Pop culture stuff...to stave off bordom..

1. Apparently Bridgerton is the most watched Netflix Series EVER!

The link provided above also discusses why black actors and actors of color need to be seen in more historical dramas. And the excuses for not including them, don't quite work any longer.

2. I was amused by a fight that broke out at scans daily over the toxic Snyder fandom. They were arguing that Snyder's fans on social media aren't toxic. Amused, because everyone else believes they are, except for well the fans themselves.

I think when humans get obsessive or obsessive/compulsive about something they love or have convinced themselves they want, are bored, and frustrated about other things - it's kind of a cocktail for toxicity. I've seen it in every fandom. And it's by no means relegated by gender.

I am ambivalent about Zack Snyder's films. They don't really work for me - but I also don't enjoy video games. And get bored watching action scenes or fight scenes after a while. Snyder basically just does action sequences, and paintings. I find his films exhausting. I've seen a lot of them in theaters with girl-friends over the years. CW and I saw The 300 and The Watchmen in the theater, she was dating Frank Miller at the time.
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3. Netflix has been busy, busy, busy building content.

It has now added Zack Snyder (Army of the Dead - a zombie heist film), Tim Burton (Wednesday's school days at Neverdale), and has Ryan Murphy and Shondra Rhimes. It's also busy doing a live action series based on Avatar:The Last Airbender.

It wants to be all things to all people.