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[–] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

So I've noticed that there are a lot of streaming movies and TV shows that match a lot of these patterns:

  • IP is announced. Adaptation of extremely popular series with existing fanbase
  • IP is billed as "adult" with "mature themes"
  • Producer/Director goes on a podcast and compares IP to "Game of Thrones" a few weeks before release. Said comparison treats GoT as an ideal to aspire to instead of a cautionary tale.
  • Producer/Director also insults existing fanbase for some reason
  • IP is previewed to critics, gets amazing reviews
  • IP comes out, and gets high streaming numbers day one
  • Writing ends up being terrible
  • Plot ends up being surface level, with all the subtly of the original adaptation cut out. This somehow is true now matter how basic the source material may seem
  • Acting is terrible. There is at least one race swapped character, who they also butcher from a writing perspective
  • VFX is terrible, and expensive scenes are cut out
  • Costumes are terrible to the point where everything looks like shitty cosplay
  • There's a few violent scenes that are extremely gratuitous. VFX and writing are so bad that it's comical instead of jarring
  • There are a few random sex scenes thrown in. The sex scenes detract from the pacing of the story, and are blatantly thrown in so producers can brag about them
  • Sex scenes tend to focus on the female form. If men are involved, they all are hairless and look like boy band members
  • If it is a gay sex scene, it blatantly written by women and for women with an extremely limited knowledge of men as a whole
  • In a few days, the Internet erupts with needlessly vitriolic discourse about said IP.
  • A year post release, the show is essentially forgotten.

In that context it's no surprise younger people don't like sex scenes. It's basically a canary for a low quality show and extreme toxicity.

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[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been saying this for so long. Don't get me wrong, some films do make sense to have sex scenes. But there are so many that either have hardcore (for TV) sex scenes or just random full nudity that makes it nearly impossible to watch with anyone other than my partner or close friends.

Like if I recommend a film or show to someone and completely forget that it had sex or even just nudity in it, it usually wasn't important to the story. On the other hand, it may have made sense to include in the film but it was so terribly done that I promptly blocked it out.

The other issue is that it has become increasingly difficult to find any shows that either don't include sex scenes, or don't have ridiculous levels of violence, or whatever else is difficult for me to deal with when I just want something easy to watch that's not a kid's movie (although kid's movies have their own set of issues).

Streaming services don't even make it easy to find something to watch - they show you the same stuff over and over, or they pretend that everything is in English when they include so many other languages in the selections. If I am unable to pay attention to the captions then I would prefer to have something in English without trying a bunch of different shows first. I mean I guess this is partly (mainly?) my fault since I've failed to learn another language despite years of studying. But I think it just irritates me that they lie about it more than anything.

Idk I am off topic now and this has turned into a really long comment that probably doesn't say anything that hasn't already been said in this thread.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Maybe find less prudish friends? There's nothing wrong with bodies.

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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

And here's the thing. We show it. We show all of it.

Crime. Penetration. Crime. Full penetration. Crime, penetration.

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 12 points 4 weeks ago

The issue here isn't sex, its censorship. Texas already requires age verification for adult sites. They got that win. Fine. Now they want to go after TV and movies. Ok.

So then what's next?

They will then start going after anything "they" deem unfit. It's a slippery slope. Just look at them already banning books.

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 weeks ago

“Social media is the most authentic?”

GenZ is fucked. Although not literally

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

it's at an all time low. idk how less it could get.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 4 weeks ago

Just do like, a sexy handshake, and move on.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I can understand that now that we have access to easy-direct--instant-proper porn that sex scenes are less appealing to the majority of people.

When I was a kid they would definitely include a sex scene just so that people looking to jerk off would be willing to watch or buy.

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yeah but, sex scenes in movies and sex in porn are hardly even the same thing. They're so wildly different, I don't see how one could be a replacement for the other.

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

More confirmation the world is right to see us as backwards. (US study)

So many sexual hangups. Makes sense considering we were founded by Puritans escaping to the new world to be more backwards and repressed.

Sex is a part of life. A massive part of the human condition. A part to be celebrated, not mourned or minimized. That's how we get pedophile priests and sexual education summed up in "do not do it because it does not exist and you're dirty for asking." It's not Gen Zs fault though, social media is designed to emphasize the darkest possible side of everything as it gets clicks, so sex as a concept is just a vector of potential trauma to them.

If only we had the same hangups about our violence boners our media gluts us on with abandon. Sports concussions, gory explosion movies, and our most celebrated exports tools of mass murder 😎👍. People giving one another physical pleasure 😱👎.

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I absolutely despise media that relies on sex for the plot. It just ruins it for me. I'm also not a teen.

[–] TwistedTurtle@monero.town 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You would hate most Greek mythology

[–] ChaoticEntropy 7 points 3 weeks ago

Why is that swan leering at me...

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It makes sense. Sex scenes were interesting when we didn't have on-hand porn streaming because it was something you didn't see often. Nudity and sex are now so readily available that they aren't exciting. As someone else said, just infer it.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

One refreshing take in kdramas is the lack of sex.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's just realistic. Koreans aren't having sex anymore, their TFR is down to 0.72. That's mind-bogglingly low.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

That's what happens when rampant Capitalism makes leisure time brief, dedication to work insane, and the cost of owning a house and raising children astronomical.

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[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My right hand starts pressing right arrow button automatically when the scene starts

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[–] xep@fedia.io 7 points 4 weeks ago

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS), based in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, designed Teens and Screens to investigate American adolescents’ perspective about the media they engage with and consume. This yearly study aims to elevate the voices of adolescents, hoping to have an impact on the media landscape that’s a part of their daily lives. We are grateful to the Funders of Adolescent Science Translation (FAST), the Walt Disney Company, and Roblox for their support of this independent research.

Specifically, American teenagers.

[–] TK420@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

No need for it as the internet is full of it….and whatever you want for free

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