It's amazing that these nobody actors bring so much hate to the stage with them. Making fans hate them does not help their careers. Brie Larson was one of the worst... I remember seeing her ruin her career ... ironically I've never seen her act..... She made me dislike her before I got a chance to see one.
@@UsserError I remember when she started a RUclips channel to try to act like a "normie" and proved she was anything but but the ego on her, geez. One of the fakest most unbearable people in the current Hollywood landscape and that's really saying something.
I've had a theory, about Brie. After Kong: Skull Island; she suffered a tragic and irreversible, Yoga related accident. In which her head; got stuck up, her own arse.
It is even worse when they bring their activism to the promotion of the project. This is what turns off the audience to the movie based on its dislike of the actress/actor. ruclips.net/video/ZA_DNrV6izw/видео.html ruclips.net/user/shorts_XZ4BhGvCIg
Yep! Jennifer Lawrence seems to be totally unaware of people like: Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, Mila Jovovich, Angelina Jolie, Pam Grier, Uma Thurman, Brigitte Neilson etc etc. 🙄
@@Namo_4242 Then maybe she should have done some research first? Mind you, even if what you say is true, I still find it difficult to believe that she was unaware of films like Alien, Terminator & Resident Evil.
One prime example of the "non"-existance of female lead action drama has to be Xena, Warrior Princess. Sure, she was a spin-off character from a few episodes of the Hercules series by the same production, but for me, I enjoyed watching Lawless and O'Conner, have their on-screen adventures more than the source series. And lest we forget poor old Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Jennifer Lawrence has led a rather sheltered existence…
Very few people Lawrence's age or younger ever saw or heard of Hercules The Legendary Journeys or Xena Warrior Princess, so stuff like that don't exist for them.
I just wish we could remember Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lucy Lawless as who they were and not what they've become. They're part of the cult now and that's just a shame.
I watched both of those religiously as a kid with my father, who loved Xena and anything to do with Greek or Roman mythology. They were campy for sure, but they still stayed within reasonable limits of what each could do. Modern day writing has gotten SO BAD it makes those two 80's, half tongue in cheek shows look well written and performed.
@@gloriathomas3245 I've come to the conclusion that audiences are more willing to go along with "females dominating men stronger than them" if the females have enough sex appeal. Remove that and eventually audiences, without the distraction, will begin to see the flaws and the messaging more and more.
im not sure who said it but the best line i have ever heard on this subject was "stop making strong female characters and start making strong characters who are female".
When I was growing up Jamie Summers, The Bionic Woman, was my poster girl. We had Wonder Woman on TV and even the 10 year old me understood it to be as tongue in cheek as the cartoon strip that inspired it. And Charlie’s Angels was never off our screens, it seemed. Angie Dickinson was the titular Police Woman of the cop show slot. Mary Tyler-Moore was the fictional journalist of the show which carried her name in the title. Yes . . . It was clear to me, even as a child, that we were far from a fair and equal society. But, as Bill Burr frequently points out, it’s the massive overcorrection that has been so damaging. When I hear people like Jennifer Lawrence talk, I just feel bad for her. I know that she will either get older and cringe at her younger self for saying such ignorant, egotistical things, or she’ll stay inside her bubble and never learn anything. The latter outcome would be her tragedy. The former would do her some good.
Yep, over correction is definitely the correct term. Instead of moving things in a more subtle progressive direction slowly they just had to yank the wheel in a direction so quickly and with such a jarring effect that everything was always bound to go badly. It doesn't help that these people couldn't write their way out of a paper bag either of course. And the fact that they cannot resist constantly self-congratulating themselves and announcing every horrible thing they've done on social media is also a sign their egos come first.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu : Indeed, it always seems to be about them, not any, “beliefs.” They always seem to leave me with the impression that it’s not actually, “equality,” that they want. What the Brie Larson’s and Jennifer Lawrence’s of this world really seem to be attempting is to simply put the boot on the other foot, so they can be free to oppress others in the manner that they, “feel,” oppressed themselves. Like the slaves being freed to become slave owners. They don’t want to solve any problems, just create new ones that they can, “dramatise,” on Tw@er.
That is a VERY big bubble to be stuck in😂. She doesn't know Sarah Connor? Or Ripley? For God's sake, even Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider wasn't as iconic as the other two but still a big draw and a decent performance by a complete knockout super A list celebrity. And she can't remember her? She needs a better agent and P.R. manager if she's gonna be that clueless..😮😅
@@randylahey8207 Tomb Raider appeals to "male gaze", thus it is "meant for men" and not "empowering to girls". It doesn't count in Lawrence, et al's minds.
@@Dragblacker their outfits aren't even very different. Tomb Raider was not Angelina Jolie's cleavage sticking out, it's completely covered and simply form fitting. Lawrence is dressed much the same as soon as she's in the Games showing off her figure as well. So that argument doesn't hold even if the "male gaze" point is taken seriously...
And the obvious thread those two shows have in common is good writing. Writing in general has taken such a damn nose dive in the last decade but female-centric stuff, yikes. The fact you can count the truly good stuff on one hand is a sign of absolute severe neglect.
@@noone8418 even the characters that had decent backstories ended up destroyed by terrible writing. Wanda/Scarlet Witch took an entire town(including kids) mentally hostage and by the end of the show was almost praised for releasing them. The female protagonists aren’t even anti villains now…just straight up villains or Mary Sue’d out🤦🏿♂️Those two shows I mentioned are masterful at writing, which makes all these mediocre movies and shows stink that much more.
The cognitive dissonance of the directors who market movies to women SIMPLY BECAUSE there’s a female lead is absolutely insane. I’ve never once heard of director’s advertising movies to men simply because there’s a male lead, or a male director… or a team of all male writers. It’s so hollow to *expect* support of your project for the most pointless and arbitrary reasons. Men want well written likable female leads, played by equally likable female actresses. It’s no different for women who want well written likable male leads, played by likable male actors. It shouldn’t be a controversial statement to say that we don’t want forced diversity, or toxic activism to be the focus of the entertainment we spend our finite/hard earned cash on during our relatively short lifespan. Their gestures of “inclusion” have always been hollow and more so self serving, as their goal has always been to trick groomed activists into giving them their money and undying support/attention in return for the laziest and most superficial representation. They say what needs said, they do what needs do, and the activists always fall for it. They basically rerelease the same movies/shows/games/books over and over and over again, because they all have the same hollow and spiteful point to make: Women = empowered, Men = incompetent. Black = capable, White = incapable. Gay = freedom, Straight = oppression, then they mish-mash them whenever they want bonus points. I’ve literally seen the same message in 90% of entertainment these last 8-10 years. It’s all done for the personal awards, notoriety, and the money. They couldn’t give a crap about the common person even if they wanted to, and they don’t.
NerdWord, I don't care who you are, what your politics are, whether or not you agree with my other opinions, what you 'identify' as, but you sure do make great, grounded, common sense videos! Subscribed, and I just wish I'd found your content sooner!
Fact: Hollywood has ALWAYS been political. It's only now you're realizing this? In fact one of the most iconic scifi films i.e Metropolis is political.
@@gloriathomas3245 Sure, it's always been political in some way shape or form but it's also usually hidden it well behind entertainment. Nowadays it's politics first and foremost with the absolute thinnest veneer of entertainment slapped over it. The whole concept of escapism has been completely destroyed by these douchebags.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu why should somebody feel the need to hide their politics? Gene Roddenberry, Joss Whedon, Gary Ross, and Fritz Lang were upfront about their politics went as far to incorporate their politics in their works.
PS nothing grates more, to me, than millionaire actors punching down on relatively poor fans. Y'know, people who actually need to calculate how to afford their one cinema outing that month with their gf, and eat pot noodles if the parking is too pricy. It's grotesque.
Hollywood has lost it's ability to speak on anything besides themselves for quite some time now. Out of touch it doesn't even begin to cover it these people live in a bubble and rarely leave it. At least the ones that do seem to wake up but sadly most don't.
One actress that seems really down to earth is Jenna Ortega. She was awesome in Wednesday and like Henry Cavill she butt heads to make Wednesday as close to the source material.
I know Xena Warrior Princess is kind of a campy show, but Lucy Lawless was still a bit of an action hero in that role, and so was Renee O'Connor. Jennifer Garner in Alias is always forgotten about as well, and Alias is one of the most underrated action TV shows of all time. Gina Carano did Haywire, which was a film that didn't make a lot of waves but still had some good action moments. Let's not forget Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2. I'm sure that there are a lot more that Hollywood has somehow conveniently forgotten.
