You got a license for that?

This is a close up? A CLOSE UP YA JERK! A CLOSEUP!

I think about this screenshot every single day

It's Doctor Who saying "look the evil alt right podcaster has trapped everyone in a weird heteronormative wish world that's baaaaaad uhb we don't know how to resolve it satisfyingly" vs "Rose dragged along a guy she thought cute and he turned out to be a jerk and used time travel to gain access to future secrets and we see her and the Doctor react to that in a way thar shows us more about their character." It's "the Beatles are here kind of as a backdrop to our drag queen villain isn't that fun woo musical number" vs "let's tell a touching story about Vincent van Gogh's depression and relate that to what our characters are currently going through."

And its not just Doctor Who--it's pervasive. It's "let's tell a character focused story of Anakin Skywalker's fall to the darkness and the love around him that wasn't enough" vs "Star Wars is GAY and look at her BLEED her LIGHTSABER." It's "Here's a 19 year old who lost her parents and has to raise her difficult sister, let's see her motivations and love for her sister" vs "Nani is doing the Right Thing for Herself because going to College is Girlboss!"

And this isn't the first time the focus of storytelling has shifted--before it was character focused, we had concept focus. Doctor Who exploring Roman times or a realm made of stories, where characters carry the plot, but aren't the focus of episodes. Episode IV of star wars was certainly a conceptual idea more than character focused, exploring the world and building it as you go. Old Disney like Snow White explored the concept of retelling a fairytale in animation.

"I get where this post is coming from, but it's using real-world examples of media being obnoxiously pushy with messaging that make me think the author is one of those evil conservatives the media says are always wrong and you should always hate, and that's pretty problematic."

I love Batman Beyond and Spider-Girl so much because they are truly the natural progressions for Batman and Spider-Man.

In looking at Batman Beyond, I think that Bruce Wayne really would wind up this lonely old man at the end of the day and in Spider-Girl I can truly see the same old Peter Parker from yesteryear only older.