Also it seems only the cute "pet" animals are the ones people are bothered by, Pan's Labyrinth has a giant frog getting folded inside out in a graphic death scene but I guess they're not cute. Not a film where the child actor was hurt, just an example of a very graphic (fake) animal death.
If you have an experience that mirrors a death in a film, animal or human, and it affects you, I'm not judging you on that, that is a perfectly valid emotional response. The issue is making it SUCH a big deal if animal death is even implied.
You can call me psychopathic but I really don't understand why animal deaths in films and TV are *such* a turnoff for people compared to people. It was a genuine point of argument about Robot Revolution for god's sake. It's not real! It's 👏not 👏real.
Hell, we HAVE tried alternate Doctors, like Cushing. But he's not THE Doctor. He's Doctor Who. Different character. See why it's so difficult to accept a reboot? But doing a movie series with a bigger name vs the same TV show as usual, that could work again.
And what I *really* don't get is why animal deaths, portrayed via models, CGI or editing, is a turn off compared to a lot of films where child actors, who had to actually perform the scenes, were hurt or have to depict horrific scenes. It's far easier to work around animals, especially now with CGI
You know, clown on Jeremy Jahns all you want but I do legit use "buy it on Blu-Ray" as a metric to how much I liked a film, except it's my highest rating. If I want to own it, it is more than just a film I liked, it's a film I want to *own*. Big difference.
I am *open* to the idea of a new Doctor Who continuity, BUT I don't think it should replace the TV show. Maybe if we have a movie series, or a comic series, animated show doing an alternate take on the universe, yeah, go for it. There's two Godzilla continuities right now. But keep the show as is.
I also have a project to own my favourite film of every year, and I'm allowed to swap a film out if I watch something retroactively which has made 2020 easier as Soul is easier to get than Palm Springs or whatever the fuck else was out that year. But owning it means it's something special.
I think the reason WHY a reboot is so loathed as an idea is because a "non-canonical" Doctor would be seen as unfair to the actor. They're the Doctor, but not the same character as everyone else? The longevity is the point. It's the same guy from 1963. But in an alternate medium... try it?
I agree it's often exploitative, but I don't like exploitative violence against people either, it's why I don't like most Saw.
The ethics of animal "actors", I completely agree are dodgy AF. By all means critique the behind the scenes of animalsin the industry. I'm talking about in-universe.
