Why Movies Are About To Get A Lot Worse

Join Ewan and Gareth as they delve into why movies as we know them are gone for good!

[AgentMoray]

Studios have always had focus groups and pre-screenings. "Toxic Fandoms" is just an easy excuse to use when Hollywood barely bothers to put together a coherent storyline, relateable characters, good dialogue and show some respect for the source material. Worse yet is when they decide to "subvert fan expectations". So don't blame the fans, stop making garbage.

[deeesher]

Are we allowed to dislike a movie for bad writing and poor performances anymore? Or do they just keep asking until they get the response they want to hear?

[ridebluemx]

I feel the complete opposite, I feel like we can’t criticize anything anymore without being called all the negative titles you just named. We can’t say Hollywood is not making good movies anymore and then say people criticizing the films is a bad thing…

[cameronhermann]

The majority of fans aren’t toxic, they just hate the lack of planning and bad writing/storytelling from these industries

[starryagent]

This initiative will mean jack squat if the writers remain incompetent at their jobs, or studios keep pushing out products with a half-baked script finished.

The core issue of all this is that Hollywood has become a 100% for-profit business. Nobody cares about the artistic merits of the movies anymore, they only care about the profits that can come from it. THAT’S the core issue here. Nobody’s gonna want to do anything risky because that hurts their box office, but now combine that with half-baked scripts and you get a Rise of Skywalker situation where it’s trying DESPERATELY to please the fans while being a terribly written ordeal at the same time. And as long as that core mentality of making films as quickly as possible not for the artistry but for the money, Hollywood will never again capture its golden age in like the 90s and 2000s. It never will.

[kingofthebarstool]

It’s quite interesting listening to this side of things. I don’t agree with any of it but it is interesting to hear that they sort of think that so called ‘toxic fans’ are the issue rather than the response to the issue which has always been my understanding.

[HandsomeGent]

It's not that fans are toxic It's because all the studios and the people who work on the movies are activists. They all want to put out content with a checklist to hit everything. Its not art anymore it is all just content. Art is daring, exciting, and expressive while content is soulless and heartless.

[myplane]

The worst part about Star Wars is not that they messed with the lore but that they did so with such disrespect. Both to the characters and to the fans. If Disney had treated the last trilogy the way George wanted it done, they would have cleaned up at the box office and fans would have been satisfied with the end of the Skywalker saga. They then could have done it their way with the fans blessing. Instead, they did it their way out of the gate, disrespecting George, the lore, and the fans, and ultimately failed miserably. The reasons are obvious to all but Disney...☺

[metoo]

Hollyweird has become to far detached from the real world. The hubris in Tinseltown is so high they have forgotten that they exist at the audience's discretion, not the other way around.
When you take advantage of something for too long, only one result ensues. You lose it. Tinseltown has lost the plot.

[dahakaguardianofthetimelin]

We'd have never gotten Heath Ledger's Joker or Michael Keaton's Batman if there was a "fanboy focus group" to answer to.

[Msdeewiz]

It is the fans finally voicing their opinions and concerns about how bad movies are and have been. The fans are frustrated and keep getting disappointed over and over and it’s obvious it is just getting worse. The entertainment industry created this toxic environment and then blames the fans and cries victim. The entertainment industry should be restructured or it’ll get worse. BUSINESS 101 is the CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT!!! It’s NOT HARD lol Stop blaming the frustrated fans and look at yourselves 👍🏾

[metronome]

Lmao, they admit they didn't care about their slop until we couldn't be ignored.

[kallie]

A lot of the hateful criticism (bigoted racist sexist) makes it hard to engage in actual constructive criticism, too. I used to have fun dissecting movies and games but now it's not even worth it to get lumped in with people like that. Sucks all the fun out of it.

[jameslennox]

This video completely discounts the pre production interviews where the actors actively hate the original characters and franchises

[MrCopacetic]

You can’t just dislike poorly made content anymore. Have to have an agenda as to why. IT’S LAZY WRITING. Call it what it is.

[igitaq]

The term superfan is definitely a misnomer. Someone who reads something online that challenges their view and says, "I already know this is going to be garbage and I am not going to waste my time watching!!!!" is not a superfan, quite the opposite actually. The world evolves and media reflects that. It needs to. I would go further and say it needs to push boundaries or it will grow stagnant. How would the original depictions of Captain America and Superman view the popularity of anime and manga around the world? Wouldn't they view it as corrupting influence of the east on the west? Is that the depictions we should be using today?

[truetypefont_]

Lots of triggered people here justifing clearly toxic behaviour. Sad and delusional. Criticising is one thing, reviewbombing and such is a completely different thing.
Also hollywood should listen to the fans?
Lots of fans were totally against the idea of Michael Keaton as Batman and hated the idea of apparent softie Heath Ledger as Joker. If hollywood would've exclusively listen to the fans we wouldn't have gotten a ton of movies that are called classics today!

[trinaderickson]

Can we stop making franchises, comic book movies and remakes? Or at least so many of them?

[soundofprice]

Acolyte was trash because of poor writing, why bring issues with "Toxicity"? this is just stupid

[maeburekaiser]

As a fan, I hate the fans. Whether its tv shows, films, comics, games, etc. Fans suck.

The hostility, the toxic behavior, and all of that just makes me want nothing to do with the communities.