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I was split if this should be in the multimedia forum instead, I can change it if its the case but here you go anyways.
This is to talk about gaslighting, usually its last stages, of the corporate handled assassination of most of our cultural icons.
First they take what you love, either they already own it or they buy it
Then they change it, almost always for the worse
Then they deny that it is different now, using mainstream media and their fucking bug men simps to defend them on social media.
Then they admit the changes but pretend that they are for the better, using the same tactics as before
Then they admit that the bad stuff isnt a big deal
We eventually lead into one of the final stages
"X was always bad/silly/this way, what are you talking about?"
This happened most recently with Jurassic World Dominion. The movie is absolute trash (but I guess it was better than Lightyear...which isnt a difficult thing to do but I digress). Filled with plotholes and with a setting that was ludicrous to start (how are dinossaurs not haunted down by the military and just allowed to roam around freely?) This isnt a movie that wants you to think.
And when I bring it up, Im met with this line
"Jurassic Park was always stupid/bad/silly, what are you talking about?"
And it hit me, I hear that all the time when this happens. Especially when the defenders ran out of excuses. I see articles saying "X series/brand was always bad/stupid, only now you are catching on?" or some variation of such.
I remember a time when J.P was a philosophical masterpiece over the argument if men should play God or not and the consequences of doing so just because you can (and not stop because you didnt think if you should). It had a lot to say outside of the dinos and effects. The sequels were silly but they never took away from the amazing original.
Really feels that when we got to Dominion, any remains of the philosophical DNA of the original is just gone at this point, and this became just another franchise making a movie because of course they are and bringing old actors back because we gotta squish dem member berries.
And then when people properly call it stupid, we are told it was always like this. It happened with Terminator, Star Wars, Dr Who and many many more. Its a coping mechanism as well as a gaslighting tactic to trick gullible minds to believe it always had this level of quality, therefore we wont compare it to the better stuff that came before.
It was pathetic before but now it just feels...sad and a bit scary. They destroyed what we loved, shamelessly so, and had the courage of pretend that it was always like this and we are just misremembering.
What you guys think?
This is to talk about gaslighting, usually its last stages, of the corporate handled assassination of most of our cultural icons.
First they take what you love, either they already own it or they buy it
Then they change it, almost always for the worse
Then they deny that it is different now, using mainstream media and their fucking bug men simps to defend them on social media.
Then they admit the changes but pretend that they are for the better, using the same tactics as before
Then they admit that the bad stuff isnt a big deal
We eventually lead into one of the final stages
"X was always bad/silly/this way, what are you talking about?"
This happened most recently with Jurassic World Dominion. The movie is absolute trash (but I guess it was better than Lightyear...which isnt a difficult thing to do but I digress). Filled with plotholes and with a setting that was ludicrous to start (how are dinossaurs not haunted down by the military and just allowed to roam around freely?) This isnt a movie that wants you to think.
And when I bring it up, Im met with this line
"Jurassic Park was always stupid/bad/silly, what are you talking about?"
And it hit me, I hear that all the time when this happens. Especially when the defenders ran out of excuses. I see articles saying "X series/brand was always bad/stupid, only now you are catching on?" or some variation of such.
I remember a time when J.P was a philosophical masterpiece over the argument if men should play God or not and the consequences of doing so just because you can (and not stop because you didnt think if you should). It had a lot to say outside of the dinos and effects. The sequels were silly but they never took away from the amazing original.
Really feels that when we got to Dominion, any remains of the philosophical DNA of the original is just gone at this point, and this became just another franchise making a movie because of course they are and bringing old actors back because we gotta squish dem member berries.
And then when people properly call it stupid, we are told it was always like this. It happened with Terminator, Star Wars, Dr Who and many many more. Its a coping mechanism as well as a gaslighting tactic to trick gullible minds to believe it always had this level of quality, therefore we wont compare it to the better stuff that came before.
It was pathetic before but now it just feels...sad and a bit scary. They destroyed what we loved, shamelessly so, and had the courage of pretend that it was always like this and we are just misremembering.
What you guys think?
