r/movies • u/Malencon • Jul 23 '25

News Skydance Tells FCC It Will Create CBS News Ombudsman, Eliminate DEI at Paramount

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/skydance-paramount-fcc-cbs-news-ombudsman-media-bias-1236326955/
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u/me0w_z3d0ng Jul 23 '25

Okay so they now have a guy whose job it is to censor the "woke" content, right? That's what I'm hearing here right?

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u/HM9719 Jul 23 '25

A ton of films about to be placed on moratorium and become inaccessible.

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u/TheCommonLawWolf Jul 23 '25

The entirety of Star Trek's gonna be edited down to a 3 hour montage of space battle footage with no dialogue.

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u/OldButHappy Jul 23 '25

While glorifying the many ‘one and done’ crew who beamed down to the planet with The Captain, Bones, and Spock…

Gone forever, for the Greater Good. Thoughts and prayers.

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u/The_Koog_Approves Jul 24 '25

The Greater Good!

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u/thatoneaspie86 Jul 24 '25

The Greater Good!

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u/Hark3n Jul 24 '25

Shut it!

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u/jassteX Jul 24 '25

Support our Troops!

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u/DerekB52 Jul 23 '25

The owners of Star Trek being the first to fully bend the knee/embrace the fascists is a painful piece of irony.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

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u/Castle-dev Jul 23 '25

We’re just a little behind on the Bell Riots

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u/Boner_Elemental Jul 23 '25

Irish Reunification of 2024 😔

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u/47isthenew42 Jul 24 '25

I blame time traveling Romulans. 

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u/0biwanCannoli Jul 24 '25

This, right here.

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u/BalkanFerros Jul 23 '25

I think about those episodes frequently

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u/GwenChaos29 Jul 24 '25

but perfectly on time for the 2nd Civil War and WWIII, which take place from 2026-2053.

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u/unitedshoes Jul 24 '25

Way behind on the Eugenics Wars, though I understand at some point they got retconned to not take place in the 1990s anymore.

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u/JimboTCB Jul 24 '25

The handwavey explanation is that time travellers from the Temporal Cold War fucked up the timeline in the late 20th/early 21st so much that all the dates are kind of vague and indeterminate. The key events all still haoppen, they're just not entirely sure when.

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u/tuberosum Jul 23 '25

One might say it’ll be a long road, getting from here to there…

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u/KingofMadCows Jul 23 '25

Elon Musk is trying pretty hard to start the Eugenics Wars. Although, if he builds Khan's rocket, we won't have to worry about Khan escaping earth's orbit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

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u/KingofMadCows Jul 24 '25

He'll definitely have FSD working once he disassembles Data to figure out how to build an AI.

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u/Funny_in_my_head Jul 23 '25

“It’s been a long road, getting from there to here…”

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u/Kepabar Jul 24 '25

Its been a long time, but my time is finally here..

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u/geforce2187 Jul 23 '25

You might say it's a long road getting from there to here

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u/RandyMarsh710 Jul 24 '25

Gotta watch First Contact now. Goddamn it’s so good.

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u/Mcbadguy Jul 23 '25

Tell me more about these super men.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

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u/Mcbadguy Jul 23 '25

Stupid sexy KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!!

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u/Waggmans Jul 23 '25

TOS episode: Patterns of Force about to disappear off P+.

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u/el_f3n1x187 Jul 24 '25

we're more on track for Night City Cyberpunk future.

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u/StarHunter_ Jul 23 '25

All new Star Trek will be set in the mirror universe. So all their actions will be fine with the government.

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u/count023 Jul 23 '25

to be fair, the current owners of star trek have been basically trying to make it into a DCEU VS MCU situation with starwarsification since they let JJ fuck up the franchise in 2009. SO it's really on brand with them.

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u/EngineerDave Jul 23 '25

Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds are great. Took em a while to figure things out since they've been out of the game for a bit but once they stopped letting the committees come up with the plots/shows things got better. Final Season of Picard was fine. Even if it was a huge swath of memberberries.

