Why Modern Movies Suck - They Hate Their Own Fans 

They don't want fans, they just want consumers

"Modern movies hate their own fans." Drinker, that was *never* lost on us.

Never quite understood why movies need to "reflect the world we live in", if they're set in a world we don't!

I always thought LotR was already very diverse. Hobbits, elves, orcs, dwarves, goblins, whatever Gandalf is. It’s all there

When Morbius screamed "Black lives matter", then bit Sauron in the balls in Rings of Power.......man that scene made me cry

They're creating movies for an audience that doesn't exist. Drinker, you nailed it.

They’re not “reflecting the world today” they’re reflecting the world they want.

“Get out of my friend ghost!” Truly brilliant dialogue.

This is why I respect the creators of Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul because at the end both the actors and the writers/producers thanked their fans for sticking with them for so long. When you create good product people will generally praise it, who would've thought?

I love how Twitter anti-capitalists all of sudden become the biggest corporate shills when these manufactured controversies get created that portray fans as bigots.

Unfortunately it’s much easier to label everyone bigots than it is to make a decent movie.

She hulk was a big example of this.

The best counter example of the “fans are toxic and hate women and POCs” argument is Rogue One, which coincidentally released the same year as the Ghostbusters reboot. Rogue One is nearly universally loved by Star Wars fans, who generally agree that it’s the best thing Disney has done with Star Wars. This, despite having a female lead, her team which consists solely of POCs, her black mentor, and virtually every villain being a white male. Evidently fans really are more concerned with a good story than the makeup of the characters, and will eagerly support well-written females and POCs.

I was taken aback when I saw Top Gun Maverick in the theater and saw the special message from Tom Cruise at the beginning. He actually thanked fans for coming out to the theater to support his movie. I can't remember the last time a Hollywood actor actually thanked the public. A lot of Hollywood actors just like to lecture fans these days.

I remember when my publisher told me he wanted me to make my book as controversial as possible as it would stimulate book sales. He cared nothing about informing the public, only excited their information.

My wife took our niece to see Ghostbusters in 2016 and neither thought much of the film. It was nice to hear their laughter from the living room later that evening, watching the original. The bottom line is if it were a great film, a greater number of people would have praised it.

I remember when “Alien” came out in theatre (yes, I’m that old) and Sigourney Weever was just a-matter-of-fact lead. No “woman empowerment”, just a woman playing the role superbly

"This character is gratuitous, annoying, and badly-written." "But they're a minority... RAAACIIIIIISSSST!!!"

The line about actors being used as weapons and shields is spot on

i was starting to think something was just wrong with me. i used to love movies. something crept into them, corrupted them... made me not care what was out now. i don't think i've seen more than a dozen movies in theaters in the last decade plus some change. you're really hitting the nail on the head with your videos. keep up the good work m'man.

After Brie Larson spent 3 years of being an arrogant, annoying, self-entitled #girlpower representative, the best thing was to see her frustration when she admitted nobody wanted to see her as Captain Marvel anymore, not even Marvel

This is why I praise Cobra Kai even after 5 seasons, they love their fans. And with it being the #1 show on Netflix again, the fans love them back

This explains so much. I used to check online for the critics' reviews when deciding on a movie,but lately I've noticed that professional critics,Rotten Tomatoes for example,are rarely agreeing with the public. Now when I'm undecided about a movie,I either check the opinion of Google users or look for reviews on RU-vid.

A term I came up with to describe this: "Hot Button Sheild": including a hot button issue in a creative work for the purpose of deflecting criticism. The sad thing is many movie companies aren't just using a hot button shield to deflect normal criticism, but as a way to excuse putting 0 effort into something and pretending it's a masterpiece despite audiences calling it out.

If it weren’t for people like Critical Drinker, Friday Night Tights etc, I think I’d honestly just be gaslit into thinking I’m the only one who thinks the way I do. I’m so thankful for these creators.

"Why Disney is still successful despite all this: their fans hate themselves even more than the studio does."

Watching this nine months after the release date and these tactics still exist but it feels like fans have had enough. Movie studios are still trying to fanbait but it's not showing at the box office. Disney has had failure after failure and no amount of fanbaiting has changed that. All it has done is destroy their reputation and alienate their fanbases. Hopefully, we're entering a post-fanbaiting era finally.

