Have you heard about how X-Men ’97 is tanking in the ratings?
It’s pretty funny. Disney tried to make a sequel series to a show from millennials’ childhood. I must have watched the show because I remember the opening sequence, but I couldn’t tell you anything about the plot.
Either way, it seemed like an easy win. Millennials are, as a group, overgrown children with an unhealthy level of escapism. Pushing our nostalgia buttons is usually trivial.
From a technical standpoint, they did a good job. The new series has the same simplistic animation style, the same drama, the same insane scif plots, the same action.
But it’s tanking.
Either my fellow millennials are (finally) growing up or Disney just can’t get anything right. I’ll call this a win in any case. The more Disney trips over its own feet, the more likely they’ll clean house and hire some writers.
I’m an optimist by temperament, enhanced by a focus on Christianity.
That’s why I think this is good news, why blackpillers are pitiable children and why you’ll click this link: