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Remakes, Reboots, and Re-hashing tired stories

The next decade of entertainment and art will have no cultural identity and there will be nothing that sets the 2020's apart from the late 2010's in terms of art, music, or anything creative and we will achieve a level of mundane and dull in our art that the world has never seen before. "Damn, sis this is bleak as hell is everything all right at home? Are they abusing you at your job like what's good sis what's tea?"  And to that I say, I'm not being abused at work, everything is more or less the same with me, but thanks for the concern! "Oh well... that's cool, glad you're doing okay... that was still dark as hell please explain I'm about to unstan you I'm scared.." While I think it's pretty self- explanatory, I'll tell you what I mean, since I'm a caring and thoughtful blogger. *eyeroll* Essentially, the biggest and most successful movies and TV shows made in the last couple of years are either re...

Ariel is black now so please stop being dusty about it

The internet has been disgusting this week. Not that it isn't usually disgusting but this week has been so gross that I couldn't even think to write about anime. I was too busy dragging white supremacists to hell on my burner twitter to even begin to write a follow-up about anime zaddies. Or anything else anime or manga related and it's all because of a damn mermaid. Now, for those of you blissfully unaware of the bullshit around you, I'll fill you in on what's going on. This past week, Halle Bailey of the singing duo Chloe and Halle, was officially named as the actress cast to play Ariel in Disney's live action remake of the The Little Mermaid, another movie in a long, seemingly unending wave of Disney lazily and shamelessly milking the teats of their old properties for loose change. Upon hearing the news, I'll admit I was very indifferent. A part of me really dislikes these movies and sees them as nothing more than shameless retcon cash-grabs and I had mad...