Hollywood seems uncapable of doing characters such as Beatrix ( Kill Bill ) , Rita Vrataski ( Edge of Tomorrow ) and Seline ( Underworld ) , they rather do a Rey ( Star Wars ) , Captain Marvel ( MCU ) or Galadriel ( Rings of Power )
Ripley in Alien Connor in Terminator The Bride in Kill Bill Black Widow in Captain America the Winter Soldier All the ladies in the descent Galadriel in lord of the rings Sienna in Terrifier 2 Just a few examples of badass women in film - when films just try to be entertaining and not preachy Edit: rings of power was Amazon prime not netflix
All those examples were considered feminist icons a few decades ago. Now they're "too rightist" or "too male-approved", which is proof they are "too problematic".
@@Dragblacker The problem is as long as it pushes the message now quality doesn't matter. Which is interesting because there was definitely quality then and it's now absolute bargain basement, dollar store at best. No one's ever going to remember any of this garbage in 20 years not even 10. Hell there's stuff from 5 years ago that I have to constantly be reminded even existed.
Mark Twain quoted the Bible so mark twain didn’t say it… God did but Gods word is true and yes that is a good point. Praise God 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Love your video though much love ❤️ ❤❤
@@SusanDelgado1177 I’m sure you won’t be saying that when he comes back or when you’re dying or have died… you won’t be laughing then but to each their own is better said then you mocking but then again the Bible spoke about people like you so it’s expected
Something of a tangent, but I still think people have misunderstood the rings of power. It's just so scattergun that the good things it does are lost. There are a couple points where they portray girl boss Galadriel as twisted and irresponsible. But they seem to forget by the next episode. After they butchered their central intrigue (where is Sauron), it's difficult to give them any benefit of the doubt. A multi-season character arc requires that the audience think you're competent enough for details to matter. If Frodo needs to save the world, the one thing we know is that Galadriel didn't have an ultimate triumph that a Mary Sue would get as a fait accompli. Similarly, the female dwarf's trajectory didn't seem like it was going to be uncomplicated. You need sympathetic characters to give in to temptation and become corrupted. Her look had a slightly Lady Macbeth vibe.
Two articles written by the same person like a week apart is what I remember from that movie, where it was like "this movie isn't for men" and then a week later it was like "why didn't men see Charlie's Angels?!" These people are hilarious, and the people pushing their stuff are even more out of touch and hilarious it's truly a echo chamber of morons. A dumpster fire with a self satisfied undeserved grin on it's face at all times. Constantly shooing away people with a fire extinguisher saying I don't need any help, I don't need help from no one.
Yeah I slowed way down in 2019 and by 2020 when everything started shutting down I basically stopped and haven't seen anything since probably february of February of 2020. I can't say I miss it because miss what.
Great Video - it is as if Thanos used his power glove to wipe out all male characters..These actors are all about a bunch of overly privileged talentless actors who are egged on by corporate studios without cost controls. The sad part is that it will hurt feminism rather than help it.
Sad, ironic either way the problem is they're talentless hacks that are acting like they're the most amazing people on the planet. It was one thing back when people actually had true talent and would occasionally very carefully give metered responses and opinions. Now these morons just blab on and on on social media dropping their little "turds of wisdom" wherever they go.
Have to hand it to Elizabeth Banks, she learned a hard lesson following the bomb of Charlie's Angels and went in a different direction....Her latest movie "Cocaine Bear" was actually quite entertaining in an off-beat way and had no hidden agenda inserts.
Lynda Carter, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Fisher, Karen Allen and Linda Hamilton are the prime early examples of providing great delivery and performance to iconic mainstream action heroines. These days, it's not about the money. It's about the message. Even in the Golden Age of Hollywood, there are plenty of silver screen ladies that were big box office draws simply because they can deliver a great performance. Think Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, I can go on and on with the list of famous screen ladies. The issue is simply narcissism as you stated in the video. They created a bubble that is eons away from what the general consensus expects.
"Just how groundbreaking it was to have a black actress as a dwarf" = "Just how groundbreaking it is to have Native Americans as Japanese Tengu" = "Just how groundbreaking it is to have African Voodoo gods played by Persians." Y'all see my point here? Europe is the continent that was "Always racially diverse throughout all of history; of course Caucasoid people of Nordic, Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and everything in between descent weren't the only people of Northern and Eastern Europe." On the opposite end: Few stories of African culture and history; being "thrown a bone" to be included into European stories to keep "Eurocentric ideology more relevant" (please understand the sarcasm through the use of quotation marks).
While The Woman King distorted history to my knowledge (Viola Davis's character was fictional and the Dahomey never considered ending slavery), it was a step in a direction to diversify Hollywood without tokenization. Now, let's do it without fucking with history.
When "The Force Awakens" came out, I actually liked it. Rey's abilities (seemingly out of nowhere) didn't bother me. Even the way they killed off Han and didn't show Luke until the last minute of the film, while annoying, didn't detract from my enjoying the film. I assumed it would all be rectified in the next installment. Well, as we all know, it wasn't. Seeing "The Last Jedi" (the last Star Wars project I saw in a theater), I hated what they'd done, went home and tossed both the soundtrack and DVD of TFA into the garbage. I was perfectly content to accept Rey's staggering powers, but not at the expense of what they did to Luke Skywalker. If they used both Luke and Rey to their fullest, that would have been fine with me. But elevating Rey at the expense of the complete destruction of, and defecation on the character of Luke Skywalker was definitely *not* fine with me. While I do believe in men and women having differing strengths and roles (for which, granted, there are always exceptions), such should compliment and benefit the other, not denigrate, overpower and destroy them.
Japan makes tons of likeable, cool and most of all human female characters all the time, especially in their anime. I could make a list as long as a Lord of the Rings book with so many amazing female characters, but so many of these actresses try so damn hard to see more important than they are.
And they're done well with nuance, character and with flaws and all the other qualities these lifeless Mary Sue's will never have. The problem is Hollywood's version is so idealized and perfect that they're absolute garbage.
absolutely! Not to mention that there is a whole genre concentrated on strong female characters, and, surprise surprise, they are all likable and sympathetic, not stoic and annoying! They can be straight or they can be gay, it's not groundbraking (and not sure if it is even labeled as such). Heck, even "masculine" series have strong female side characters like Karen Kozuki or Princess Euphemia and Viletta in Code Geass (C.C. is magical so she does whatever she wants but others are just humans with no superpowers). So when someone says that crafting a strong female lead is groundbreaking in year 2k-something, it makes me roll my eyes.
I'm glad to hear a woman say it! If the movies and shows were good I wouldn't care! But they're not! And I genuinely love movies so all this new garbage breaks my heart! It's not just women... the beekeeper was one of the worst movies I've seen! Best recent movie I seen that has some of the new garbage but was still good would be ghostbusters frozen empire. The old school cast kept it feeling more similar but it does have some of the new crap in it. I really hope movies will start becoming great true blockbusters like they use to be
Thank You 🙏… I’ve been pleading this message since The Message began … We all need to do something different with our Pushing Back. Getting angry seems more like Their Idea than a solution. The Fellowship needs a New Way to Angst. 🤔 Something useful, with less salt and more HOPE!
Hollywood is now full of self-proclaimed activists/feminists who have very radical/divisive views. This is why Hollywood has been putting out content that quite often flops & isn't even half as good as what they did over a decade ago. These are people who care less about entertainment & more about finding the next thing that they can claim is problematic & change it. It's basically all about scoring political points more than anything. It's always been quite funny to me when they heavily market something toward a female audience & then try to blame men when it flops. Especially with films like 'The Marvels' & 'Madam Web' where the majority of their audiences were male. People have watched movies & TV shows starring male & female leads for decades & loved them. There has also been tons of diverse content out there for a very long time that is beloved by audiences. The problem is quite evidently Hollywood, not the audience .
@@gloriathomas3245 They're both based on comic book/ graphic novels I know that. I mean tank girl was done by the guy who does the art for the Gorillaz. And well barbed wire had an uncut version that's about all I know.
The premise of this video is completely idiotic and completely ignores the history of Hollywood....Katherine Hepburn, Mary Pickford, Jane Fonda were activists in their day. Right now, some of our most consistently excellent actresses ALSO happen to be quite "active" with their politics.....Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain - none of these folks are shy about their politics and entertainment, movies, TV are better off for having these women! The arts and entertainment has ALWAYS attracted folks with strong personalities AND strong viewpoints...MEN too who have NEVER been shy about their politics or agendas from Frank Capra to John Wayne to James Cameron to Arnold Schwarzenegger to Mel Gibson to Clint Eastwood. You can agree or disagree with them but bottom line, NONE of this is remotely new! :) Step out of your bubble and get some perspective. If you personally can't stand Brie Larson or Elizabeth Banks or Rachel Ziegler, then have at it....but stop pretending that this is all some new "woke" conspiracy when it's just people being people.
