tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post7350228455125504879..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: Oh Noes, Dr. Who is WHITE!The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-26132512550609280392017-07-24T23:39:51.971-04:002017-07-24T23:39:51.971-04:00The HORROR!! The horror... About which, I care n...The HORROR!! The horror... About which, I care not a fig, nor a farthing, nor a flying flea. Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-92198551134369160742017-07-19T08:43:33.975-04:002017-07-19T08:43:33.975-04:00What I love about this move is the smear inherent ...What I love about this move is the smear inherent in it. If anyone says anything, they are a misogynist and can be dismissed. People are simply NOT ALLOWED to disagree.<br /><br />I disagree anyway. Fuck 'em.<br /><br />You take a show whose rating are dropping because it is all-SJW all the time. To save it, you go for the SJW gender-flip. Because you are a shit writer, and you've run out of ideas.<br /><br />-Could- Dr. Who as a woman work and be interesting? Sure. Why not? Its science fiction, you can make boring-ass physics interesting if you try hard enough.<br /><br />-Will- Dr. Who as a woman work? No way. Unless this Jodie Whittaker can actually walk on water, she cannot save this turkey. SJWs have the reverse-Midas touch. Everything they get their hands on turns to shit.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-7756481468745978122017-07-18T21:02:32.408-04:002017-07-18T21:02:32.408-04:00"It will suck."
Yup. From what I'v..."It will suck."<br /><br />Yup. From what I've read, there's going to be a new showrunner next season, and the fact that he's starting with this tells me that he has no ideas beyond "LOOK HOW PROGRESSIVE I AM!"<br /><br />It's also battlespace prep for the inevitable "People are tuning out because they're too sexist to watch a female Doctor", an argument that will probably let him keep his job for a year or two longer than he would otherwise.<br /><br />As you pointed out, a quick look at Marvel's comic sales shows how effective insulting your customer base is as a marketing strategy.Alyricnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-45436489973774302762017-07-18T13:48:01.104-04:002017-07-18T13:48:01.104-04:00Casting Idris Elba would be called "enlighten...Casting Idris Elba would be called "enlightened" and "transgressive!" just like this casting of Jodie Whittaker is, and they'd be complaining it wasn't a woman instead.<br /><br />If Dr. Who had cast a gay black woman as the Doctor and given her Ru Paul for a sidekick, the SJWs all be whining about something else. Probably the the new Doctor wasn't Trans, or wasn't Black Enough, or some other fucking stupidity.<br /><br />When in reality, this is a Hail Mary play by talent-less TV hacks desperate to improve sagging ratings. They think by taking another cheap shot at the existing British white male fan base, they'll attract masses of fresh new fans into the fold.<br /><br />For the expected outcome of this, I point to the continuing destruction of the Marvel and DC comics brands. It will suck.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-25621621529977256312017-07-18T13:24:01.474-04:002017-07-18T13:24:01.474-04:00If someone like Idris Elba had been cast you'd...If someone like Idris Elba had been cast you'd have seen a sudden parting of company between PoC and any feminists griping that there still hadn't been a woman Doctor. PoC would have counted it a win. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com