This is actually an ongoing process starting with the Vietnam War and the war on terror.
I’m only barely old enough to remember how, in the 90’s in Europe, everything that came from the US was cool and everything local was lame and embarassing. People older than me probably remember it being even more so before.
Nowadays that’s only true for movies. I genuinely think that the US’s imperialistic behavior has spoiled the goodwill earned from WWII, in combination with the internet shattering the monoculture that the US used to dominate.
40 odd years ago I wanted lots of stuff from the us. Too much to mention
30 years ago I wanted the cool tech, movies and TV shows etc, fast food etc. Video games and so on.
20 years ago all I wanted from the us was fast food and movies.
10 years ago all I wanted was one thing from the us. Movies. That’s it, just one thing.
For the last 5 years it went up as I wanted two things. Movies and to hold the obese orange fuckbasket accountable for his many, many crimes.
Now today, though, I just want him to be accountable.
I don’t give two shits about the shit food and the even more shitty movies or any of that useless crap, just do the fucking decent thing and make him feel the consequences of his actions. Just fucking once.
The decline of the us started decades ago. The collapse of the us started in 2016.
This is pretty much exactly how I feel as well, although since I live here, there is also the realities of late stage capitalism (monopolies, value engineering, shrinkflation, enshitification) affecting my consumption and attempted lack thereof.
All I really want is justice. The red hats and their idol need lasting consequences. I just wish I could see how that may happen. Impeach, arrest and convict I guess. Rico, bribery, insurrection, and probably treason if they can prove it are all there for the picking. But I don’t see congress flipping enough to accomplish any of that, and they’d also have to to impeach half the Supreme Court to make any of it stick legally.
Depending on where in the world it’s still mostly true for shows and music as well. Although they’ve been losing their near-monopoly, just look at how popular Korean entertainment is now compared to even a decade ago.
Individual movies are not useful data. Superman as a concept is very American and has little appeal outside of the Americas and almost no appeal in Asia. For example a search on Taobao for " 超人" (Superman’s name in Chinese) has about 8 entries for electric razors to each entry for something related to Superman. Even Aquaman is more popular: a search for 海王侠 provides a listing where about 90% of the entries are related to the comic character, despite 海王 being a very popular brand of health supplements and Taobao’s search being infamous for throwing anything at you that has even one of the characters you have in your search.
And Spider-Man? Yeah. A search on 蜘蛛侠 gives us so many genuine Spider-Man entries, plus a few that are kinda/sorta related (read: weird knock-offs) that you won’t have any problem finding what you want.
So Superman flopped in China (4th at the box office for foreign films) not because of people hating the USA but rather because the character simply doesn’t resonate with the local populace. I suspect we can find the same in Korea and Japan.
This is actually an ongoing process starting with the Vietnam War and the war on terror.
I’m only barely old enough to remember how, in the 90’s in Europe, everything that came from the US was cool and everything local was lame and embarassing. People older than me probably remember it being even more so before.
Nowadays that’s only true for movies. I genuinely think that the US’s imperialistic behavior has spoiled the goodwill earned from WWII, in combination with the internet shattering the monoculture that the US used to dominate.
40 odd years ago I wanted lots of stuff from the us. Too much to mention
30 years ago I wanted the cool tech, movies and TV shows etc, fast food etc. Video games and so on.
20 years ago all I wanted from the us was fast food and movies.
10 years ago all I wanted was one thing from the us. Movies. That’s it, just one thing.
For the last 5 years it went up as I wanted two things. Movies and to hold the obese orange fuckbasket accountable for his many, many crimes.
Now today, though, I just want him to be accountable.
I don’t give two shits about the shit food and the even more shitty movies or any of that useless crap, just do the fucking decent thing and make him feel the consequences of his actions. Just fucking once.
The decline of the us started decades ago. The collapse of the us started in 2016.
Fuck me, I’ve lived here all my life and don’t want anything from here anymore. Only thing I care about here is my friends and family.
This is pretty much exactly how I feel as well, although since I live here, there is also the realities of late stage capitalism (monopolies, value engineering, shrinkflation, enshitification) affecting my consumption and attempted lack thereof.
All I really want is justice. The red hats and their idol need lasting consequences. I just wish I could see how that may happen. Impeach, arrest and convict I guess. Rico, bribery, insurrection, and probably treason if they can prove it are all there for the picking. But I don’t see congress flipping enough to accomplish any of that, and they’d also have to to impeach half the Supreme Court to make any of it stick legally.
Depending on where in the world it’s still mostly true for shows and music as well. Although they’ve been losing their near-monopoly, just look at how popular Korean entertainment is now compared to even a decade ago.
Not true for new Superman movie. The overseas numbers are downright embarrassing.
Individual movies are not useful data. Superman as a concept is very American and has little appeal outside of the Americas and almost no appeal in Asia. For example a search on Taobao for " 超人" (Superman’s name in Chinese) has about 8 entries for electric razors to each entry for something related to Superman. Even Aquaman is more popular: a search for 海王侠 provides a listing where about 90% of the entries are related to the comic character, despite 海王 being a very popular brand of health supplements and Taobao’s search being infamous for throwing anything at you that has even one of the characters you have in your search.
And Spider-Man? Yeah. A search on 蜘蛛侠 gives us so many genuine Spider-Man entries, plus a few that are kinda/sorta related (read: weird knock-offs) that you won’t have any problem finding what you want.
So Superman flopped in China (4th at the box office for foreign films) not because of people hating the USA but rather because the character simply doesn’t resonate with the local populace. I suspect we can find the same in Korea and Japan.