Did your PhD recognize that most people don’t post their opinions on the internet, especially if they find something to be mediocre?
To me it’s the internet that ruins everything. Many times when I see something and I feel like “meh it wasn’t great but it was ok” I end up seeing an endless stream of negativity towards it on the internet. But who am I to say the the ending to Game of Thrones was ok but needed a few more episodes so it didn’t feel rushed, or Rise of Skywalker was really interesting but the editing was a bit janky or whatever? Say things like that and you get an endless stream of people telling you that you’re an idiot for liking something and not conforming to the hate train. But talk to people in real life about these things and it’s a different conversation.
I think the main problem is that the people making things in these franchises listen to the internet too much. This has resulted in a general lack of confidence by writers because they’re too worried about how the internet will criticize them. But that’s gonna happen no matter what they do. And the studio execs looking at the internet data and basing a lot of decisions on that.
Are you trying to tell me real life is real life? You need to spend more time indoors, you’re clearly out of touch with what real people are actually saying on Twitter.
My next video is how Star Trek fans ruin Star Trek. It was the subject of the thesis for my PhD in Trekology.
Did your PhD recognize that most people don’t post their opinions on the internet, especially if they find something to be mediocre?
To me it’s the internet that ruins everything. Many times when I see something and I feel like “meh it wasn’t great but it was ok” I end up seeing an endless stream of negativity towards it on the internet. But who am I to say the the ending to Game of Thrones was ok but needed a few more episodes so it didn’t feel rushed, or Rise of Skywalker was really interesting but the editing was a bit janky or whatever? Say things like that and you get an endless stream of people telling you that you’re an idiot for liking something and not conforming to the hate train. But talk to people in real life about these things and it’s a different conversation.
I think the main problem is that the people making things in these franchises listen to the internet too much. This has resulted in a general lack of confidence by writers because they’re too worried about how the internet will criticize them. But that’s gonna happen no matter what they do. And the studio execs looking at the internet data and basing a lot of decisions on that.
Are you trying to tell me real life is real life? You need to spend more time indoors, you’re clearly out of touch with what real people are actually saying on Twitter.