#Hype backlash

[indigomarina]

I'll be honest with you, rewatching Princess Tutu...I don't care about Mytho and Fakir. I would rather the show go how most magical girls shows go and have Duck and Rue be the main pair.

#princess tutu #hype backlash #unpopular ships #ahirue #rue x duck #anti tsundere #normally I like kuuderes but mytho just wasn't doing it for me #is anyone else getting tired of people arguing and people shipping them? #anime #magical girls

[jbk405]

I’m finally going to lay out my thoughts on the “Battlestar Galactica” revival series

The 2003 BSG relaunch is apparently seeing something of a resurgence right now.  I’ve seen more and more people discovering it online over the past few months and beginning full-series watches.  I’m happy for any old TV series to get rediscovered (Although the thought that a show I watched as it aired is now considered “old” is disheartening), but I’ll be honest that I was never as in-love with the series as others seem to be.  And after seeing so many people talking about how it’s one of the greatest underappreciated shows of the ‘00s I’ve got to get out my thoughts.

It's not a BAD show, not by any means, but I do honestly think it was much more impressive at the time it came out than it is now.  It tried to do new things for TV sci-fi in the early 2000s, and now that other shows are doing those same things better it doesn't stand out.  It was the novelty that made it seem so amazing at first.

One of the things it is praised for is that it brought in long-form storytelling from the beginning.  The standard for ‘90s sci-fi was to slowly introduce ongoing plotlines into episodic standalone stories, and BSG had direct episode-to-episode continuity starting from square one.  Except that BSG had no plan for what the ongoing storyline would be, despite frequent on-screen references to “the plan” (And even the eventual release of a film called “The Plan”). The writers have admitted that they did not start the series with any idea where they were going, so plot threads would drag on and climax with no buildup or any emotional oomph.  The exemplar in the beginning was Helo’s entire story on Caprica in season one: He wasn’t supposed to reappear after the pilot miniseries, but the staff liked him so much they brought him back for the series and didn’t bother to figure out why the Cylons were observing him and sparing him until season two.  So all of his scenes are filled with pseudo-mysterious conversations from the observing Cylons to cover up the fact that there was no plan.  The eventual reveal that they’re trying to see if “love” will allow Cylons to bear living children was just bizarre and nonsensical in my opinion.

Babylon 5, which aired 10 years before BSG, was conceived with a clear arc for the entire plot so they could put things in the first season that foreshadowed what was to come in the last.  But BSG, despite being praised for ‘pioneering’ serious serialization in TV Sci-Fi, couldn’t even foreshadow the rest of the first season from the pilot.

The series is also praised for its character development, when almost all prior TV shows had a mandate to keep development to a minimum so as to make all episodes accessible even if viewed out of order or without context.  And the characters definitely do change over the course of the series.  Except, just like with the main story plotline, the character arcs were not planned in advance.  The writers have admitted that the reveal at the end of season three that four recurring characters have been Cylons all along was not planned in advance at all.  They specifically said they picked these characters based purely on who would be the biggest surprise.  There was no foreshadowing at all for the audience to have picked up on earlier in the series, since until they made the decision while writing those episodes the characters weren’t Cylons.

In fact, they even needed to put in retcons to patch over this twist, since it directly contradicted their own canon and the in-series mythology.

This end result was that the show was “pretty good”, and it had some individual episodes and arcs that moved up to “great”, but it was dragged down as a whole.  It had meandering plotlines, “shocking” twists with no logic or emotional foundation, and a general lack of focus.  Season three is where I lost interest, and season four is just a mess.  Even the more devoted fans of the series are heavily critical of the finale, and personally I think the ultimate fate of the characters was just plain bad.

And -- again -- it’s still not a bad show overall.  I saw much worse shows on TV in 2003, and I’ve seen much worse shows on TV right now.  None of these faults take away from the phenomenal acting that the cast put into their performances, or the truly beautiful soundtrack (The soundtrack is the one area that I think surpasses the hype for this show).  Even the CGI holds up pretty well twenty years later.  But I just can’t get behind the “This was one of the greatest shows of the era” brouhaha that’s bubbling up.

