Thread by @ScorpioKingX1

So Amazon shuttered the comments for #ROP ?
Is anyone else seeing this as anything but a PR stunt?
After the 3 day lock-out, The comment section will reopen and those who have predisposed opinions about it will write what they will.
This applies to pro vs con equally.

It’s tiring that some will defend ROP on the merits of it having a diverse cast & little else and others will hate it for the same reason… but a greater majority will criticize it for story issues or the acting or direction or other liberties taken w the source material and

THOSE FANS will be lumped into the same group as the racists/sexists/whatever and that’s disingenuous.
But the media will side w Amazon & write it off as “Bad Fans Review Bomb” this poor poor billion dollar spectacle and when they do,more lines are drawn in the sand…

I’m tired of this strategy that we see over & over again. It echoes what we have seen in politics over the last decade and all it does is allow wealthy billion dollar corporations to shove half-baked creative down everyone’s throats and avoid all

accountability that used to be associated w the Entertainment Biz. Look at every studio, network and platform these days- they reject bad reviews and criticism so that they keep outputting whatever they want.
Creativity doesn’t flourish in a vacuum but that’s what’s happening

now with EVERY franchise out there. Dr Who, Star Wars, Star Trek and now LOTR… (I know I skipped some others)
As someone who has always been a proud scifi fan, it amazes me how easily manipulated people on both sides r these days defending shows and IPs that are poorly made.

Shows or movies aren’t good simply on the merits of being “inclusive” or using actors of varying ethnicities- that doesn’t make entertainment automatically good
nor does it make it bad- as some will say.
But stop & ask urself who the divisiveness serves…

Who benefits lumping all critical fans into the same bucket as racists & phobes?
Oh look- it’s the studios & networks. That’s who.
They set up long term contracts w production companies like @bad_robot or @secrethideoutco and everyone gets paid whether they do a good job or not.

What a fascinating business model never before seen. This is the rise of the corporation- powerful enough to control their narrative via owned media outlets and smiting all who criticize them.
For anyone naive enough not to see what this truly means, I’ll say this…

We already see shills rewarded to supporting whatever the corporations poop out as entertainment these days.
We’re seeing literally every media company consolidate which means they’ve become a monopoly.
Creativity dies in a vacuum bc without a real opinionated audience,

producers just do whatever they want w 0 accountability.
In this state, the audience becomes nothing more than Consumers just waiting for the next thing to consume.
Dunno about you but that sounds awful.
Opinions matter & this power play these companies r pulling is dangerous

and has made a terrible precedent as to where society is today.
Amazon is just the latest to flex their muscles to protect their brand and ostracize an audience.
As I said before, it’s a fascinating strategy -and one that shouldn’t last.