u/NeoArkodd

I actually feel embarrassed that I used to like this catastrophe now. Like except an ok season 1, this show has no redeeming quality at all.

It's a bad adaptation from the get go:

They drove themselves into a corner by making Homelander the focus and the boys having no powers. They should have just adapted the straight forward narrative path of the comics.

It's crude, gross and edgy with zero substance:

Dick joke, man exploding, another dick joke [Insert written by Vivziepop meme]

It's actively Zionist democrat propaganda:

It deliberately protects the status quo from ever changing. Only takes shots at Republicans as if Democrats are innocent and indirectly supports Israel too.

The writing is awful and there is zero character development:

I don't even need to explain this, you all already know and agree with this but for those few "fans" there who will respond: No character assassination and flanderization of Homelander, Soldier boy or Butcher aren't considered character development.

Star wars has been a failed franchise ever since the release date of The Last Jedi. Sure the Force awakens started the bastardation ritual first but it's financial success was undeniable and the overall good word of mouth was still there. But TLJ crippled the franchise so bad that it never fully recovered from it. It stood up occasionally with the first two seasons of Mandalorian and Andor, only to fall back on the wheel chair thanks to Acolyte, The mando and grogu movie and the rest of the slop.

I still think the franchise can still become good over time but the sequel trilogy shaped elephant needs to be addressed first. We all have no hope for the future of the franchise both content wise and in-universe wise because everything will lead to Rise of Skywalker. Why invest in the story of OT and other spin offs when we know none of that will matter? The Empire 2.0 will form, the OT trio will regress and die alone, the new republic will be destroyed so what's the solution? It's actually so simple yet Disney never tried it for some reason. Disney just needs to make a long running animated series focused on the OT trio after the events of the Return of the Jedi.

First off, it has to be animated because Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford are very old now and are done with the franchise and sadly Carrie Fisher passed away around a decade ago. I imagine some fans will take live action media seriously but let's be honest the time has passed. Lucas didn't bother to make a sequel trilogy in the late 90s, Disney butchered the job with ST and is also scared from recasting because they wrongfully think Solo's actor was the reason why Solo bombed but I think it will be for the better at the end. The actors can age up and pass away but the animated models will always live on. Yes Mark Hamill's final major appearance being TLJ is cruel but we have to move on from the actors. That doesn't mean we have to move on from the characters themselves.

I also want it to be 2D animated like the 2003 clone wars or those Galaxy of adventures shorts. I grew up with the 3d Clone wars but looks really bland now and a vibrant 2d animated series would bring new life to this franchise. Also each season must have 20 to 30 episodes just like the good old days, not the rushed streaming slops of todays. This way the show both can have filler episodes focused having silly adventures or characterization and plot heavy episodes focused on continuous plotlines and character arcs.

The show can be called something like Adventures of Skywalkers and the story can be about Han and Lando dealing with bounty hunters, the aftermath of the fall of empire, Luke trying to start his new Jedi order, Leia helping the new republic etc. They can borrow stuff from any good material whether EU or new canon comics if the stories are good enough to be adapted.

And now for the elephant in the room. I already know at the end, most people won't be interested in seeing this because all roads will have to lead to ST but here's the thing, If Disney was smart then they don't have to lead to ST.

The story will alos explore the trio's struggles with Ben Solo. Like the first few seasons will build up Ben being a angry teen, the rise of the first order and possible encounter with Snoke maybe, giving a false hope for the current audience of the show being sequel fans or Disney shills that Disney is finally fleshing out the ST era (As if there is anything to be fleshed out there lol) but on later seasons when we reach the "Bad dream" part. Luke looks at that dream inside Ben's mind which are depicted to be the events of the ST but still chooses to not ignite his lightsaber, changing the timeline and erasing the sequels from canon in the most glorious way possible. We can even have Ahsoka Tano appear and explain to look how there was a bad future but he managed to avoid it and despite all the family drama, Ben Solo will grow up as a Jedi and destory the first order.

Social media will explode, the news will spread immediately followed by an official confirmation made by the new CEO after KK's departure and BOOM. One single episode solved the biggest problem of the franchise. The minority of ST fans who were watching the show will drop it and suddenly millions of true and old fans will start watching the show knowing that it will lead to something worth watching this time. ST fans will have no valid reasons to cry either because their movies are still there to watch, just as a different scrapped timelime like a cautionary tale.

This is a really simple solution to save the franchise. X-men did and even MCU is going to do this after Secret wars. I think Lucasfilm will eventually try this too following the previous examples. And yes maybe Disney can decanonize the ST by just officially stating it too but I think making a show and building it up to this point will be more shocking and impactful in a goodway. It will be considered the greatest comeback of all time.

