Meme - *Say the line, Bart*
GAME DEVS: "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DONT BUY IT."
GAMERS: *Cheering*
Konami Deletes Post Announcing 'Silent Hill 2' Remake Was Designed For "Modern Audiences" - "At the end of May, Konami published a post on X, that has since been deleted, where it announced, “See how the Bloober Team devs working on SILENT HILL 2 preserved authenticity while adapting a horror classic for modern audiences.”... a rumor from YouTuber Endymion indicated that video game developers would attempt to hide the woke propaganda by no longer marketing it publicly. He shared, “According to my sources — and this was one of the most damning allegations so please listen carefully here — is that the game industry across plenty of studios will start to market their games as being devoid of identity politics and pandering almost completely.” “However, the actual content within these games in the future will not be altered or lessened in terms of identity political content despite this tonal change in marketing,” he continued. “Simply put many studios and publishers are still all in on DEI and wokeness in the future. Like, they are not changing that. And they still want you to consume this content whether you want to or not. But they will now sell you the games by marketing them to you to trick you into thinking that they’re not woke basically.”"
Over 95% of Players Don't Consider Inclusivity Important In Gaming - "95% of gamers voted they don’t care about inclusivity in gaming in a recent poll... Inclusivity has emerged as a proven culprit that ruins an entire game. We have had some clear examples in the last few years including Concord, Suicide Squad, and more, and the backlash from the fans was quite apparent. Now, inclusivity isn’t a bad thing at all. In fact, it’s always good to see characters from different origins, genders, and races in a game, but what’s offsetting is the forced inclusivity narrative that pushes political agendas into gaming. For context, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice introduced Mrs. Freeze in its last season. The character has a huge history in comics, movies, and TV shows and has always been Victor Fries or Mr. Freeze. The idea of changing that attracted a lot of criticism. Forced inclusivity was never a problem a few years ago. Ever since consultation companies like Sweet Baby Inc. emerged, this unfortunate trend has been forced into the industry, ruining many great games. Sweet Baby has a bunch of notable names working with it including Santa Monica, Xbox Game Studios, Warner Bros, Ubisoft, and more. The influence is quite visible in their recent titles as well. Square Enix should be appreciated for being pulled out of the list. One of Sweet Baby’s employees even admitted that the company’s goal is to ‘burn the industry to the ground,’ indicating a massive threat to the gaming industry. Nonetheless, this trend needs to stop; otherwise, we’ll see a lot more big-budget games fail poorly"
Clearly, gamers need to be reeducated
Video Game Developers Are Leaving The Industry And Doing Something, Anything Else - "From line cooks to bike repairs, people who used to be video game developers are being forced to try something new. It's been a hellish few years for people employed in the video game industry, as big studios have been laying off workers every chance they get while smaller studios are just straight up closing. We’ve all read the stories, and scanned the numbers of people affected, but what happens to the individual in the wake of their career (and life) being upended?"
Official Bounding Into Comics Fans | It's like cancer | Facebook - "It's like cancer. Removal is risky but for the betterment of the body.
Not to mention I still have lots of games to play, and Asian devs exist. Let them burn after not listening to us for years till we're blue in the face."
What happens when you rather destroy an industry than not push the left wing agenda
Common Sense Extremists on X - "You know how recent Star Wars shows and films are clearly made by people who hate that their previous more beloved product is largely enjoyed by the demographic they hate most? (Young, introverted white men) Joker 2 is the same way towards the previous installment."
Meme - ">wake up
>hollywood seethes at your existence
>do nothing
>hollywood seethes at your existence
>do nothing
>don't watch any of their movies
>hollywood seethes at your existence
>go on the internet and say a series is g a y
>said series gets cancelled
>watch a movie
>you actually like it
>hollywood seethes at your existence
>do nothing
>they make a sequel dedicated to seething about you
>do nothing
>it bombs
>do nothing
>you won"
Meme - Paul @WomanDefiner: "You have to realize the only reason this movie is being made is because you enjoyed the first movie the wrong way."
