Like...
the production value is good but it's not super amazing. That's fine. But the big issue is that they take so fucking long between seasons that I just don't care anymore.
I give zero fucks at all about the 'new' Stranger Things that, sometime soonish, will come out?
Like, it's been fucking years at this point. There's no hype anymore.
For me her character just seemed very one note. She seemed to have remorse at the end for the ACTION she did, but the problem is, she was just very 'here's my goal and I'm going to do it' the rest of the season.
Idk, to each their own, but the story was way worse than season 1 for me.
Honestly the last few episodes weren't that good to me. 7 is too short for a show, and she wasn't a good enough actress to carry the show without Pedro.
That's okay, it's just an issue for them to solve.
Sweet. Elect more progressive democrats so they can do more. You gonna seriously tell me that nothing is better than something?
Republicans hate my state. I welcome their hatred.
There better be a significant time jump, because holy shit taking 3 years between seasons is getting really fucking old on every damned show. At least Disney is committing to going back to 'one season a year' so that's something.
Didn't play the second game, but the issue I had with season 2 was it was disjointed and you could 'feel' the game style storytelling.
While the first game from a story standpoint was very much on rails, I'd gather that the second game was very much not linear levels like the game was for the first one?
Bella is a decent actress, but she's not a series lead. The show felt too heavy for her shoulders, and that's okay. Idk how much of the characters development (or lack thereof) was her or the game storytelling, but it just felt flat as the season progressed if that makes sense.
Honestly, I've had this conversation with a lot of people!
I think tough love is the answer. People respect an actual honest gut punch.
Tough love with motivation to be better. That's what I would do. People want to look for something, to hope for something. They want to be part of a 'thing' that gives them meaning and a reason to get out of bed in the morning. For a lot of people that is what MAGA is. It's a brilliant bit of propaganda from a political science perspective.
The thing that the people behind maga forget is that positive always beats negative for people. If the democrats came out with a 'elbows up' campaign to drive engagement, inform voters, and have an Obama 08 style organization behind it. Dems would sweep elections left right and center across the country.
The issue, is the democrats shunned technology after that 08 Obama win. Obama built up a massive online apparatus to win the election then the party tossed it aside. The republicans embraced the digital age and have moved their propaganda networks online, and the democrats did nothing to counter it.
There are some things that give the Rs and advantage such as gish gallop and stuff like that, but again, tough love 'everything that man said is bullshit, your honor' type discourse wins out. They just don't want to get their hands dirty, and they don't want to fund people that do for some reason.
In short, you don't need to convince people to follow a billion different decrees. You give them a simple branding (Hope from 08. Where do you think all the MAGA merch idea came from? Those Hope shirts), direction, and figureheads.
Branding is easy, for me I'd pick something like Together. Direction? Focus on things people agree on and build out policy from those tentpoles. 'Family? We all love family. Here's how we're helping YOUR family with X policies.' Figureheads. Dems have TONS of super qualified women that are killing it. We need some fucking white bread dudes like Walz as well to be pushing these things (there are a few they just need more media around them).
From a dev standpoint, if it were me I'd create an app to push these things, make it social for people, and then gamify engagement by making it a 'game' to be informed of what's happening in your area and in the country at large. Getting people informed is not hard and doesn't take a lot of time, it requires newer styles of outreach that haven't been done before. At least in my mind!
Thanks for the conversation on this btw, It's refreshing! <3
Then you're not smart.
Democrats have made multiple positive changes for people. You clearly don't pay attention.
Accellerationism is bullshit.
Fuuuucking this.
It's Grand Theft Auto; Special Forces.
I wish they didn't absolutely butcher the sequel. It feels fucking awful compared to Wildlands.