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Thriller

An intense thrill-ride with subtle woke elements, Hijack scares me. It scares me, because it's so entertaining while at the same time employing almost subliminal means to push some woke anti-stereotypes.

The two smartest people are the two black leads. The black man is huge and extremely muscular and works as a high-powered corporate deal closer; he puppetmasters the hijackers, outwitting them repeatedly. His ex is a black woman, who is a professor of physics; her boyfriend is a white guy. The two black leads both have opulent apartments in London. If every woke film and TV show were not like this, maybe I would not even notice.

The hijackers are not Arabs but rather British organized crime. This works well in the storyline, but again could be subliminal woke programming. One of the hijackers is played by the actor who was the dopey thug in Utopia (UK version, which was excellent). He plays a similar character here.

The ending was pure Hollywood and cringe. I will deduct a point for that, but overall it's very enjoyable.

Edit: Yeah, I think I need to increase woke score from 1 to 3.

Good start with a mid ending

Disenchantment is the typical bait and switch series, the cartoon starts woke-free with interesting story elements that could evolve to something better.

But after season 2, All of the male characters become useless and/or submissive to the main character in which is bean, the woman in the cover;
and minor spoilers but luci(in which is the demon in the cover) was supposed to own bean's soul due to a pact but that is completely forgotten after the second season, he becomes nothing but a helper of the team.

After season 3 bean apparently gets into a lesbian relationship and the series turn into a feminist message about how women don't need men, are stronger than them and can be independent.

it has some overly exaggerated jokes that can be funny but yes, that's it, if you can ignore the woke aspects of the series, it is a 6/10 cartoon, or by the metrics of this website, a 3/5

Gender swap

In the novel, Liet Kynes is a half-Fremen man with sandy hair. In the movie, this role is played by a black woman. So it's a gender swap and apparently race swap too.

Additionally, the manner of Kynes' death is changed. Can't have a black woman tortured to death, so instead she goes out a hero, taking down with her some of the most bad ass warriors in the galaxy.

Lynch's 80's version of Dune is a masterpiece. This new one is pretty slow and not as good. Not awful, though.

Cunts need not watch

Zero woke. I've seen half a dozen clips/memes from this series before finally binging all 3 seasons. Pretty easy with 25-minute episodes and only 6 episodes a season. "Diversity hires" relegated to a token black female secretary, which is in all 3 seasons, mainly a background character with minimal lines. And an indian female, which is in the first 2 seasons, with a more major role. Cheeky line in S1E4 makes it worthwhile.

Woke and fun free

I didn't notice anything woke in the first few episodes but also the jokes are extremely poor? It's supposed to be situational humor without a laugh track but there wasn't anything funny. I lasted a few episodes in S1 and gave up. This is modern 'Simpsons' levels of funny, if that's your cup of tea, go for it, otherwise, skip.

Underrated

Not a masterpiece by any means, but it was unfairly lampooned when it originally came out, with many deeming it an Aliens rip-off. It is not. The aliens here are quite different.

The movie starts with Riddick (Vin Diesel) waxing poetically while we are treated to some impressive space visuals. Then all hell breaks loose. It is a somewhat artistic alien horror movie, and that is really the end of its similarly to Alien and Aliens.

There are Muslim passengers on the spaceship. Nothing woke in how this was handled, though.

SPOILER: Technically, there is a trans character, but I always considered her just a tomboy who idolized Riddick. She's not there to represent the trans community or anything; the movie predates most of this nonsense. She advances the story by making it easier for the audience find anti-hero Riddick sympathetic and letting Riddick find his empathetic side.

Europeans cannot survive

I watched this without understanding the language well first and later I rewatched the English-dubbed version. What's immediately obvious in almost every episode is how lame European participants are compared to the Americans in the original Naked and Afraid. With very few exceptions, they have no idea how to survive. Plus, they have severe emotional and fortitude problems.

The dumbest thing done by one French survivalist was to eat a yellow-bellied (aka "fire-bellied") toad, Bombina variegata. They are poisonous, as advertised by their brightly colored bellies. And she ate it raw, OMG. WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION?!

There is some female eye candy, and the hottest is a 50 year old woman with 6 kids. She is seriously hot. Respekt.

Skip this show except perhaps for unintended humor value. It is the train wreck of survivalism.

Quite a lot of the contestants have aboriginal blood, and even the ones who are only like 2% aboriginal make a big deal about it. Some are really immersed in that culture, while others seem like virtue-signallers or system grifters like Elizabeth Warren. To this American viewer it came off a bit warped.

The local regulations, perhaps a combination of Australian and tribal law, mean that they basically can't do anything. Non-lethal traps only. Fishing only while monitored. This might be good for saving platypuses, but it makes the show more of a boring starvation contest.

The original Alone is much better, with zero wokeness and more entertainment and education.

This series is so woke I puked rainbows

If you count the straight people, you should be around 5%... Which makes me wonder how did they reproduce in such a society... There is literally nothing that isn't woke inside that

There's a strong sense of "independent woman." Alita is annoyed that Ido wants her to be his "good little daughter" as if that's a bad thing. There's a strong feminist theme throughout the movie. She then goes into a rebellious phase, following her own rules, not needing Ido's, which of course leads to intense aggressive behavior. Yes, I know it's a movie about a woman going into combat and battle. Just figured I should point it out.

Anything by Disney these days is woke

The race-swapping trend is what made this film famous (or infamous)

Has some feminist tropes; demonizes opponents of mass migration.

This is a highly-produced fantasy romance in which a homely scholarly spinster discovers a genie in the bottle and finally wishes for a great romance with him. He happens to be a large black man. There are a couple of characters in the film who are supposed to represent bigoted Britons opposing "ethnics."

In reality, opposition to mass migration from countries like Pakistan and Syria makes sense if one is aware of the negative long-term consequences, such as more crime, terrorism, and barbaric practices such as honour killings and FGM (see Douglas Murray's The Strange Death of Europe). Western Europe is worth preserving. If not, by the end of the 21st century it will be entirely replaced. The movie very typically misrepresents this position as bigoted and racist.

There is also some undercurrents of feminism in it. There is an intellectually gifted woman trapped in a polygamous marriage who makes DaVinci-esque inventions (highly improbable) but never wishes for freedom. There is a slave girl in the Ottoman Empire who foolishly wishes to consummate her love with a local Sultan's son. The message seems to be that women are foolish to get involved with men or accept their terms.

It's all well done. The costumes and stories are excellent but the feminist undertone mars it. The protagonist's wish for romance is where the movie goes downhill. The first half is worth watching but the latter half drags on. The ending is disappointing.

The only thing lacking to make it 100% woke is an LBGTQ subliminal promotion.