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I would suggest you need some help with your anger issues.
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I would suggest you need some help with your anger issues.
I'm on multiple prescription medicines taht stop me from killing myself or someone else for 3 eyars now. Have taken a window out in blokes car last summer with bare fist when he almost ran me over tho. Was in bad mood that day.
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I’m sorry to hear that but I would suggest the first thing is stop reading those links you posted, it doesn’t help.
I’m an immigrant too so I’ve encountered my share of discrimination but I just take a deep breath and move on.
I got Bipolar disorder. I like abd hate all people depends on a day. some days I help everyone homeless blind old ladies other days i feel like setting someone on fire for fun.
Got too many bad expiriences with people in general thats why I live on my own away from people.
Watch movies (seen over 10 000 by now) Play games to relax. And in last few years they started messing this up for Me just trigers My anger more and more everywhere I go, shopping work cinema.
If the film is good, all will be forgiven. Then all these accusations of misogyny that's being thrown around will suddenly disappear as well, because Disney has your cash, and that's all they care about.
There's been a strong correlation between poor films (even those that made money before the public caught on) and the attacks on the audience. In these days where people talk to each other and share their opinions over the internet and social media, big companies are ramping up the attacks to downplay, silence, and generally confuse the message coming from the public. Before companies could just have a big advertising and marketing campaign to sell a poor film. Media was just an extension of the marketing department, or else they got blacklisted.
Now that doesn't work, because people talk and word gets around, more than ever with social media, Youtube channels and the like. Traditional media is more sidelined, and anyone can review something they've seen. It's impossible to control all those new reviewers.
So now those media companies are running campaigns to silence and discredit those that are not "on message" tarring them with whatever brush is most convenient. If someone can't respond to the points raised, they go after the person, and that's just what Disney and other have been doing when they have to defend a poor film. You did it yourself when you made your "45 year old virgins" crack.
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Sounds like you've got a serious case of the poor me's. The world doesn't revolve around you and the quicker you realise that the quicker you'll stop being angry at everything.
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If you are sitting reading articles that are making you so angry that you have thoughts about seriously hurting people....stop reading those sites.
Kind off gone a bit Pete Tong ever since the GotG3 director debacle.
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How quickly people forget the Ghostbusters remake debacle too
Where people who didn't like the movie were labelled as sexist, misogynistic pig dogs
I can see this going the same way, I already see it in the media with the whole Rotten Tomatoes "review bombing" with media flat out lying about people putting up reviews before the movie is even out when in fact it was a "Want to see" score to gauge interest in the film that has now been shut down by Rotten Tomatoes under the guise of "non constructive reviews" despite nobody posting a review of the film, just voicing their discontent at Larson and their disinterest in seeing the movie (which was the whole point of the "want to see" score)
It just says to me "We didn't like all yours opinions on not wanting to see Captain Marvel so we're protecting the wahmen lead by censoring your opinion"
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You think the whole point of the want to see thing is to spew vitriol at the lead actress?
Want-to-see is used as part of the online marketing. Casuals looking for a film to go out see a good want-to-see, and go to the cinema. If everyone wants to see it, maybe I should want to see it too? It's also a double edged sword as a bad want-to-see will put people off.
I think the low score (which was actually only about 75 people) started as an honest response to being demonised and excluded by the lead actress. When Nerdorotic read out a lot of the views, they were pretty mild eg "Brie Larson says this film isn't for me, so I won't be going".
When the story blew up due to the the pre-emptive attacks by virtue signalling websites (ie "review bombing" stories), then the Streisand Effect happened and internet activism took hold, with people deliberately cratering the "want-to-see" scores. At which point Rotten Tomatoes blanks the score, either due to self-censoring, or at Disney/Marvel's request.
As is often the case, attacking the fans rarely works, and more often than not, just blows up in your face. Now the story is all about attacking the fans and then trying to hide it by removing the RT scores. Is it because the movie is bad? Why is it all about the cat? Why is Larsen so bad in the trailers? Why does she hate me because I'm a white guy who normally goes and sees all the superhero films? It all smacks of a lack of confidence in the film.
Marvel/Disney have just handled this very, very badly, because by excluding people while claiming the banner of inclusiveness, they've created a confrontation and damaged their reputation and IP. They've let the situation get away from them after chosing the wrong relationship with the fans and movie-goers they are trying to woo.
Just compare the last six months of Captain Marvel promos and Brie Larson's comments, with the last ten years of Robert Downey Jnr interacting with the fans and the audiences at premiers, events, comic-cons, interviews, etc. Look at how humble, thankful and charming RDJ is when he talks about the opportunity he's been given to portray Iron Man and Tony Stark for all the fans out there. That difference probably explains why so many people have been riled up about this.
There's a lot of emotional investment for fans of anything. It doesn't take much for love to turn to hate with something like this. But if you get it right, they will pour money into your hands, and take all their friends to the cinema loads of times, take their kids, buy all the merch and still watch it again at home.
It's true of almost any franchise that builds a world the viewer can escape into. Is there anyone who has a bigger world than Marvel? Maybe DC. Maybe Star Wars or Star Trek if you include the vast number of (now non-canon) books. Even the likes of Tolkien or Harry Potter are limited by the small number of books, but Marvel comics going back the best part 80 years, is a vast treasure trove of stories and characters waiting to be exploited.
The fanbase sees it as "theirs", and don't like being abused by identity politics and money, and in this internet age, their unhappiness can be very loud indeed.
Who gives a damm what an actor says, seriously they are treated as some higher beings who's word is gospel.
I watch a film, i either enjoyed their work or not. Other than i couldnt care a damm what they say or do. Same as they do not give a damm about me.
I watch a film, i either enjoyed their work or not. Other than i couldnt care a damm what they say or do. Same as they do not give a damm about me.
And if they lie better than anyone else they get rewarded for it with bigger movies, more money and awards too, the damn liars
a lot of people. especially the potential audience, especially when she's making comments about them.
it's never a clever idea to make derogatory comments about your own product or your own/intended audience/customers. you just have to look at Ratners or newcastle united for that.
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She hasn't made any derogatory comments about the marvel audience....