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I'm glad it wasn't Disney!

by diogenescynic 3y ago

huhtenberg 3y ago
No kidding.
webdoodle 3y ago
They destroy everything they touch lately.
- jahabrewer 3y ago
  Really? Sure Marvel's in a bit of a hole, but Filoni and live-action Star Wars has turned me back into a fan.
- robswc 3y ago
  Yea. Maybe not "destroy" but "bring down to the lowest common denominator." To be sure, there's a market for media everyone can enjoy... I just hate how they seemingly have to find existing franchises to do it with. But now that I'm thinking about it... seems to be every single company these days. Soooo disappointed with the Witcher. Huge fan of the books and games. The first episode I knew it was gonna be bad. The color grading and general vibe was that of _any_ generic fantasy show on netflix. It wasn't gritty and I didn't get a "eastern european culture/lore" feel more like a "how can we make this appeal to the most people possible by turning all the dials to average." Aggressively middle of the road fantasy from such great source material, ugh.
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dawnerd 3y ago
They almost had it there for a while too.
racl101 3y ago
Or Microsoft lol.
kouteiheika 3y ago
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- Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
  Not gonna murder anyone but would recommend you check the posting guidelines in HackerNews cause your comment breaks at least two. `Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. ` and `Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.` Be better.
  - kouteiheika 3y ago
    Right. Because rest of the comments in this subthread are clearly much better, very thoughtful, substantive and non-generic. Sigh, fine, I get the point; I'll delete the comment. Sorry. You're right, I shouldn't have done that. Even if it was a joke it's always a bad idea to post anything even remotely controversial on the Internet, especially if it can be in any way construed that you might disagree with the hive mind of the site you're posting to. Thank you for the reminder before it turned into a potential flamewar.
    - Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
      > Because rest of the comments in this subthread are clearly much better, very thoughtful, substantive and non-generic. Does someone elses crime expunge our own? You mentioned you were scared of being "murdered" which meant you understood the problem of what you were sharing. Just pointing out the comment guidelines is a simple way of keeping hackernews as a good place to have conversations rather than becoming another internet forum. > Even if it was a joke it's always a bad idea to post anything even remotely controversial on the Internet I do not think this is true. Humour is a fantastic way to treat controversial topics, but there is a place and a time. Hackernews is many things, but its not the best place to have a one-liner observational humour stand up routine over politics.
      - kouteiheika 3y ago

I'm glad it wasn't Disney!

huhtenberg 3y ago

No kidding.

webdoodle 3y ago

They destroy everything they touch lately.

jahabrewer 3y ago
Really? Sure Marvel's in a bit of a hole, but Filoni and live-action Star Wars has turned me back into a fan.
robswc 3y ago
Yea. Maybe not "destroy" but "bring down to the lowest common denominator." To be sure, there's a market for media everyone can enjoy... I just hate how they seemingly have to find existing franchises to do it with. But now that I'm thinking about it... seems to be every single company these days. Soooo disappointed with the Witcher. Huge fan of the books and games. The first episode I knew it was gonna be bad. The color grading and general vibe was that of _any_ generic fantasy show on netflix. It wasn't gritty and I didn't get a "eastern european culture/lore" feel more like a "how can we make this appeal to the most people possible by turning all the dials to average." Aggressively middle of the road fantasy from such great source material, ugh.

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dawnerd 3y ago

They almost had it there for a while too.

racl101 3y ago

Or Microsoft lol.

kouteiheika 3y ago

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Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
Not gonna murder anyone but would recommend you check the posting guidelines in HackerNews cause your comment breaks at least two. `Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. ` and `Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.` Be better.
- kouteiheika 3y ago
  Right. Because rest of the comments in this subthread are clearly much better, very thoughtful, substantive and non-generic. Sigh, fine, I get the point; I'll delete the comment. Sorry. You're right, I shouldn't have done that. Even if it was a joke it's always a bad idea to post anything even remotely controversial on the Internet, especially if it can be in any way construed that you might disagree with the hive mind of the site you're posting to. Thank you for the reminder before it turned into a potential flamewar.
  - Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
    > Because rest of the comments in this subthread are clearly much better, very thoughtful, substantive and non-generic. Does someone elses crime expunge our own? You mentioned you were scared of being "murdered" which meant you understood the problem of what you were sharing. Just pointing out the comment guidelines is a simple way of keeping hackernews as a good place to have conversations rather than becoming another internet forum. > Even if it was a joke it's always a bad idea to post anything even remotely controversial on the Internet I do not think this is true. Humour is a fantastic way to treat controversial topics, but there is a place and a time. Hackernews is many things, but its not the best place to have a one-liner observational humour stand up routine over politics.
    - kouteiheika 3y ago