In a move that surprised absolutely no one paying attention to Hollywood’s cultural monoculture, Variety just torched the new Supergirl film as the “worst script” its critic can remember, labeling the whole production “super-horrendous.” The review lands like a warning flare: even the outlets that normally polish every progressive reboot until it gleams are now admitting the product is broken. What they won’t say out loud is that the same creative class that can’t craft a coherent three-act structure is the one that spent the last decade lecturing gun owners about “assault weapons” and “ghost guns” while their own scripts collapse under the weight of messaging.

The deeper takeaway for the 2A community is how quickly institutional taste-makers turn on their own when the audience stops showing up. Variety’s sudden honesty about narrative failure mirrors the broader pattern we’ve seen with legacy media: they’ll defend any policy that chips away at the right to keep and bear arms right up until the moment their own cultural output craters. When the same people who push magazine bans and red-flag laws can’t even sell a flying superhero, it underscores how disconnected their worldview is from the millions of Americans who still value competence, self-reliance, and stories that respect the audience instead of lecturing them.

For gun owners, the lesson is straightforward—don’t outsource your entertainment or your rights to institutions that treat both as optional. The same cultural gatekeepers who once sneered at “cowboy action” and “tactical” hobbies are now watching their own tentpoles implode. That vacuum is an opportunity: independent creators, Second Amendment–friendly storytellers, and community-driven platforms are already filling the gap with content that doesn’t require a permission slip from Variety’s editorial board.