@geoffreygershon it's entirely new. If you can't see it, it's because you likely live in a rather small bubble yourself. Entertainment from Hollywood was always meant to primarily entertain the audience & make money. Agendas have always existed, but they were never as badly implemented or abhorrent as they are today. The kind of abhorrent, divisive & ignorant garbage that Hollywood has been putting out in recent years while claiming that they are progressive & appealing to fictional 'modern audiences' has lost studios millions. Marvel for example, has lost a great deal of money on female-lead projects in recent years. Something clearly went very rotten in the last few years in the entertainment industry & general audiences are certainly not blind to it. In old Hollywood, the progressive messages were things like; women are as good, strong, intelligent & capable as the men. Or that prejudice towards a certain group is wrong. Now the messages are about tearing down men in order to build up far Less developed & far less interesting female characters. Where it's now OK to be prejudiced. As long as it's only against certain groups. Where female characters specifically are deliberately made into the most bland, unlikeable & forgettable characters on screen that don't even appeal to women. Let alone men.
I know it's not a superhero film, but Erin Brokovich never seems to get attention as a female empowerment film, which is odd when you consider it's actually based on a true story.
Great takedown! I think it's important that females- women make these kinda video's. It helps the cause to 'true equality' a lot more then the modern femenist activism
An even earlier strong, female character was Emma Peel in "The Avengers" (the British TV show from the 1960's), who audiences accepted and embraced. To say there were no strong female characters in fiction prior to a few years ago requires a willfully closed mind or an absolute lie.
I like Bill Burr's take on the WNBA as an example. Feminists cry about the failure of the WNBA, but women aren't showing up to watch it either. Why is that on men or culture. Hell, the NBA is wholly supporting the WNBA financially. They miss the point that before this push to put women in every role, there was no push to put men in every role. The story and how it was presented was the priority not some political agenda. And simply making a girl version of a franchise is not feminist, it's marketing. Laughable that Banks chose a franchise known for its exploitation of beautiful women, to be her feminist hill to die on.
I am a fan of silent films and there were women action stars in the silent era. The first was Mary Fuller who starred in an action serial called What Happened to Mary in 1912. Coincidently that was exactly 100 years before Jennifer Lawrence starred in the first Hunger Games movie.
All this, personally I can't wait the circus when Star Wars: Acolyte will relase. And let's not forget about the slow erasure of white women from the media. I'm looking specifically at Percy Jackson show, Little Mermaid, hell, even Cleopatra. Also we all know Hermione from the new Harry Potter show will be WOC. We all know this right? And inevitably when people will complain they will be called bigots? Yeah....... I love woke Hollywood.
How is it that Japan, a first world country, can make media featuring some of the best well written, likable, and multifaceted female characters, despite their culture not having any western feminist taint?
It reminds me of how women constantly vilify men for not supporting Women's Sports. If they actually cared, wouldn't they just buy tickets themselves? But then they would have to find something else to blame men for, wouldn't they?
Eight years ago I wrote the following about "Hamilton" -- which has much in common with your criticisms of the culture's bastardization of reality... Regarding the recent squabbling over Hamilton, that by which I am most annoyed is the propensity of our overly-pampered, perpetually-whining and politically-correct culture to completely ignore and capriciously abandon concepts like *historical accuracy* and (even more egregiously) *truth* in an effort to achieve and promulgate the imbecilic fallacy of "diversity" by which such hope to coddle the inane perception of their imagined, laughably and ever-fragile "group identities" through which the same are ever claiming perpetual victimization. Sadly, Hamilton isn't the only contemporary example of producers taking liberty with intentionally-distorted, historically-inaccurate casting for the sake of adherence to politically-correct inclusivity at the expense of actual facts, making a mockery both of the presentation itself, and the historicity of the characters and events about which the productions are based. A few years ago, "The Bible" mini-series also took egregious liberties with such, as did the BBC's "Hollow Crown" series based upon Shakespeare's "King Henry IV" (parts 1 & 2) and "King Henry V" -- all with which I took issue at the time. If the integrity of the plays and/or historical accuracy mean so little to the producers of said productions, why don't they cast women in the roles of male, historical figures, or men in the roles of female, historical figures? (I would be surprised if this actually hasn't already happened.) Why bother with historically-accurate casting for persons like Samson, the Duke of York, James Madison, Aaron Burr, or whomever? Why not make Joan d'Arc an elderly Chinese man, or Napoleon a transsexual Klingon? In all seriousness, where will the historical liberties end? Is there a limit to which insane Progressives will not go, where (as they hallucinate) facts are relative and everyone is free to interpret (and/or imagine) anything and everything as they like, without adherence to the constraints of antiquated concepts like historical accuracy and objective truth? If I am the only one bothered by such shamelessly-obtrusive, perverse corruptions of historical accuracy and truth, the world is in far worse shape than even I have imagined, and we've already descended into Orwellian madness. "Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." -- George Orwell (1984) P.S. I am wondering how artsy and open-minded Progressives would react to a remaking of Roots with Domhnall Gleeson playing Kunta Kinte?
It's so sad the way this is going. All this "representation" nonsense. As if you can't identify with someone's story if they don't share your genitals or skin tone. It's honestly pathetic, and all it does is make my respect for those uttering this nonsense falter. I remember as a kid, watching Aliens with a friend when his parents were out and couldn't control our media consumption. I was SO much in Ripley's shoes, sharing her fear. It's still either my favorite or next-to-favorite movie of all time (the other one being The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). I remember getting a friend of mine to record it from FilmNet onto VHS, and watching it 27 times until I stopped counting. I was also deeply infatuated - well a little in love, I think - with Vasquez, the female hard-ass on the marine team. I rewound that part where they realize the aliens are all around them and she screams, "Let's rock!," at least a hundred times. There's something wrong with these people crying for "representation" in movies. It's something akin to racism and misandry/misogyny, but not quite. But it's a way of thinking that reminds me of 1930s Germany. If anything, learning to relate to characters that aren't like us, teaches us that we're all really the same. This "representation" nonsense is teaching us that we're not the same if our immutable characteristics differ, and that we can't relate to someone with a different skin color or set of genitals. It's basically Martin Luther King vs Adolf Hitler. I'm on MLK's team. I want him to stop spinning in his grave.
Problem with the insane push for female lead action movies isn't the fact that men don't like a woman being a badass, is the awful writing, acting, and directing. In that hilarious Charlie's Angels reboot those skinny women were beating men over twice their size and strength without any sort of superpowers, same with the giant pile of garbage that "The 355" was. They don't even know their target demo and yet they will still lose money.
I can't even blame Jennifer Lawrence for statements like this one. We live in a world where people believe what they WANT to believe, often without second-guessing or fact checking their own POV. Especially in the internet, where everything is polarised, you'll find feminists who'll willingly ignore everything that doesn't fit the narrative and also, on the other end of the spectrum, incels that feel threatened by every female character that doesn't gravitate to a strong male hero. If you're indoctrinated as an infant / teenager with "the patriarchy is real" or "women belong in the kitchen" and only experience negative intent, cherry picking and arrogance whenever you join a factual discussion, of course, you'll start to develop a "us vs them" camp mentality. We need to get to a point where we don't talk about "strong female characters" anymore, but "strong characters that happen to be male / female / whatever". Character building, subtext and a good story are way more important than representation and the meta-discussion behind it.
"JLaw" was born in 1990, she grew up with Xena, Charmed, two Nikita adaptations, Terminator, Kil Bill, Charlie's Angels, Underworld, Resident Evil, The Fifth Element, Alias, Buffy, etc. The only way she doesn't know about strong female characters is if she never watched movies. The 90s and 00s practically belonged to actresses. What hole are these women living in? Its like they're stuck in 1950. Look how many whined their way into projects and still can't make anything good. Because they're not good enough. When these insane types speak it's clear they don't even get the most basic rule of their business: creating entertainment people actually want to watch. They think audiences owe them. That we have to watch and love because the made it, because it was hard for them. All the people who made good films had a hard time too. When they fail, they get good, not lash out like a child.
this! She's a little younger than me and my childhood was full of content about well-written cool women, it was like pretty much everywhere. How come another Cap Marvel is a novelty when the cinematic world has Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Buffy Summers, Leeloo, Nikita, Xena, Princess Leia, Trinity, Halliwell sisters, Black Mamba and the gang of Deadly Vipers etc.?
