The BBC might be sweeping for Doctor Who after its recent cancellation and Disney pulling out of the partnership because of low ratings, but a former Disney executive and other Disney insiders spilled to the media exactly what we’ve been saying since the beginning: that the show was a ratings disaster hated by the fanbase.
One Disney exec said it was “too woke for Trump’s USA,” and this was “a factor in Disney's minds.”
That's not the truth and it's a cop-out.
If you took an old episode of Dr. Who, Let's say from when Tom Baker was the doc, and put it up against any modern episode, the people would rave about Baker's episode.
Each of those old episodes were only only a little over 45 minutes run time, but they were well written and action packed. They didn't try to push lgbt+ nonsense down people's throats.
I watched all the old Dr. Who's in the 80's, on KERA, Dallas' local PBS station. I stayed up late to watch those, because they were good.
I couldn't even gather the interest to watch a modern Dr. Who. I tried, but once they turned the doc into a feminist spouting woman, I gave up.
I even sat through all the peter capaldi episodes, because despite the flaws, the writing was still true to the story.
"Doctor Who was very costly for Disney.." I was under the impression that Disney liked pissing away money, they've been consistently doing it for around 10 years now.
"What do you attribute the decline of Doctor Who to"
Ideological nonsense. Once Davies came back and demonstrated he could write badly just as well as the other ideologues that's when I knew DR WHO was done; that there was no saving it. The ONLY possible save for this IP is to shelve it for a while and start over with all new people;. do not allow anyone involved with the prior run to be involved in the reboot. They also need to leave it shelved until we've purged society of this woke mind virus because of it gets pulled before then there's too great a risk they'll screw it up again.
"One Disney exec blamed a lack of marketing for its failure.." this ignorant statement by this executive is why I believe most people could do these guys jobs. They clearly have no clue what they are doing thus giving credit to thee idea that the people in these roles got to where they are b/c of who they know and what families they come from and not because of any skill or Merit. An actor has to be able to act and a director has to be capable of directing but these studio heads can be complete fools and not only do they keep getting these jobs and being paid absurd sums but they fail upwards. Before DEI was a thing, the Hollywood Studio Exec must have been the role model for DEI.
It's fine with me if they want to brand average Americans, who only want to be entertained and not lectured to, as `Trump's USA`. Fine! Call us whatever you want to, whatever it takes to get you to stop making content with an activist goal in mind, and simply start working on movies and shows that are better.
Matt Smith, David Tennant, Christopher Eggleston, John Hurt. These actors played the best Dr. Who. Quirky, chaotic and intelligent. Was a big fan until the producers decided to go politically correct. A lighthearted TV show that ran 26 years until the Woke-Disney Corp got a hold of it and slowing curb stomped it. There should be a large neon sign over TV Production Companies; "Go Woke. Go Broke!" or "Shut Up and Dance!
Crap stories. Take the Barber Shop episode as a prime example. The Story & the Engine. The real brag point on this episode was that there are no WHITE people in it. It is literally the writer's barber-shop story (previously written) with the Doctor added into it. It is the laziest, most shameless episode probably ever shot for Doctor Who, and that's saying something considering the whole of the supposed Season Two. Every single story is driven by politics. And it gets old real fast.
Doctor Who did not die, he was murdered. The problem really is the viewers, not the execs. Viewers have been trained for decades to have lower and lower attention spans needing greater and greater special effects, to the point that anything they watch will be candy with no depth or substance. The pre-Tennant Dr Who series were reasonably intellectually challenging and dealth with human issues. Tennant's run introduced a recurring theme in every season with the notion of "this poor creature is the last of it's kind" and thus must be protected or pitied. Tennant's run and all the episodes since have been vapid, thinly veiled political activism and dogma with lots of sparkle and color and no intrinsic value. You know, like candy. I am surrounded by people who never watched the originals and when they try they can not get past the low budgets.
One Disney exec said it was “too woke for Trump’s USA,” and this was “a factor in Disney's minds.”
That's not the truth and it's a cop-out.
