Agreed. And if we're not getting a heavy hitter on the level of, say, Trent Reznor it'll probably be a disappointment

Pretty sure his real arch nemesis is himself.

No, sorry, what I mean is it's terrible. "Meh", at least in my mind, means middling. Not terrible, but not actively good either.

I wouldn't call that a "meh" movie, no.

Careful you don't get lost crawling that far up your own ass

I see. Yeah I have a similar pitch for my friends and family members who still only associate animation with children's cartoons.

Seems like the point, no? Diffuse the responsibility such that the worst atrocities are "everyone's fault".

Kinda reminds me of climate change inaction

Incorrect. Net Neutrality means broadband providers cannot block or throttle individual bits of content. It does not mean they cannot place overall caps on your data usage, merely that they must treat all lawful data equally.

Yes, it was very influential and massively popular.

It also had all these rip-offs come out 3-4 years after it because that's just how long it takes to make that type of game at a reasonable scale

Yeah, I think maybe it's just that nobody had any info to share.

It truly is bizarre to me how smartphone aesthetics have somehow outweighed practical usage and ergonomic comfort.

It's kind of like the main "screen rectangle" smartphone evolutionary tree has largely gone down the road of the "Red Delicious" apple, which is bitter, mealy, mushy, has a leathery skin and is a terrible snack overall, but keeps being bred and bought in large numbers simply because it's the iconic "pretty" red apple.

Feels like a good summary of most of the "meh" Shyamalan movies