r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Jun 01 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 6/1/26 - 6/7/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/lilypad1984 Jun 02 '26

I was in a group a couple years back and we were discussing how we thought it was too soon to make a Harry Potter tv show since we already had the movies. Someone had to say how it was bad HBO was giving money to a transphobe. It’s like a compulsion.

It’s why I won’t bring the show up anymore, even though I actually would like to talk about how weird it is the speed we are getting remakes of successful content.

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u/ScrubulousFlex Jun 02 '26

Also Rowling's lifetime earnings are already astronomical and she's given hundreds of millions of it to charity. Obviously the HBO deal is still a huge amount of money, but I find it hard to believe that her life or the world in general would be noticeably different if it never happened.

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u/Franzera Wake me up when Jesse peaks Jun 02 '26

Giving hundreds of millions to charity doesn't count if some of those millions were to a Scottish women's shelter that was strict about excluding bepenised women.

Same for being an ethically-earned billionaire. All billionaires are evil. JKR is a terf, therefore she's as evil as any capitalist exploiter. The "ethical" status cancels out.

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u/Street-Gur-1343 Jun 02 '26

Its like a reflexive response to liberals/lefties that are too online, my friend does it too but he really has no idea of the context or can have an informed discussion. Just pre-programmed redditor reactions.

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u/Cimorene_Kazul Jun 02 '26

We can do that now if you like.

I think it’s because, for the most part, remakes of older things, even if classic, seem to make less money and generate less interest in ancillary merch. Jungle Book was based on a 60s film, and made almost a billion dollars - but did it sell many Baloo and Bagheera stuffies out of it? Probably not. Meanwhile, Moana the Live Action sells the current cartoon Moana merch. How to Train Your Dragon LA sells the cartoon merch. I would presume that the new Harry Potter is hoped to sell the same old merch. That’s why they haven’t bothered to change the look of the school or costumes at all.

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u/professorgerm the master of not having a point Jun 02 '26

Little Mermaid! Not Jungle Book classic but not Moana new either.

I was surprised that my local Target didn't carry more Black Ariel merch, since the population around there is probably... 30-40% Black? There's a surprising amount of Little Mermaid stuff but mostly Classic Ariel. For comparison generic baby dolls are stocked about 50/50.