You’re missing the point… | Supergirl, Culture & The Critic

I think a lot of you are making this far too complicated, so I wanted to follow up on my last video with more detail. Like I said, I’m not here to talk about the merits of Supergirl — that’s not my thing anymore. But it sits at the center of a cultural conversation that directly impacts the industry I’m a part of.
Angry Joe is at the center of this. He’s not a fan of mine, but I’m not here to talk down on him. I want to explain what people are missing. Take a step back and understand how much discourse has fundamentally changed over the last decade. YouTube has been around a long time — I’m one of the OGs, started as a teenager. Back then, critic content was a controlled space. Not because someone was pulling strings, but because a select few creators were first and best dressed, and alongside traditional media — newspapers, magazines, shows — they formed a funnel. A small number of people controlled the conversation. They were seen as the arbiters of truth, and technically they were, because that’s where everyone got their information.
That’s not the case anymore. What changed isn’t just that more people are sharing opinions — it’s that audiences are now actively seeking out these alternative voices. People have built massive followings in the last ten years, some in the last five, becoming overnight superstars because they say things that resonate. They might be a little unorthodox, less polished, more unfiltered — and they’re pulling followings just as big as the old guard and traditional media.
Here’s the crux. When the old guard dislikes something, that’s fine. When they say something is bad, perfectly acceptable. You just can’t be the one to do it. The context here is that people like Nerdrotic and the Geeks and Gamers team voiced concerns about Supergirl’s direction based on the promotion and what was being said. Then Angry Joe dropped his own negative review. People are calling him a hypocrite. That’s for you to analyze. But hypocrisy isn’t the crux. This is about narrative control and speaking from a position of power. For people who see themselves as arbiters of truth, hypocrisy isn’t something they care about — that’s a value for people who love truth. For others, it’s a means to an end.
The old guard simply doesn’t like that they’re no longer the only gig in town. We deal with the same thing in comics — a newcomer enters the space, people like the work, and suddenly the established voices take exception because “they’ve been around” and they’re “part of the critic media.” They get mad and they lash out.
My advice to anyone who’s been around as long as I have — recognize the readjustment. You’re not the only voice anymore. You’re not the arbiter of truth. You don’t control the narrative. Stay in your lane, speak to what you know, and respectfully disagree all you want. That’s what nerd culture has always been about — who beats who in a fight, what movie’s good, which comic is accurate. But immediately knocking someone down as misogynistic or homophobic just because you don’t like that they reached the same conclusion you did, or you don’t like how they said it — that’s not a recipe for success. It comes off as arrogant and self-righteous, and that’s not a trait people are looking for these days. The more you do it, the more people distance themselves from you.