Hollywood woke hates us nerds and geeks.

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[@yelsahblah3270]

As a black woman I am sick and tired of the lazy race swapping and the pandering it entails. There are countless black folk lore and tales to be had in the African continent but instead Hollywood keeps making iconic characters black for their shallow diversity needs. It's just so lame and I hate it. Ariel is one of my favorite Disney princesses and she never needed to look like me for me to identify with her and her passion for learning and adventures. And now Robin Hood is going to be race and gender swapped for a black woman. Ugh, I can't stand the stupidity and hope every last bit of this SJW woke trash crashes and burns. It upsets me to no end but it's good to find real nerds here on KZbin who understand that.

[@CallMeChato]

Nice to get your perspective. Thanks.

[@spellman007]

you know the cartoon will still exist right? like Ariel isn't being "replaced" & is also a Disney property. mush worse that Americans want to own every cultures stories because the truth of their nation is that it was founded on slavery and genocide.

[@yelsahblah3270]

@@spellman007 I do realize it will still exist but that doesn't excuse the extremely LAZY job their doing. It's lame, they barely make anything new, they're upcycling work that's not even that old and race and gender swapping for brownie points for the ESG. They don't give a crap about black people. And it's not just Disney. Everyone is black washing the crap out of everything they can to kowtow to woke identity politics. I just named these two because they are the ones that upset me the most as they were my favorites. And I don't know what Kool aid you're sipping on but The United States was founded on freedom from tyranny. They didn't leave to murder anyone. They came to be free, nothing else. Please take your unenlightened and very off topic slandering of my country to someone who partakes in that garbage cause it is not me.

[@stvbrsn]

@@spellman007 historically, the vast majority of “nations” (in quotes because I think you meant “countries.”) were founded on slavery and/or genocide.

[@spellman007]

@@stvbrsn no, they were not vastly founded on Genocide and slavery. that is far more unique to the American continent becasue of European colonialism.

[@kateris1976]

I'm a straigh white woman and, believe me, I'm sick to my stomach with all that is happening and the destruction of culture that's taking place right now. You'd expect a woman to be happy with all the "girl power" and "force is female" stuff but no. Hell no. I'm in my 40's and I grew up with Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and so on. I want female heroines like Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor for heaven's sake, women who embrace motherhood and allow men in their lives. I want to watch movies that inspire me, not make feel bad because I'm a white straight european (that will never happen). I have reached a point where if a woke leftist calls me a fascist I consider it an honor because it means that I'm doing something right..

[@CallMeChato]

Thanks for the comment. No one should make you feel bad. I won't.

[@kateris1976]

@@CallMeChato I know. We're together in this. This is a matter of cultural preservation and dignity. They shall not pass!

[@quinnpage7943]

I recently had the pleasure of revisiting the Terminator franchise (only the first 2 😅) with my wife who'd never seen one. It really put into perspective how far the "strong female lead" archetype has been lost in the modern gender wars.

[@lainiwakura1776]

One of my favorite characters is Evie from the 1999 Mummy! She's not really a fighter, but knew how to use her brain.

[@patrickflanagan3762]

Which movies are making people feel bad for being white straight Europeans?

[@jondavidtheauthor6318]

They hate us, yet they need us. We're the ones who helped build fandoms from the 70s up until the modern times.

[@CallMeChato]

Yes, ironic isn't it?

[@jondavidtheauthor6318]

@@CallMeChato Sad, pathetic, enraging, there are a lot of words one can use.

[@clogs4956]

Heck, they hate us because we built their entire world - they know they cannot compete.

[@ifrankenstein1885]

@@jondavidtheauthor6318 nerd culture became mainstream, so the mainstream does what it does with all niche things, over exposes it and ruins it. It wouldn't bother me so much if it was just niche like some music, but people got bullied and messed up for liking these things and the same bullies took it over and now say "like it or you are (insert phob or ism)" Because most people are adults now that won't let you bully them anymore so they smear you. That is literally the only method they have left.

[@aniquinstark4347]

We didn't just help build the fandom, we *are* the fandoms. The vocal minority that hates on every property is not representative of the whole group.

[@tombworld9012]

The worst part about SJWs taking over is that they don't even care about the franchises they ruin. They aren't fans and they don't even want to be fans, they're just upset that something non-SJW has fans. And it bothers them to no end that fans don't like their SJW stuff, so if they don't like something they're going to make damn certain that it changes so that the fans don't like it anymore. Non-SJW fans don't care if SJW content exists. If they don't like it, they simply don't support it. But to SJWs, everything must comply with SJW ideas or it cannot be allowed to exist.

[@VestinVestin]

It's a classic moral hazard: they get rewarded with social status and psychological gratification for making sacrifices on other people's behalf by making things less fun. The moment people have a skin in the game and truly personally care about something, they usually start making damn sure that the price paid is the lowest it can be, the benefits are tangible and as certain as possible, and the side-effects negligible or non-existent. There are no such concerns if other people shoulder all the burden.

[@BlackestEyes709]

SJW's will never win coz the originals exist still, unless it's made illegal and we gotta burn every copy of a film XD might not get any good ones in the future but Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 exist, Terminator 1 and 2 still exist. I hate the sjw's and it's true they ain't fans, hopefully monkey pox and covid wipes most of em out

[@simonbirch8689]

I’m not sure if you Just described SJWs of authoritarianism. Either way, the description fits.

[@tombworld9012]

@@simonbirch8689 Either. Both. Yes.

[@ceoatcrystalsoft4942]

Which franchises were ruined by the boogeyman? Go ahead, I'll wait

[@CallMeChato]

1) I said LCD instead of LED for the volume set reference. Duh. 2) I would like to clarify one thing. One does not have to be a graduate of the sciences, maths and such to be a nerd but I think most nerds and geeks have an appreciation for the sciences, nature, etc. I graduated from Radio Television Arts but I built stereos, was an astronomy nerd with a telescope, and studied nuclear physics in my spare time.

[@shuntguy]

Me Too! I went to Seneca, you?

[@alasdairwatson712]

I am a nerd. Although I am a Classicist (Ancient History, Latin and Ancient Greek and yes I can read and write both) I am interested in sciences; I just find them difficult. To underline what you say, however, there are magazines aimed obviously at science inclined nerds which contain science fiction stories and science fact articles (Analog; Asimov Science Fiction; Fantasy & Science Fiction). There are no magazines containing fiction stories based on Women’s or Gender Studies.

[@als3022]

I've been a History Nerd ever since I was 6 and my mother took me to an antique store. Fascinated ever since and even worked in archeology when I was in college and taught it. Unfortunately woke infected academia is just as bad and well not in there anymore.

[@MrBrownAlliance]

more brutality...

[@Ulysses_DM_]

But OMG it helps, Major in Biology and Clinical Laboratory Science and dabbled in all the other Hard Sciences especially Quantum Physics which is probably the most simultaneously serious and silly of all science.

[@DarrenHughes-Hybrid]

One trait of Nerds and Geeks that I never hear mentioned is "Analness". We have to pick apart and correct everything, which is one reason why these Woke versions of our IPs don't work for us. We don't care what your gender is or what color skin you have, but we do care that you get your facts straight, so that we don't get dropped out of the escapism of movie and TV were are watching.

[@CallMeChato]

Guilty as charged.

