disgusting? yes

surprising? no

libertarians and borderline-criminals have always shared the privacy space with anti-capitalist lefties, since before the Bolsheviks bulk-ordered their red shirts.

not even animated series… nor live action short film (like Punisher: one last kill)…

but a comic… it’s one step above standalone concept art collection, or text-only short story.

no offense to comic fans. just saying from corporate pov, the bigger the budget, the greater the company’s confidence in the character.

a comic, I’m guessing, costs a few thousand? maybe 6 digits for a long run with the best writer and artists? tv pilot or one-shot with a pro film crew has gotta be at least 7 digits, on the low end.

considering Seven’s popularity, I’d say this budget is insulting and probably pandering to trying to stay unnoticed by the MAGAts (see: Paramount bending the knee to cheetoh face) who hate to see female protagonists, especially ones who used to wear skin-tight outfits while kissing Chakotay and have upgraded to kissing women while wearing … normal? non-stretch? clothes.

China has much more better talent than idols… I’m a fan of Chinese epic cinema from the 1990s so i know for a fact idol actors are not necessary for China to impress the world

why cheapen star trek or even China and any country with something as low as idols…

idols don’t become popular without corporations because they are less talented in each skill than specialist singers, dancers, and actors. so they need corporate marketing power to stay in the public attention. they are more manufactured and have less artisanship.

Star Trek is also great because of more average looking faces, and even super ugly alien faces. this tells the audience that anyone can be important, not just the gods and goddesses of one particular faith and aesthetic.

and why not create a new series to feature Chinese and other Asian actors? Star Trek had not been the best with Asian representation but they started the process. build on that. Michelle Yeoh is not the youngest (some people care about that meaningless thing, i guess) but she is HUGELY talented, way better than all idols from all countries.

this fan casting also impacts as rude because it seems like wanting to undo a cast that already exists and has a huge fanbase.

please pass it on, back to the reddit community.

if you’re not actually promoting gmail, you ought to make that explicitly clear.

by pointing out something bad about proton and praising gmail’s version of that, it looks like you’re doing nothing other than recommending gmail in a privacy community.

everyone already knows gmail has high usability and convenience and zero (financial) cost. using it as an example in this community is redundant and ineffective. better to use another e2ee email service as an example.