It seriously is like a group of people decided to destroy Hollywood by remaking everything in the worst way they could and then blaming everyone else for not understanding.

they're not creating anything, they're just destroying everything creative.

Meanwhile, Tom Cruise leads his movie with a sincere thank you and a smile for the fans. Man might be a scientologist loon but damn if he isn't the best filmmaker today and the last remnant of Hollywood.

Agree 100%, also to add another example was Ving Rhames playing Kingpin in daredevil, he did a fabulous job with no fan blow back because of great story, and acting

Rings of Power is one of the most tragicomic things I have ever witnessed. And I haven't even watched one episode. And the fact that they fired a Tolkien expert from the show is just a beautiful shit icing on the diarrhea cake they created.

-Makes a fantasy movie -“we have to reflect the world we live in today”

Rather than "Fan-Baiting," I prefer to refer to it as "Fantagonism." They aren't trying to bait fans, they are trying to Antagonize us.

I absolutely used to love going to the theater and seeing a new movie that I was really excited for. That hasn't happened in years. The last amazing movie I saw in theatres was "inception" for the 10 year anniversary showing.

Multiple directors, producers, actors, etc have admitted in interviews their dislike for the original content (The Witcher, Thor, Snow White, Star Wars, etc).

Disney has made an art form out of wetting the bed and blaming the blankets.

I've been saying it!! After suffering through a couple episodes of Rings of Power, my only conclusion is that there is NO WAY it was made terrible on accident. It was 100% a billion dollar Amazon commercial, made to piss off fans, and hiding behind it's POC. More controversy means more reviews, more mentions, more attention.

The purpose of these “creators” is not to create meaningful art (in this ideology), but to be an agent of social/political change. They bait fans so they can role-play that they are in the civil rights movement of the last century and risking their lives for oppressed groups, when all they are really willing to risk is some twitter hate (even that shatters them). It’s not just to distract from their sheit movie, but to crown themselves as a modern civil rights champion, like a King or Tubman. In the end, it’s just egotism and self-stroking.

I didn’t even realize that the OG cast had started shilling for ROP and Amazon… now that’s just pitiful. Just goes to show how much of a bubble Hollywood and entertainment is, when you are willing to defend a show and giant corporation that actively trashes your own precious years of acting and hard work. Your *definitely* the resistance, guys.

Fans: "You have no soul!" Modern Movies: "And that is why I have no fear!"

I had no problem with Jason Momoa playing Aquaman, because it seems appropriate for the king of the sea to be played by a Pacific Islander, and because Momoa replicates the “Underwater Conan” look of the 90s. But it makes zero sense to have someone literally called Snow White be played by a nonwhite actress.

Something I've noticed about contemporary movies: the dialogue is often so paltry that I watch the film at double speed but not miss a thing. I think the first film I saw like that was _Heaven_ where Cate Blanchett sat there and stared for 15 minutes.

Been saying for a while that this is business model. The backlash is basically free marketing for them. Glad to see people spreading the word.

I'm tired of companies trying to act like they have better morals than anyone else.

Totally agree, some great examples from the past of re-culturizing or updating a great film/story are Seven Samurai -> Magnificent Seven and Conrad's Heart of Darkness -> Apocalypse Now. These were done well and did not infringe on the original stories or media. Instead of having Western samurai walking around in a remake, they re-told the story with new characters in a completely new setting and culture.

Others have said it, but it must be reiterated that this is definitely one of those videos that needs to be seen by as many people as possible. Drinker you've nailed it as always my friend!

At this point I expect to hear every Hollywood marketing campaign to say: “People who look like me” “Reflect today’s world” “See themselves on screen” “Toxic fandom” “-ist and -phobe” This usually translates to them having nothing of substance to say in the film, no compelling story, or interesting character arcs.

I love how Disney came to the defense of Rose from Star Wars. Only to give her the shaft in the final movie, because that's how toothless they really are.

..."the implication was as subtle as a purple unicorn with a chainsaw superglued to it's forehead..."... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Movie studios have always hated their fans. It's rare exceptions where you get a faithful and loving adaptations.

Can we have a moment of appreciation for Dune managing to avoid all this shit by simply being good?

