One man who combines justice and power can give hope to the whole world. That's the myth behind Braveheart, King Arthur, Odysseus, even Batman. But what can the rest of us do to support a hero? Homer says the answer is to at the very least believe in him.
I am starting to resign myself to the idea that the quality sci-fi TV we had in the 1990s and early 2000s, multiple excellent shows of Stargate and Star Trek, plus Babylon 5, etc. is not coming back for a while.
The entertainment industry is almost completely captured by cultural Marxism. The guiding philosophy behind most entertainment products now is deconstruction and inversion of everything that is good, true or beautiful.
Years of DEI-based hiring has put activists and ideologues in charge where artists should be working.
The new people see their job not as producing art, or at least decent entertainment, but ideological re-education. They fancy themselves to be on the right side of history. They are true believers, and they are not standing down, even now.
I do believe that the pendulum is already swinging back hard, from the civilization-destroying toxicity, racism and nihilism of the culturally dominant Marxist left. But for now, the Marxist left is not dead, not by a long shot. It is barely in hibernation.
The movement is currently counting on a Democrat winning the White House in 2028. They expect to recapture political power, and then finish what Obama/Biden started. They think that their final victory remains just around the corner.
The attitudes of the entertainment industry reflect that. The industry is not course-correcting after the disastrous failure of wokified former money-printing franchises like Star Trek, Star Wars or Lord of the Rings; it is doubling down. Products are made for a "modern audience" that does not exist, but that people in charge are hoping to create.
@Careerflex Much funnier to just do it, land the plane, then years later be ripping a heater after sex like “Babe it worked on you. Oops too late we have 4 kids, no takesies backsies.”
@MichaelShanks Any studio should kiss the feet of their loyal fandom, and give them what they want.
This would be pathetically easy
IF said studios actually wanted to make good stuff and not simply destroy every beloved franchise there is