jeremy @jeremylovesyall: "'JOKER 2' director Todd Phillips confirms the Joker is bisexual #CinemaCon "He's bisexual and stuff""
Joker 2 Tracking to Open Within Range of The Flash and The Marvels at the Box Office - "Following negative reviews and poor word-of-mouth, the Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga-fronted jukebox musical and courtroom drama is pacing to open below industry expectations... If Box Office Theory's forecast is correct, a sub-$60 million opening weekend would put Joker 2 on par with the first Joker's second weekend ($55.8 million), which is the eighth-best October weekend of all time. Should it come in on the higher end of projections at $57 million, that would be below 2022's Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson's DC movie that took in $67 million over the Oct. 21 weekend despite a similar Rotten Tomatoes score (Black Adam's 39% versus Joker 2's 40% "rotten"). The lower end of projections would put Joker 2 within range of DC's The Flash, which got off to a slow start with $55 million before ending its run with $266 million at the global box office, and Marvel Studios' The Marvels, which flopped with a worldwide total of just $199 million after a franchise-low opening weekend of $46 million. $1 billion is now out of reach for Joker 2, which could join the list of films to flop despite its predecessor reaching the milestone"
"Joker 2" Panned By Critics but Even Audiences Don't Like It, Give $200 Mil Bomb a 37% Rating! - "Newsday: A listless, depressing “musical” that seems to hate its characters, and itself.
Vanity Fair: It’s startlingly dull, a pointless procedural that seems to disdain its audience."
DiscussingFilm on X - "Warner Bros declined to test screen ‘JOKER 2’ to audiences at all before the film was complete."
pagliacci the hated 🌝 on X - "this makes more sense when you understand that this sequel wasn’t meant to do well at the box office - it was intended to be a humiliation ritual to destroy the movie’s legacy as punishment for it resonating with the “wrong” people"
'Joker: Folie à Deux' Falls Flat at Box Office, Lands D - "Todd Phillips' movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is the first Hollywood comic book pic to receive the failing grade from audiences and may only open in the mid-$40 million range."
Joker 2 Box Office Opening Lower Than Morbius and The Marvels - "2019's Joker — which grossed $39.3 million on its first Friday — went on to earn $96 million and set the record for the biggest October opening of all time over the same time frame five years ago"
"The Boys" Audience Scores Plummet - "Amazon’s “The Boys” has unveiled the first three episodes of the fourth season, and a major critical/audience divide is once again showing – not unlike the new “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte”. On Rotten Tomatoes, critics scores have remained fairly steady – 85% (7.7/10) for the first season which is the weakest to date. The second landed a 97% (8.2/10), the third a 98% (8.1/10), and the fourth a 95% (7.7/10)... Audience scores, however, fell steadily and have now taken a nosedive. The first season of “The Boys” racked up a 90% (4.3/5), the second an 83% (4.1/5), the third a 75% (3.8/5) and the fourth has now plummeted to a 49% (2.9/5). The results are similar on Metacritic with critics scores for the four seasons are 74, 80, 77, 76 out of 100 and audience figures are 7.7, 6.9, 7.1 and 4.0 out of 10. This has led to calls of review bombing. Plenty of the negative dub it ‘woke garbage’ and a substantial number either directly or indirectly quote or respond to showrunner Eric Kripke’s comments the other week saying those who find the show ‘woke’ should “go watch something else”. Others take issue with Frenchie’s small subplot involving a romance with a man, or the show making its far-right satire so overt this season as, up until this point, they’ve seen the show as apolitical. In terms of non-political-centric complaints, there’s plenty who seem to have issues with the writing"
‘Go woke, go broke’ not true for brands, says global advertising study - "It found that when an advert can authentically and positively portray a full range of people – devoid of stereotypes – it can provide an edge in the marketplace when it comes to consumer preferences and long-term sales figures."
When you misdefine woke, of course "wokeness" is good for business
Meme - Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum:
Green Haired Man: "WE MADE THIS SHOW SPECIFICALLY TO ALIENATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU!" "*TRASH *woman kicking man on chin*
Green Haired Man: "WE DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR YOU, YOU ENTITLED WHITE MALE! THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE MARGINALIZED GROUPS! DOES THAT BOTHER YOU HUH?! I BET IT DOES, YOU RACIST, SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC, INCEL, GAMER CHUD! DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T WATCH IT! HA!"