I find it deeply, and offensively, ironic that the "strong female character" depiction includes strictly traditionally-masculine traits - anger, violence, authority, independence, standing up to authority (that's not the character's own authority), muscular 'beefcake' bodies instead of curves, etc. There's almost _zero_ feminine qualities in these female characters, like being kind, gentle, calm, understanding, motherly, etc. They want women to be like men, yet degrade men who show the exact same qualities. Fuck that - I want to see men leading the charge into danger and going on adventures, with attractive girls supporting him on the side as love interests. NOT joining in the fighting, as women were never meant for that.
It's the generation of "Me". These are actors that grow on the concept that the only reason they are in the industry, is because they are "Diverse" and "Empowered". That's their only ticket to get up in life, and that's the only thing that matters... So, that's the only thing the grew to understand. "I am special, therefor you must give me everything, if you don't, you are a bigot!" Copy-paste narcissists that applaud themselves for merely existing... Woke culture in a nutshell!
Hollywood is dying for the same reason no one makes silent pictures anymore, technology. Hollywood business is entertainment but today everyone carries with them a small device that can provide all the entertainment a person might want. Hollywood just picked a wrong time to go "woke", consumers of entertainment have choices and many of those choices are free. This is similar to what Hollywood faced in the 1950s when televisions became a reality. Hollywood need change but they can not or will not change, so it will die a slow pitiful death.
Let's not forget Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. It's hard to believe that Jennifer Lawrence never saw that movie as a child. It was a yearly event on TV. I guess she didn't regard killing two evil witches to liberate Oz as sufficient to qualify Judy Garland as an action hero. But I guess such historical facts are simply too inconvenient for an actress with an agenda. Now, I had no interest in seeing Rachel Zegler's addition to The Hunger Games saga, but I enjoyed the films with Lawrence. I would pay money to see an additional fantasy episode in which Zegler and Lawrence were pitted against one another to the death in Panem's televised gladiatorial contest. I can envision the two stars hurling their lethal egos and press releases at one another until there is only one action star.
All my female friends and cousins went to a theatre to watch action movies exclusive for Thor's chest, Wolverine's muscles, and Superman's body and stance. This is sexist, but that is natural.
This is why the 2000s film and earlier films still holds up I mean we had well written strong female characters the 2000 Charlie’s angels tomb raiders the Angelina Jolie one Terminator Linda Hamilton the alien franchise Uma Thurman kill bill Neve Campbell in the scream franchise. It’s sad that female characters today is written with no flaws weakness and easy to take down their male counterparts
Youd think theyd have learned that the audience they want. Simply dosnt exist in the numbers they need to be spending the amounts tbey are. They wanna keep at it? They got to make them for tens of thousands. Not hundreds of millions. Last i checked thats what just the writers make going by the recent strikes.
Ultimately we have to blame the Studios. The Studios used to be run by people who knew how to tell a good story and they would not let any actor or director get too full of themselves. Today Disney Studios hires a director whose only experience is making documentaries in Pakistan. Her job will be...the next Star Wars movie.
I honestly think the best modern example of a girl boss that works is Atomic Blonde. The character wins, but she has flaws and really gets roughed up to win the fight
I think you are missing something, and believe that what these actresses are saying during interviews aren their own views. Many are managed by a PR person, and that person has lined up a reporter, and they need to go to that reporter. Once they are there, there is a prepared list of talking points, or phrases they have to use, in order to try do what they think will promote themselves or the movie. So, the sentiment of their comments, often times can just be non-sensical, or straight up not true. For example, with Jennifer Lawerence, it is not like she has never seen a woman in an action movie before, but it is understood that the interviewer will not push back on such a statement, and that they want to frame her or the movie she is in, as some sort of landmark. The film ultimately comes and goes, the drama that they have kicked off, disappears a week after this "landmark" piece of cinema has been released. The lady from Lord of the Rings, or Viola Davis, understand that they need to promote a certain narrative, because it means they will get jobs in the future. If they can present themselves as victims, or present their movie as the most important thing, then it means they make millions of dollars. And, I think given the circumstances, if people are put in that position, they would likely also say whatever PR BS they are told to say, if it means they get a check that pays their lifestyle for a couple of years. I think Brie Larson is very savvy, and understands exactly what she is doing in regards to activism and movies, and has managed to make millions from it. However, the sort of person that is likely to misuse important topics, to try and further themselves, is likely to reveal themselves as not very likeable over time, and thus undo their own success.
Note how Bree Larson is saying very little of late.. hopefully she's started a film club for her peers to watch The Alien trilogy, Terminator 2 and all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer..
9:09. Aaahhh Rachel "I can't shut the F UP!!" Ziggler!! And here was us men thinking that we all hated cheesy larson. And then ziggler came along, snatched her crown. And told larson to "hold my beer!!" Sigh... Incredible. And NOT in s good way!
The first few Aliens movies completely destroys their narrative. The lead is a woman and mother who makes decisions a woman would make. They are the height of sci-fi. Overwhelming enjoyed by a male audience. Why? GOOD. STORY. TELLING. This really ain’t hard to figure out.
Prime example the actress that played the lead in Madame Webb must have lived a sheltered life she's never seen or know any of the titles of the Spider-Man movies I seen in an interview yet she was cast in a Spider-Man spin-off like Jennifer Lawrence the first female action hero & Rachel Ziegler the best action hero of the year😂😂 I guess they don't watch movies either in their sheltered lives 🤣
And they took male characters and replaced them with women, while humiliating and ruining the male character to make sure it will never be able to be considered a hero ever again unless a total reboot. This is how much they think of men and their role models... Womanism at its best.
When actors/actresses bring their activism to films, they are no longer serving the story.
It's amazing that these nobody actors bring so much hate to the stage with them. Making fans hate them does not help their careers. Brie Larson was one of the worst... I remember seeing her ruin her career ... ironically I've never seen her act..... She made me dislike her before I got a chance to see one.
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I remember when she started a RUclips channel to try to act like a "normie" and proved she was anything but but the ego on her, geez.
One of the fakest most unbearable people in the current Hollywood landscape and that's really saying something.
Who gave them the green light?
I've had a theory, about Brie. After Kong: Skull Island; she suffered a tragic and irreversible, Yoga related accident. In which her head; got stuck up, her own arse.
It is even worse when they bring their activism to the promotion of the project. This is what turns off the audience to the movie based on its dislike of the actress/actor. ruclips.net/video/ZA_DNrV6izw/видео.html ruclips.net/user/shorts_XZ4BhGvCIg
Yep! Jennifer Lawrence seems to be totally unaware of people like:
Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, Mila Jovovich, Angelina Jolie, Pam Grier, Uma Thurman, Brigitte Neilson etc etc. 🙄
This is clip doesn't tell the full story of what she said, but all the yt love to used it. She said that's what other people told her
@@Namo_4242 Then maybe she should have done some research first? Mind you, even if what you say is true, I still find it difficult to believe that she was unaware of films like Alien, Terminator & Resident Evil.
@Namo_4242 Well, even worse! Just a drone with no knowledge or opinion of her own😬actually it all makes sense, but it's sad🫤
That, and her 'X-Women' line was what made me lose all respect for her.
One prime example of the "non"-existance of female lead action drama has to be Xena, Warrior Princess.
Sure, she was a spin-off character from a few episodes of the Hercules series by the same production, but for me, I enjoyed watching Lawless and O'Conner, have their on-screen adventures more than the source series.
And lest we forget poor old Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Jennifer Lawrence has led a rather sheltered existence…
Very few people Lawrence's age or younger ever saw or heard of Hercules The Legendary Journeys or Xena Warrior Princess, so stuff like that don't exist for them.
Buffy if made today today would be instantly labeled as woke
I just wish we could remember Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lucy Lawless as who they were and not what they've become.
They're part of the cult now and that's just a shame.
I watched both of those religiously as a kid with my father, who loved Xena and anything to do with Greek or Roman mythology. They were campy for sure, but they still stayed within reasonable limits of what each could do. Modern day writing has gotten SO BAD it makes those two 80's, half tongue in cheek shows look well written and performed.
@@gloriathomas3245 I've come to the conclusion that audiences are more willing to go along with "females dominating men stronger than them" if the females have enough sex appeal. Remove that and eventually audiences, without the distraction, will begin to see the flaws and the messaging more and more.
im not sure who said it but the best line i have ever heard on this subject was "stop making strong female characters and start making strong characters who are female".
The problem is 'Feminism is Not Heroic'
It certainly comes off as villainous
Good Rant. you summed up the situation perfectly.
