The "Not My..." Club
This 2016 reboot starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig became the most disliked movie trailer in YouTube history after casting an all-female team.
What is Ghostbusters?
Long before the current diversity debate, the casting of Daniel Craig caused a stir because he was the first Bond with this hair color.
What is Blonde?
If you support climate change action on X (Twitter), the study says you are statistically very likely to also support this.
What is COVID-19 vaccination?
This sci-fi franchise faced a massive online "revolt" during its latest trilogy over claims that "feminism and leftist politics" were taking over.
What is Star Wars?
True or False: Being a "Super Fan" who has seen every Bond movie makes you more likely to accept a diverse casting choice.
False (Fandom rarely predicted attitudes toward swaps).
This Disney live-action film faced a hate campaign on Twitter after casting Halle Bailey in the lead role.
What is The Little Mermaid?
This "bankable" actor is a fan favorite to play the next 007, despite some conservative critics calling the idea a "woke narrative".
Who is Idris Elba?
On the flip side, people who are "climate skeptics" are more likely to also be against sending military aid to this country.
What is Ukraine?
This movement involved a backlash in the Marvel universe against diversifying writers, editors, and characters.
What is Comicsgate?
True or False: Traditional news outlets like the BBC or CNN still "set the agenda" and dominate what we talk about on social media.
False (Bottom-up, decentralized ideological groups now drive the discourse)
Fans told this actor to "get his head out of the computer" after he faced backlash for playing the Human Torch in Fantastic Four.
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
In the film No Time to Die, this actress played a secret agent who actually took over the 007 code number.
Who is Lashana Lynch?
This 2025 study found that users on social media tend to form "polarized communities" based on this, rather than the facts of a specific topic.
What is Ideological Alignment?
Before Bond was debated, this character (the head of MI6) was successfully swapped from a white man to a white woman played by Judi Dench.
Who is M?
True or False: The "Category" of a person (like being a politician vs. a regular person) is the main reason they get retweeted.
False (Resonance with an ideology matters more than their professional role).
This Marvel Comics legend defended fans, claiming they weren't "prejudiced" but just "hated to see change" in characters they were familiar with.
Who is Stan Lee?
This long-time Bond producer stated that while "Bond can be of any color," she believes the character is and should remain male.
Who is Barbara Broccoli?
This famous young activist is a "superstar" for the "Majority" group in climate debates, receiving massive amounts of retweets.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
The study suggests that for some fans, "protecting the canon" is often just a mask for this kind of motive.
What is Ideological (or Political) motives?
The average person in the Bond survey had seen this many 007 films (out of 24).
What is 8?
While race and gender swaps cause major stir, the study found American conservatives actually didn't mind if the Bond role went to an actor under this age.
Answer: What is the age of 25 years and under?
According to the survey, this specific identity swap for James Bond was the "most likely" to result in people losing interest in the movies.
What is a Lesbian Bond?
This term describes the digital "bubbles" where users only see content that agrees with their pre-existing beliefs.
What are Echo Chambers (or Filter Bubbles)?
This psychologist told his 2 million followers that the "free market" would have its revenge on "forced woke narratives" in movies.
Who is Dr. Jordan Peterson?
In the social media study, this global event was the most "polarized" and created the most cohesive "Minority" group identity.
What was the COVID-19 Pandemic?