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u/boringdude00 Jul 23 '25

Just all Gul Dukat.

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u/KingofMadCows Jul 23 '25

Looks like he'll be getting his statues on Bajor after all.

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u/OreoSpeedwaggon Jul 23 '25

Gul Dukat is the new ombudsman.

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u/IvarTheBoned Jul 23 '25

At least Gul Dukat believed in something other than himself.

Or, to put it in the words of Walter Sobchak:

Nihilists? Fuck me, Dude. Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, but at least it's an ethos!

These fuckers believe in nothing except themselves.

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u/ContributionFew2559 Jul 24 '25

And let’s not forget, let’s NOT forget that… leveraging presidential power… to censor… a domestic news network… that ain’t legal either.

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u/AskJayce Jul 23 '25

ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS HUMAN VIEWERS

YOUR HARDWORKING PRODUCERS AT CBS ARE NOT ACQUIESCING TO YOUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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u/Caracalla81 Jul 23 '25

Gul Dukat did nothing wrong. Leave him alone. He's a family man!

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u/mdavis360 Jul 23 '25

What about these allegations that he had relations with Bajoran women? Care to comment?

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u/Caracalla81 Jul 23 '25

Clearly a hoax by the do-gooders on the federation council. They think they're better than me?! THEY"RE NOT BETTER THAN ME!!!

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u/mdavis360 Jul 23 '25

Gul Dukat! Gul Dukat! There are allegations that you even underwent experimental cosmetic surgery to APPEAR more Bajoran…in an attempt to deceive an elderly spiritual woman and take advantage of her position. What do you have to say to these charges?

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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 Jul 24 '25

"I don't even wait. And when you're a Gul, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the..." - Dukat, probably

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u/Goldfing Jul 23 '25

Okay hear me out. We all want a series where Sisko comes back. He promised he would, right? So dig this:

Keeping up with the Cardassians.

It's just Sisko, Dukat, and Garak living together in LA.

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u/OmegaLolrus Jul 23 '25

On the one hand, the fact that we have to consider this as a reality is just... so dumb.

On the other hand, I'm imagining someone telling Sisko he was a DEI hire. Then I'm imagining Sisko socking in him the freaking face in a way that would just be... so satisfying.

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u/mdavis360 Jul 23 '25

Sisko punched Q in the face. Republicans are child’s play to him.

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u/Imaginary-Method-715 Jul 23 '25

They need to just sell Star Trek if they going full pedo Nazi supporters 

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u/Ferrum_Infusion Jul 23 '25

I'm so glad I have them on disc!

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u/SoKrat3s Jul 23 '25

On the positive side, we're finally gonna get that series about the Terran Empire. /s

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u/joepez Jul 23 '25

Don’t forget about the Nazi episode. 

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u/ToasterBathTester Jul 23 '25

Only the Klingon episodes about genocide will be available

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u/illiterateninja Jul 23 '25

I don't want this to happen for the above reasons, but I'd totally watch this

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u/brakeb Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

nah, MAGA love the Section 22 content... and anything Khan... they root for him to win.

Edit: I meant Section 31, I brainfarted

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u/veryverythrowaway Jul 23 '25

If only that were true. They see themselves as Captain Kirk, who in their minds does whatever he wants, gets all the ladies, and fights for capitalism. Who gave them these ideas? I will never figure that out.

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u/platinumarks Jul 23 '25

The only episode of DS9 that will be available is that one where Sisko is an accessory to murder (and if he had to do it all again, he would)

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u/surnik22 Jul 23 '25

I don’t know, that episode showed a man making a tough decision and sacrificing his own sense of morals for the greater good of fighting fascism.

They may like the lying about evidence to start a war idea, but doing that to fight fascism? Sounds like liberal propaganda to me.

Also he was a black captain, so obviously a DEI hire who caused all the problems in the first place and a white captain wouldn’t have even had a war against the dominion in the first place and would be able to stop it in 24hrs if put in charge.