[@zoltanz288]

lol, you said analnes.

[@rumfordc]

the word you are you looking for is "analytic" lol

[@kevinclark6934]

You will never find an IP with consistent continuity. Your "point" is null, which is not surprising since you apparently don't even pay enough attention to things to know the expression "anal retentive".

[@SineEyed]

@@rumfordc well to be anal about it - and consequently validate Darren's point - the proper conjugation that should be used is, "analytical."

[@BigJoker]

"We were taught how to think. They were told WHAT to think." I really hope you came up with that, so it can be repeated and attributed to you. Gold.

[@MrHanderson91]

It's correct,but I've heard the same saying for a long time.

[@CallMeChato]

Was not me. Sorry.

[@SuperLloyd84]

Anyone who's been through the mill of higher education in the last fifteen years (and didn't come out of it radicalized) has come to the same conclusion.

[@zoltanz288]

i dunno. we was pretty much told what to think as well.

[@user-sb7iy5nw9b]

@@zoltanz288 I guess, to an extent. It's our critical thinking that makes us more independent than others, imo.

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

Once upon a time in Hollywood, it used to be the corporate bosses that were responsible for bad movies, frustrating the creative types at every step of the movie making process. Now it's the creative types that are fucking up movies and us geeks are hoping that the corporate bosses assert control over the movie making process and fire all the woke wankers so that maybe some movies will be worth watching.

[@thewiirocks]

The underlying issue is that the "creative types" are not creative types at all. They're just pretenders. Con-men. Wankers who wax poetically, hoping that no one realizes they're full of shit. When real creative types make something, it generates a LOT of conversation. Whether you like it or hate it, you will respect it. And sometimes you'll have different opinions based on the work. (Universally loving Stanley Kubrick was not universal. Nor probably should it be.) When these tossers make a work, the only "conversation" is a whole lot of public flagellation about how racist or sexist the public is for not watching the movie. You would think they'd have learned from the music industry that attacking your customers simply isn't a good idea. But these uncreatives don't care. They're just trying to get a paycheck for another day and then move along to the next gig before anyone realizes they don't have a creative bone in their body.

[@TheMasterQuests]

Yea I would use the term “creative types” loosely

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

@@thewiirocks Actually I think most of the 'creative types' sincerely believe in the nonsense they espouse. The problem is they were hired on the basis ideological soundness rather than on talent, therefore writers are hired who don't even know the basics of drama.

[@marksanford8237]

Damn, how true.

[@calebfielding6352]

If they were creative they would have made their own stuff, instead of ruining old stuff.

[@ericcyliax5613]

I think what’s so frustrating about it is that when I think of people who are open and accepting of people regardless of pointless crap like race and sexual orientation, I think of nerds. When I was a nerd in high school, those people who were discriminated against usually found their friend groups with us, and now the preppy assholes who looked down on the rest of us went to college, got bullshit degrees, and now insist the people they shoved in lockers are the intolerant ones. These people would just as quickly use a slur as condemn one, that’s why so many of them have nasty skeletons in their closet that constantly get found. I do find it hilarious that Hollywood of all people think that they have the right to lecture the rest of us about sexism and racism when they invented the casting couch.

[@Ekkis25]

My nerd group for DnD, movies, comics, video games consisted of an artist, a pediatrician, a comic store owner, an optometrist, Marine, a mechanic, an Air Force Captain, An import/export manager, a bartender and a banker. oh, and me an insurance salesman. The occasional curious girlfriend might stop by. All creative, all closet nerds!

[@yuribigboss]

That's something I miss the most about DVDs and Blu-Rays: the extras. I'd love to see the streaming services offering them.

[@zac8670]

Some do. Disney and HBO certainly do.

[@lordgilfor16]

Ohhh yeah, definitely no 4k streaming beats a blu-ray! I got shocked at age 4 fixing my parents VHS player, so we could watch Star war (original trilogy) even them I loved tearing things apart to know how they worked.and still do 😃

[@kevinkorenke3569]

One of my favorite parts of watching some of my movies is the director or actor commentaries when the actors or directors took it seriously. I would love to see that being offered as part of streaming services.

[@saralotti7174]

Rent a commentary or film is just that. Rent. Calling it streaming is just how they advertise a cheaper rent product that you will never control. Temporary without any return.

[@ByronCavendish]

vudu does as well

[@1SpicyMeataball]

I remember one of my earliest encounters with SJWs. They claimed "thinking so and so ain't gay is "straight culture". I dared to suggest people can have whatever interpretation of said character they want. I was dogpiled with accusations of homophobia and fragile masculinity (though the joke was on them as I'm a woman) basically any degratory name to shut down any argument. Ya see the big difference between nerds and sjws is: When nerds enjoy something, they want to *share that enjoyment with others.* Sjws hate everything and want something geared only to *what they enjoy.*

[@kathleenhensley5951]

What I have realized about the SJWs is they never settle down even for moment ... they are in constant state of agitation and unhappiness. NOTHING is ever good enough. My earliest experience was an18 yr old feminist at a restaurant. Finally after knowing her a year she was upset at me and told me she could tell me 'what was wrong with my marriage' (18, can't drink yet , never been married even a day but she knows how a 44 yr marriage functions?) I just told her good bye. Life is too darn short.

[@jkleylein]

People with no coherent argument resort to abusive epithets. It's the twitter twits' bread and butter.

[@borisgalos6967]

But how dare you assume that a woman can't have fragile masculinity? Why are you trying to limit women? 🙂

[@patrickflanagan3762]

Yes "nerds" famously love indulging in contrary opinions about the shows/movies/comics they love. They never fly into a rage and accuse others of "not getting it" or "being fake fans." It's just never happened, ever.

[@elck3]

There is definitely something very weird about the whole “nerdy yet woke” people - a specific picture comes to mind for me: someone with glasses with dyed hair and a Harry Potter scarf - anyways, the weird thing is that they are *more* focused on espousing on whether characters fit boxes than they are on the *story* itself. I always found this very odd. They could care less if the story sucks. It has to have the right phrases - like “let’s burn the old way down” etc.

[@MT-kw4hn]

Another important distinction between 'nerds of a certain age' and the woke brigade is that 'nerds' kept our interests in the face of, often intense, social pressure to recant them. In the 80's being the kid who played dungeons and dragons in the math room at lunch wasn't a positive thing. Being a girl who played dungeons and dragons in the math room at lunch meant you were the bottom of every possible social pyramid. We know from those early experiences what bullies and bullying looks like - and if they couldn't intimidate and harry us into compliance when we were children, what chance does this new manifestation of would-be tyrants have of succeeding now we are adults? The woke, whose weaponry is social ostracism, face resistance from a people who have already proved immune to their tactics and do not bow to gain acceptance - and we know the lore.

[@saralotti7174]

They shall not pass.

[@TheMyrmo]

That's a true truth. "Oh no, I'm going to be unpopular! Where's the Mountain Dew?"

[@Sarafimm2]

"we know the lore." As a fellow female D&D player, I agree. We can be obsessive over our favorite hobbies. Dare to ruin those hobbies and face our wrath--or withheld credit cards!

[@lainiwakura1776]

They don't realize just how individualist we are and that we always marched to the beat of our own drums, as cliched as that sounds.