I’ve noticed how in almost every kids movie, not only is the male lead is weak and submissive, and the female is condescending and dominant - but they continually hit and beat the boy. Lesson for the children: domestic violence is totally fine as long as a girl does it. Sadly I’ve seen my daughter copying the behavior, and we’re having to teach her that it’s not OK… what the %#*# is going on!?? How is this getting past test audiences!?

I just thought Hollywood had finally run out of ideas. Glad I grew up going to see movies in the 70’s, 80’s and even the 90’s.

„Fan-Baiting“ is an art form that makes the fans take the bait, yet fails to catch any prey (putting arses into seats). Never forget: Big studio filmmaking is a monetary business first, and only an art form second. If lecturing the public through art is your primary goal, you better have some hefty cash stack to burn through.

Disney: "That's it, no more Disney movies for you!" Russia: "Oh thank God."

It comes down to this: The public can complain all they want about films. But complaining doesn't matter if you are still shoveling them money. Swear off the industry and turn your back. THAT'S how you'll get them to change.

I find it interesting that you brought up that controversy is only created “so that the fact that what they’re writing is trash isn’t brought up” Like how messed up is it that they create controversy and only cast POC people and women to use them as marketing ploys. My mom recently told me that there is a rule in filmmaking or system set up where there HAS to be POC present in your film or tv show. It feels very handholdy when they make a character just their race. Like “ oh my goodness everyone look, we made this character black/Hispanic/Asian!!! Please come watch our thing!” It’s very grotesque honestly. As if they’re throwing us a bone having us as characters in their shows. I never really cared if someone who looks like me was on screen, it was nice but I never found it of upmost importance. I was always more focused on the story and whether it was good or not. I also never really enjoyed it when we were paraded around as something that needs focused on in any show or movie or game. It just doesn’t sit right with me, like why shouldn’t matter what they look like? And studios are trying to pull this as well, but it’s evident that they’re trying to make it about race. The thing that I hate is going on right now is when a studio is creating a movie or TV show set in Europe or some medieval-setting-fantasy-time and there are just obscure Black people in the background or depicted as people of authority that would be accepted in that setting. If they’re trying to pertain to modern audiences and reflect on history, it seems extremely ignorant to totally ignore the truth of what would really be happening during that time. Someone who looks like me would not be treated with any respect in that kind of era. I would be a slave. I would be locked away in a boat to be shipped away to some country where I would serve the rest of my life as one. Now that kind of fantasized history is something we can wish for all we want and try to depict in our shows and movies, but it doesn’t sit right with me. It seems blind and trying to “make up for” or “appease” its woke audience.

These actors are most definitely not just "honest people looking for their big break." They go into it with full knowledge of what the company and them are doing, and they relish the controversy and excuses to call fans racist. Listen to Disa's whiny ass actress bellow on about progress

"Why Modern Movies Suck - They Hate Their Own Fans" sums it up perfectly

A good example of the fan base power over the industry was when they memed Morbius so hard that Sony thought the movie was a success and re released it only for it to fail for a second time 😂

The culture or celebrity worship and moral entitlement that we see these days is part of what makes movies suck so much. Producers only want to enrage and divide their fans for profit, by ruining the source material in the process. It's disgusting.

You're the fucking best, Drinker. I found your channel originally by looking for something that explained the empty feeling at the end of Rings of Power, and now I feverishly look forward to your next videos. You put into words an opinion that is both poetic and blunt, and the sarcasm makes your material incredibly unique. We need people like you voicing the opinions of counter-culture that don't come off as either racist extremists or mindless drones which agree with article titles, and I think you walk the line of respect and disdain quite perfectly. Whatever you recommend, I watch. I never would have found Arcane without your video, and I never would have understood why the world of Tolkien felt so wrong. Is there any way to tip you?

Seeing the fan attacks for Rings of Power, was more than enough proof that Amazon can’t take an iota of criticism!!!

Just remember industry, the Sonic movie became a success and a franchise BECAUSE THEY LISTENED TO THEIR FANS!!!!!

I pretty much agree with everything you've ever said, except for your characterization of the Anakin versus Obi-Wan fight in revenge of the sith. It's a fairly well choreographed fight with only a few bad shots. Anything that you might find physically impossible for a normal human is easily explained by the fact that these are basically two highly capable space wizards who are able of enhancing their own bodies abilities with their space magic.