I expressed my dislike of Kojima's reviewing mindset with him cowardly only reviewing movies that he liked and intentionally avoiding saying bad stuff about movies he didn't like. As usual I received lots of replies. But among them, one very detailed and interesting response made me thing. The text below is a section cut from that comment which explains how Kojima can't say no no meanie words about other media because:

" A publisher is going to be less likely to work with Kojima if he trashes games and movies constantly; because they would see him as a bull-headed ass who would waste development time and money fighting with producers. A hollywood actor or director is less likely to work with him if he calls their previous work garbage. And audiences will more likely avoid his games out of protest if he criticizes the media they make their personality orbit around. "

This explanation is fascinating. It's makes so much sense as it explains my entire disgust of Hollywood and other media industries as a whole.

These creators and studio heads are so egotistical yet fragile that they can't take criticism from their colleagues in any way or form. And they conserve this empire by indirectly blackmailing eachother. "If you say mean things toward me, then I won't work with you".

So you can imagine how joy when I read how brutally Emily Wilson ripped apart Nolan's subpar adaptation of Homer's work. It's so funny how redditors are upset because she was "too condescending" and "not professional" because she said something like "I would be ashamed of having any part in it" or "my teenage son would like it".

And here I am asking why? Why is that too MEAN? and if it truly is then how is that a bad thing? Nolan and many of these directors and creators are rich and privileged people. They lived and will live better lives than most of us. Their only job is making art but they can't even do that right as Hollywood and other industries have been producing slops for years. So somehow it's such a "mean" and "no no" thing to criticize or even insult these people as if it will physically hurt them or make them go bankrupt or something.

The fact that Nolan cited Wilson''s work as one of the sources for his adaptation which will boost the sells of her translation yet she took offense by the quality of the movie and destroyed him is so funny, FEELS SO GOOD!

More of this please! More of celebrities, directors and writers dunking on eachother in a unpolite manner. These people need drop the "High society respect" bs and just rip into eachother's works without mercy so this can become normalized and these creators' ego and pride just dies and stop growing. Eventually making them humble and forcing them to actually listen to criticism from the audience too.

So I am in favor for the hollywood elite having beef with eachother. More Tarantino calling Hollywood garbage, more Scorsese calling MCU theme park rides and less Kojimas and Chris Stuckmans being scared of criticizing media in order to save connections.

I expressed my dislike of Kojima's reviewing mindset with him cowardly only reviewing movies that he liked and intentionally avoiding saying bad stuff about movies he didn't like. As usual I received lots of replies. But among them, one very detailed and interesting response made me thing. The text below is a section cut from that comment which explains how Kojima can't say no no meanie words about other media because:

" A publisher is going to be less likely to work with Kojima if he trashes games and movies constantly; because they would see him as a bull-headed ass who would waste development time and money fighting with producers. A hollywood actor or director is less likely to work with him if he calls their previous work garbage. And audiences will more likely avoid his games out of protest if he criticizes the media they make their personality orbit around. "

This explanation is fascinating. It makes so much sense as it explains my entire disgust of Hollywood and other media industries as a whole.

These creators and studio heads are so egotistical yet fragile that they can't take criticism from their colleagues in any way or form. And they conserve this empire by indirectly blackmailing eachother. "If you say mean things toward me, then I won't work with you".

So you can imagine how joyful I felt when I read how brutally Emily Wilson ripped apart Nolan's subpar adaptation of Homer's work. It's so funny how redditors are upset because she was "too condescending" and "not professional" because she said something like "I would be ashamed of having any part in it" or "my teenage son would like it".

And here I am asking why? Why is that too MEAN? and if it truly is, then how is that a bad thing? Nolan and many of these directors and creators are rich and privileged people. They lived and will live better lives than most of us. Their only "job" is making art but they can't even do that right as Hollywood and other industries have been producing slops for years. So somehow it's such a "mean" and "no no" thing to criticize or even insult these people as if it will physically hurt them or make them go bankrupt or something.

The fact that Nolan cited Wilson''s work as one of the sources for his adaptation which will boost the sells of her translation yet she took offense by the quality of the movie and destroyed him is so funny, FEELS SO GOOD!

More of this please! More of celebrities, directors and writers dunking on eachother in a unpolite manner. These people need drop the "High society respect" bs and just rip into eachother's works without mercy so this can become normalized and these creators' ego and pride just dies and stop growing. Eventually making them humble and forcing them to actually listen to criticism from the audience too.

So I am in favor for the hollywood elite having beef with eachother. More Tarantino calling Hollywood garbage, more Scorsese calling MCU theme park rides and less Kojimas and Chris Stuckmans being scared of criticizing media in order to save connections.