[@DarkMegaPlague]

and like every bully who gets a taste of their own medicine in being dominated by facts and reality they start to bitch and act like the victim.

[@to-mira]

"We are taught, how to think. They are taught, what to think." Great conclusion!

[@olympusgolemoflight7198]

See, I'm a conserative and I agree with you on a lot of points. These SJWs seem to be keen on dividing us, for some reason. Keep doing what you're doing. It's good to hear from all sides.

[@harleyjordan7959]

I think conservatism and classical liberalism are actually very similar. I know he said he was a progressive, but I'm not sure that's the right word for it any more. But even if he is an actual progressive, there is a lot of ground that we can stand on together, while having a civil disagreement on specific things like gun rights, abortion, socialized Healthcare, etc.

[@als3022]

Power mostly, a sick desire for tons of power.

[@MicahMicahel]

The corporations are dividing us through ESG scores which create the SJWs and all the woke propaganda. "activists' are just people brainwashed by ESG scores. Corporations love feminism and abortion and division so we don't target them. They love hate speech laws v=because they want more censorship. the woke are just useful idiots that will be eventually abandoned.

[@DrCruel]

My main problems with the woke are their Left fascism and proud racism. Being irrational selfish jerks doesn't help their cause either.

[@chassegallerie2910]

@@DrCruel Thing is, I don't think they understand they're racists. Remember the old saying: "Hell is paved with good intentions"? Well, they're full of good intentions. But if Hell was a real thing, since the SJWs are around it would have the best roads in all the Universe/Multiverse/Whatever.

[@kladdelic]

I had my first encounters with SJWs when they tried to smear The Angry Video Game Nerd because he didn't wanna review Ghostbusters 2016. What a time to be alive. That movie aged like vinegar. All the hate by the creators of that movie, just because they could not accept valid criticism of an objectively bad movie.

[@darthgamer9861]

that is also when I came to learn about SJW's. I immediately hated them because I LOVED the AVGN at the time (and still do) he made a fair case as to why he didnt want to see it, and he was smeared by feminists and the like. Almost instantly, any point they were fighting for (or rather what they claimed to be fighting for) was moot to me as they targeted someone who did nothing wrong.

[@yegfreethinker]

I'm gay and I despise what the so called LGBT community that I'm supposedly is becoming. It was supposed to be about inclusivity and acceptance. These SJWs have debased a movement that was basically about love and turned into some frankenstein. Keep up the work with your videos dude. You're doing democratic and civil society a big favour. Thx ☺❤❤ (edit: minor grammatical error & fixed omitted word "society" as in "civlil society" and thanks for the kind likes =) )

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

You don't need to add patch notes to your comments

[@Tubesmaney]

Sorry, what is SKW? I'm not familiar with it.

[@yegfreethinker]

@@Tubesmaney social justice warriors

[@josericardomartinezramirez4113]

"extremelly silly comedy requires very smart people". absolutly correct. one of the reasons the simpsons became a huge hit was its balance between silliness, social commentary and critic, character development, and cultural reference (either american or foreign). that required a lot of knowledge in many areas as well as skill to glue all together. and is not coincidence it worked. a lot of the people involved had very impressive academic backgrounds, sometimes even not related to film industry, like mathematics or physics.

[@animeanibe]

Futurama and to a degree Disenchantment are also cast in the same vein, and it's what makes them so rewatchable. There's always some little gem in each episode that requires quite a bit of knowledge to get. Of course it helps to have the common creator in Matt Groening.

[@talithakoum3922]

_Seinfeld_ matches this description too. It had lots of slapstick and zaniness, but the plots were intricate and required a certain level of cultural literacy. You would never see a scene based on the Judgment of Solomon on _Friends_ 😂

[@Tyler_W]

I think this diametric opposition between true nerds/geeks and the wokeists in terms of mindset is exactly why it was the nerds and geeks who posed the first meaningful and vocal opposition to their Borg-like assimilation of all aspects of culture and not the political wonks, the academics, the sports fanatics and so on. That's why I think the wokeists take such delight in claiming nerd things for themselves when they usually had little to no prior affection for those things. It's co.quered territory to them, which they flaunt in our faces and publicly maim out of spite for us, as if to say "how dare your silly nerd crap start to become popular when we're the normal ones (which they're not) who deserve success!" In the wise words of the mighty Razorfist, The Rageaholic, "Don't just complain about the culture. BE the culture!"

[@unknownsword9042]

They are trophies to be mocked and belittled. Like the roman soldiers painting a giant dick on Heracles.

[@khfan4life365]

I was a geek girl before it was “cool”, so I know what it’s like to be bullied because of it. However, I never thought a huge company like Hollywood would be the ones doing the bullying. They hate us so much, but they need us.

[@PatriceBoivin]

The companies somehow decided (due to polls?) that it's safer to twist everything than to produce good content.

[@HisameArtwork]

I've never thought of myself as a nerd because I'm east European, having glasses and good grades made you a "stove (4 eyes)", not a "nerd" or "book worm", also I'm tall so they couldn't really bully me and were too stupid to coordinate to fight me. And as part middle easter female from the Balkans I mostly ignored swj and wokeism as an american whatever. We have issues but race and gender are not real issues, we've had horrible wars recently, but we're in EU now united in diversity and all that. But fuck if I'm not upset at what Amazon did to Tolkien's work and I'm not even a fantasy fan, I'm into sci-fi. The violation and desecration is so offensive, so vile, that it has moved even me. And I'm fighting it however I can.

[@RJres]

I think another difference between the "nerd" and the twits is that nerds are inquisitive and introspective, combined with a sense of humility... questioning their ideas and themselves to continually learn, re-evaluate, understand, and improve, contrasted to adherence to dogma that shalt not be questioned. This allows them to really delve deep down and to explore ideas - thus why you get better worldbuilding, stories, characterisation, etc., because they're being looked at and scrutinised from every angle. Another great video, and I appreciate your authenticity. Cheers from down the road.

[@judsongaiden9878]

Humility to the point of self-deprecation in some cases. >///~///

[@JMObyx]

Hey, I guess that means I'm a nerd!

[@JeremyBelpoisX]

If I may, I finally understand why the Archie Sonic comics failed. I learned in hindsight they were written by an SJW with a kink for political theatrics that make the prequels look like child's play and a...disturbing abundance of incest and love of child grooming. Makes sense that he's screaming slurs at conservative judges and threatening lawsuits against Paramount and SEGA for making anything about echidnas without his permission like he owns the goddamn species. I hope he gets NUKED FROM ORBIT. If you don't know...clean your stomach before looking up the cancer to humanity that is Kenneth W. Penders III.

[@Sercil00]

It's kind of like a comparison between scientists and religious fanatics. The scientists want improvements and know they must question everything to get there, even the fundamentals. If you could disprove fundamentals in science, you'd be lauded for it, even if it threw all the research in the world into question. ESPECIALLY then. You handed everyone the missing piece they've been looking for. The religious fanatic wants society to stay static for thousands of years. They think the perfect answers are already found, so any attempt to "improve" it would bring us away from perfection. Doubt is seen as a personal flaw, not a potential issue with the dogma. If you had irrefutable proof that it's horseshit, they'd deny their own senses and reasoning, and they'll admit it. They'll also destroy you and your proof so nobody can hear it. Nerds have a huge overlap with scientists. The woke are exactly like a medieval cult of religious fanatics and witch hunters, just without a God. They'd claim that paper bags are racist before they'd argue their way out of one.