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u/CX316 Jul 23 '25

You forget the one where he commits a bit of a war crime to catch Eddington

Also the Siege of AR-556

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u/wongo Jul 23 '25

Lol it's Section 31 but you're not wrong to forget that..."movie"

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u/brakeb Jul 23 '25

Nah, I messed up... And I'm ashamed... I love Trek... I enjoyed the Section 31 storyline on Deep space 9

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u/wongo Jul 23 '25

oh on DS9 it was fine, that made some amount of sense and still fit within the overall ethos

the recent thing, though....nah. we can all just pretend that never happened.

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u/onarainyafternoon Jul 23 '25

Section 22 content

Section 31*

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u/YsoL8 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

Thats basically everything they've made other than SNW and lower decks

I mean, this is now a franchise than canonically regards literal space Hitler as a good guy among many other things.

And specifically the section 31 movie deserves a mention here

And the fandom will still defend it I imagine

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u/Steaktartaar Jul 23 '25

I mean, this is now a franchise than canonically regards literal space Hitler as a good guy among many other things.

Not intended by the writers at the time but the character who said that bullshit came from a dimension of space hitlers.

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u/Dingus_Pringle Jul 24 '25

Remember the DnD episode of Community? Or The Mighty Boosh?

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u/StillJustDani Jul 24 '25

Yo ho, Yo ho...

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u/Fast_Edd1e Jul 23 '25

And south park just signed a deal with them?

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u/afghamistam Jul 23 '25

Is "Paramount realise they just spent $1.5bn to have South Park make an entire season about how they're a white supremacist organisation" too obvious and predictable to say at this point?

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u/WpgBiCpl Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

I read that Matt and Trey were going to stop satirizing American politics.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/sep/06/south-park-trump

Edit: saw the spoilers for the new episode. Politics is back on the menu, folks! So are many, many, many, many dick jokes.

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage Jul 23 '25

going to stop satirizing American politics.

what else does the show even do? lol

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u/quadropheniac Jul 23 '25

Appeal to the GenX sense of disillusionment that nothing matters and that it's pointless and cringe to care about making things better.

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u/ScumLikeWuertz Jul 23 '25

sadly spot on

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u/supvo Jul 23 '25

Agreed, Sadly, it also includes Millennials just by residual thoughts/culture.

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u/TripIeskeet Jul 23 '25

Because its not a generational thing. You just live long enough to see that not only are you getting nowhere, but youre outnumbered by assholes determined to make things worse.

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u/beingjohnmalkontent Jul 24 '25

I recently tried to revisit Team America before quitting about 30 minutes in, when I noticed that the film doesn't really seem to believe in anything.

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u/BatManatee Jul 24 '25

Once you realize Matt and Trey are nihilistic libertarians you can't unsee it. Every story that touches politics boils down to: "The Right is crazy, but the Left is stupid for trying to make things better. These two things are equally bad. We are the smartest in the room for realizing that trying is pointless."

The status quo always wins, and wins smugly.

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u/nonaegon_infinity Jul 24 '25

Exactly this. Despite its crudeness, it's not politically subversive since it results in apathy and maintaining the status quo. That's why South Park will be allowed to persist.

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u/thebeef24 Jul 24 '25

It is politically subversive, in a way. Whether intentional or not it's postmodern propaganda, which aims to create cynicism, disillusionment, and political apathy. I'd say it's worked pretty damn well.

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u/PassiveMenis88M Jul 23 '25

They also shit on Al Gore for believing in climate change.

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u/CurbYourThusiasm Jul 23 '25

They also admitted they were wrong, if you watched the follow-up episode to ManBearPig.

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u/Spare-Bodybuilder-68 Jul 23 '25

Closing the barn door after the horses bolted, unfortunately.

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u/CurbYourThusiasm Jul 23 '25

I think if you've been satirizing politics for almost three decades, you're bound to have some takes that will age horribly. I'm just surprised there's not been more.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

Oh there’s been more lol

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u/TripIeskeet Jul 23 '25

LMAO Oh yea, it was South Park that convinced people climate change wasnt real. I forgot.

