• Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyz
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    13 hours ago

    Because they write by focus groups and executive notes? Come on, people. It’s not like all the other characters they churn out are well rounded and believable. It’s an over arching, market safe, China friendly, pink washing affair. What more can you expect?

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      4 hours ago

      God this is so accurate all around.

      Audiences like A over B

      D over C

      E over F

      G over H

      Wait, why did it flop?

      Oh wait, Audiences are dumb.

      Also, it turns out, they only like E and D, in the context of B, but the focus group said A, D,E and G, so we used that.

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      13 hours ago

      Woman of Tomorrow — the graphic novel the movie is based on — is excellent. It would take a special kind of skill to fuck it up. Whether the director blew it, audiences are still sexist chuds, or nobody wants to have anything to do with a shitty company like WB who is being monopolistically acquired by actual nazis… the character and story deserve better.

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        12 hours ago

        Yeah, but that’s part of the problem. Adaptation to screen requires creating a manuscript to match. Usually a lot gets left out, bastardized and/or homogenized.

        Also writers in Hollywood are severely abused creatures (similarly to the “Call of Duty” mines in gaming), who get micromanaged and edited to death - so that also stands to reason.