[@jonathonmenth3901]

Exactly!

[@416dl]

Something is going on, and despite the corporate mainstream's attempts to stamp it out, the 'something' will not stop. Thanks for giving it oxygen and sunlight. Cheers.

[@jcstang8952]

I think they have a list somwhere and it looks something like: -Make sure there is a strong black whamen -Make sure that if you put any men in the video, make them a loon, idiot or evil -Find all previous movies made by white men and make sure the white males are replaced -Make sure that in every movie, you have dialog in scenes which promote 'breaking boundaries' -Make sure you have an LGBTQ character and/or mention in the movie -Make sure white people are always receiving advice from POCs -Make sure you are virtue signaling in all things Something like that.

[@clogs4956]

Forgot one: prep virulent attacks on the fanbase to be released a minimum of one week before launch day.

[@blockmasterscott]

This is probably very accurate.

[@XaldirGodofGood]

Amazon has literally a List that goes kinda like this

[@CallMeChato]

Can’t fault this.

[@raphaellambin3465]

A few other suggestions come to my mind for the reverse engineered guide to woke story telling: - A female character shall never be in need of being saved ( and even less by a man) -No love story between a man and a woman should be allowed; - in every group or army of fighters, half the characters, minimum, shall be women. These groups shall always be lead by women; - No white male character shall be allowed to poke fun at any character from an oppressed minority, instead he shall be taught a lesson...

[@zoso73]

9:22. This is the biggest problem. DEI committees have become modern-day Soviet-era political commissars. We are fucked.

[@joshuacrane1961]

You’ve become one of my favorite voices championing nerd culture. Thank you for your thoughts and insight.

[@TrueGamer22887]

Bro this isn’t championing nerd culture. This is petty pathetic whining. The equivalent to sjws for angry nerds.

[@evilchaperone]

His last rant was absolutely brilliant. 👍

[@clogs4956]

@@TrueGamer22887 obviously, you have already taken your 30 pieces of silver. Go away, now.

[@alessandrobaggi6129]

@Coco Crisp What do you want him to have told us then? "Take up your arms and attack the sjws"? 🤨

[@Quotheraving]

@@TrueGamer22887 I'm not seeing the outrage or whining that you seem to be suggesting Chato is embodying.. Not that it doesn't exist - it absolutely does, and to be fair I think that a few of the people he mentioned are guilty of just that - but not him... at least not yet! If anything quite the opposite - he purposefully avoids blanket generalisations and simply uses sjw in the same way that you have, as a pejorative for extremists. What he does do is constantly refer back to the positives as a touchstone for how to do it right.. he even spells out why, for example by contrasting the spirit of risk taking and originality that characterises creativity and IP generation with the safety of unoriginal, pandering sequels and IP exploitation. By exalting the spirit that made 'nerd culture' (though I prefer "modern mythologies") the modern phenomena that it is he is absolutely championing it: That is virtually the definition of the word! I'd suggest that maybe YOU have become hypersensitised to modern outrage culture and the tribalism that it is rooted in and so are rejecting anything that appears like a rallying cry to one side or the other without critically appraising what is being said... Which ironically is a symptom of that exact problem - not hearing out people you think you may disagree with. Edit.. due to the need for a conclusion

[@Othmarius]

Diversity Triffids!? hahahaha good one! 😂😂😂

[@roccosfondo8748]

Sir, you made me travel back in time to when I was a teenager. At they time there was a list of requirements: more boxes you tick more the nerd is strong in you. 1. Love for science, math and technology. Eventually also history but only the military one. 2. Attraction for science fiction. 3. Attraction for Japanese animation. 4. Collect comics or manga 5. Have a huge library of fantasy and science fiction books. 6. Socially awkwardness. Have few friends and a magnet for bullies and girls but for the latter the polarity is inverted. 7. At 8yo have a perfect knowledge of UHF propagations and antennas because you struggled to tune your TV to see that certain vintage show that passed only on the shitty secondary channels. 8. Designed some wild contraptions like computers, robots, airplanes, power armors etc. 9. Raided a junk yard to obtain parts for the contraption at point 8. 10. Actually build some of the things you've designed. 11. Made your parents afraid for your social awkwardness. 12. Made your parents afraid that you could accidentally burn your house. 13. Once you got inside to the chemistry lab at the high school you immediately started to figure out how to make explosives. 14. You ended up choosing a STEM faculty at the college. 15. You attend various nerdy conventions on regular basis 16. You have done cosplay at least once. 17. You loves tabletop games and role play games. 18. You have done a watching marathon at least once. 19. You have no interest in sport and your fitness is poor.

[@mlys7184]

Lately the tabletop game Warhammer has been seeing an influx of SJW's trying to destroy the IP. It's beautiful to see how zealous the Warhammer fandom is in shutting them down. FOR THE EMPEROR !!

[@1983jcheat]

Society really has changed; when I started persuing the entertainment business I was "too middle of the road". Now 20+ years later I'm too Edgy. My act is exactly the same. Society has went so soft.

[@victorcarroz7340]

Now everything has to be depressing (movies, TV, Books and Comics). I just watched Singing in the rain, and how refreshing and happy a movie I watched. Nowadays, everything is about the message (quoting the critical drinker), and they/them hate everyone who does not meet their SJW reality. I hope to return to a happy place and enjoy a good history without implying systemic problems. Love the video

[@primmakinsofis614]

_Now everything has to be depressing (movies, TV, Books and Comics)._ It was the same in the early 1970s, in the era of stagflation, the Vietnam War winding down, the Energy Crisis. Films were gritty. But by the mid-1970s the tide began to turn, with films such as _Jaws_ and _Star Wars_ bringing in simple, entertaining stories told well, and earning big box office receipts as a result.

[@talithakoum3922]

I love _Singin' in the Rain_ ! Just a group of immensely talented triple threats singing, dancing, and having a great time entertaining people.

[@Sercil00]

I want to believe that we'll return to that. All this garbage nowadays doesn't appeal to any human being. We can already see business-minded individuals creep back into these corporations and kick out the parasites. They either do that or they'll all go broke and get swept away, so real creatives can enter the market. It can't be long now until they ran out of old franchises to bastardize. Then they HAVE to make new stuff, and they can't. They're bleeding out.

[@edition-deluxe]

I have watched hundreds of short films and fan films here on KZbin, most are fantastic, but rarely will they have over 20k views, KZbin sweeps them under the rug, and even when looking for them I can spend hours and come up empty handed. Occasionally I find a pocket of greats all at once, but this is becoming rarer and rarer.

[@bazzathegreat3517]

I didn't know about Star Trek when I made my Mom take me to Wrath of Khan. I just knew it was set in space. I was only 7 but anything about space and I was in. It is something you are drawn to. It feels like there are a few too many that have just latched on to nerd/geek stuff as it became more popular.

[@PatriceBoivin]

We used to say the even numbered Star Trek movies were the good ones.

[@letosgoldenpath1993]

This whole rant was 100% pure, adulterated common sense. We need more of this.

[@jamesbloggs8937]

Alas, common sense has always been most noted by its rarity.