I did never even get this “art has to be accessible for everybody” sentiment… like, no it doesn’t. Why would it? Accessibility is not even a criteria by which art is or should be judged and valued. But I forgot that they are not really trying to create art, but a product, for which accessibility of course is important.

Your line "using actors as both weapons and shields" is so spot on. I don't understand why it is so difficult for certain groups of people to not see how they are being used by these media corporations, politicians and so on as pawns in this war against sanity. Well done as always friend.

It's so frustrating watching ALL of my favorite live action franchises stoop to such mediocrity. If back in 2007 you told me we'd be getting a Halo series, an Obiwan and Boba Fett series, a new Star Was trilogy, a new Jurrasic Park trilogy, two new Resident evil projects unrelated to the original film franchise, all the marvel content you could ask for and a billion dollar LOTRs series I would have probably died from excitement overload. But the mediocrity that they have become is beyond any disappointment that words could ever express.

Just discovered this channel yesterday with the excellent Witcher 2 recap. This video is superb also. Kudos, expertly put.

One reason for fanbaiting working so well even outside of traditional nerdish outlets is the creation of kingdoms of fanhood, who have people adapting their love for a bit of entertainment into an identity. These "fandoms" are bound and bred for pure toxicity. It's what Shatners "Get a life" speech on SNL was made for.

A very good example of this is Prey. Generally, audience response was very positive, and even fans of The Predator said it was a good film, even if it had little to do with The Predator. However, articles were written and Twitters posted about how toxic fans hated the movie. Except, they didn't. This proves that Fanbaiting is not a reaction to fan response but a deliberate marketing ploy. They assumed fans would hate the movie, and they were mostly wrong.

"The sad reality is: controversy creates attention"... so basically how social media and "algorithms" work as well.

The Era of good movies is over. U r right. I turned my TV off 4 yrs ago. Good work

I've got four words for you: "A Christmas Story Christmas." It picks up on the story of the previous film four decades later, and shows Ralphie happily married, with two children, dreams of a writing career, and absolutely no emasculation or deconstruction of his character. The nostalgia is plentiful, including flashbacks to the original, but it's there to help drive the story (Ralphie comes back to his childhood house after his old man passes), while it still adds new things to the mix. Mom told me to think of it as a love letter to the original, which it is.

Fanbaiting actually explains the crazy noticeable drop off in quality in the last 6 years perfectly. God I hate movie studios, it honestly is driving back to just reading books and saying screw you to movies in general.

Putting a Black person on screen is great and more of their stories should be told. Putting a Black person into a Northern European's role just to make a political point spoils the show. Putting a White person's stories on screen is also good. Putting a White person into an African's role just to make a political point spoils the show.

I sat next to my sister when she watched "girly movie" of "Sisterhood of Traveling Pants" - it is a romance drama clearly not marketed towards men. But this film simply offers a compelling story. Of course the main characters of this film is the girl groupie has a "silly ritual" and their "traveling pants" gimmick, but it was presented in a way that it emotionally suck you in and give you the actual feels - because well, men have feelings too, and girl stories are human stories too. The men characters are side characters here, and everything is compellingly presented from the female perspective and point of view. I don't feel their concern or worries to be "whiny" or even cringey at all. It maybe nothing special, but a neat film that tells a good heartwarming story about western female friendships. Ghostbusters 2016 is simply bad in every aspect, the lazy joke, and the annoying recycled characters (why can't they just be a fresh new characters like how the cartoon did) - and then there is the big question: how are these guys friends for real? They are not presenting any compelling story, and you can tell that they are just acting it out like overpaid pretentious comedian doing multi million dollar silver screen project. It is hard not getting cynical when they tried waay too hard to be funny. They don't feel like real people. The male characters are annoying as hell, and it is quite a miracle why they don't give the "empowered" females a chance to really kick their arses. Since everyone in the movie are awful, there is simply no redeeming quality here. While the billionaire-backed western media lauded the movie out of political peer pressure or whitewash their funding source controversies, I started to learn to ignore them. It is a capitalist product that uses feminism and progressive politics as a marketing crutch. I just wish these socio-political influence peddlers has as much integrity as their tree-hugging counterparts. They gladly accept the paycheck and money invested by "partiarchy-dominated" industry and yet whined for profits to their indifferent corporate sponsors on behalf of feminism. If anything good can be taken from the pandemic is how the industry is being brought to its heels, and how a lot of gullible consumers are getting used to not having to see a "movie" every single week and be more selective about their consumption choice.

i really love this channel. it neatly verbalizes how ive felt about modern movies for years

The absolute most frustrating thing that Hollywood is doing with casting diverse characters is that they are so preoccupied with diversity that they are doing it all for the wrong reasons and not giving these characters proper and worthwhile character arcs to actually give a crap about.

