R Rated Franchises With Kids Toys, Merchandise, & Cartoons

It really is strange. Yet, when you really think about it, it isn't that strange. Because they're actually desperate for money at this point. Disney is struggling with their film releases, theme parks, AND streaming service, Disney+. I'll talk about the streaming service in this post and I'll mention the movie releases and theme park issues in another post or thread if you like.

Even though Disney+ has shows like The Mandalorian and WandaVision that keeps enough people interested, the streaming service is struggling financially. I've seen on various videos that state that the service doesn't have enough paid subscribers. The service has cartoons, shows, and movies that are mainly aimed at children and teenagers. I'm not saying that adults don't watch those cartoons, shows, and movies. It's just that with this type of content and material, Disney+ doesn't have the variety that appeals to children, teenagers, AND adults like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max. Remember. Disney is the company that prides itself as being "kid friendly" and "family friendly".

In fact, there was a controversy that happened some time last year where Disney was under fire for censoring a scene in the film, Splash, on Disney+. It was the scene where Madison kisses Allen and then jumps into the ocean. Even though she's nude, her breasts and her butt are mostly covered by her hair. We only see the outline of her butt when she jumps into the water. Nothing to freak out over. However, Disney decided to cover her butt with fake and bad CGI hair. People ended up berating and clowning them for this unnecessary crap. Then, months later, when X-Men: Days of Future Past aired on the service, surprisingly, they left Logan/Wolverine's nude scene untouched. I guess after the Splash debacle, they knew that people would really bash them if they tampered with the DOFP nude scene. And the crazy thing is that both nude scenes are done in a non-sexual and tasteful manner! But Disney just had to go too far with their "kid friendly" shtick and censor something that shouldn't be censored. They're basically trying to condition children to feel ashamed or scared of seeing non-sexual nudity. I might go in-depth on this topic in another thread, if you like.

I mention all of that to say that Disney has been doing all kinds of shady stuff, big or small, to shows and movies that they've gotten their hands on via buying the studios and companies that has distributed the shows and movies. They do this in order to keep things "kid friendly" and "family friendly" as well as put in their poisonous propaganda and politics. And they wonder why people look down upon them nowadays than ever before which is showing by them losing subscribers and fans. What they've especially done to the Star Wars franchise is inexcusable. Since they're now struggling, they now want to appeal to the older audiences with, as you said, more mature fare. In a lot of ways, they're far too late because the world sees them as that company that constantly targets a younger demographic and changing their tactics now is rather off-putting. I guarantee you that they wouldn't be doing this back in 2019 before the pandemic. They were extremely powerful and were ruling much of the entertainment business. My how nearly two years would change everything.