[@whrecordings]

Graduated college in the early 2000's, almost every class I took focused in some way on critical thinking, and there weren't heavy handed political and/or social biases at play, in fact the entire idea was to CHALLENGE your beliefs and understanding of the world. In the last 10-15 years many colleges seem to have turned into echo chambers that exist solely to provide reinforcement for people's predetermined, unshakeable ideologies, and now we're seeing the results in many facets of society, including entertainment. Thanks for calling it like you see it!

[@Imlaor25]

Yes, I’m glad I graduated back when we learned CRITICAL THINKING not “CRITICAL” THEORY.

[@nerdygrl647]

So true! I graduated in college in 2011, and can say my experience was very similar to yours. Something happened about halfway into the 2010s that changed everything dramatically. Johnathan Haidt's book, "Coddling of the American Mind," covers this quite well.

[@whrecordings]

@@nerdygrl647Thanks, I'll check it out! I'm not sure when the change happened but when I started hearing about "safe spaces" that truly baffled me, why go to college at all if you just want to block out the real world?

[@mr.justinkase7584]

They don't just hate us, they also hate the properties they bought. Disney HATES the original Star Wars and Marvel franchises. That's why they are always changing, corrupting, humilliating and mocking all the great stuff WE love.

[@neodigremo]

I will always say that the thing that makes a Nerd a Nerd is that they really do care about the media (or any habit) they consume. A fan of a subject may enjoy a movie, or like a game or even a sport. But a Nerd will truly fall in love with something. They will adore it and care about it. It means more to them than simply some fun diversion. And you can have Nerds about anything in the world. It just so happens that comics, speculative fiction and RPGs were things that were rarely massively popular The LOTR films work because Peter Jackson was a Nerd. He loved those books and seemed willing to do anything for the film to work. Tolkien was a Nerd. He loved his Languages and delighted in playing his games with them and making a world they could live in.

[@ThePoliticrat]

Tbh modern “nerd culture” has been hijacked by zoomer normies and woke celebrities, and has just become incredibly toxic. There’s a reason I no longer identify with the label.

[@christophbeck1305]

@@ThePoliticrat what is a "Zoomer Normie"?

[@ThePoliticrat]

@@christophbeck1305 basic, 19 year old kids (usually woke) who jumped on the D&D bandwagon because it was cool and who now call themselves nerds for it. Shit like that. And that’s just one of many answers I could have given.

[@christophbeck1305]

@@ThePoliticrat ahh thanks for explaning. Im a zoomer (23 years old) but i probably woud Not count as one of those zoomer normies, even if i sometimes wonder if i am just a asshole poser (havent started playing videogames or reading comics because popular but because my brothers wife gave my her old Gameboy and my brother gave me his old ps2... ) well again thanks for explaining

[@jeremygonzal8603]

Your description was well said. Yup. Nerds aren't nerds because we just like stuff. A nerd will fall head over heels into something.

[@bathyalgames]

One sentence here spoken deserves all your attention and should be taught all over the world: Learn "how" to think and not "what" to think. And this is what is taught in science and engineering in opposite to indoctrination from gender studies.

[@hildajensen6263]

Since I reached my teens, I've seen lack of a sense of humor as a serious disability. - These poor people simply don't have the ability to understand or appreciate the complex world they are a part of. And as a consequence they go though their lives being pissed, because they don't understand why things don't work out for them.

[@robertsosna3994]

The present state of Hollywood is the same as it was 50 years ago when the studio system finished imploding. I'm waiting in anticipation to see what happens. While I'm writing my own story

[@doltBmB]

The great loss in film is the B-film, a lower budget production that can take more risks and let filmmakers experiment. Now everything has to be an ultra-safe billion dollar affair with a massive franchise like the MCU. Even in TV influential shows like star trek or firefly that might have only lasted a season or two, aren't desirable compared to 12 season epics like game of thrones that clear the broadcast schedule and sell streaming subs.

[@als3022]

They still exist and are rather good. But, you either have to A: Be outside of the Hollywood Sphere or B: Be an actor who is willing to do trash and have enough name recognition to get away with it. Examples: Bruce Cambell and Nick Cage.

[@redseagaming7832]

Some people say that Ed Wood was the worst director of all time but at least he was free to make his low budget movies I really wish we had more Ed Woods in the Hollywood industry because sometimes an ed wood would turn out to be a Tim Burton or George Lucas or Steven Spielberg

[@reb3102]

I worked in a video rental store back in the late 80's. Was a great time for B-movies and I got to order all the scifi/fantasy/horror movies I wanted. We had a ton of regular customers that we would chat with for hours. Miss that time.

[@lordkrauser]

Same with gaming. I miss the days of the PS2 and further back when you had a lot more experimentation from major studios since the budgets weren't as ridiculous. Doubt we'll see stuff like Shadow Hearts, Phantom Dust, or Onimusha again.

[@Ilovegrunge123]

This is very prevalent in Netflix if a show loses its top ten spot right after let’s say a weak they cancel shows even if the reviews were good. They need to either stop making a lot of shows and put money into only a couple or just make movies.

[@Xero_Wolf]

Love this guy. He speaks with a leveled head, unclouded by the need to to pander to this side or that. Straight facts no BS. Instant subscribe.

[@37fordjoelster]

Even my wife...who has only been exposed to Star Wars since we got married (3 years) knew Luke kicking ass was a huge thing and was surprised at my lack of response... little did she know that I'd already seen the episode and was watching it again with our son.

[@anthonyscheibmeir2444]

gotta avoid those spoilers!

[@kellinwinslow1988]

It's a pity that it all leads into the garbage sequels like the Last Jedi ECT. Sad to know that he just becomes a bitter man drinking green space cow milk. I would show my niece the original three films,really the only ones that matter,and stop there. Much like Trek,Wars has been killed pretty badly. Well maybe not quite as badly as Trek sigh.

[@AerysTMD]

If it has not happenned yet, bet it'll be heartbreak & tears for her once she finds out how Luke was desecrated in the last jedi & then somewhat redeemed in the mandalorian.

[@marshallblack8944]

"Diversity Triffids". Outstanding. I have used the Triffids to make many a point but that descriptor is brilliant! You need to incorporate it onto a T-Shirt although those wearing it might find themselves in a spot of trouble when out-and-about!

[@davidcoleman757]

Brilliant. I've an arts background but always found the possibilities of science fascinating. I'll never forget watching the moon landings. Tolkien was my first love [I know, I know] but I found Roddenberry's view of the future inspiring and more recently latched on to the blue-collar sci-fi in The Expanse. I'm 60 now. Man-child and proud. I can live with the fact Hollywood currently hates nerds. I lived through some of the great moments in pop culture and have every faith that at some point the wheel will turn and originality will again prevail.

[@spellman007]

so you are a 60 year old man that thinks film companies "hate" you becasue non white people are being cast in superhero/ star wars stuff? that's honestly so pathetic...

[@charliecleanup]

You know it is nice to know that I am not the only one who wore out the making of features and then went out and tried some of these things(built the Death Star trench on the dining room table ran a camera on train tracks hung from ceiling and ended up destroying everything and singeing the neighbors borzoi in the process) but I digress these properties gave us permission to dream whereas now the point is to tell you what to dream or kill your dreams all together…creativity is the poor man’s rice bowl time to create a new system . Great video thanks

[@robotsmash45]

Oh my god! I knew you were in comedy, but I never realized you were a part of 4 On the Floor. I used to watch that show every week when I was a kid. Mr. Canoe Head and Boot to the Head were my favourite skits. Dude, I'm all giddy with nostalgia now. Edit: After much research, I realize now that Boot to the Head was the name of the album and the skit I was referring to was called Tai Kwan Leep.

[@CallMeChato]

I had to come from somewhere.

[@toddalmond1941]

OMG - a gag from one skit that just sticks with me: Guy 1 - "I make shit that looks like food!" Guy 2 - "Big deal, so does my mother"

[@ItalNico]

I just made the connection as well! Listening to those skits on Dr. Demento with a battery powered radio in the 80s...those were some good times.

[@treelineresearch3387]

I found "Boot to the Head.mp3" on a university file share like going on 25 years ago and never knew what it was from till now.

[@rexmundi3108]

ME TOO!

[@katgirl3000]

Thanks! Great presentation!! Thank you. So weird hearing a description of a fan when it fits my history!

[@CallMeChato]

Thanks so much. You are very kind. And they are still fighting us.

[@pikkyeaterz]

Been saying the same thing about Worldbuilding and soul that Disney Star Wars lack! So glad to know that we’re not alone in that regard!

[@ahdhwjdue8362]

You put pack instead of lack.

[@pikkyeaterz]

@@ahdhwjdue8362 thank you, didn’t even realise

[@ahdhwjdue8362]

@@pikkyeaterz you're welcome.

[@planetrift]

To quote John Cleese when talking about the same subject: "They are just sitting there, deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended!"

[@tommyfishhouse8050]

7:39 I'd argue it was the opposite. After so many fans complained about the 'bad CGI' in the prequels and new special extended editions. A HUGE part of the marketing for the Force Awakens, Last Jedi, and Mandalorian was how they were using majority practical effects just like the original trilogy. They proudly showed off Sean Penn in his Fat Alien suit covered with slime and wrinkles for Force Awakens, JJ Abrams posed with a real X-Wing built to scale. For Last Jedi there were photos going around of those crystal foxes in the caves of the final battle movie going viral on social media. And like the suckers we were, we ate it up rather than asking about what direction the story was going to go.

[@Rezzanine]

Small correction - that was Simon Pegg, not Sean Penn 🙂

[@spellman007]

i love the boys! great how they are making trump supporters into weird nazi patriots.

[@senecaaurelius1811]

That Chris Pratt joke! 😂 It’s like you’re reading my mind on every facet of the current entertainment landscape.

[@robertgriffiths1724]

That last video was great 👍 This one is even better

[@isaaco5679]

"If you knew what you were getting into you would never attempt it"- words i live by.

[@charlescaine6022]

If you keep telling people they cannot ever disagree with you, you will turn people who agree with you on most things, into enemies.

[@armatian]

Im an amateur writer, i like to create short stories about people finding extraordinary glimpses of the unknown, the infinite and the fabric of reality and existence unexpectedly amid mundante everyday acts or thoughts. I can feel literal pain, cold sweat and flashes of sheer deception when scripts, stories or dialogues murder my hope for a good tale. Thanks for your reflections on the matter, you are very generous with the video length, no wasted seconds.

[@YorickWell]

Agatha Christie remains a prolific and successful creator of intellectual property. I think that even in the past talented and disciplined people could succeed in money and fame regardless of their sex.

[@kwilde2387]

"We were taught how to think, they were taught what to think." It doesn't get much more accurate than this.

[@lilyvonshtuup]

This is really interesting I hadn’t thought about things from this angle. T2, The Matrix and even The Dark Knight, all movies that (amongst the people I knew) were being talked about for the special effects both pre and post watch. The past few years VFX is mostly talked about because of how bad it is visually and how terribly the people that do it are treated. We are regressing it seems.

[@PollyAlice2000]

Screw Hollywood!! I’m double crossing fingers AND toes every single day, hoping that Johnny Depp starts his own studio in Virginia! With a Roaring Alpaca as the logo!

[@Jeff-cn9up]

This would be a good time to use the "always has been" meme. They were always dismissive and terrible to us. The only difference is how they choose to display it.

[@wanfu5634]

I'm a conservative, but I agree with a lot of what you are saying. The problem is a lack of introspection, with a contempt for the "other side". As a thought experiment, I sat down to write a list of ten progressives I admire. I did it. Looking at the list, it wasn't about people I had a commonality with, but the people listed were progressives willing to show respect towards others. That's all I can ask, and it means the default setting is to show respect towards others.

[@bradrtorgersen_videos]

Paul, I first knew you (as so many in the U.S. did) through Dr. Demento on Sunday nights. It's telling that a member of the Frantics now finds himself on the "wrong" side of the culture war. It directly reflects the gargantuan (and unfortunate) leftward shift since the 1980s. A shift which has become every bit as obnoxious, totalitarian, and fun-hating, as the original Moral Majority. Except, the new Moral Majority (I call it 2.0: the woke secular edition) has 1,000x the power, money, and influence than a bunch of plastic-haired televangelists ever had. My hope is that Moral Majority 2.0 eventually paints itself into a corner and burns itself out, as the original did, and we can eventually look back on this stupidity with the same head-shaking "How did they ever think that was a good idea?" pity once given to Majority 1.0, only I also hope that the people attempting to turn our pop entertainment into a rainbow 1984 church of Woke brow-beating, get taken to the financial cleaners. Nothing will teach them the error of their ways, faster.

[@deadpoet4]

The Frantics introduced me to the philosophies behind Ti Kwan Leep. I have been a follower since the 80s. Hollywood needs to approach the Master. "Boot to the head." Thus ends the lesson. Thanks for years of levity!

[@jorgewhittaker6105]

Great analysis, as always mr. Chato I´m a comic book geek in origin, but I have no background on STEM, so I´m probably not a nerd. I´m a lawyer, so I also have no soul or basic human decency, but SJW are somehow worse It is true what you say, the pushback to the woke BS must come from us, creating an alternative to Hollywood. It is the only way to fight back to the totalitarians, create alternatives until they have no power left. Thanks for this rants PS.: 4 locos en el set forever!

[@clogs4956]

Lovey, my background is in the Arts. I'm a recognised nerd and geek, so don't undersell yourself.

[@CallMeChato]

Wow, yes, the Spanish version of 4 on the Floor. Hilarious reference.

[@CallMeChato]

I should have clarified that while not all of us have science backgrounds, many of us enjoy science. Good point.

[@clogs4956]

@@CallMeChato it's all to do with having an enquiring mind.

[@brentoutashape9141]

The word "franchise" is a dirty word for me. I've been in to many fast food joints to expect quality. You get no "brand loyalty" from me. Give me something new and good, or see returns diminish exponentially. As the gamers say, Get Good.

[@ascensionindustries9631]

This is everything I've wanted to say but not being a former executive, I lack the proper articulation to say such. But this truth bombed so hard even I felt the shock waves. Thanks Chato 🤘

[@Lafly84]

I do like that he referenced Triffids for us older timers lol...

[@evanhanley6437]

This really hits hard. This is very worrying and I wish it would end. Great analysis.

[@manoz6194]

small hats are behind it

[@EnwardSnowman]

@@manoz6194 Shriners?