It's frustrating to hear someone imply that a work of fiction needs to include certain demographics in order to be "accessible". I've never felt alienated from a piece of media just because it featured demographics different from mine. If someone can't enjoy a piece of media without having characters of their gender/skin color/sexuality in a prominent role, then in my opinion, that's their bias at work, not a problem with the work itself.

I remember a few years ago, because of Ghostsbusters 2016, the original 1984 Ghostbusters was put on a 'Red Flag' list - a list designed to tell you if a person is toxic, literally stating "If they like any movie on this list, they might be a toxic individual." Yes, Ghostbusters 1984 was a centerpiece on it, almost seeing the original movie as if it was made to preemptively counter the all-woman version a few decades earlier.

the word "subvert expectations" needs to be burned out of any director/writers mind. Theyve done it so constantly its a surprise they when they dont

The two extremes of this is Top Gun, and Star Wars. Top Gun had a message thanking fans before the movie even started. Star Wars had Mark Hamill throw away a lightsaber.

Remember when Better Call Saul ended, and we got a 2 minute segment of all the actors giving us, the fans, a big and sincere thank you? I was honestly moved. Media has been forcing all sorta of political garbage down my throat, and calling me racist for not enjoying it. And here comes an 11/10 show, that is amazing to watch, that doesn't push the message, and then thanks me for making the show possible, by being a fan. A rare feeling these days. It goes to show that when you have top class acting and writing, you don't need to shame and attack people into liking your show. I wish we got more of that.

Anytime someone asks me “have you seen the new marvel…” Nope. No I haven’t.

This just made me realized why they probably cast a black actress to play Anabeth in the upcoming Percy Jackson show. Or maybe just explain why nobody looks like they are supposed to in general. I know it's probably a nitpick but I've been super fan of those books since I was like, 13, they made me obsess with reading and to this day they original books are my favorite all-time series but...idk, I'm just not vibing with the show mostly because of some actor choices. I know it petty, but I've spent years imagining those charterers in a certain way (Because of how they were described in the source material) and its just jarring to see them any other way.

All this Rings of Power nonsense led me to rewatch the Extended LotR trilogy this weekend after not having seen it for at least half a decade in its entirety, and I genuinely teared up once or twice, not only from being moved by what an achievement that it was, but lamenting the fact that film will never be made with that level of passion or love again. We're just making lesser people now, who aren't capable of it.

It's interesting seeing movie studios adapt to a market where they *know* their products will fail. They're instead monetizing the outrage.

Very interesting stuff chaps. Those old skool chefs were like rock stars. Kitchen Confidential is an eye opening look into the intensity of that world.

