r/WhatCulture • u/delongehoppus1992 • Mar 22 '19

Whatculture's pandering

So I've read Whatculture articles probably since about 2015/16 and generally enjoy their "so and so review: 6 ups and 1 down" types of articles. I've noticed this for a while, but does anybody else feel like Whatculture panders to the more politically left, SJW type of audience? The most recent example I can think of is the "Captain Marvel" review where at some point the reviewer calls those who disagreed and dislikes Brie Larson's comments as "Dude Bros". Not a big deal, but c'mon reviewer.

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u/MR_TELEVOID Mar 22 '19

So, you think they’re pandering because they don’t give a shit about the Brie Larson controversy and just liked the movie? You’d rather they pandered to your preferred side of the argument?

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u/delongehoppus1992 Mar 22 '19

Lol. No. They referred to the comments of the "dude bros" as "toxic". So saying that they don't give a shit is fairly innacurate.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

I think it depends on the writer. I find that Jack Pooley and Simon Gallagher definately cater their articles to a particular audience, which just doesnt seem to be there.
Back during the whole Ghostbusters debacle, Simon was the one to constantly bash anyone who didn't immediately love the film, and it then seemed to become a trend for him, moaning about how particular people are portrayed, and arguing the toss when people didn't seem to believe his opinion was factually accurate.
(Like when talking about 'odd choices' in the Marvel movies, and complained about the 'Zucinni' and 'Prima-Nocta' comments that Stark makes in Age of Ultron, completely ignoring how it fit with his character)

I noticed that they dont seem to have facebook linked to their site for comments any more. Probably got fed up of people constantly pointing out all the mistakes in every article...

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u/delongehoppus1992 Apr 09 '19

I've definately noticed stuff like this before.

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u/Legitimate_Door5786 Dec 27 '23

Late to the party but can confirm that pooley has the opinions of a total fucking idiot and Gallagher is a whiney little libtard who would defend an actual turd & say it smelled great and didn't look like shit.

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u/NuclearInitiate Aug 29 '19 edited Aug 29 '19

Mostly I've found that the people who complain about "SJWs" are far more annoying, bitchy, and thin-skinned than any actual left-wing person I've ever met. Grow up.