#Battlestar Galactica #BSG #BSG 2003 #Hype backlash #TV

[small-names-big-ideas]

Milkshake Duck

the idea:

milkshake duck has become a shorthand for someone who gains prominence, usually on the internet for meme content. then after increased public visibility and scrutiny, they put their foot in their mouth and/or do something problematic, eliciting a follow-up public backlash. this is can be, but isn't necessarily, related to the gartner hype cycle and hype backlash.

#milkshake duck #hype backlash

[elizakai]

Is it just me, or are the aggressive Hazbin Hotel haters just Vox scrambling for Alastor’s attention and coping when nothing happens

Critics and Haters are different! You don’t have to like the show but making post after post hating on it, threatening the creators, or insulting people to convince them why they can’t like the show is

1- obsessive

2- honestly cringe

LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE MY FRIENDS and if you don’t like it, that’s fine, just CHILL!🩷

#I got several annoyed asks from reblogging ONE hazbin related post #personally I like the show I’ve been a long time fan #again you don’t have to like it no one’s forcing you to watch lmao #find a new hype train to try and crash please and thank you #there’s a difference between a critic and a hater👍 #it’s sad how many people I see who LIKE the show but are scared of getting backlash for an interest

[bastardpacs]

#pac #aew #11.11.2020 #aewedit #*gifs #happy anniversary to the return of the bastard 😌 #nothing was more ridiculous than seeing the backlash of wrestling twitter being pissed off at tony for hyping his return up #q

[starlene]

One of my lukewarm musical takes is that for a musical that's been lauded as revolutionary and something completely different and whatnot, Hamilton sure owes a lot to Les Misérables.

#it's not a bad thing though! just something that wasn't really discussed much during the height of the Hamilton hype #oh well! glad that the hype and also the backlash are behind us in any case. annoying times #musicals

[stackslip]

wonder how the tech industry would have marketed and eaten up vocaloids + how many people would call it inherently evil were it to come out today

#i believe that part of the backlash against ai is rooted in how much worse the tech industry has grown #grabbing any new tech and stifling ifs uses immediately to cut jobs and create artificial hype #which was a problem that existed 20 years ago but imo not nearly as fast or aggressive #leaving people to genuinely make use of the tech in good ways. same with digital art and 3d animation and photoshop #eli talks #or maybe it's people not realizing how much all of their fave tech is built on labor exploitation #maybe it's wising up to capital but failing to make connections to older forms of tech

[smol-blue-bird]

my little sister made my dad watch the entirety of the new Percy Jackson miniseries on Disney+, and when it was over, he just turned to me and said “well, I didn’t like it”

#fair tbh #those books are not as good as I thought they were when I was ten #I’m actually surprised there hasn’t been more of a hype backlash with them #like not necessarily because of anything problematic (I don’t remember enough about them to know about that) #but because they’re just not that good lol #no hate i’m just shocked by ten-year-old me’s taste #anti percy jackson #anti pjo

[bombshellsandbluebells]

speaking as someone who really enjoyed Barbie, I just don't think Barbie is deep enough to warrant all the dramatic takes and arguments on it

#like it's a fun movie! #the production design is amazing #i'm all here to gush about the filmmaking and art dept on that film #but I feel like it's getting hyped way beyond what it is #a fun movie that manages to say something and be entertaining despite being another big studio film only made bc it's based on popular IP #like Greta did make something entertaining and worth watching #she did manage to say something and give it personality when so many IP movies are soulless and meaningless #but it's not the big evil manipulative marketing people complain it is #becuase literally.....everything greenlit by studios nowadays is tied to some kind of IP or brand or intended to sell you something #i didn't see these complaints over the lego movies #it's not to blame for launching a big pointless ip franchise bc even if barbie had bombed you KNOW the other mattel movies would have #probably happened bc IP matters way more than what audiences are actually interested in #but it's also not like a revolutionary feminist masterpiece?? #it says something yeah but it's not really groundbreaking and it's pretty simple #and it's certainly not like....revolutionary enough for all the negative backlash though we all know something doesn't HAVE #to be truly revolutionary or progressive for that kind of crowd to get all up in arms over the Woke Agenda #it's just like #it is what it is #a movie that would have happened whether competent storytellers and filmmakers got on board or not and at least they made something #worth watching which I can't say of a LOT of IP greenlight decisions #it's jsut like #I enjoyed the movie and it was well made and I'm glad it's doing well but every time I see a new argument about it or take #I just want to be like #it's not that deep lol #that doesn't include just analysis and discussion of the movie #that's different #i mean more discussion like it's bad this movie did well bc it's just an overhyped commercial!!! #anyways got that off my chest lol #i still would have killed to work on set dec for that film