When I was growing up Jamie Summers, The Bionic Woman, was my poster girl. We had Wonder Woman on TV and even the 10 year old me understood it to be as tongue in cheek as the cartoon strip that inspired it. And Charlie’s Angels was never off our screens, it seemed. Angie Dickinson was the titular Police Woman of the cop show slot. Mary Tyler-Moore was the fictional journalist of the show which carried her name in the title.
Yes . . . It was clear to me, even as a child, that we were far from a fair and equal society. But, as Bill Burr frequently points out, it’s the massive overcorrection that has been so damaging. When I hear people like Jennifer Lawrence talk, I just feel bad for her. I know that she will either get older and cringe at her younger self for saying such ignorant, egotistical things, or she’ll stay inside her bubble and never learn anything. The latter outcome would be her tragedy. The former would do her some good.
Yep, over correction is definitely the correct term. Instead of moving things in a more subtle progressive direction slowly they just had to yank the wheel in a direction so quickly and with such a jarring effect that everything was always bound to go badly.
It doesn't help that these people couldn't write their way out of a paper bag either of course. And the fact that they cannot resist constantly self-congratulating themselves and announcing every horrible thing they've done on social media is also a sign their egos come first.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu : Indeed, it always seems to be about them, not any, “beliefs.” They always seem to leave me with the impression that it’s not actually, “equality,” that they want. What the Brie Larson’s and Jennifer Lawrence’s of this world really seem to be attempting is to simply put the boot on the other foot, so they can be free to oppress others in the manner that they, “feel,” oppressed themselves. Like the slaves being freed to become slave owners. They don’t want to solve any problems, just create new ones that they can, “dramatise,” on Tw@er.
That is a VERY big bubble to be stuck in😂. She doesn't know Sarah Connor? Or Ripley? For God's sake, even Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider wasn't as iconic as the other two but still a big draw and a decent performance by a complete knockout super A list celebrity. And she can't remember her? She needs a better agent and P.R. manager if she's gonna be that clueless..😮😅
@@randylahey8207 Tomb Raider appeals to "male gaze", thus it is "meant for men" and not "empowering to girls". It doesn't count in Lawrence, et al's minds.
@@Dragblacker their outfits aren't even very different. Tomb Raider was not Angelina Jolie's cleavage sticking out, it's completely covered and simply form fitting. Lawrence is dressed much the same as soon as she's in the Games showing off her figure as well. So that argument doesn't hold even if the "male gaze" point is taken seriously...
Arcane and Blue Eye Samurai are the only two female centric forms of media to come out in the last decade to have great character development.
TOXIC FEMINIST IN HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS. 😡😤😠😈😈😈☠️😈😈😈😡💢
Fact. Well, maybe not the only part. I haven’t seen everything but I can’t think of anything else off the top of my head.
And the obvious thread those two shows have in common is good writing.
Writing in general has taken such a damn nose dive in the last decade but female-centric stuff, yikes.
The fact you can count the truly good stuff on one hand is a sign of absolute severe neglect.
No. Blue Eye Samurai is as misandrist and angry as any other show.
Like, why do people praise it? It's the same "men bad" trash!
@@noone8418 even the characters that had decent backstories ended up destroyed by terrible writing. Wanda/Scarlet Witch took an entire town(including kids) mentally hostage and by the end of the show was almost praised for releasing them. The female protagonists aren’t even anti villains now…just straight up villains or Mary Sue’d out🤦🏿♂️Those two shows I mentioned are masterful at writing, which makes all these mediocre movies and shows stink that much more.
The cognitive dissonance of the directors who market movies to women SIMPLY BECAUSE there’s a female lead is absolutely insane. I’ve never once heard of director’s advertising movies to men simply because there’s a male lead, or a male director… or a team of all male writers. It’s so hollow to *expect* support of your project for the most pointless and arbitrary reasons.
Men want well written likable female leads, played by equally likable female actresses. It’s no different for women who want well written likable male leads, played by likable male actors.
It shouldn’t be a controversial statement to say that we don’t want forced diversity, or toxic activism to be the focus of the entertainment we spend our finite/hard earned cash on during our relatively short lifespan.
Their gestures of “inclusion” have always been hollow and more so self serving, as their goal has always been to trick groomed activists into giving them their money and undying support/attention in return for the laziest and most superficial representation. They say what needs said, they do what needs do, and the activists always fall for it. They basically rerelease the same movies/shows/games/books over and over and over again, because they all have the same hollow and spiteful point to make: Women = empowered, Men = incompetent. Black = capable, White = incapable. Gay = freedom, Straight = oppression, then they mish-mash them whenever they want bonus points. I’ve literally seen the same message in 90% of entertainment these last 8-10 years. It’s all done for the personal awards, notoriety, and the money. They couldn’t give a crap about the common person even if they wanted to, and they don’t.
Bitterness is a great word to describe their work. Good job.
NerdWord, I don't care who you are, what your politics are, whether or not you agree with my other opinions, what you 'identify' as, but you sure do make great, grounded, common sense videos! Subscribed, and I just wish I'd found your content sooner!
Hollywood became political, forgetting politics is 'War by other means', and took the fight to half the population. And well, here we are
PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINMENTS SERIOUSLY,
Fact: Hollywood has ALWAYS been political. It's only now you're realizing this? In fact one of the most iconic scifi films i.e Metropolis is political.
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Sure, it's always been political in some way shape or form but it's also usually hidden it well behind entertainment.
Nowadays it's politics first and foremost with the absolute thinnest veneer of entertainment slapped over it. The whole concept of escapism has been completely destroyed by these douchebags.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu why should somebody feel the need to hide their politics? Gene Roddenberry, Joss Whedon, Gary Ross, and Fritz Lang were upfront about their politics went as far to incorporate their politics in their works.
@@gloriathomas3245Fair enough. Don't hide it then. And also fair enough if your project is a commercial failure.
PS nothing grates more, to me, than millionaire actors punching down on relatively poor fans.
Y'know, people who actually need to calculate how to afford their one cinema outing that month with their gf, and eat pot noodles if the parking is too pricy. It's grotesque.
Hollywood has lost it's ability to speak on anything besides themselves for quite some time now. Out of touch it doesn't even begin to cover it these people live in a bubble and rarely leave it. At least the ones that do seem to wake up but sadly most don't.
One actress that seems really down to earth is Jenna Ortega. She was awesome in Wednesday and like Henry Cavill she butt heads to make Wednesday as close to the source material.
I know Xena Warrior Princess is kind of a campy show, but Lucy Lawless was still a bit of an action hero in that role, and so was Renee O'Connor. Jennifer Garner in Alias is always forgotten about as well, and Alias is one of the most underrated action TV shows of all time. Gina Carano did Haywire, which was a film that didn't make a lot of waves but still had some good action moments. Let's not forget Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2. I'm sure that there are a lot more that Hollywood has somehow conveniently forgotten.
None of those people are me, and I am special, so they don't count.
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Yep. Unless it's literally a spitting image identical to myself then it's simply not enough.
Hollywood seems uncapable of doing characters such as Beatrix ( Kill Bill ) , Rita Vrataski ( Edge of Tomorrow ) and Seline ( Underworld ) , they rather do a Rey ( Star Wars ) , Captain Marvel ( MCU ) or Galadriel ( Rings of Power )
Let me try to understand... a woman has made a movie for women in a genre women don't like... and it's men's fault for not buying tickets...???
It's best not to try to understand the logic lest you actually sustain permanent brain damage.
That's right.
You give me hope for the future, thanks.
Ripley in Alien
Connor in Terminator
The Bride in Kill Bill
Black Widow in Captain America the Winter Soldier
All the ladies in the descent
Galadriel in lord of the rings
Sienna in Terrifier 2
Just a few examples of badass women in film - when films just try to be entertaining and not preachy
Edit: rings of power was Amazon prime not netflix
Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft.
All those examples were considered feminist icons a few decades ago. Now they're "too rightist" or "too male-approved", which is proof they are "too problematic".
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The problem is as long as it pushes the message now quality doesn't matter. Which is interesting because there was definitely quality then and it's now absolute bargain basement, dollar store at best.
No one's ever going to remember any of this garbage in 20 years not even 10. Hell there's stuff from 5 years ago that I have to constantly be reminded even existed.
Hey you forgot about me i am mother of Xenomorphs!
Oh and don't forget the Sisters of Battle from Warhammer 40k. They are a good example of female centric characters done right imo.
Spot on - Yeah, I won't be watching any of that tripe.
Goodbye Hollywood.
Hey, welcome to the club there's plenty of room here for ya.
Thank you for your videos.
My pleasure!
Just got recommended your video & wow. That metaphor of kids & toys - spot on. My niece & nephew do that ALL the time! They're 4 & 2 years old.
