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Westenev

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Diverse casting is a nice idea, but I don't think people should be obligated to throw token members into their cast just to satisfy a gender/racial quota because "white man bad". That's just insulting.

Ultimately, the reason why (I think) more lgbti and diverse cast movies don't exist is because few people have the drive to make this happen without using activism to shove the work onto others.

Regarding political messages in works, I vastly prefer my political signalling in universe. That way I can interpret the work itself, and not silly things like real life behind the scenes or what hateful things the director posts on twitter. I'm a stern believer that nothing good can come of a work that is afraid to make a point for fear of what the audience thinks, and that the ideas expressed in a work should be judged on how well they were delivered, not who delivered them.
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24-Nov-2020 01:54:12

Azi Demonica

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YuBiusk, 3344
Patience, YuBiusk Ink, patience! Just because there aren’t many non-binary filmmakers doesn’t mean it’ll be that way forever, it just means it’ll take more time but we’ll get there someday. One day, I want something as powerful as Disney but with a workforce entirely of non-binaries/LGBQT+ and be benevolent and prosperous.

Those works are indeed propaganda. It’s not quite a term to be dismissive of central themes of works, it’s meant to be my decision of disassociation (in this case). I certainly don’t expect people to conform to my opinion, but like I said in my earlier point, I just want honesty. I do have politics and propaganda within my works here and there, they are part of the story observed by characters, though my literature is not inspired by them, they are minor subplots. I tend to like the fantastical adventures over anything else.
I agree, cop shows are indeed propaganda--how often do you see police brutality in them?

Basically, I can’t realize symbolism or themes in artwork, they are ideas rather beyond my intellect! Thanks for sharing the details, too.


Annie, 3344
I couldn’t finish reading Animal Farm, I found it kinda dumb. I don’t need a children’s story to illustrate politics, I’d rather have actual politics to observe. Literary endeavours to explore politics tend to get outdated. Even Marxism/Marx criticized capitalism that wasn’t the same as capitalism now, so there really is no point studying outdated info--unless someone wanted to, of course. Generally speaking, an influx of consistently new ideas is better.


West, 3345
All your points are reasonable. The ‘white man bad/straight white male/white privilege’ tropes aren’t really contributing to creating something better. It’s OK to criticize opulence and privileged elite if someone wants to of course, though there comes a point where we must realize there are no political solutions, only the decisions of the individual to become as independent and autonomous as possible.

24-Nov-2020 23:07:15

Azi Demonica

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Speaking of The Matrix, I watched the trilogy over the course of two days during my security job. I thought it was quite the coincidence (or not)!

If The Matrix is about coming out as trans, I absolutely did not notice anything about that. There isn't even a single trans character. I liked the battle against the machines, tho, it was very cool, reminded me of Mass Effect's Reapers a bit but there wasn't as much violence or gore as I hoped. I wanted to see those octopus robots ripping people open, plucking their limbs, ripping heads off, laser beaming through people, that sort of thing.

Found it a bit odd they needed to grow humans for energy, they live underneath extremely stormy weather, just get a bunch of lightning rods and extract electricity from there, plus wind turbines would also work. Geothermal energy also makes sense, seeing as the machines are capable of drilling through bedrock and military fortifications, and tidal energy also seems possible, unless, of course, there's something more to the lore/backstory/history I'm not aware of.

Overall an excellent franchise albeit I didn't know what was going on half the time. I heard from my security partner a fourth Matrix movie is in the works! It's gonna be great, too bad I won't understand anything.



In other news, YouTube suggested me this, an OSRS vid about a guy exposing scammers of the most vile sort,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPLdIu0lX0M
and holy hell, it just shows you how sociopathic that sub-subculture is. I can't wait until these people are truly exposed and end up in jail, where they belong.

28-Nov-2020 00:44:56

Pink 4 Twink
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I'm around, but I can't post due to the fact that my PC needs to charge, and the wall plug doesn't fit my charger. I just moved. :(

It would take an age and a half to post for Vampyro via phone. =I
Just your friendly neighborhood gay boy! =)

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Westenev

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I think the matrix sort of makes sense, if you consider that the machine's motivation is not the genocide of the human race, but rather the preservation of their creators at any cost (humans did kinda destroy the world, after all). I think that's why the machines created the matrix, and didn't just turn into skynet 2.0.

In a sense, it's kind of like how humans capture animals and put them in zoo's - we don't want endangered animals to go off into the wild and get eaten by a random stoat or something.

As for energy, I mean, if you're going to keep a couple of million humans locked in the basement, you may as well charge rent... right?

I think the matrix makes more sense than Mass Effect. The thing I never understood about the Reapers was the logic behind their century long crusade at the end of every cycle. Their plan is to basically kill every sentient being in the galaxy and turn them into talking starships in order to "preserve sentient life". Yet, Reapers aren't afraid to just zerg rush the enemy, even knowing that every reaper destroyed on the front lines is "precious" genetic material (a race of sentient beings) going extinct.
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28-Nov-2020 05:02:53 - Last edited on 28-Nov-2020 05:10:13 by Westenev

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