Tag: Anthony Gramuglia

The Wizard of Oz is back at the Las Vegas Sphere like you’ve never seen it before: like absolute hot trash. The new presentation of the Wizard of Oz expands the screen to absurd sizes, remastering the film using several techniques, including Generative AI. And it’s…absolute garbage.

But this is part of a larger trend, how Hollywood and cinema refuses to let the old stay dead, and in order to draw in new audiences, adds slop sequels and reworked copies of the original that makes it look worse and worse and worse. And the lack of human ingenuity is absolutely absurd. So let’s talk about it.

The new Ironheart series has seen a lot of criticism thrown at its lead, Riri Williams. She’s the most recent case of a “girlboss” character getting targeted by the online critical machine.

But…when you look at what people are saying, it seems inconsistent. Her male counterparts do worse, and don’t get criticized.

When looking at the trend of girlboss criticisms, you end up seeing hypocrisy, racism, and sexism as main motivations behind the criticism.

The situation with Itch.io has reached a critical new level. MasterCard and Collective Shout has reached a new level of concerning. Games can now be taken off the market place and delisted without any warning, and sometimes if it’s tangentially connected to any NSFW material.

But why is this a concern? Why should YOU worry? Well, aside from the recent scare with Mouthwashing, there’s a lot to be worried about.