Awesome! Thank you!
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@@SusanDelgado1177 I’m sure you won’t be saying that when he comes back or when you’re dying or have died… you won’t be laughing then but to each their own is better said then you mocking but then again the Bible spoke about people like you so it’s expected
@@feelingsugoi hahaha ok bro... 🤣 keep on believing in your imaginary sky-daddy
@@SusanDelgado1177 and you keep laughing until you meet your creator may God have mercy on your soul. God bless
@@feelingsugoi 🤣🤣omg bro you're hysterical 🤣🤣 thanks for the laugh
I think Rings of Power was an Amazon series, not Netflix.
It was/is I cannot believe that thing is getting a second season, there is no justice in the world.
Doesn't matter, though. It's all porridge in one big bowl.
Thank you for being a voice of sanity.
Something of a tangent, but I still think people have misunderstood the rings of power. It's just so scattergun that the good things it does are lost. There are a couple points where they portray girl boss Galadriel as twisted and irresponsible. But they seem to forget by the next episode. After they butchered their central intrigue (where is Sauron), it's difficult to give them any benefit of the doubt. A multi-season character arc requires that the audience think you're competent enough for details to matter. If Frodo needs to save the world, the one thing we know is that Galadriel didn't have an ultimate triumph that a Mary Sue would get as a fait accompli. Similarly, the female dwarf's trajectory didn't seem like it was going to be uncomplicated. You need sympathetic characters to give in to temptation and become corrupted. Her look had a slightly Lady Macbeth vibe.
Sweet mother of God, you're attempted to defend that dreck of a series. Ugh.
Please keep posting, Your videos are awesome.
An amusing tidbit... more women ended up buying tickets for the crappy "Rambo: Last Blood" than Liz Banks' crappy "Charlie's Angels" remake.
Two articles written by the same person like a week apart is what I remember from that movie, where it was like "this movie isn't for men" and then a week later it was like "why didn't men see Charlie's Angels?!"
These people are hilarious, and the people pushing their stuff are even more out of touch and hilarious it's truly a echo chamber of morons.
A dumpster fire with a self satisfied undeserved grin on it's face at all times.
Constantly shooing away people with a fire extinguisher saying I don't need any help, I don't need help from no one.
Waiting for these woman to remake The Magnificent Seven or The Dirty Dozen....lol
Shush. Don't give them any ideas.
I mean we already saw how well ocean's 8 went over. And that was in the years before everything got real, real bad.
I have essentially stopped going to the movies because of what you have covered here. I have simply checked out.
Yeah I slowed way down in 2019 and by 2020 when everything started shutting down I basically stopped and haven't seen anything since probably february of February of 2020. I can't say I miss it because miss what.
I just came across your channel - I know I'll get lost in the comments but, today you earned a new subscriber. :)
Great Video - it is as if Thanos used his power glove to wipe out all male characters..These actors are all about a bunch of overly privileged talentless actors who are egged on by corporate studios without cost controls. The sad part is that it will hurt feminism rather than help it.
Sad, ironic either way the problem is they're talentless hacks that are acting like they're the most amazing people on the planet. It was one thing back when people actually had true talent and would occasionally very carefully give metered responses and opinions.
Now these morons just blab on and on on social media dropping their little "turds of wisdom" wherever they go.
Thank you. You rock.
Have to hand it to Elizabeth Banks, she learned a hard lesson following the bomb of Charlie's Angels and went in a different direction....Her latest movie "Cocaine Bear" was actually quite entertaining in an off-beat way and had no hidden agenda inserts.
Why does everyone forget Charlie Baltimore in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"? Now she was a true boss. (Not Girl Boss, and Boy Boss.. Just Boss!!!)
When one endeavors excessively at something, the outcome tends to be unfavorable.
Looking forward to your coverage when Rings of Power S2 plops
Lynda Carter, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Fisher, Karen Allen and Linda Hamilton are the prime early examples of providing great delivery and performance to iconic mainstream action heroines. These days, it's not about the money. It's about the message. Even in the Golden Age of Hollywood, there are plenty of silver screen ladies that were big box office draws simply because they can deliver a great performance. Think Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, I can go on and on with the list of famous screen ladies. The issue is simply narcissism as you stated in the video. They created a bubble that is eons away from what the general consensus expects.
It appears that many of these actresses live in an illusion comfortably ensconced in a delusion.
It's like they live within a sphere of ignorance/self-satisfaction.
A "bubble" if you will.😂
cant wait for new Deadpool movie to come out, maybe I'll get back to the theaters for that.
I refuse to support the industry any longer. I'm done. Even for Pool.
"Just how groundbreaking it was to have a black actress as a dwarf" = "Just how groundbreaking it is to have Native Americans as Japanese Tengu" = "Just how groundbreaking it is to have African Voodoo gods played by Persians." Y'all see my point here? Europe is the continent that was "Always racially diverse throughout all of history; of course Caucasoid people of Nordic, Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and everything in between descent weren't the only people of Northern and Eastern Europe."
On the opposite end: Few stories of African culture and history; being "thrown a bone" to be included into European stories to keep "Eurocentric ideology more relevant" (please understand the sarcasm through the use of quotation marks).
While The Woman King distorted history to my knowledge (Viola Davis's character was fictional and the Dahomey never considered ending slavery), it was a step in a direction to diversify Hollywood without tokenization. Now, let's do it without fucking with history.
If a restaurant is known to spit in your food for being or doing things they dont like, would you spend money there? Same with movies.
that poor guy looks so uncomfortable being around the black dwarf lady 😅
Yep, it’s one of the most RIDICULOUS corruption that’s damaging modern entertainment. It’s getting out of control, and I feel it won’t slow down soon…
When "The Force Awakens" came out, I actually liked it. Rey's abilities (seemingly out of nowhere) didn't bother me. Even the way they killed off Han and didn't show Luke until the last minute of the film, while annoying, didn't detract from my enjoying the film. I assumed it would all be rectified in the next installment.
Well, as we all know, it wasn't. Seeing "The Last Jedi" (the last Star Wars project I saw in a theater), I hated what they'd done, went home and tossed both the soundtrack and DVD of TFA into the garbage.
I was perfectly content to accept Rey's staggering powers, but not at the expense of what they did to Luke Skywalker. If they used both Luke and Rey to their fullest, that would have been fine with me. But elevating Rey at the expense of the complete destruction of, and defecation on the character of Luke Skywalker was definitely *not* fine with me.
While I do believe in men and women having differing strengths and roles (for which, granted, there are always exceptions), such should compliment and benefit the other, not denigrate, overpower and destroy them.
Japan makes tons of likeable, cool and most of all human female characters all the time, especially in their anime. I could make a list as long as a Lord of the Rings book with so many amazing female characters, but so many of these actresses try so damn hard to see more important than they are.
And they're done well with nuance, character and with flaws and all the other qualities these lifeless Mary Sue's will never have. The problem is Hollywood's version is so idealized and perfect that they're absolute garbage.
absolutely! Not to mention that there is a whole genre concentrated on strong female characters, and, surprise surprise, they are all likable and sympathetic, not stoic and annoying! They can be straight or they can be gay, it's not groundbraking (and not sure if it is even labeled as such). Heck, even "masculine" series have strong female side characters like Karen Kozuki or Princess Euphemia and Viletta in Code Geass (C.C. is magical so she does whatever she wants but others are just humans with no superpowers). So when someone says that crafting a strong female lead is groundbreaking in year 2k-something, it makes me roll my eyes.
I'm glad to hear a woman say it! If the movies and shows were good I wouldn't care! But they're not! And I genuinely love movies so all this new garbage breaks my heart! It's not just women... the beekeeper was one of the worst movies I've seen! Best recent movie I seen that has some of the new garbage but was still good would be ghostbusters frozen empire. The old school cast kept it feeling more similar but it does have some of the new crap in it. I really hope movies will start becoming great true blockbusters like they use to be
Thank You 🙏…
I’ve been pleading this message since The Message began …
We all need to do something different with our Pushing Back. Getting angry seems more like Their Idea than a solution.
The Fellowship needs a New Way to Angst. 🤔 Something useful, with less salt and more HOPE!
You are my newest RUclipsr that I have started to follow. Great videos
Hollywood is now full of self-proclaimed activists/feminists who have very radical/divisive views. This is why Hollywood has been putting out content that quite often flops & isn't even half as good as what they did over a decade ago. These are people who care less about entertainment & more about finding the next thing that they can claim is problematic & change it. It's basically all about scoring political points more than anything. It's always been quite funny to me when they heavily market something toward a female audience & then try to blame men when it flops. Especially with films like 'The Marvels' & 'Madam Web' where the majority of their audiences were male. People have watched movies & TV shows starring male & female leads for decades & loved them. There has also been tons of diverse content out there for a very long time that is beloved by audiences. The problem is quite evidently Hollywood, not the audience .