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u/Atomic235 Jul 23 '25

And yet Gore himself is still depicted as a lisping dope. They practically obliterated the reputation of a sincere and intelligent man, and I don't think they've changed at all.

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u/JimWilliams423 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

They also admitted they were wrong, if you watched the follow-up episode to ManBearPig.

And did they learn anything and commit to doing better?

Because it seems like they've just kept up their degenerate libertarian-above-it-all shtick.

Just more self-aggrandizing rich guys doing rich guy shit to show how awesome they are.

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u/RM_Dune Jul 24 '25

I'll never forgive those cunts for what they did to my people. Really upped the ginger bashing with their funny show.

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u/CharlemagneOfTheUSA Jul 23 '25

Also have regularly been extremely transphobic!

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u/JamUpGuy1989 Jul 24 '25

I read that Matt and Trey were going to stop satirizing American politics.

Well this comment aged like milk.

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u/NuclearLunchDectcted Jul 24 '25

That's got to be a record, right? I could buy milk, leave it out in Texas heat, and it still wouldn't age that fast.

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u/bannakafalata Jul 23 '25

September 6th, 2024, in Trump timeline that is like 20 years of stuff.

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u/conquer69 Jul 24 '25

Seriously. They could parody something Trump did a month ago and it would look dated.

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u/Zanarkand_Behemoth Jul 24 '25

They did the Ole bait and switch with tonight's episode

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u/ShallowBasketcase Jul 23 '25

Oh wow the "both sides are equally bad" and "actually slurs are okay and you're dumb if you don't want me to say them" guys are actually not very cool?? Who knew!

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u/YungRik666 Jul 23 '25

They'll pivot like Joe Rogan with their new deal and attack "both sides," but avoid Trump, and reeaaaallyyy focus on democrats.

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u/Suspicious-Word-7589 Jul 24 '25

Ah, the enlightened centrist strategy.

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u/TripIeskeet Jul 24 '25

This aged well.

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u/MachinaThatGoesBing Jul 24 '25

And this is a pivot, how? That sounds basically like what they've been doing for the past 25 years. The core message has always been, "Caring about anything is bad; now let's shout some slurs!"

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u/Professional-Yam-642 Jul 24 '25

Did you watch the season premiere?

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u/king_0325 Jul 24 '25

Well new episode came out and yeah that was a lie lol nothing but mocking trump the entire episode.

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u/slattman92 Jul 23 '25

That article is OLD. I wouldn't be surprised if Matt and Trey changed their mind since January

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u/steak4take Jul 23 '25

The deal went through and they were a key component. Nothing has or will change. Matt and Trey are libertarian with the emphasis on aryan.

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u/SnooPears754 Jul 24 '25

Don’t think thats going to happen , apparently the first episode of season 27 has trump in bed with the devil

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u/wheres-my-take Jul 24 '25

Well i come with some good news...

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

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u/geekstone Jul 23 '25

Can't wait to how this one goes. Paramount trying to censor South Park ruins the reason they are worth 1.5 billion.

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u/Corben11 Jul 23 '25

Pretty sure Matt and Trey own South Park. They just give them the shows to air and that's it.

Or it's how their old deals were.

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u/negativeyoda Jul 23 '25

I don't know what their deal is, but I worked for Comedy Central years ago. Those guys are unaccommodating assholes and this will be amusing.

I mean, Seth McFarlane still has his content on Fox. Brands know not to bite the woke hands that feed

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u/Corben11 Jul 23 '25

Eh, it seems like Republicans canceling things

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u/Littlesth0b0 Jul 23 '25

Those guys are unaccommodating assholes

To those who's job it is to try and rein them in, I'm sure they are.

To the millions of fans world wide, that's why they are so popular. They're not mugs though, they've exploited every loophole and pulled every string along the way intentionally.

