In the grandest of traditions: it can be two things! I think we can (at some point, must) have more diverse writing and directing, while still poking at the current writers and directors to try and work with a more gender and colorblind eye.

(Joss Whedon shamelessly reusing his material…?)

This is a mind-boggling question. It's honestly like if someone earnestly told me the sky was orange.
Allegory counts for children, perhaps? People like to see themselves reflected in their stories; look at the astronomical love for Wonder Woman. Actually reflected, not "there if you use your imagination and know the…

Looking through his filmography and seeing a distinct lack of strong female characters, actually. Lots of wives and daughters. Laura Dern in Jurassic Park was mostly defined by how much she wanted whatshisname to have a kid with her. I am admittedly unfamiliar with the Indy franchise.
I don't think he's a sexist…

We both acknowledge that they are stories that have something to do with queerness, but they show no actual same sex romance. An allegory doesn't count.
Also, two franchises in twenty five years, one of which is increasingly unliked due to its shitty sequels, is not a great batting average.

Go find the script for Duel. Change the lead character's name from whatever it is to Nicole or Jennifer. Change pronouns to "her" and "she."
No change.

Those aren't queer stories. Those are science fiction stories with, in some cases strong, queer undertones.
Actual queer romances are rare as hell, to the point that "going gay" is still a huge deal.

It was the first time I've ever been fully aware of a movie manipulating me; I actively resisted it, then got angry at it, then spent the entire car ride home meticulously breaking down my anger at it.

I agree that we need more women directors, but I hate the "write what you know" idea. This is why we have 9000 TV shows about comedians trying to do comedy, and not one of them being funny. I'd rather they try to stretch themselves a little.
ETA: Also, one of the most common complaints from male writers is that they…

Yeah, I don't at all blame Spielberg, and even as a StrongLiberalFeminist(TM) I take a little bit of issue with how combative it sounds like Banks was. He tells the stories he tells, and that's alright. It's more that Spielberg doesn't work and exist in a vacuum and the assumption that it's just a coincidence doesn't…

I think the problem is that it seems to be a coincidence with virtually every male director.

To extrapolate to all Millennials? I'd think so, yes. Also of note: they didn't control for things like location, ethnicity, or income.
To be clear, it's entirely possible that this study is accurate. But the conclusion of the authors themselves is "well, fucked if we know, let's study it some more," which somehow…

Thanks for the heads up!

oh ffs it's too hot out for this

Oh, hey, great, looks like there's an active shooter in my backyard now. Travis Air Force Base will be rounding out this shitshow of a day.

The article's a goddamn trainwreck, hence my previous wreck of a comment, but here: https://www.nytimes.com/201…
ETA: goddammit, NYT, learn to write a lede!

Well, you can scream that without also tacitly approving of them being shot/shot at.

I think fairly often the producers do feed them lines. I've never seen the show.
My issue is your apparent belief, absent evidence, that you actually know the first thing about this person. My other issue is that you're focusing on her ("she's a bad person") to excuse his actions ("something bad happened"). No. His…

I keep going back and forth. But I'm settling on: no one should be shot. However fucked up this country is right now, no one should be shot and this is terrible for political discourse and it doesn't matter their party or creed. This is a bad precedent. No one should be shot and as much as I hate them and am going to…

A producer, discussing all of the ways these shows are edited to manipulate the viewer: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bu…