IMDB shuts down its infamous forums and the portrayal of LGBT's.

This is disappointing. Every now and then I'd hop on over to see some opinions on an actor/movie/series/director what have you. In fact, I hopped on over a few minutes ago to look for some thoughts on a new tv series, The Good Fight, didn't find the forum on its page, and remembered that IMDB was taking that particular element down.

Reason being because IMDB concluded that the forums were too hard to monitor and that discussion became vile and rude. I sought out the views of this action and some agreed while some didn't. Those that agreed with the move said that vile ones tended to be "racist/sexist/homophobic/off topic.* "Funny enough a couple of posters followed up that though such things can manifest such things were the minority of cases. I tell ya, I'd me rich every time someone complains about racism, sexist, LGBTphobic and whatever so-called phobia or -ism that makes a leftists heart burn with rage.

One poster said that because of indecent comments that "we can't have nice things." I disagree. The forums were fine. If you wanted to express your thoughts then you could. You might get a fruitful discussion going. You might get someone calling you a bigot or an idiot. Okay, that sucks, but oh well. Report the fellow if you feel so.

Interest in certain tv series will slightly suffer because movies are always going to be the ones that gain traction unless the tv series is a major hit. Alternatives to IMDB, the one that I know of, is Criterion Forum. I believe Awards Daily also axed their forum for reasons different than IMDB (Sharon Stone is the worst). I know no other Criterion Forum equivalent solely dedicated to tv series. 

In the end I think IMDB is shutting down an avenue of free speech, at least the exchange of ideas between like-minded and not so like-minded people about a given medium of visual entertainment. The site probably knew its forums weren't seen in much respect (as opposed to The Criterion Forum), saw that some forums weren't getting much traffic, realized that said forums were eating up a lot of space, and decided to ax the entire thing all together. That's a shame.

*Speaking of "homophobic" remarks The Good Fight has one of the main characters, the granddaughter of the main principle, in a same-sex pairing. Okay, fine. The weird part? The girlfriend and the granddaughter  are played by attractive actresses.  In what reality does a same-sex female relationship have two very attractive women? They're the minority within their own minority. In my experience female relationships tend to fall in three categories: one is more butch while the other is sort of attractive, both are meh or both are rather ugly. Not this. I mean, seriously? This is laughable.

There are more Huxtables and (were) Cleavers around in real life than the linked picture. The same thing happened with the House of Cards. TV entertainment has a weird of portraying homosexuals; they're either lovable or one, or both, parties in a relationship is insanely attractive. And the LGBT need "allies"? Proof that the LGBT would never advance as a demographic if it weren't for their straight counterparts. They need straights to get babies. They need straights to rule them into law. They need straights to slowly incorporate their history into education. They need straights to approve them (they say the don't need it but they truly, truly do). A same-sex pairing cannot survive on its own. It is the complete opposite of an opposite-sex couple. In other words, they aren't the same thing.