movie without her.

I'm not sure if I dislike Ezra Miller enough to boycott his work on principle, but leaks from the set indicate the movie is not going to be very good.

I have guarded optimism for the new CEO being able to course correct Warner Brothers, but even under ideal circumstances, it takes three years to course correct a megacorp.

 

I would like to add that I would find literally strong female characters more palatable if the actresses playing them are women who regularly hit the gym in real life. Instead of adding CGI muscles to a 110 pound woman, what if instead they cast Gina Corrano as the She-Hulk...

Oh wait, Disney doesn't actually want to promote strong women.

 

I cannot wait to not see it!

 

For me that one and dr. Strange.
The latter mostly because
1 - I like the character and the actor
2 - Raimi