They hate the fans because writers, directors and actors of today are REALLY salty that studios are more interested in milking old franchises rather than make new original products. These "creators" spent all that time and money in university to become Hollywood big shots and get their totally original do not steal ideas made and become super famous. But movies and shows can be a gamble because making something completely new means that you don't have an established fanbase to ensure some success. Your marketting will have to be more careful and the product will have to actually be good. But with reboots and sequels, you don't have to because with an established IP means an established fanbase. There's a lot of people who already know about the story, characters, world, etc. that for most they'll pay to see it just because it's familiar. All you gotta do is use nostalgia baiting in your marketing and every now and then in the actual finished product and it'll please someone familiar with it to an extent. It doesn't even have to be that good of a finished product because all those fans you've baited will have already paid to see it and so the cost recoup will be better than if it was something completely new. This I think is why for so long, Studios didn't bother with quality control when releasing all these woke reboots/sequels cause they were confident enough in the nostalgia that it wouldn't matter. And those involved in making the stinkers know this so while of course they'll keep certain things that the studio demands (such as that nostalgia bait) they know they're basically free to make what ever changes they want. Because let's face it, the way these writers, directors and actors behave, it's clear none of them really want to work on what's really someone else's project. They didn't create Little Mermaid or Aladdin or Lord of the Rings. They wanted to make their own stuff but got saddled with making something else because the studios won't pay them for the original stuff. This makes them bitter and so they actively sabatoge the project by turning it into something completely different. It's envy and jealousy that drives them, and their hatred for having to do this project instead of what they want extends to the fans of the IP. They find it cathartic to destroy something beloved that they blame for why they'll never achieve their own dreams, and even more cathartic to see those who were fans hate the thing. They want fans to hate the IP as much as they do so they warp and twist and destroy what made it popular as if tarnishing the legacy will ensure that the studios won't ever try to do it again. When no beloved IP is beloved anymore, then the studios will have no choice but to take the gamble with newer original material. But unfortunately for them, audiences are finally noticing the patterns and every reboot or sequel to a beloved franchise is immediately met with skepticism by everyone the second it's announced and even more so as the tell tale signs such as "diverse casting" in the promotional material is revealed. And it's clear to at least some studios that they can no longer just sit back and let showrunners do what ever they want. We're already seeing with DC and Warner that the new heads are trimming the fat over a lot of projects, even outright scrapping some that were basically ready for release because they were no longer confident in success. We're very likely going to see a lot more studio overreach and those in charge are gonna be taking a more active interest in the production of new products to ensure quality control. Whether this is actually a good or bad thing remains to be seen as studio interference has ruined plenty of films that had potential, but at this point I think a lot of them are seeing that their coffers are running dry and they can't afford to keep releasing garbage that no one bothers to watch.

One of the reasons why modern movies suck today is that there’s no passion, risk taking or creativity. It’s all cookie cutter hollywood assembly line garbage.

When pushing a stupid narrative is more important than telling a good story with great character development. That’s when entertainment dies😢

0:42 Woah! Is that Mary & Max? That movie almost made me cry, I had to fight back the tears!

Great work as usual… Love your channel Drinker! Although I agree with Drinker here on many points regarding this topic, I think there’s a deeper issue at the foundation of this recent trend in fan baiting. Unfortunately I have neither the knowledge or ability needed to tackle the subject matter in an articulate enough manner to which it needs to be properly addressed. There is thankfully a RU-vidr who does this amazingly well, so if this discussion interests anyone then I would love to refer you to… Living Anachronism - “Defending Tolkien”

C.S. Lewis once said, "In the highest aesthetic circles, one now hears nothing about the artist's duty to us; it is all about our duty to him. He owes us nothing, we owe him recognition, even though he has never paid the slightest attention to our tastes, interests, or habits. If we don't give it to him, our name is mud. In this shop, the customer is always wrong." He said this some sixty or seventy years ago. The man had the modern world pegged perfectly.

As always, the Drinker's take on these issues is spot on. Don't want backlash? Make good movies & shows. Don't fuck with source material. Don't expect great content by just pitching "let's make XX (Ghostbusters, LoTR, etc, etc), but with chicks/minorities/etc". Don't hinge $100M projects on unproven directors & writers who've only written papers in gender studies. In the immortal words - That's all I've got...go away now.

Dude over the last three days you’ve basically become my favorite RU-vid channel… this was brilliant

The simplest reason is the studios are going after new audiences. They have always operated on a principle that if they put heroes on the screen that the audience can identify with, audiences will be more receptive. The most noticeable trend of deliberately using representation to appeal to a new audience before the current trend of putting women and POC in traditionally white male roles was the Americanization of non-American source material like the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film. The studio turned the main character, Charlie, from a Brit into an American and openly admitted it was to give Americans a kid like themselves to root for. BTW, there were Americans in the original book, Violet the gum-chewer and Mike Teevee but the studio was concerned about how Americans would react if their only representation were two rather gross and unflattering caricatures. Another film that was Americanized was Amadeus when Milos Forman specifically chose American actors with American accents because he feared that Americans wouldn’t be able to care about characters with foreign accents. I don’t have any skin in this game because the actors whose jobs the Americans took away were British and the film was set in Austria. But it made an impression on JK Rowling and was the main reason she insisted on only British actors in the Harry Potter films.

This is why apathy is the cure. Giving these toxic creators your attention and money is a mistake, for these people all publicity is good publicity. Don't hate watch or post hate reviews, watch stuff you like or better yet support good media and/or create your own. Essentially don't feed the troll.