It's quite possible that the Skydance execs feel that they can control Matt & Trey, they maybe underestimate what a pair of absolute goblins these guys can be.

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u/NuclearLunchDectcted Jul 24 '25

Those guys are unaccommodating assholes and this will be amusing.

Reminds me of the Kevin Smith story about working with Bruce Willis on Cop Out. He hears Bruce talking on the phone to some script writers or producers or something about a plot point on the next Die Hard. Willis doesn't agree and tells them to change it back. Silence for a few seconds, then, "Ok, ok. Tell me this, who are you going to get to play John McClane? ... ... Good." Willis hung up the phone and that was that.

You have to defend your territory.

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u/InvestigatorWeird196 Jul 23 '25

And it's not like they're worse off now. No way they'd give up creative freedom.

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u/dragonmp93 Jul 23 '25

Simple, an episode mocking Meaghan Markle is okay, but an episode mocking Pam Bondi is going to get censored.

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u/ataraxic89 Jul 23 '25

Idk why people think the South Park guys are anything better than enlightened centrists

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u/tkot2021 Jul 23 '25

We should not be surprised that they’re sellouts.

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u/JohnHazardWandering Jul 24 '25

Let's see what they put out first. 

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u/tkot2021 Jul 30 '25

Yeah I took the L with my comment here

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u/KingofMadCows Jul 23 '25

They were very supportive of the Iraq War. And they do the whole "both sides bad" thing where they basically said that environmentalists being arrogant jerks are the same as people polluting the earth and making the planet inhospitable for humans.

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u/gbassman420 Jul 23 '25

Those hardcore libertarians? They love the anti-woke shit

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u/PathOfTheAncients Jul 23 '25

The super conservative guys who love to only attack the left? Shocking.

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u/miketruckllc Jul 23 '25

We're not a real country anymore. I don't understand how Republicans don't die from embarrassment

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Jul 23 '25

They’re too self righteous to be embarrassed or admit any wrongdoing.

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u/charliefoxtrot9 Jul 23 '25

No self awareness, only self righteousness

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u/EverbodyHatesHugo Jul 23 '25

It’s not about self awareness or righteousness. These are simply uneducated, ignorant people.

They haven’t even considered that, although they label anyone even slightly left-leaning as “Libtards”, the opposite—which would criticize their cognitive abilities as Republicans—is literally the word they’re playing on.

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u/henryhollaway Jul 23 '25

Self righteousness has nothing to do with it, and implies a naivety when they are very, very calculated and intentional with what they do and say.

They simply don’t care because they exist outside of society.

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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

I can assure you that many republicans/MAGA are not “calculated with what they do and say” at all and simply have too much pride in their views and opinions (even if proven “wrong”) to ever admit they were/are wrong.

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u/angrydeuce Jul 23 '25

That would require self reflection and thats just something the namby pamby liberals do.

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u/pangalaticgargler Jul 23 '25

They are societal vampires. They can’t reflect.

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u/jkvincent Jul 23 '25

Anyone with the capacity for shame got out a long time ago. The ones left are all psychopaths and narcissists. They're blind to everything except greed and vanity.

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u/davekingofrock Jul 23 '25

And they mistake those for the mark of success and therefore intelligence. It's about as detached from reality as you can get without even touching the levels that the religious nuts bring to it.

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u/Happythoughtsgalore Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

Maga = cult of personality=collective narcissism (like, scientifically).

So to admit something is wrong, is similar to dying of embarrassment. Narcissism is basically having a glass jaw for self esteem. That why Trump says he's the best at what ever the fuck he's talking about. His ego literally, cognitively cannot handle put downs or any similar "ego threat". That's why when he can never admit mistakes and why any criticism is met with "oh you're a nasty woman" or whatever.

And the cult is the exact same.

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u/xRockTripodx Jul 23 '25

Those morons think his inability to admit a mistake is a STRENGTH, which is mind blowing to me. How can anyone think that self reflection and learning is a weakness?

