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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.

Woke garbage.

Woke version of "Ready or Not" with interracial couple. Could not finish the movie after the forced interracial couple and realizing it's a cheap imitation of Ready or Not. "Ready or Not" is much more worthy of a watch than this woke garbage.

The very concept of the movie is woke! Girl not suited for racing, sneaks in as a twin sibling to "prove the girls can compete with the boys" Sheesh

Decent show. Slightly woke.

Not too woke but hey, it's Netflix! They waste no opportunity to do gender (Sham) and race (Nojiko, etc) swapping. And I didn't expect anything other than what they did with Nami's character.
But other than that, the cast is pretty decent and the show is good.

Or... you can just watch the anime, it's much better!

Jesus is the way

Very binge worthy. Some odd casting choices though. Obviously not done to be woke, but Joseph was black? They couldn't cast him in another role and someone Jewish or Middle Eastern for Joseph like the rest of the disciples and main cast? Super odd.

Not too woke

Comes off a bit forced strong independent woman, but not too over the top by Hollywood standards. Other than that, it wasn't woke. Decent prequel.

Intense and interesting...

I don't recall any woke elements, but the film has a tough job trying to live up to the expectations fans have from the original film... This one isn't as good IMO, but is still a great development and exploration of the rage virus, the U.K. and characters dealing with this new world...

Quite good!

It has the hallmarks of an awful woke movie- strong female protagonists and male characters are (generally) bad. The racism depicted in the film is a key point in the film as well.
I'm not American, so my knowledge of segregation and racism in the USA is limited, but HF feels like a reasonable representation of racism and the era it is set in. The male characters do come around and treat the women respectfully by the end of the film. Having said that, in at least one instance, it's clear that a man who seems racist early on is just a standard stoic type of character under a lot of stress instead. Overall, the film deals with several very sensitive issues and presents them quite well IMHO.
If nothing else, it's a thought-provoking film that could easily start some great conversations.

Not woke

A couple of cheesy woke lines was the extent of it but didn't rise to the level of mild woke. I wouldn't exactly say woke free though since the lines were noticeable and forced. Black character wasn't too token. Indigenous female character wasn't too token either. Overall, a good movie and worth the watch.

There's one line near the beginning where a shop woman says "this is what we call female empowerment" after Zoya takes down some baddies. Cringe, and surprising for a Bollywood movie, which are usually quite conservative. Otherwise a good film

Barely based on the ashes of the summary of Asimov's Foundation

So "woke", that they changed some of the the main characters to be "women", african-american women, just to expiate some imaginary progressive guilt. They've destroyed the whole original material with this abomination. Not even Demerzel, a pivotal character survived this madness. As they wasn't able to secure the rights for his character, they've made Demerzel a robot woman capable of killing, disobeying Asimov's laws of robotics, laws you won't be able to find anywhere, because they aren't even mentioned in the show. If you don't know the original material, you may think this is a "masterpiece". It's not. This is an insult to Asimov's fan base. Don't waste time with this farce. Just read the books and you will find out how good science fiction is really made. And (as if it even need it), Bel Riose is gay now, how about that? Expect "more" of this nonsense in the future.

One woke character

The film is actually better than it looks, with a standard save-the-miners trucker hauling stuff in a big rig across a dangerous ice road.
There is only one woke element, and that’s a pipsqueak teenage girly-girl who also of course happens to be a super-skilled stunt driving tucker who of course yells “racist” any time anyone criticizes her, and of COURSE is a social justice warrior activist. But is it enough to call the film woke? No. She’s just insufferable and you wish she’d die the whole time. But just that.