Normal Man: "WELL BOYS, I GUESS THIS SHOW WASN'T MADE FOR US. LET'S GO WATCH SOMETHING ELSE"
Green Haired Man: "WAIT! STOP! WE NEED THE 18-34 MALE DEMOGRAPHIC TO SEE THIS SO WE CAN BREAK EVEN! COME BACK HERE, YOU SEXISTS!"
jess I ceo of torbin!! @cyarecadera: ""the show sucked" great!!! have u ever thought it's not for you????"
Meme - "When the beer company puts the big scary rainbow on your can"
These are the people who get triggered by the ok sign
Audiences Hate Bad Writing, Not Strong Women - YouTube - "Hateful commentary only finds any significant audience if the wider less spiteful viewing public dislikes the character for their own more sensible reasons. The main reason of course is that so many lead women in film and TV in the past decade are just horribly written... this is a problem most notable in Disney projects as you could tell from my list but since Disney owns half the world at this point it feels like a wider issue... to then earn the power given them the hero should have to struggle in some way, to grow into his or her abilities... Kate Bishop from the Hawkeye show... despite being an incredibly talented Archer and martial artist from the get-go, Kate is woefully inexperienced in the world of crime fighting and has to learn how to apply her skills in each new situation, relying on the mentorship of Hawkeye himself. On the flip side we have characters like She-Hulk and Rey Sky-patine. Rey's progression through her Jedi training was basically just whatever the plot required at any given moment. Jen Walters woke up as She-Hulk and immediately was in full control of her Alter Ego. The central struggles that defined the characters from whom these heroines were derived are just Stripped Away and not replaced by anything meaningful... let's talk about Disney's obsession with promoting and elevating women. It's one thing to have female characters who are smart, strong, persistent and courageous. It's quite another to simply promote the power of women by setting them up on a pedestal. That kind of treatment is nothing more than pandering and stories that contain it suffer greatly... do you know why the Lost Boys were originally all boys? It's because they fell out of their prams or strollers for you Americans and were carted off to Neverland and girls are far too clever to do such a stupid thing. But apparently no one involved in the casting decision had ever read the original novel so here we are... it should come as no surprise that these shows and movies don't just fail at writing good female characters, they're terribly written across the board... it's not just Rey that the audience dislikes. No characters from the Disney Trilogy won the hearts of the audience... Galadriel['s] introduction in the first episode is basically a how-to course on annoying audiences. We first meet her as she's being tormented by other elf children for having the audacity to think that her origami swan will float. Not only does this display a severe lack of understanding of what elves are in Tolkien's legendarium on the writer's part. it demonstrates a cheap trick that modern media likes to use in order to attempt to make the audience like a character: forced sympathy... why is this character being mistreated? For all we know Galadriel was being a complete twerp just moments before this scene and is totally deserving of having her boat sunk. There's no narrative reason that the show gives for Galadriel to be tormented... because if you're a victim how can anyone hate you? Well it's pretty easy when you're incredibly smug and don't give a rat's ass about the safety of your troops... these warriors hand-picked to exterminate Sauron and the remnants of his armies are completely and totally hapless and helpless to the point that they might as well be a different species than their leader. It's totally fine to have protagonists who are supremely skilled but it's a really poor choice to have the supporting characters be complete buffoons in order to showcase that skill. Galadriel might as well just be out there on her own really... Characters who need only achieve self-actualization are not only boring and lack meaningful character work, they teach us awful lessons. The idea that all that is needed for success is to seize the strength and power already within you is a harmful notion that discredits the value of relationships, personal growth and humility... indeed some of the most admirable characters in fiction, ones who do not suffer all that much personal growth due to having already attained great virtue, find themselves insufficient. This is most clear in Tolkien's work... I just realized two of those characters are played by Emily Blunt. No surprise they are, considering her publicly stated thoughts on the strong female lead Trope"
Warner Bros. Discovery Earnings Reports Reveals 'Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League' Caused A 41% Loss In Video Game Revenue - "their overall studio revenues for the quarter compared to the same period the year prior “decreased 4% [excluding drops resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates]” due to struggles in their TV, theatrical, and video game studios.” “TV revenue declined 27%, primarily driven by the timing of initial telecast productions as well as lower licensing sales,” reported WBD. “Theatrical revenue increased 19% ex-FX, primarily due to higher home entertainment revenue from Dune: Part Two, and higher box office carryover due to the performance of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which was released at the end of March.” And while these double digit declines are significant, they pale in comparison to the damage done to the company’s financials by the under performance of their video games division, wherein “games revenue declined 41% , primarily driven by the weak performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League this year, compared to the strong performance of Hogwarts Legacy in the prior year.” Speaking to this revenue drop during the company’s accompanying Q2 2024 earnings presentation, WBD CFO Gunnar Wiendenfels again outright admitted that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was a major reason for their financial stumble."
'Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League' Character Artist Confirms Industry Bias Against Attractive Female Characters: "It's Very Difficult To Pitch Beautiful Or Vain Black Women In Games Without Them Coming Back Like Grocery Store Aunties" - "According to a developer who absolutely has no love for the people or ideologies who regularly raise the issue, the Western video game industry does in fact hold a very, very real bias against “beautiful” female characters... Confirmation to this fact was provided by Del Walker, an industry character artist whose credits include such notable titles as Batman: Arkham Knight, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Retweeting a picture of English footballer Bukayo Saka’s girlfriend Tolami Benson wearing a jacket emblazoned with the Arsenal right-winger’s original jersey number on June 18th, Walker recalled, “There’s been a handful of times I’ve pitched black women characters that look like this, then after 10 iterations the concept or model comes back without a speck of the original beauty I pitched. Proceeding to compare another photo of Benson against an official promotional image of Commander Wright from SEGA’s cancelled hero-shooter Hyenas, Walker then elaborated, “I’m not taking about mild changes. I’m talking about pose, aura, style, softness, age, flair.” “I hate giving gamergate men fuel,” he added, “but it’s very difficult to pitch beautiful or vain black women in games without them coming back like grocery store aunties. There is room for both.”... Further, as to what he considered an ‘attractive black female’, Walker would agree with Rocksteady Games character artist Lois Starkey that Alan Wake 2‘s Saga Anderson was “both beautiful and soft in a way I hadn’t seen for a while in games.”... So, there you have it, players. The next time someone attempts to belittle you or write you off for noticing that your favorite female video game characters – at least in the West – are starting to look more and more ‘rough’, you can rest easy knowing that even industry insiders are aware of and fed-up with this insulting trend.
Weird. We're told these are just "realistic" female characters and there's no conspiracy to make them ugly
Coddled affluent professional on X - "Just out of boredom, for no real reason at all, without anyone asking, we decided to Sovietize cultural and intellectual life. LOL! Too bad journalism, publishing, and Hollywood aren’t publicly subsidized and are now imploding! (Academia we’ll have to work on.)"
Meme - Nina Infinity @Nina7Infinity: "I keep reading people say "in what world is Gal Gadot not prettier/fairer than Rachel Zegler". The answer is, in this world, where men win Olympic gold medals for beating up women."
Meme - "WHO DID IT BETTER?
*Rachel Zegler Snow White* *Lord Farquaad*"
Meme - "ONCE SHE LAUGHED ON THE CHARACTER *Rachel Zegler pointing to Snow White and laughign mockingly*
NOW ALL ARE LAUGHING ON HER"
Major Studios Are Assembling "Superfan Focus Groups" In An Effort To Combat Online Backlash
Imagine actually listening to your customers. Of course ComicBookMovie.com thinks this is a bad idea, because pushing the left wing agenda is key
Meme - Tim Seeley @NYCC ARTIST ALLEY J-27! @HackinTimSeeley: "There’s a subset of fandom whose view is that if anything isn’t for them it must not be for anyone. Your goal as a creator should be to never, ever make anything for those people."
Deansdale @Realsdale: "You mean progressive social terrorists, right? That's the only group actively attacking content not aimed at them, and they're hellbent on harming creators as well. Normies couldn't give less of a hoot about content aimed at purple haired pansexual trigender parsleys or whatever."
Left wingers hate their fans and customers so much