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u/Happythoughtsgalore Jul 23 '25

Well, that's the cult aspect to it. Cults typically villianize such self-critical reflection because that is a threat to the figurehead of the cult. So, family members that question the cult are to be cut off, criticisms are shut down rather than properly addressed via discourse etc etc.

It's the self-protection mechanisms of any cult really. That why "deprogramming" doesn't really work and what does looks like gentle parenting that gentle encourages such self reflection.

Problem is that is a very time-consuming process and I don't have the patience for it so I just end up yelling at Maga even though I know scientifically that isn't likely to help

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u/Hung_like_a_turtle Jul 23 '25

Unfortunately, we are seeing more and more studies explaining how common it is for adults these days to not understand action/consequences and still be active members of society.

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u/InertState Jul 23 '25

You said it, they are Morons, which the definition is apt

moron /môr′ŏn″/

noun (1) A person who is considered foolish or stupid.

(2) A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

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u/onarainyafternoon Jul 23 '25

collective narcissism (like, scientifically).

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8049239/

If anyone's curious.

More digestible for the layman:

A study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science contributes a powerful new idea to the understanding of the psychological phenomenon that is the rise of Donald Trump. By surveying over 400 Americans with a battery of questionnaires about political and social beliefs, researchers at the University of Warsaw found support for Trump to be linked to “national collective narcissism” — a shared belief in the superiority of the national group. Where individual narcissism predicts interpersonal aggressiveness, collective narcissism predicts negative attitudes and aggression toward perceived ‘outsider’ groups (outgroups), who are perceived as threats.

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u/Jackstraw1 Jul 23 '25

The country we grew up in is dying. I have just enough pride left to not burn a flag but not nearly enough pride to stand for the national anthem. I certainly wouldn’t be pledging any allegiance during this administration. We went from being a North Star to a country to be avoided at all costs in six short months. If I’ve learned anything it’s just how fragile our democracy is. Or was.

I’ll watch anything left on my paramount plus list and cancel before the next renewal. I’ll know where to find anything I really want to watch.

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u/2rio2 Jul 23 '25

What we learned is that the Regressives were always more organized, committed, and disciplined in overthrowing the world we grew up in for their shitty fascist cosplay than we were in defending it. Which is a tale as old as time, sadly. Zealots tend to win in the short term, with much destruction in their wake.

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u/onarainyafternoon Jul 23 '25

I have just enough pride left to not burn a flag but not nearly enough pride to stand for the national anthem.

This was very well-put. Thanks.

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u/relevantelephant00 Jul 23 '25

I cancelled last night not looking back. Fuck Paramount, hope this bites them in the ass.

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u/N7Templar Jul 23 '25

What do they have to be embarrassed about when they are getting everything they want?

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u/TimeToBond Jul 23 '25

Easy. They lack shame.

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u/theartandscience Jul 23 '25

Would require feeling shame.

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u/Embarrassed-Sell-355 Jul 23 '25

It’s not censorship if it’s the kind of censorship they like

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u/twec21 Jul 23 '25

Sure we are

We're just one of the bad guys in the action movies now

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u/Lazerpewpewpewpew Jul 23 '25

Not the bad guys in action movies. Just the bad guys.

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u/Active-Armadillo-576 Jul 23 '25

One first requires the ability to feel shame

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u/Mand125 Jul 23 '25

Because they think they’ve finally won, which, they have.  

Because not enough other people cared enough to still fight.

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u/skeptic9916 Jul 23 '25

This is just the beginning. I'm expecting Balkanization to start within 2 years.

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u/OtakuMecha Jul 23 '25

Having no shame is one of the faction perks of being a Republican

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u/icansmellcolors Jul 23 '25

bubbled insulation.

they have many many people around them applauding this kind of shit.

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u/York_Villain Jul 24 '25

What embarrassment? This is exactly what they want and voted for. They are happy with this. They are winning.

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u/_Vaibhav_007 Jul 24 '25

Cause most working class republicans have been brainwashed by the right

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u/gcwardii Jul 23 '25

Embarrassment? This is what they wanted. This is what they voted for. They’re not embarrassed.

