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How is kindness a bad thing? I thought that was universally agreed to be a good message to have in a piece of media. I guess the excuse is they don't want media to have messages at all but like, how would you even have a movie where the hero has no values that they stand for?

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[-] michaelvile@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The cinematic-repubLkan-universe kindness is weakness.. Good doesn't pretend to be evil. But evil does pretend to be good..ffs, 'the list is on my desk..."

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Did someone acctually expressed that thought?

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[-] Lyrac@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

I'm out of the loop here. I've seen something about the most recent director or writer calling Superman an immigrant, and Dean Cain hating on that take and calling it "woke". But I haven't seen anyone expressing that Superman should not represent kindness.

FWIW if you are looking at reviews for an upcoming or recently released movies, and a lot of the comments are calling it "too political" or "woke", give it a watch and come back with your own review. Those reviews are an indicator to me that it might be somewhat thought-provoking. (or also don't watch if you have no interest in the subject)

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Plenty of people want to inflict pain or see pain inflicted, as long as it's on the appropriate victims, and these people aren't all on the right. It's a common human trait.

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Billionaires like Peter Thiel have thought long and hard about why they can’t get everything they want. He has effectively said that his own policies would be so u popular that nobody would ever vote for them, but that he has found the internet to be an effective tool to sway populations.

So what about us makes the world so good that they can’t fulfil their darkest desires? Social cohesion, knowledge and empathy.

What have himself, Muskrat et all have inundated us with over the last few years is their “antidote” to that: stranger danger, disinformation and “empathy is weakness”. It’s the playbook of the billionaire psychopath and people don’t realise they are dancing to their tune.

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[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You mean 5'10” tall Ben Shapiro? The guy that never talks about his height and is actually 5'6”? The self confident alpha male? Yeah fuck this guy.

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[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I just came out of watching the new movie.

In the scene in which Clark gets interviewed, seen also in the trailer, it is transparent that Superman is with Francesca Albanese on a very current issue.

That's what they are mad about.

I guess WB/DC is gonna fall out of grace.

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That makes me more interested in watching it honestly.

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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They don't have a movie but they have a show. Homelander is the perfect 'hero' for these people. Only even the dullest dullard in the magat pile fails to recognize the character is evil but they never consider they are the baddies. Edit: fixed spell check.

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[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah it’s really wild

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