Tomb Raider

[KcMsterpce]

IDK what to say, really. When you hire an untalented actress that looks like an anorexic, strung out meth addict for a character that started out as a busty, confident, self-assured intelligent adventurer that - over the last handful of years - has been transformed into a wimpy, whiny self-sorry sad sack of sadness that is pushed into some kind of quest... Seeing Turner as the next iteration of Croft hints that they won't play up the character that became famous.
They are going to lean further into the complete assassination of Lara Croft. This has reached a new peak that was established with the animated series, and was on the "verge of becoming" when Vikander did her movie (which I liked, and hoped they would make another installment with improvements on its potential). Back then, the movie was trying to balance the "original fans' desires for what Tomb Raider is about" and juggling the "new games and unwilling-to-do-adventures Croft fanbase". It kind of failed at both, but also did a great job establishing that they are OBVIOUSLY trying to balance incorporating the "new" Croft while trying not to abandon the OG fans of the games/franchise.

With Turner in this role, it's obvious that they are doubling down on the already doubled-down "remix" of a "new" Tomb Raider, which is a deconstructionist slap in the face to the source material. Without the Croft that made the franchise popular, these "new iterations " couldn't be created in the first place. But they smite, spit and dismiss that as "aged", but... I wager a fair number of the viewers keep watching with the hope that it couldn't get worse, but... here we are.
We are now stuck with Turner as the next person named Lara Croft, but only in name, not in any other manner. The Lara Croft of today is not a "Tomb Raider".... she is using the name of someone that was once famous, adored by young boys with hopes and dreams of a female sexy Bond who could kick ass solving puzzles, to... whatever this imitation sludge is.