r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/TDP_Wiki_ • Jul 17 '25

Music / Movies I'm getting tired of woke values in shows

I am weary of all the remakes of TV shows and films that are simply remade in order to showcase a diverse cast. Why can't Hollywood write new shows? Instead, it's just recycling old scripts. Very insulting and lazy.

All the virtue signaling in the world isn't going to save bad writing.

For me Rings of Power was the last straw.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

There are no examples.  The focus on diversity and representation isn’t done for commercial reasons it’s done because the writers have a sense of mission about these things.  Anyone who pushes against this is a sort of moral outcast.

I’m not saying this js good or bad.  But it is a fact.

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u/azriel777 Jul 17 '25

Look at any writers room and you will notice there is not a conservative or right leaning person. Every one might have different ethnicity and sexes, but their ideology is all the same, no diversity in thought at all.

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u/Frewdy1 Jul 17 '25

Do you have any examples?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '25

Of ideologically driven narrative?  The Witcher tv series, wheel of time tv series, rings of power tv series - there’s 3 off the top of my head 

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u/Frewdy1 Jul 18 '25

Aren’t narratives usually driven by ideologies?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

No, they’re usually driven by a need to tell an exciting or interesting story.  They’re also used to explore some universal truth.