If you took an old episode of Dr. Who, Let's say from when Tom Baker was the doc, and put it up against any modern episode, the people would rave about Baker's episode.
Each of those old episodes were only only a little over 45 minutes run time, but they were well written and action packed. They didn't try to push lgbt+ nonsense down people's throats.
I watched all the old Dr. Who's in the 80's, on KERA, Dallas' local PBS station. I stayed up late to watch those, because they were good.
I couldn't even gather the interest to watch a modern Dr. Who. I tried, but once they turned the doc into a feminist spouting woman, I gave up.
I even sat through all the peter capaldi episodes, because despite the flaws, the writing was still true to the story.
I refer to the timeless wisdom of Cartman: First they put a woman in it, then they made it fake and ghey.
"Doctor Who was very costly for Disney.." I was under the impression that Disney liked pissing away money, they've been consistently doing it for around 10 years now.
"What do you attribute the decline of Doctor Who to"
Ideological nonsense. Once Davies came back and demonstrated he could write badly just as well as the other ideologues that's when I knew DR WHO was done; that there was no saving it. The ONLY possible save for this IP is to shelve it for a while and start over with all new people;. do not allow anyone involved with the prior run to be involved in the reboot. They also need to leave it shelved until we've purged society of this woke mind virus because of it gets pulled before then there's too great a risk they'll screw it up again.
Trump. Is there anything that man can’t do?
“too woke for Trump’s USA,”
The fact he called it "Trump's USA" perfectly encapsulates the woke mind virus. The show was too woke for the USA, regardless of who is President.
"One Disney exec blamed a lack of marketing for its failure.." this ignorant statement by this executive is why I believe most people could do these guys jobs. They clearly have no clue what they are doing thus giving credit to thee idea that the people in these roles got to where they are b/c of who they know and what families they come from and not because of any skill or Merit. An actor has to be able to act and a director has to be capable of directing but these studio heads can be complete fools and not only do they keep getting these jobs and being paid absurd sums but they fail upwards. Before DEI was a thing, the Hollywood Studio Exec must have been the role model for DEI.
Dude. I could write a better Dr. Who episode than Davies.
I could write a better Dr Who story that involved a female timelord.
And I could do it without making it for modern audiences.
Then do it b/c God knows we need someone to do what those hacks at the BBC have not been doing.
It's fine with me if they want to brand average Americans, who only want to be entertained and not lectured to, as `Trump's USA`. Fine! Call us whatever you want to, whatever it takes to get you to stop making content with an activist goal in mind, and simply start working on movies and shows that are better.
Matt Smith, David Tennant, Christopher Eggleston, John Hurt. These actors played the best Dr. Who. Quirky, chaotic and intelligent. Was a big fan until the producers decided to go politically correct. A lighthearted TV show that ran 26 years until the Woke-Disney Corp got a hold of it and slowing curb stomped it. There should be a large neon sign over TV Production Companies; "Go Woke. Go Broke!" or "Shut Up and Dance!
Crap stories. Take the Barber Shop episode as a prime example. The Story & the Engine. The real brag point on this episode was that there are no WHITE people in it. It is literally the writer's barber-shop story (previously written) with the Doctor added into it. It is the laziest, most shameless episode probably ever shot for Doctor Who, and that's saying something considering the whole of the supposed Season Two. Every single story is driven by politics. And it gets old real fast.
Doctor Who did not die, he was murdered. The problem really is the viewers, not the execs. Viewers have been trained for decades to have lower and lower attention spans needing greater and greater special effects, to the point that anything they watch will be candy with no depth or substance. The pre-Tennant Dr Who series were reasonably intellectually challenging and dealth with human issues. Tennant's run introduced a recurring theme in every season with the notion of "this poor creature is the last of it's kind" and thus must be protected or pitied. Tennant's run and all the episodes since have been vapid, thinly veiled political activism and dogma with lots of sparkle and color and no intrinsic value. You know, like candy. I am surrounded by people who never watched the originals and when they try they can not get past the low budgets.
These simpletons never learn!