"Woke" Franchises

Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
Founder
Sotnik

Robovski

Well-known member
Trying to watch the MSt3K Turkey Day marathon per tradition, and the first one I tune into is one of the new ones. Can't help but feel like they ruined this one, too. It's full of regressive leftist "jokes" and the ones that aren't, really aren't funny. :(
I didn't hop on to the last kickstarter because of the way the "comedy" has been going. That said, here's the Turkey Day stream:
 

Jormungandr

The Midgard Wyrm
Founder
Of course, we don't need white people ruining the "diversity" of the film.
I've found that "diversity" these days means anything and everything that isn't White and/or heterosexual.

It's highly amusing and ironic that people who push for "diversity" don't realize that they're being as racist and sexist as the shitbags in the 19th and 20th centuries were, albeit with different targets.

Here's a hint: if you can swap out one or two words of your progressive rhetoric and end up causing the REEee storms to end all REEee storms (e.g. White for Black), it's not a good look for you or your fellow racist/sexist arse-sniffers.
 

Culsu

Agent of the Central Plasma
Founder
‘Willow’ Producer Jonathan Kasdan Says Sequel Series’ Central Lesbian Romance “Keeps Alive That Spirit Of Moving The Fantasy Genre Into A Contemporary Sound”

aba.gif


Oh Willow, what have they done to you. Because if we haven't seen one thing it's how "moving something into a contemporary sound, ie. updating it for modern audiences" is a surefire way to ruin it. Wheel of Time, Rings of Power - name me one fantasy franchise where this kind of approach actually made things better!?! On the other hand, I'm sort of thankful for contemporary Hollywood to signal me early on that something isn't for me. Saves me a tremendous amount of time!

The thing is, I don't mind the same sex romance -but it being pushed and presented, and the forced and pushed diversity of what is clearly a west/northern European climate setting just immediately is a turn-off.

For The Love Of God, Please Retire Black Panther's Everett Ross From The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Wakanda and the black community's obsession with it has gone from ridiculous to just straight up creepy.
Yeah, imagine someone pushing the same kind of reverence for a highly xenophobic white ethnostate. Pretty sure that one wouldn't fly, even though all that'd be different would be the skin colors.
 
Last edited:

Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
Founder
Sotnik

Aldarion

Neoreactionary Monarchist
How punk rock of them to change their band name from 'Slaves' since it's offensive or whatever.


Soft Play INDEED

I think we need a facepalm react...
 

Jormungandr

The Midgard Wyrm
Founder
How punk rock of them to change their band name from 'Slaves' since it's offensive or whatever.


Soft Play INDEED
These idiots are going to learn that bowing down to the mob will never work. smh

Someone's offended? Fuck 'em.

@LordSunhawk Any chance we can have a "facepalm" and a "vomit" Like added? They're becoming more and more necessary lately.
 

Bear Ribs

Well-known member
So BT's getting even more Woke now. On the forums they've announced they're removing the Rommel tank and there will never be any more, due to Rule 4 (Politics) reasons.


Now, this isn't a massive loss for the game, the Rommel tank was identical in stats to the Patton tank. This was an in-game joke about the Lee/Grant tanks in the US which were functionally identical as well. However, it is another sign of how the game's increasingly getting woke and infiltrated about every little thing.

It feels unlikely they'll stop with just the Rommel and aren't going to go after every other element somebody finds "Problematic" as well. I've already seen SJWs on the forums complaining about how, f'rex, the Highlanders have a DropShip named the Bull Run and it's problematic because the Confederates won that battle. Also, the book with the Bull Run in it was written by Blaine Pardoe, bad mean wicked anti-LBGT right-winger extraordinaire, so it needs to be excised. I've literally seen people on the BattleTech reddit seething about how the Davions came to power via "right wing terrorists/insurrectionists."

So needless to say I see this as a bad sign and I'm worried about how far it's going to spread. The problem is, BT has a ton of "problematic" stuff in it. There's no "black" great house, and the two asian ones are portrayed as more prone to doing evil than the white ones. If they make a great house black, it's going to have to always be the good guys or that will be problematic. I can see all kinds of ways the setting could be completely gutted if this trend continues.
 

Terthna

Professional Lurker
So BT's getting even more Woke now. On the forums they've announced they're removing the Rommel tank and there will never be any more, due to Rule 4 (Politics) reasons.


Now, this isn't a massive loss for the game, the Rommel tank was identical in stats to the Patton tank. This was an in-game joke about the Lee/Grant tanks in the US which were functionally identical as well. However, it is another sign of how the game's increasingly getting woke and infiltrated about every little thing.

It feels unlikely they'll stop with just the Rommel and aren't going to go after every other element somebody finds "Problematic" as well. I've already seen SJWs on the forums complaining about how, f'rex, the Highlanders have a DropShip named the Bull Run and it's problematic because the Confederates won that battle. Also, the book with the Bull Run in it was written by Blaine Pardoe, bad mean wicked anti-LBGT right-winger extraordinaire, so it needs to be excised. I've literally seen people on the BattleTech reddit seething about how the Davions came to power via "right wing terrorists/insurrectionists."

So needless to say I see this as a bad sign and I'm worried about how far it's going to spread. The problem is, BT has a ton of "problematic" stuff in it. There's no "black" great house, and the two asian ones are portrayed as more prone to doing evil than the white ones. If they make a great house black, it's going to have to always be the good guys or that will be problematic. I can see all kinds of ways the setting could be completely gutted if this trend continues.
You can expect everything to keep getting more woke until more than 90% of the western entertainment industry goes bankrupt, and the ideologues run out of other people's money; and that's assuming they don't manage to grab even more power for themselves, and start forcing people to buy their garbage under pain of death.
 

Skitzyfrenic

Well-known member
Have you noticed that the white factions are getting their shit kicked in? Sun-Tsu did the reformations and the CC is the most powerful it's been ever with it's Blasian leaders, and the DC holds New Avalon with it's Boss Bitch holding the men at bay.

While the Mariks continue to not fucking matter, the Steiners are losing it, and the Davions are getting white bread soldier boy who's probably going to succeed just enough to keep the FedSuns in the game.

I'd put money on the Kurita lady marrying an Azami, and maybe the Davion dude marrying some lady from the old Hindu planets.

The Mariks/FWL will get nommed up and no more purple chicken, but Space Vegas will surge and yet another WOMAN of COLOR will be incharge and be the new Great House in the FWL space.

This is what I see happening.

And the problem is, I think, is that all of my guesses could be done in such away that it's functionally palatable, the diversity and interracial marriages and the strong surge out of Canopus. But they won't because it's about the message, the lesson, and not about crafting a vibrant world anymore.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Top