RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116290338892571761

🤦🏿‍♂️Actually, nevermind.

Why is everything like this?

The author supposedly went on an anti-woke, right-wing podcast to promote the movie while trashing other books and movies that do have a "woke" message or that have inclusive representation? But... why?

Why was that necessary?

I'm not saying don't watch the movie or read the book. Do whatever makes you happy.

I'm also not interested in debating how much inclusion is in his stories, whether he realizes it or not.

And I'm not interested in comparing even bigger, "super woke" sci-fi franchises like Star Trek or Star Wars.

I'm just saying that I personally watched the last one (The Martian), and I watched this one (Project Hail Mary), but you can guess if I'm watching the next one.

So many choices in entertainment.

The actions that attract the MAGA customer base will probably alienate me, and vice versa. That's OK!

Whether or not I watch his next movie doesn't really matter that much to him. He's not going to go broke and that's okay. Good actually!

But it's so hard to be an author, let alone a woman author, in sci-fi, who tells stories with good representation? Those authors don't need to be punched down on.

🤔Now I need to buy two IMAX tickets worth of sci-fi books written by authors that aren't anti-woke, just to put my part of the universe back in balance.

🤔Actually to properly balance things out, I have to keep reading new sci-fi books until I find one that I can recommend to thousands of people.

@mekkaokereke Do you know the Binti series by @nnedi ? Big recommendation!

And so sad to read about this. I watched the Hail Mary movie without knowing anything about the book and author. I mostly liked it, except for the whole "this one average guy is the only one who can save the world" part ^^"

@ditsch42 @mekkaokereke @nnedi My much loved science fiction guru, critic, analyst Damien Walter describes Hail Mary as catering to "Male Pattern Fantasy".
@tartley @ditsch42 @mekkaokereke @nnedi I'll confess to being in that demographic and enjoying the book. But, now that Weir has outed himself, won't pay to see the movie.
@OldFartPhil @ditsch42 @mekkaokereke @nnedi omg Damien has a new video about it: (YouTube, ads) https://youtu.be/4x6LL75y0Ek
Project: Hail Mary is a pathetic fantasy

YouTube
@OldFartPhil @ditsch42 @mekkaokereke @nnedi as usual it is an incisive, intelligent, culturally aware banger. Highly recommended.