Catering to the general population to make money instead of art.
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2024
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"Reality" shows.
My wife tried to get me to watch American Idol back in the day. I don't remember all the details, but there were like 10 people we were supposed to follow through the process.
Day one, they took the entire group who were auditioning and divided them up into groups.
"Wow, look at that..."
"What?"
"Each of the 10 people they want us following got their own group... No single group got 2 or 3 of them..."
"Why do you ruin everything?"
I have to admit, one of my guilty pleasures are ghost hunting shows. I love that shit.
Expedition X did a trip to Okinawa, which I learned was actually conquered and absorbed by Japan back in 1609, prior to that they had their own, distinct, language, culture, and religion...
But SOMEHOW all the ghost boxes were spitting out English! Man, what are the chances?
The worst is explaining that X can't be done because Y, then doing X anyway. Solo does this by sending Qi'ra on the mission despite just saying the whole point was not to use recognizable gangsters
Generic Hollywood bad guy actors everywhere hurting the heroes and almost killing them only to be killed themselves (or at least punished) by the heroes instead whatever and however so.
Cute and funny protagonists everywhere.
Forced humor into every film or show.
Teases and sequel hooks ala Marvel Studios.
Plot-twist elements being spammed by a film.
Recycling plot points from other movies or writing by the seats of their pants in movies.
Wasting source material in adapted works, especially in supposedly comic book movies.
Copying from Marvel Studios in general.
Taking shots at other original works in general.
Wasting potential materials of any kind.
Altering the work itself to sell more tickets.
Constant bait-and-switch gags everywhere.
Villainous side-characters ala Illumination, even if they especially get away with their own actions.
Juvenile or depraved humor in any work.
Characters overanalyzing their own mediums while spamming all of the above that I described.
Plot points that are constantly switching.
Controversial and immoral topics in any work.
Covering up all of the above with cute humor.
Overwhelming sensory abuse as an autistic.
Characters too evil to belong in a particular work.
Trying to get away with anything and everything in a work, particularly in a children’s work.