Quoting: slapinI think if accused in public one is to fight in public for the silence is considered guilty.

That's definitely true, but unfortunately it can sometimes take months to actually gather all the receipts to prove one's innocence, present them in a coherent way, etc.
Because that's how social media and PR works: Guilty until proven innocent.

In other cases, people are just overwhelmed by the shitstorm and retreat into the turtle shell of social isolation for recovery. Which is a very understandable reaction, only very few people are built to withstand public shunning by large amounts of haters based on mostly lies and misconceptions.

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I do like that more and more developers start to fight back against cancel culture - it has clearly gone way too far.

For some time, anyone could pretty much claim anything and the victim would immediately get publicly shamed, fired, funds withdrawn, silent treatment from "friends", etc. - all without any real proof whatsoever.
The accusation itself serves as all the proof that is needed on social media - and too many people are afraid of social media sh*tstorms, so especially PR-run companies comply.

Weatherfactory was lucky that Creative Europe is apparently not run by people like that and could keep their funds.

The more people fight back against it, the more people will actually dare to do so.
A good development for once.

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Good article to link to people who are interested in an overview.

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Hmmm.

Consider me: Cautiously interested.

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Quoting: F.UltraThat is your opinion, actual paedophilia survivors however paint a completely different picture:

That's not an opinion.
It is (both theoretically and practically) impossible to film sexualized minors without filming sexualized minors. Therefore, any new footage of that kind can only be obtained by actually doing it. Unlike e.g. war imagery, this cannot really be faked well.

Quoting: F.UltraMeanwhile it looks like most of the outrage against the film comes from the religious right.

Well, I'm neither religious nor right-wing, and I haven't seen a majority of criticism of it coming in that light. Just people from all over the political spectrums criticizing the movie for what it is and/or how it was made.

But, sure, putting people who disagree with you in a box with other people you disagree with is always a nice thing to do.

Quoting: F.UltraThe film reached top 5 in Netflix among it's USA customers.

Obviously, after all the drama. Doesn't speak for or against any of the points raised.

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Quoting: F.UltraThat is how films/books done to raise awareness of topics have been done since the invention of fiction. Compare with anti war movies like Platoon, Apocalypse Now and so on.

So, the creators of Platoon, Apocalypse Now and so on actually waged war and killed people to film their movie?
Because that's the only way this comparison makes any sense.

Cuties actually exploited and sexualized minors in order to make a movie that is supposed to criticize exactly that.

Quoting: DribbleondoThe controversy over Cuties was only over the initial poster (and mostly in the US alone) by Netflix,

That's just what sparked it.
The real controversy were the... let's call them dance scenes.

Quoting: DribbleondoThe sexualisation of minors is despicable....which is what this film's message is.

So why did they have to sexualize minors in order to deliver that message?
The dance scenes, for example, would have been a lot more effective if they had shown only the audience's reaction. No need to actually go and film some 11 year old grinding their... nah, I'm not even gonna describe it.

Quoting: F.UltraOnce released it has been given high scores by film critics and have a 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Only further cementing the worthlessness and out-of-touch-ness of "professional" critics. A bunch of pseudo-intellectual failures high on their own farts, nothing more.
The only relevant score for any piece of media is the user score, and that one speaks for itself.

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Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: InterloperHonestly, after the Cuties incident [External Link], Netflix should not get any kind of publicity.

Nefarious and disgusting company. I hope they fail.

They made a terrible poster - let's not throw the whole company out over one bad marketing decision. If you have an issue with the movie itself, I suggest you read this [External Link] to at least get a picture of why it exists.

That defense is absolute hogwash. She is either dishonest and knew exactly what they were doing, or she seriously has the most flawed logic on this planet.

"Something is bad, so let's make a movie doing EXACTLY what we think is bad to show how bad it is"
Can't wait for their next movie where they actually kick and shoot puppies to show bad it is to kick and shoot puppies.
Or what about gun violence? Other, even more despicable acts?
Where's the line in what can be done to people in order to create a media product?
I'll tell you: The line was a few dozen kilometers before Cuties and they went over it with a nitro boost.

The whole company defended this disgusting piece of media and can be safely described as disgusting as a result, as can anyone else defending sexualization of minors.

But, honestly, you don't even need any of that to not like Netflix.
Them cancelling everything left and right that doesn't have the very highest viewership numbers is more than enough reason to not waste your money, IMO.
Just sub for maybe a month, watch what you want, then unsub again - if it really has to be.

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Prepare for your favourite video game series getting cancelled before the conclusion of the story. Or any conclusion whatsoever.
Can't wait!

I'm only subbing to any of these to watch specific series (or movies) that are already concluded. Anything else just seems to be a waste of time.

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Quoting: KevinjohnwimberlyOh I know! Imagine coming up with a name that shows this version has the DNA of two different distributions and is combined into a single usable platform! How awesome would that be! It'd also be just like what a Chimera is!!! Oh wait! Maybe they did think this out and people are just ignorant...

The only ignorant thing is assuming that having to know the entire backstory of a distribution in order to understand the name is a good idea.

Names are used to attract new people, not reaffirm existing ones. It is an advertisement of sorts and should be chosen with that in mind.
Once you're already "in", the name becomes kinda irrelevant as long as it isn't totally terrible. I use Manjaro - but at this point I couldn't care less if they changed the name to Everest.

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