[@blunelson8226]

I'm a animator, I was finishing University when the mandalorian came out and due to how it was made, the course I was doing quietly add Unreal to it and changed the whole course for new students so they could learn Unreal Engine 5. The making of the mandalorian did really change how thing will be made in film and TV and my university was aiming to get ahead of it. I also learn how to use Unreal Engine 5 in my own time, mainly to make my own animations look better. I'm still Constantly trying to improve my skill set and find new ways of making my work look better.

[@gallendugall8913]

It's what is known as hating your most enthusiastic customers because they hold you to standards. It happens in every industry when the people in charge feel entitled to success.

[@CaptainFuzzyWinkles]

Hollywood seems creatively afraid even with proven IPs. Take Star Wars. If Disney was truly creative, they would just jump ahead in the timeline about 500 to 1000 years and create entirely new characters, settings and storylines. Instead, Disney is obsessed with staying in the Skywalker era and just filling in the gaps between films. I don't need to know every detail of every moment between the films. Some things are better left to the imagination. The Obi-Wan Kenobi show is proof of why that is dangerous. Edit: The sad part is, there ARE creative takes on Star Wars, if you watch Star Wars Visions on Disney+. Any of those episodes could make a fantastic new series of films if expanded on.

[@barbiekeerth]

That is a really great point! Even for the movie everything everywhere all at once it was fascinating how the directors did the alternate universe jumping scene. That movie could have easily been a diversity focused movie if fell in the wrong hands. But these people wanted to tell a story and have funky scenes. That sincerity connected more than anything could ever do.

[@lainiwakura1776]

I heard Jackie Chan was asked to be in it, but he declined, so Waymond was played by the Asian kid from the Goonies.

[@jeremygonzal8603]

@@lainiwakura1776 I thought Jackie was supposed to be the lead. EDIT: Yeah, Jackie Chan was originally supposed to be the lead. But honestly, I think Yeoh and how it all turned out was better.

[@fullmetalsmile]

Kudos on another great video! Happy to catch the downhill train from here on end.

[@foreshame7370]

Get your ass to Friday Night Tights Paul, they'd be lucky to have you.

[@Obenfiquista81]

please someone make this happen. We need this man doing more videos like this!

[@dinosaurwoman]

You are saying EXACTLY what I've been saying: movies are no longer special. First, the FX are no longer real and therefore no longer awe inspiring, and I'm tired of regular humans performing super-human feats, like flippy spinnies and jumping from building to building. And second is the lack of quality storytelling. But we've dumbed down kids in schools, so it's no wonder this is what we're seeing on the screen.

[@ColinForBooks]

this was your second perfect video in a row! you are encouraging me to go back and work on my Star Wars novel.

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

wait, what… you're writing Star Wars too???

[@ColinForBooks]

@@duringthemeanwhilst yes, no one else in the world has had that idea! lol

[@ianbrowning7437]

@@ColinForBooks Power to you. We need good Star Wars stuff again.

[@ColinForBooks]

@@ianbrowning7437 thanks, bro!

[@christianefiorito3204]

Not only men love Tolkien and care that Amazon shit all over his work. Middle Earth has nothing to do with being a child or childlike. He plays with the concepts of his spirituality, good and evil, and many questions about human nature, life and death, but instead of writing a boring old Theology book in Latin he wrote stories to let package this existential questions in. It was PJ who started to make an action franchise out of it though still very moderately. I would not be astonished whatsoever if in our days we would meet Legolas, Arondir , Strider or Gandalf in a Matvel movie or a DC movie.

[@lukesmart3071]

You nailed it . Everytime. Can't wait for the creative naive volcano to erupt . Can't wait. Because lately..all entertainment (except youtube creators) is dull. Samey. And chock full of virtue signaling.

[@thepariah3516]

People often wonder why I'm hesitant to ever publish the series of Novels I'm working on, it's demented, self righteous wokies that make me hesitant. It's a bit of a stretch, but the fact that there's a possibility that my novel will be well liked, and people may want to make a movie and in doing so, making my main character gay and disabled for "inclusivity" terrifies me. I don't want my work, that I've driven so much passion and effort into to be bastardized by those who do not, and cannot appreciate it. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@Vertigo-66]

Last video was crazy!! You were all over the place!!

[@CallMeChato]

Squirrel.

[@nevechristopher]

"Legend of Vox Machina" bootstrapped themselves into an animated series by establishing an audience for their D&D game on KZbin and then having an amazing Kickstarter

[@gavinholt5428]

It is great to hear you encapsulate what so many younger voices are starting to call for. The aggressive attack on the garbage culture around us, while maintaining a logical and well thought out argument is what we all need, and you deliver it so on point. I hear their calls rising on the net but I love you put into words what many of us 'older nerds' think. Hopefully Vesuvius will erupt soon. 🌋🌋🌋

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Just like the American Comic Book Industry to quote John Ratzenberger "Hollywood has Lost Touch its touch with its Customers Years Ago." These days Reviewing Movies and Shows is like talking about Politics! It's Ridiculous!

[@BlackTempus]

I grew up watching the Frantics, yes I'm that old and listening to you is like mana for my soul. We need more people like you, keep up the great work.

[@CallMeChato]

Yeah a Frantics fan. Thanks.

[@prolamer7]

I find whole situation absolutely bizare... that group of people which litteraly hate certain type of art with passion are given for now decade+ full controll over such art and some of movies, tv serries, games... are still somehow profitable. I always thought people in fandoms (be it ST, SW) were smart but it turns out most of them has only selective types of intelligence aimed at ie math. Only now after 10+ years they are starting to wake up!!! Once again it is so mindblowing to me... What I want to say is... this situation is ALSO GEEKS FAULT! We as group are trully naive and too good willed and thats why malevolent evil SJW did all those horrible things to our culture... . They would never ever dare to do same type of things to other cultures ie in other countries... because they are cowards, evil little insiginificant cowards.

[@hashtagPoundsign]

Well said.

[@pdexBigTeacher]

AAAND, the SJWs laughed and mocked the nerds and geeks in secondary school and college until they saw 💰 in the things we love. As these folks have ruined what we enjoy, the “revenge of the nerds” calling them out on it in social media has them in darn near spasmodic conniption.

[@spellman007]

i think you confused social justice warriors with jocks. blue haired feminists didn't bully any nerds I went to school with...

[@pdexBigTeacher]

@@spellman007 Bullying is different. At best you were shunned and considered 'weird' if you liked Star Wars and read Lord of The Rings; I never felt bullied, maybe because I was kinda big and played sports.

[@spellman007]

@@pdexBigTeacher so no jocks thought you were weird? Why would SJWs think Star Wars is weird… most Star Wars fans are SJWs. It’s a boomer movie about fighting space n*zis?

[@onlyonestarwarsfan5337]

Whenever I would mention the lack of world-building in the sequel trilogy, Redditites would reply with “It’S tHe StOrY tHaT MaTtErs.” Well lo and behold, the story sucks too lol.

[@Rezzanine]

To me, it's not the lack of world-building so much as the lack of effort and lack of passion. It's just corporate fan fiction slop that they expect you to lap up like a dog, and how dare you dislike it.