[spaceoperetta]

I watch WWE from time to time, as it’s included with my Peacock subscription, and the Backlash crowd was absolutely electric, woowwwwww

#WWE backlash #top tier audience they were hype they knew ALL THE LYRICS

[saederkrupps]

i had to make this blog because dragon dogma 2 is gonna come out this month and i need to be able to yell and be insane about it. also i have too many thoughts in general and need to release them to balance my humors

#>sluggy personal #i have been replaying the first game and its so fun i love it #i both hope dd2 does well and gets a lot of fans who are interested in the story #bc the majority of dd1 fans dont care about the story at all #but also i fear it because i got exhausted with bg3 fandom so so quickly #i wish i could yell about the problems in bg3 without backlash but alas. big fandom. i must wait till it cools down #still sooooo hype for dd2 i will be annoying about it

[drewsaturday]

ALSO KELDOR REAL????

#Motu tag #that weird dead alien wife backstory comic got enough backlash to inject the keldor backstory into this one too huh #if that little scene from the trailer IS implying this i'm kinda hyped to see what they do with it #bc 200x had such a good foundation for it but i was kinda sad we never got more #and there are loads of comics i still have not read so #that and cgi's version are all i rly have an i need more jlk;aklsdjf

[mangopit]

margot robbie is so pretty generally but my god she was SO pretty in the barbie movie. also the film sort of emotionally devastated me but i accepted that from the outset so it's fine

#the writers were so incredibly on the nose #it's a little dizzying and i can't tell if i prefer it that way or if i'm just reeling from the shock of having it laid out like that for me #in mainstream media. in the most hyped movie of the summer. in a movie peddled by toy company MATTEL. #i'm sort of scared of the backlash it will receive from ppl who just wanted it to be a fun feminine romp #but that's art babey ! #barbie 2023 #woohoojazelyn thoughts

[emometalhead]

WWWY fest quietly adding female fronted bands to the lineup without acknowledging the very justified backlash they received is soooo

#like yeah sure whatever they added some women but why weren't they there in the first place #also this festival still seems like such a logistical nightmare #like they already had 53 bands set to play full albums in one day and now they've added I think 4 more #I do not see how this festival isn't going to have crazy set overlap #I get the hype for the nostalgia and everything but just being real this festival has such bad vibes #idk festivals in general are bad at incorporating women and POC but WWWY is like particularly bad at it #I can't get over the fact that they haven't even made a post about the added bands #they've reposted the posts that a couple of the bands made to their story but haven't made an official post #they only added women to the lineup after a ton of backlash and now they're making said women do all of the promotion for themselves #it really rubs me the wrong way #ashley rambles #when we were young fest

[retro-rezz-the-est]

and they're all singing his song too.....hold up while i cry ;___;

#this crowd is so hype #rezz liveblogs backlash

[melonisopod]

Damn, you think gacha games are all evil and predatory? How could you say something so controversial yet so brave? Okay now throw your phone in the ocean. Walk into the woods and abandon civilization. You are free now.

#corine.txt #i don't disagree with the statement just there's been a huge uptick in these kind of posts #that really just translate to ''i'm a little hater who has no real criticism for a game that actually did something different'' #we all know it's not about the games being bad it's about backlash to the lcb hype #you ain't slick