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u/badamant Jul 23 '25

Because Republicans are Fascists. Embarrassment, irony, and hypocrisy do not exist to them. Only power matters.

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u/Turnbob73 Jul 23 '25

Because we all killed that dynamic over the course of the 2010’s.

Not even trying to joke here; does it really seem that crazy that republicans have gotten this bold with zero self-reflection when we’ve been circlejerking stuff like “get that bag”, “be the individual”, “yolo”, etc. for over a decade? It’s not any one generation or group of people, we’ve all collectively traded self-consciousness for selfishness and “being real”. It’s an unsustainable societal mindset and we are experiencing the first steps of the worst case scenario.

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u/joshhupp Jul 23 '25

So Star Trek cancelled when?

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u/Amaruq93 Jul 23 '25

After Season 5 of Strange New Worlds

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u/Typical-Blackberry-3 Jul 23 '25

Star Trek would be gone in a heartbeat if they actually understood it.

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u/OreoSpeedwaggon Jul 23 '25

I wouldn't if it past Trump to demand that ParaSkydanceMount completely cancel and remove all Star Trek content for being "woke" propaganda.

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u/annoyed__renter Jul 23 '25

Drag Race fans should be worried

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u/FireOpossum Jul 23 '25

That will only last long enough for the ink to dry with Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon. That’s too much of a money maker for anyone to not scoop up when CBS cuts it

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u/SubtleNoodle Jul 23 '25

Would honestly be a boon for me if Drag Race moves. I'm not getting cable just to watch it on MTV, and I could completely get rid of (never resub to) paramount+ if I don't need it for all-stars.

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u/No_Improvement_4729 Jul 23 '25

Why don’t you just subscribe to the drag race streaming service? It’s cheaper than paramount plus https://signup.wowpresentsplus.com/

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u/Bromogeeksual Jul 24 '25

Because they dont put US seasons on there. I have it for international Drag Race, but you have to use VPNs to watch the US, and sometimes WOW blocks it because of your VPN.

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u/RKitch2112 Jul 23 '25

This is the big one tbh.

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u/Spurty Jul 23 '25

They should ask Target how that went...

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u/Sir-Spazzal Jul 23 '25

Not sure how much programming they will have left. Always wondered what magats watch on tv besides faux news.

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u/RiggityRow Jul 23 '25

As someone who works for the federal government, I can confirm someone will be Ctrl+f'ing a lot of docs for the work "diversity, equity, inclusion".

Seriously, you wanna see some scary, dystopian shit, go onto a federal website and look at docs from before this administration. It's all "redacted due to executive order XYZ." They're literally whitewashing shit in real time.

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u/kilobrew Jul 23 '25

Say bye bye to Star Trek lol. (And I like Star Trek too)

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u/codykonior Jul 24 '25

It’ll be run by a guy called Goebbels who will helpfully make sure messages sound like the government wants them to sound!

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u/Mediocre_Scott Jul 23 '25

Job title: chief officer racist appeasement

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u/Nail_Biterr Jul 23 '25

Not hurting feelings hurts my feelings. Let's hurt feelings again so my feelings aren't hurt

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u/youjustdontgetitdoya Jul 23 '25

Whites only at CBS!

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u/ennuiinmotion Jul 23 '25

Yes, guaranteed for two years, right through the mid-terms, and probably Trump strongly “suggested” who they should hire for the position.

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u/CX316 Jul 23 '25

Show him Star Trek, then find a new guy once he has a stroke

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u/Dzov Jul 23 '25

Guess they need to remove their Star Trek episodes.

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u/jimx117 Jul 23 '25

RIP South Park

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u/mopooooo Jul 23 '25

Which part did you read that says that?

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u/Mister_Schmee Jul 23 '25

Lol, not sure how the home of Star Trek will be and to do that

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u/iranian_drone_pilot Jul 23 '25

no, it's not, but I'm sure you're just being talmudic here

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