What do movies like Tank Girl or Barb Wire?
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They're both based on comic book/ graphic novels I know that.
I mean tank girl was done by the guy who does the art for the Gorillaz.
And well barbed wire had an uncut version that's about all I know.
The premise of this video is completely idiotic and completely ignores the history of Hollywood....Katherine Hepburn, Mary Pickford, Jane Fonda were activists in their day.
Right now, some of our most consistently excellent actresses ALSO happen to be quite "active" with their politics.....Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain - none of these folks are shy about their politics and entertainment, movies, TV are better off for having these women!
The arts and entertainment has ALWAYS attracted folks with strong personalities AND strong viewpoints...MEN too who have NEVER been shy about their politics or agendas from Frank Capra to John Wayne to James Cameron to Arnold Schwarzenegger to Mel Gibson to Clint Eastwood. You can agree or disagree with them but bottom line, NONE of this is remotely new! :)
Step out of your bubble and get some perspective. If you personally can't stand Brie Larson or Elizabeth Banks or Rachel Ziegler, then have at it....but stop pretending that this is all some new "woke" conspiracy when it's just people being people.
@geoffreygershon it's entirely new. If you can't see it, it's because you likely live in a rather small bubble yourself. Entertainment from Hollywood was always meant to primarily entertain the audience & make money. Agendas have always existed, but they were never as badly implemented or abhorrent as they are today. The kind of abhorrent, divisive & ignorant garbage that Hollywood has been putting out in recent years while claiming that they are progressive & appealing to fictional 'modern audiences' has lost studios millions. Marvel for example, has lost a great deal of money on female-lead projects in recent years. Something clearly went very rotten in the last few years in the entertainment industry & general audiences are certainly not blind to it. In old Hollywood, the progressive messages were things like; women are as good, strong, intelligent & capable as the men. Or that prejudice towards a certain group is wrong. Now the messages are about tearing down men in order to build up far Less developed & far less interesting female characters. Where it's now OK to be prejudiced. As long as it's only against certain groups. Where female characters specifically are deliberately made into the most bland, unlikeable & forgettable characters on screen that don't even appeal to women. Let alone men.
Aliens is one of my favorite films of all time. I occasionally forget the Hunger Games movies exist.
I know it's not a superhero film, but Erin Brokovich never seems to get attention as a female empowerment film, which is odd when you consider it's actually based on a true story.
A wise man once said, ‘You can’t make honey out of dog sh#t.’
But you CAN sell it to the rubes, it just depends on how you market it.
Great takedown! I think it's important that females- women make these kinda video's. It helps the cause to 'true equality' a lot more then the modern femenist activism
An even earlier strong, female character was Emma Peel in "The Avengers" (the British TV show from the 1960's), who audiences accepted and embraced. To say there were no strong female characters in fiction prior to a few years ago requires a willfully closed mind or an absolute lie.
I like Bill Burr's take on the WNBA as an example. Feminists cry about the failure of the WNBA, but women aren't showing up to watch it either. Why is that on men or culture. Hell, the NBA is wholly supporting the WNBA financially. They miss the point that before this push to put women in every role, there was no push to put men in every role. The story and how it was presented was the priority not some political agenda. And simply making a girl version of a franchise is not feminist, it's marketing. Laughable that Banks chose a franchise known for its exploitation of beautiful women, to be her feminist hill to die on.
THANK! YOU!
Since puberty I called myself a feminist, but those brats burned that word so much I can't stand behind it anymore.
Well done, modern feminism!
I am a fan of silent films and there were women action stars in the silent era. The first was Mary Fuller who starred in an action serial called What Happened to Mary in 1912. Coincidently that was exactly 100 years before Jennifer Lawrence starred in the first Hunger Games movie.
Hit the nail on the head. Great vid
All this, personally I can't wait the circus when Star Wars: Acolyte will relase. And let's not forget about the slow erasure of white women from the media. I'm looking specifically at Percy Jackson show, Little Mermaid, hell, even Cleopatra. Also we all know Hermione from the new Harry Potter show will be WOC. We all know this right? And inevitably when people will complain they will be called bigots? Yeah....... I love woke Hollywood.
How is it that Japan, a first world country, can make media featuring some of the best well written, likable, and multifaceted female characters, despite their culture not having any western feminist taint?
It reminds me of how women constantly vilify men for not supporting Women's Sports.
If they actually cared, wouldn't they just buy tickets themselves?
But then they would have to find something else to blame men for, wouldn't they?
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Eight years ago I wrote the following about "Hamilton" -- which has much in common with your criticisms of the culture's bastardization of reality...
Regarding the recent squabbling over Hamilton, that by which I am most annoyed is the propensity of our overly-pampered, perpetually-whining and politically-correct culture to completely ignore and capriciously abandon concepts like *historical accuracy* and (even more egregiously) *truth* in an effort to achieve and promulgate the imbecilic fallacy of "diversity" by which such hope to coddle the inane perception of their imagined, laughably and ever-fragile "group identities" through which the same are ever claiming perpetual victimization.
Sadly, Hamilton isn't the only contemporary example of producers taking liberty with intentionally-distorted, historically-inaccurate casting for the sake of adherence to politically-correct inclusivity at the expense of actual facts, making a mockery both of the presentation itself, and the historicity of the characters and events about which the productions are based.
A few years ago, "The Bible" mini-series also took egregious liberties with such, as did the BBC's "Hollow Crown" series based upon Shakespeare's "King Henry IV" (parts 1 & 2) and "King Henry V" -- all with which I took issue at the time.
If the integrity of the plays and/or historical accuracy mean so little to the producers of said productions, why don't they cast women in the roles of male, historical figures, or men in the roles of female, historical figures? (I would be surprised if this actually hasn't already happened.)
Why bother with historically-accurate casting for persons like Samson, the Duke of York, James Madison, Aaron Burr, or whomever? Why not make Joan d'Arc an elderly Chinese man, or Napoleon a transsexual Klingon?
In all seriousness, where will the historical liberties end? Is there a limit to which insane Progressives will not go, where (as they hallucinate) facts are relative and everyone is free to interpret (and/or imagine) anything and everything as they like, without adherence to the constraints of antiquated concepts like historical accuracy and objective truth?
If I am the only one bothered by such shamelessly-obtrusive, perverse corruptions of historical accuracy and truth, the world is in far worse shape than even I have imagined, and we've already descended into Orwellian madness.
"Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." -- George Orwell (1984)
P.S. I am wondering how artsy and open-minded Progressives would react to a remaking of Roots with Domhnall Gleeson playing Kunta Kinte?
It's so sad the way this is going. All this "representation" nonsense. As if you can't identify with someone's story if they don't share your genitals or skin tone.
It's honestly pathetic, and all it does is make my respect for those uttering this nonsense falter.
I remember as a kid, watching Aliens with a friend when his parents were out and couldn't control our media consumption. I was SO much in Ripley's shoes, sharing her fear. It's still either my favorite or next-to-favorite movie of all time (the other one being The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). I remember getting a friend of mine to record it from FilmNet onto VHS, and watching it 27 times until I stopped counting.
I was also deeply infatuated - well a little in love, I think - with Vasquez, the female hard-ass on the marine team. I rewound that part where they realize the aliens are all around them and she screams, "Let's rock!," at least a hundred times.
There's something wrong with these people crying for "representation" in movies. It's something akin to racism and misandry/misogyny, but not quite. But it's a way of thinking that reminds me of 1930s Germany.
If anything, learning to relate to characters that aren't like us, teaches us that we're all really the same.
This "representation" nonsense is teaching us that we're not the same if our immutable characteristics differ, and that we can't relate to someone with a different skin color or set of genitals.
It's basically Martin Luther King vs Adolf Hitler. I'm on MLK's team. I want him to stop spinning in his grave.
Problem with the insane push for female lead action movies isn't the fact that men don't like a woman being a badass, is the awful writing, acting, and directing. In that hilarious Charlie's Angels reboot those skinny women were beating men over twice their size and strength without any sort of superpowers, same with the giant pile of garbage that "The 355" was. They don't even know their target demo and yet they will still lose money.
I can't even blame Jennifer Lawrence for statements like this one. We live in a world where people believe what they WANT to believe, often without second-guessing or fact checking their own POV. Especially in the internet, where everything is polarised, you'll find feminists who'll willingly ignore everything that doesn't fit the narrative and also, on the other end of the spectrum, incels that feel threatened by every female character that doesn't gravitate to a strong male hero.
