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This year’s SDCC was such a nothing burger.

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I don't know if this is a hot take, but I kind of wish the Critical Role team went with a different art style for this series.

Phil Bourassa's style might have been exciting fifteen years ago, but it just feels generic now.

I just don't understand why every single adult western animated show has to look like a Rick and Morty knockoff or an off brand version of Young Justice.

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They whitewashed Alastor.

I'm fucking losing it.

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I’m sorry, but nothing will ever top MatPat giving the Pope a copy of Undertale.

Like imagine being the Pope and some guy who makes YouTube videos about video game theories comes up to you and says “You gotta play Undertale! It changed my life, here’s a copy.”

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Gundam Wing is 30 years old? Fuck, I feel ancient.

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At the end of the day, I'm glad that one of The Outsiders outlived Hogan.

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I feel like the biggest issue I have with the current state of indie animation is the lack of variety.

Why are there so many comedies? Where are the action shows? Where are the dramas? Where’s the horror? etc.

I keep seeing folks yammer on about indie animation as being a great alternative to the mainstream, but it really isn’t.

The majority of indie animated shows are either comedies or shows with comedic elements. There is no variety in terms of genres.

I’m not saying comedic shows are horrible by default, but the lack of variety when it comes to indie animation is really annoying.

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People rightfully give Instagram shit for all the Gen AI slop that's on there, but it's kind of infuriating how 99% of that app's userbase is soulless content farm pages that keep posting the same memes over and over again to feed the shitty algorithm.

Gosh, the modern internet sucks so much.

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While I am happy Superman is doing well domestically at the box office, those international numbers are bleak.

Yes, one could argue that Superman isn't that popular of a character outside of America, but I don't think that's the case.

Both Man of Steel and Batman v Superman did well internationally, hell, even Superman Returns did well internationally. The issue isn't that international audiences don't want to watch Superman movies, it's that folks are just tired of the whole "shared superhero universe" gimmick.

Also doesn't help that WB as a whole has had a massive image problem ever since Zaslav took over. I swear, everything that man touches turns into complete and utter shit.

I wouldn't say the DC Universe is dead on arrival, but the future ain't looking so good. If the international numbers for Superman are this abysmal now, then I can't even begin to imagine how bad the international numbers for Supergirl and Clayface are gonna be come next year.

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The Bust Down Keanu image being AI generated is infuriating because it's the type of image that could have been easily made in Photoshop, GIMP or Photopea.

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Trying to have everything under one umbrella is one of the reasons why the DCEU fell apart.

Keep the DCU and Matt Reeves Batman universe separate.

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The Kendrick and Drake beef was such a cultural defining moment that every other rap beef that came after it now looks like a shitty straight to streaming movie.

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I honestly feel like Superman wouldn't be currently struggling box office wise if the WB and DC brand wasn't so tainted by Zaslav.

Back to back DC movies flopping hard at the box office have pretty much ruined that franchise's reputation.

I'm not the biggest James Gunn fan, but I do commend him for at least trying to salvage together a new shared universe on such short notice.

Like I've said many times before, I'm much more of a DC Comics fan than a Marvel fan, and while I personally don't care all that much for Gunn's Superman movie, I want to see it do well at the box office because I want DC to get out of the rut that they've been in for the past couple of years.

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While I personally wasn't the biggest fan of the OG Panty and Stocking English dub, I am super annoyed that Amazon couldn't be bothered to bring some of the Texas cast back for the new dub.

Cherami Leigh and Colleen Clinkenbeard were perfectly cast as Scanty and Kneesocks. So losing them feels like the biggest gut punch.

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I feel like the reason why you’re starting to see a lot of thinly veiled Pro-Gen AI arguments recently is because the general public no longer values art or creativity. 

Corporate speak has invaded the general public lexicon, everything - and I mean everything- is starting to get referred to as “content.”

Movies, TV shows, video games etc? It doesn’t matter, everything is “content” for the soulless assembly line. 

Which is why I’m not surprised that some folks are deciding to write off the whole backlash to Gen AI as “fear mongering” or whatever. Because hey, they asked ChatGPT to do something for them and it did, so it can’t be all bad, right? Right? 

Spoiler alert, it is. 

Putting aside the environmental concerns, the reason why these AI generators are able to shit out a bunch of “content” is because they’re glorified plagiarism machines. 

What, you think ChatGPT was capable of generating an essay on an obscure topic because it’s self aware? Fuck no. 

It’s able to generate stuff because OpenAI is harvesting countless media to train it. 

And look, I get it, nobody likes writing speeches and essays for work/school. Goodness knows I detested writing essays about topics I had zero interest in back when I was in college, but asking a soulless AI generator to do all the hard work for you and then “fixing it later” is so lazy. 

But that’s the attitude people have when it comes to the arts. It’s like “Who cares if Gen AI art is waxy and visually unappealing? It’s much cheaper than paying an artist to draw something for me.”

Makes me sad that an entire generation is going to grow up not knowing how it feels to write or create anything without the need of a prompt.

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I’m tired of creatives who think that hating a particular trope makes their work more interesting, we need more creatives who embrace tropes.

Like who gives a fuck if a trope is overused? If it’s fun, it’s fun.

Stop trying to constantly subvert everything.