Just my opinion, diversity is the number one requirement, they are implementing it, and it sure looks like the company is happy with what they are doing and actually making money would be nice to have but it seems making money is secondary to the company.
That’s the balance of DEI…make progress without causing an “anti-productive”‘backlash…
it’s already started. That little tidbit about DiCosta leaving post-production months ago wasn’t a random non-sequitur.
To the outside it may look like its not working. It depends on what the company considers a success on the inside.
I love the idea that “diversity” being a “requirement” is the height of evil. Hey, why can’t you meanies just leave us alone to exclude anyone who isn’t a straight white male?!?!
Taiki of the Johnson mold to Me…
That's not what people are saying. People aren't against diversity, you just want to see it that way.
And that is a big part of the issue. Black widow should have received her own movie well before captain marvel. The MCU did a brilliant job of bringing in characters that weren't what you would call crazy popular, and got people to like them. The mistake that's made is swinging the pendulum to the complete other side. Very little of what they did felt organic because like you pointed out, it was such a hard switch. It was like the Grinch becoming the holiday cheermeister. Too much too soon! Lol. Everyone isn't a bunch of anti-diversity bullies like some here like to make it out to be. It's just like the star wars discussion, everyone hates rey, finn and rose because ANTI DIVERSITY!!!. But have no problems with Jyn, cara, baze, greef and lando?
Since Endgame, we’ve gotten ten MCU films. Six have had white male protagonists. So the “hard swing” to diversity consists of Black Widow (which we’re told is not an issue), Shang-Chi, Eternals, and Black Panther. Those are the films that the culture warriors feel mark too much diversity. Too much too soon! Why, out of 32 films, two have had female leads! And four non-white leads! SLOW DOWN!!!
What character was “swapped” other than Little Mermaid? Captain America isn’t a “swap,” it’s a legacy being passed from one well-established character to another, something that is absolutely inevitable in a film series telling one continuous story across decades and dozens of films.
Dude, all you do is post the same contentless garbage over and over and over in every thread. You aren’t even acknowledging what I said in the post, part of a pattern with you. Posters on these boards have given you the benefit of the doubt over and over and over, but at some point you just become a troll.
At some point when it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, swims like a duck, has genetic testing that confirms it’s a ducks you have to acknowledge that it is a duck. It’s not just a random coincidence that so many of the same grievances align and get repeated.
There number one requirement should be a great story not checking off pc boxes. The number two is making money. Both of which they have failed with. Trust me, they are not happy with not making money. A movie is a like building an ocean liner. It takes years and you can't just stop and reverse course when that course is bankrupting you.
It must be nice to have slush fund of theme park revenue supported by addicted Disney addicts to support movies no one pays to see. Universal, on the other hand, has both movies AND theme parks that make money.
YOU ARE RIGHT, but for TWDC checking boxes is first, story does not matter (see checking off boxes), and money does not matter when it comes to making movies.
Very true.
