I’m conflicted about this part. Don’t we live in a society where people are innocent until proven guilty? I mean, he’s probably guilty, but isn’t it jumping the gun a bit for an employer to pass judgement before the law actually does?

“In response to the accusations, Netflix fired Masterson from his comedy series The Ranch.”

SURPRISE LUMBERFUCKER! 

When there’s so much obvious author insertion in the plot’s setup, are they actually able to be separated?

Because you asked a question, and I answered it. I’m not sure why you don’t like the answer, which is a matter of history, not opinion. Yes, the issue got some traction in 2014, but it didn’t lock in until 2017, when Weinstein and the Me Too movement hit. You seem to be mad that not everyone knew everything you knew…

The allegations against Allen are thirty years old; despite the kerfluffle at the time, he was never charged with anything (much less tried or convicted). The Internet wasn’t a thing at the time, so if the media didn’t bring it back up, it more or less vanished from public consciousness. Once Harvey Weinstein and…

I’ve been honestly vexed anyone would want to have worked with him in the last ten years; I wasn’t aware something happened after fall 2017 to gel the animosity most people already had towards Allen.

Though they really should have.

#BoycottMulan because

I know that this is just one parenthetical in the entire review, but the claim of whitewashing really bugged me too. The Great Wall just doesn’t meet the definition. They’re not changing a character who used to be Chinese into whatever ethnicity Matt Damon was supposed to be. (Seriously, his accent was all over the…

I mean, it’s Mulan. It’s an established children’s movie, based on a 6th century Chinese folktale. Mulan doesn’t overthrow the Communist Party and impose democracy, Mulan joins the military and fights the huns for the honor of her father and the king. 

“Matt Damon plays a totally ineffectual and useless character in a movie that was otherwise essentially glorified Chinese military propaganda.”

It’s an example of a sadly prevalent phenomenon where the Twitter reaction to the first trailer still dictates the perception of a movie years after it came out and much of that criticism proved to be unfounded.

Thank you for saying this. He’s a white actor playing a white European mercenary who isn’t the hero of the movie...

I’m reminded of a “The Last Samurai” thread from the old days of IMDB message boards. It started with the title “As a real life samurai, I have a few problems with this movie.”

It was a Chinese production that cast a famous white actor so that the movie would get a worldwide release (and, hey, it worked!). The movie was also accused of the white savior trope, except that Matt Damon plays a totally ineffectual and useless character in a movie that was otherwise essentially glorified Chinese…

“A few years ago, this U.S./China co-production might’ve been the victim of Hollywood whitewashing (see: The Great Wall),”

The Great Wall didn’t have white-washing.  I do not know why that falsehood is still spread.

I think Steven Seagal is an attempt in this day and age to have there be the same kind of leading man as John Wayne in the 1950s.

"Overall, he gives the kind of performance traditionally associated with stars who died during filming."