stuff to think about is always better; that's what also gets me about liking junk movies on this site because you can get the exact same experience a stupid action movie brings ON ANY FRIGGIN' ACTION GAME (though with better writing, direction, editing, etc, etc). Seriously, people my age shouldn't NEED to watch that crap anymore because a game legitimately DOES have an excuse for not prioritizing writing. I do prefer stuff to think about in my narratives, though occasionally you do get holier-than-thou preachy bullshit more often than not.
Anyway, I'm not sure I agree on the political issues thing, but I have been looking forward to this (even if Rodriguez has directed some iffy films unlike his buddy Tarantino who HASN'T made a bad film). Guess even Rodriguez couldn't curb Seagal's ego.