Netflix MOTU Revelations

[Werewolf]

Be careful what you wish for.

Before Revelations and the Netflix She-Ra, MOTU and POP more or less flew under the radar of the conspiracy crazies, rage merchants and rage addicts. Since there hadn't been any new media for MOTU/POP, unlike Marvel or Star Wars, there wasn't this cottage industry of rage built around them. I could go on to twitter and youtube and bask in nostalgia or look up toy news reviews with out nary a peep from the crazies. It started to build with the She-Ra reboot and the floodgates absolutely burst open with Revelations. People that had no idea about/cared about/ridiculed MOTU before now were exploding with an all fire, all consuming, conspiratorial rage screeching politicized buzzwords to their thralls of rage addicts. To a lesser extent, like when the Bronies took over the My little Pony fandom, there's also the annoyance all of the Catra/Adora fan erotica to weed through since the She-Ra reboot.

So if you are thinking I sure wish, insert favorite old TV show or toy, gets a new movie or TV series you might want to hope they just make new merch instead and skip the reboot.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i went and rewatched, without anyone else to distract me and i liked it. they are clearly on a hero journey. let's see what the second half of the season brings before all the vitriol

[Earth 2 Chris]

Be careful what you wish for.

Before Revelations and the Netflix She-Ra, MOTU and POP more or less flew under the radar of the conspiracy crazies, rage merchants and rage addicts. Since there hadn't been any new media for MOTU/POP, unlike Marvel or Star Wars, there wasn't this cottage industry of rage built around them. I could go on to twitter and youtube and bask in nostalgia or look up toy news reviews with out nary a peep from the crazies. It started to build with the She-Ra reboot and the floodgates absolutely burst open with Revelations. People that had no idea about/cared about/ridiculed MOTU before now were exploding with an all fire, all consuming, conspiratorial rage screeching politicized buzzwords to their thralls of rage addicts. To a lesser extent, like when the Bronies took over the My little Pony fandom, there's also the annoyance all of the Catra/Adora fan erotica to weed through since the She-Ra reboot.

So if you are thinking I sure wish, insert favorite old TV show or toy, gets a new movie or TV series you might want to hope they just make new merch instead and skip the reboot.

Yeah, I don't understand why anyone would WANT to revive anything nowadays. I know it seems like Hollywood can't come up with new ideas, but to have to take all this ire from "fans"...at some point it won't be worth it. And maybe the nostalgia train will finally derail, and some new concepts will actually get pushed through.

Social media has given people the false notion that they not only have the right to complain about everything, they have the venue, and many feel, THE OBLIGATION to rant and rave, and conflate and create conspiracies, ad nauseam.

Chris

[enyawd72]

Yeah, I don't understand why anyone would WANT to revive anything nowadays. I know it seems like Hollywood can't come up with new ideas, but to have to take all this ire from "fans"...at some point it won't be worth it. And maybe the nostalgia train will finally derail, and some new concepts will actually get pushed through.

Social media has given people the false notion that they not only have the right to complain about everything, they have the venue, and many feel, THE OBLIGATION to rant and rave, and conflate and create conspiracies, ad nauseam.

Chris

My biggest gripe with all this new stuff is the seemingly rampant opinion that you HAVE to like everything that comes out, or else you're

A. not a "real fan"
B. some type of "ist" or "phobe"

Maybe you just don't care for the look, story and/or tone?

[Werewolf]

And maybe the nostalgia train will finally derail, and some new concepts will actually get pushed through.

I don't think new concepts will fix this problem. I think the rage merchants and crazies will just latch onto the "next big thing" whatever that turns out to be. New or old they will find something to rage about. I believe it's deeper cultural issue that had been festering in fandom that has been exaggerated by social media and there's money to be made on hate. I still think/hope they are not the majority. But they certainly are the loudest.

[Earth 2 Chris]

My biggest gripe with all this new stuff is the seemingly rampant opinion that you HAVE to like everything that comes out, or else you're

A. not a "real fan"
B. some type of "ist" or "phobe"

Maybe you just don't care for the look, story and/or tone?

There's definitely extremes on both sides. It's polarized like everything else in our society these days. If I'm entertained by something, I'm usually pretty good with it. Space Jam 2 was largely forgettable, but it was entertaining enough. I never need to see it again. But I'm not going to insist everyone love it or hate it. I'm just kind of "meh" on it, and that's fine.

Chris

[jwyblejr]

My biggest gripe with all this new stuff is the seemingly rampant opinion that you HAVE to like everything that comes out, or else you're

A. not a "real fan"
B. some type of "ist" or "phobe"

Maybe you just don't care for the look, story and/or tone?

I see the opposite,especially on YouTube. You have to hate everything they hate.

[Werewolf]

You have to hate everything they hate.

Agreed, it's way, way, WAY more of that.