I just remember seeing a small clip from the EFAP (Every Frame A Pause, MauLer's podcast where he and some like-minded other content creators riff on YT videos) where the Critical Drinker said something like "I think Sony would prefer a good Madame Web movie". While that is broadly speaking probably more true than not, it also seems like a ridiculously naive position to make considering a lot of horror stories about executive meddling, especially considering Sony has a history of it regarding the studio's Spider-Man movies. Doesn't help the final battle of the movie apparently involves a neon Pepsi sign, plus Johnson admitting she signed on to a different script than what was used. Not to mention the director seems to have all her prior credits in TV.
Also I'm increasingly beginning to think YT is an outlier at best and a hotbed for bigotry at worst (most of the reason this doesn't come to mind is because most of the YouTubers I follow the closest do not have far-right views). It feels like, for instance, there was a lot more skepticism towards the Barbie movie there than virtually anywhere else where the movie was heavily hyped, and I feel like I hear more bile spewed at both Captain Marvel movies there than on the rest of the Internet combined.
Speaking of which, since we derailed the conversation to the MCU earlier anyway, am I the only one who feels like there was overall too much skepticism surrounding The Marvels director Nia DaCosta pre-release, at least considering people acting like she was "inexperienced" and was hired for "diversity" reasons despite having as many prior directorial credits as Ryan Coogler did when Black Panther came out and it being just as charitable to assume Monica Rambeau's actress Teyonah Parris recommended her after they did Candyman together...then again I guess that would require people to keep track of what actors play who and who directed what. Also I guess I don't keep such a close eye on the race and gender of the people making and acting in movies, maybe because I'm not white myself? I feel like a bit of a weirdo since I watch mostly older movies and yet I tend to notice the relative lack of roles for women and POC in them more than the comparative abundance of them in newer movies.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if there was market research indicating that women prefer to see movies with female leads and people of color movies with non-white leads (especially their own ethnicity) while men don't have as strong a preference to see movies with male leads and ditto white people for movies with white leads. Considering how stupid Hollywood executives are, it would explain a lot of crap that has come out within the past decade or so.