If you're indoctrinated as an infant / teenager with "the patriarchy is real" or "women belong in the kitchen" and only experience negative intent, cherry picking and arrogance whenever you join a factual discussion, of course, you'll start to develop a "us vs them" camp mentality.
We need to get to a point where we don't talk about "strong female characters" anymore, but "strong characters that happen to be male / female / whatever".
Character building, subtext and a good story are way more important than representation and the meta-discussion behind it.
"JLaw" was born in 1990, she grew up with Xena, Charmed, two Nikita adaptations, Terminator, Kil Bill, Charlie's Angels, Underworld, Resident Evil, The Fifth Element, Alias, Buffy, etc. The only way she doesn't know about strong female characters is if she never watched movies. The 90s and 00s practically belonged to actresses. What hole are these women living in? Its like they're stuck in 1950. Look how many whined their way into projects and still can't make anything good. Because they're not good enough. When these insane types speak it's clear they don't even get the most basic rule of their business: creating entertainment people actually want to watch. They think audiences owe them. That we have to watch and love because the made it, because it was hard for them. All the people who made good films had a hard time too. When they fail, they get good, not lash out like a child.
this! She's a little younger than me and my childhood was full of content about well-written cool women, it was like pretty much everywhere. How come another Cap Marvel is a novelty when the cinematic world has Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Buffy Summers, Leeloo, Nikita, Xena, Princess Leia, Trinity, Halliwell sisters, Black Mamba and the gang of Deadly Vipers etc.?
Great video, NW...👍
I find it deeply, and offensively, ironic that the "strong female character" depiction includes strictly traditionally-masculine traits - anger, violence, authority, independence, standing up to authority (that's not the character's own authority), muscular 'beefcake' bodies instead of curves, etc.
There's almost _zero_ feminine qualities in these female characters, like being kind, gentle, calm, understanding, motherly, etc.
They want women to be like men, yet degrade men who show the exact same qualities. Fuck that - I want to see men leading the charge into danger and going on adventures, with attractive girls supporting him on the side as love interests. NOT joining in the fighting, as women were never meant for that.
It's the generation of "Me".
These are actors that grow on the concept that the only reason they are in the industry, is because they are "Diverse" and "Empowered".
That's their only ticket to get up in life, and that's the only thing that matters... So, that's the only thing the grew to understand.
"I am special, therefor you must give me everything, if you don't, you are a bigot!"
Copy-paste narcissists that applaud themselves for merely existing...
Woke culture in a nutshell!
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Hollywood is dying for the same reason no one makes silent pictures anymore, technology. Hollywood business is entertainment but today everyone carries with them a small device that can provide all the entertainment a person might want. Hollywood just picked a wrong time to go "woke", consumers of entertainment have choices and many of those choices are free. This is similar to what Hollywood faced in the 1950s when televisions became a reality. Hollywood need change but they can not or will not change, so it will die a slow pitiful death.
Yeah but let's not speak of Nick Fury's many trips to the sunbeds..
Superstars, that thrive in the spotlight, are all narcissists? No way!
Let's not forget Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. It's hard to believe that Jennifer Lawrence never saw that movie as a child. It was a yearly event on TV. I guess she didn't regard killing two evil witches to liberate Oz as sufficient to qualify Judy Garland as an action hero. But I guess such historical facts are simply too inconvenient for an actress with an agenda. Now, I had no interest in seeing Rachel Zegler's addition to The Hunger Games saga, but I enjoyed the films with Lawrence. I would pay money to see an additional fantasy episode in which Zegler and Lawrence were pitted against one another to the death in Panem's televised gladiatorial contest. I can envision the two stars hurling their lethal egos and press releases at one another until there is only one action star.
For Domination and Humiliation there were already professionals. We seek more conventional entertainment from hollywood.
Great video!
All my female friends and cousins went to a theatre to watch action movies exclusive for Thor's chest, Wolverine's muscles, and Superman's body and stance. This is sexist, but that is natural.
This is why the 2000s film and earlier films still holds up I mean we had well written strong female characters the 2000 Charlie’s angels tomb raiders the Angelina Jolie one Terminator Linda Hamilton the alien franchise Uma Thurman kill bill Neve Campbell in the scream franchise. It’s sad that female characters today is written with no flaws weakness and easy to take down their male counterparts
Youd think theyd have learned that the audience they want. Simply dosnt exist in the numbers they need to be spending the amounts tbey are.
They wanna keep at it? They got to make them for tens of thousands. Not hundreds of millions. Last i checked thats what just the writers make going by the recent strikes.
Yes.... hey New Rock stars... listen to NerdWord....you to Grace Randolph....NerdWord don't stop
Great video
Ultimately we have to blame the Studios. The Studios used to be run by people who knew how to tell a good story and they would not let any actor or director get too full of themselves. Today Disney Studios hires a director whose only experience is making documentaries in Pakistan. Her job will be...the next Star Wars movie.
Brie ages like brie. Tastes the best when softest, but then, 6 weeks after buying goes all stinky.
Well said.
When everything is “groundbreaking”, nothing is
9:34 I don't think that is what Olivia Wilde was trying to do. So many reactionaries make a big deal about her little movie. Should just ignore her
Not a problem there, most people definitely did.
I forgot that movie existed. And will probably continue to do so 5 seconds after writing this comment.@@JohnDoe-wq5eu
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I don't know about that. The film was made on a small budget so I think it was profitable
@@Jeffrey314159 Correct, it made its money back and then some more.
Much of mainstream Hollywood seem to have forgotten the saying, "Know you're audience".
Also, you said Netflix I think.
I honestly think the best modern example of a girl boss that works is Atomic Blonde. The character wins, but she has flaws and really gets roughed up to win the fight
I think you are missing something, and believe that what these actresses are saying during interviews aren their own views.
Many are managed by a PR person, and that person has lined up a reporter, and they need to go to that reporter. Once they are there, there is a prepared list of talking points, or phrases they have to use, in order to try do what they think will promote themselves or the movie.
So, the sentiment of their comments, often times can just be non-sensical, or straight up not true. For example, with Jennifer Lawerence, it is not like she has never seen a woman in an action movie before, but it is understood that the interviewer will not push back on such a statement, and that they want to frame her or the movie she is in, as some sort of landmark. The film ultimately comes and goes, the drama that they have kicked off, disappears a week after this "landmark" piece of cinema has been released.
The lady from Lord of the Rings, or Viola Davis, understand that they need to promote a certain narrative, because it means they will get jobs in the future. If they can present themselves as victims, or present their movie as the most important thing, then it means they make millions of dollars. And, I think given the circumstances, if people are put in that position, they would likely also say whatever PR BS they are told to say, if it means they get a check that pays their lifestyle for a couple of years.
I think Brie Larson is very savvy, and understands exactly what she is doing in regards to activism and movies, and has managed to make millions from it. However, the sort of person that is likely to misuse important topics, to try and further themselves, is likely to reveal themselves as not very likeable over time, and thus undo their own success.
The activist actress almost assuredly ruins the product before the product has had a chance to fight for itself.
To be fair to Banks I thought she was brilliant in the Hunger Games.
But shes obviously become a deluded femme boss herself since then
Note how Bree Larson is saying very little of late.. hopefully she's started a film club for her peers to watch The Alien trilogy, Terminator 2 and all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer..
9:09. Aaahhh Rachel "I can't shut the F UP!!" Ziggler!!
And here was us men thinking that we all hated cheesy larson.
And then ziggler came along, snatched her crown. And told larson to "hold my beer!!"
Sigh...
Incredible. And NOT in s good way!
The first few Aliens movies completely destroys their narrative. The lead is a woman and mother who makes decisions a woman would make. They are the height of sci-fi. Overwhelming enjoyed by a male audience. Why? GOOD. STORY. TELLING.
This really ain’t hard to figure out.
If I am going to spend $60+ for tickets, popcorn and soda, I want to enjoy the movie.
Prime example the actress that played the lead in Madame Webb must have lived a sheltered life she's never seen or know any of the titles of the Spider-Man movies I seen in an interview yet she was cast in a Spider-Man spin-off like Jennifer Lawrence the first female action hero & Rachel Ziegler the best action hero of the year😂😂 I guess they don't watch movies either in their sheltered lives 🤣
It seems the word Groundbreaking no longer holds meaning in this day and age.
And they took male characters and replaced them with women, while humiliating and ruining the male character to make sure it will never be able to be considered a hero ever again unless a total reboot. This is how much they think of men and their role models... Womanism at its best.