[@onlyonestarwarsfan5337]

@@Rezzanine true enough, though I think good world-building is naturally downstream of the passion and effort you mention. In the end, I just got tired of being gaslighted every time I pointed out something that didn’t make sense in the universe by people saying what doesn’t make sense in the universe doesn’t matter for “the story.” It’s Star Wars for crying out loud; the story is nothing without the creativity of the universe and the way it’s presented.

[@Rezzanine]

@@onlyonestarwarsfan5337 Yeah, you're right, the world building would be a byproduct of the passion and effort. Gaslighting is the right word. It's a damn shame Lucas sold. I actually appreciated the prequels at the time (and even more so now) and thought the criticisms, though justified, were far too harshly and insultingly delivered. Still, no matter the criticisms, Lucas (and Lucasfilm under his management) never, ever stooped so low as to insult paying customers, unlike the... current management.

[@bogdanflorin8927]

It's nice to be old enough and financially secure to start telling the truth. More executives or department heads need to come out and point out thr bullshit in our entertainment media. PS: yes, OUR because we are the customer damnit

[@Andrew-ep4kw]

I was a huge fan of the Mandalorian and was thrilled to see Luke's appearance in the final episode of season 2. Then, Disney fired Gina Carano over a simple tweet and poisoned the whole thing for me. I can no longer watch any Star Wars content (not even the de-specialized version I have.) Hopefully, the sense of betrayal will eventually fade and I can enjoy the content again, though I don't think I'll ever renew my subscription to Disney+, given the company's behavior.

[@system-error]

I'm with you, but don't forget everything they did on the sequels before that. They had already ruined everything. Mando basically happened by accident because KK was desperate to sign anyone she could when TLJ was bombing hard, after she had just announced a whole trilogy for Rian (lol). That's when Favreau got to jump in, having been turned down for the sequels. KK also signed the GoT showrunners after TLJ, but then quietly unsigned them when they ruined GoT. She had no idea what she was doing, that's why TLJ is TLJ. Her mismanagement was discussed openly before TLJ came out (production troubles on every movie were mentioned in the Hollywood Reporter) but when TLJ came out they hid behind Hollywoke politics to distract from their disastrous failed product. Gina was our assassin, sent in to expose the Loserfilm feminist hypocrisy, and she succeeded in that mission perfectly. The media establishment will keep lying and saying we harassed Kelly Marie Tran, but everybody with functioning eyes could see that the real bullying was THEM harassing Gina. Bullying her. Cancelling her, trying to destroy her life. Right out in the open, no shame, no remorse - no conscience. That's just what they are, they're monsters. And it's good that Mickey took the side of the bullies. Mickey is a monstrous bully too, and is NOT on our side, never was. We have to accept that Star Wars is not Star Wars any more, it's just a branding mask worn by Mickey. Same as Marvel, which also does not exist any more, and is just a branding skin of the Mickey creature. And Favreau started that too, the MCU! Without Favreau, Disney wouldn't have either Star Wars or Marvel. They would still 'own' the IPs, but it would all be turned completely to dust, without Favreau. Mando S2 was the perfect follow-up to the glorious Humiliation of Abrams with Mando S1, and gave us real fans a beautiful funeral for the true, dead Star Wars.

[@kevinclark6934]

Right, right, the company's behavior. Certainly not the shitty human being's behavior! You're cool with Disney sweat shops, but not that!

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

Dude still watch the content. Just do so over the high seas. Seek international waters. Enjoy their content but don't let them enjoy your money.

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

I'm reminded of the time when Disney _didn't_ fire Vanessa Hudgens.

[@InDeathWeLove]

When the passion is making sure the political messaging is included rather than a quality product you get what we have been seeing increasingly for the last 6-8ish years.

[@SilentiumCivis]

Passion vs Hate The popular girl that rejected the nerd for the jock, the nerd became wealthy & successful while she got pregnant & became alone & now wants the nerd but hates the fact, he doesn't want her. This is the equivalence with the nerd creations that were rejected & outcasted back in the day, now that our content has become mainstream & successful, the people who were popular are now not & cannot stand the fact that nobody gives them attention like they crave. We are smart, passionate, sensible, common, sincere, honest, etc. They are hateful, jealous, narcissistic, etc. Good vs evil You can't fix or create something that you are only working on because you hate it. The SJWs need to focus on what they are good at, faking reality to make themselves feel better about living in a fake world. When it comes down to it, all they know, all they are, all they are good at is living in a fake world with fake facts & fake ideologies. The truth is, they are alone & cannot stand that they have focused so much time & passion into something that nobody else but themselves are into yet they crave the attention of EVERYBODY. They cannot handle that people dont like them & they have no skills other than repeating / memorizing a fake ideology. We nerds create wonderful beautiful worlds that we create for ourselves & dont care if nobody else likes it but us, but the thing is it does, people other than nerds like what we create. We are the opposite of them & people like us & they cannot stand it. We are at a psychological / ideological war that we will win because we are honest, truthful & passionate about truth... they are liars that force others to believe their lies. Be patient, be vigilant, be passionate & everything will work itself out for the best in the end. Truth always wins & nobody ever said winning would be fast or easy.

[@TallisKeeton]

they got a believe system = an inconsistent political ideology, we got cultural roots of myths and much respect for this gift. they got postmodernism = "we dont care about sticking to the truth" we got respect for an author's wishes of how to adapt his books. they got pseudointelectual word salad of newspeak, we got beauty of old languages and poems, they got tiktok's weirdos as profesors of brain's conditioning, we got a real scholar, artist and romantic for bringing us all together for some hard, hard learning - about evil, truth, beauty, and honor. Fandoms! To the king!

[@noman6041]

I love The Frantics!!! I've never heard a skit of theirs that wasn't funny. Extremely talented and hilarious troupe. I had great respect for you before, but now that has been turned up to 11!

[@thespicemelange.1]

I remember that scene when they were looking at the surveillance video and wondering who is this, and I was like oh my God is that Luke Skywalker? I haven't felt so happy to see something like that in a movie or TV show in such a long time it brought me back to my childhood. And yes I did jump out of my seat. And yes I am a man child.

[@acmano]

Great videos sir. Keep it going! Nice to hear what used to be common sense. Sad we have to re-learn it.

[@moodyyuhoody]

The British film and media company Rebellion recently built a studio with volumetric background and it looks fantastic in their demo

[@Matt_Likes_Comics]

Keep on fighting the good fight!

[@johnm.oconnor1586]

I appreciate your ability to encapsulate these issues with logic and sarcasm !! And you rep'd a Wichita shirt !! Greetings from Flat and Happy Kansas, keep up the good fight !!

[@shuntguy]

We need you to keep giving Hollywood a severe BOOT TO THE HEAD! While I love big-budget Sci-Fi, I also love a deeply scientific mystery like Andromeda Strain or Colossus:The Forbin Project. Good luck getting something like that made today. Crichton seemed to have this great ability to take cutting edge science and see what bad directions it could go if in the wrong hands. All while still being accessible to the average nerd. We won't talk about Congo.

[@thac0twenty377]

sh you've practiced tae kwon leap....

[@HenshinFanatic]

And to Pedowood's lawyers, leave not a boot to the head, but a rabid Tasmanian devil to be placed in their trousers.

[@operastudio1712]

"we've been taught how to think, they've been told what to think"... You're absolutely right.