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Revisionist History, Woke Casting
Set in 1975 London we have a black SAS officer, black night club and a large background of black characters. Britain in the 1970's had a less than 1% black population so whatever. Also we get the line ' you're just a black man in the white mans world" which is where I hit the stop button. Too bad because the acting story and writing are all fairly good. A little slow moving but not too bad other then the ridiculous woke casting and settings.
Created: 07-21-2023
Trek has always been progressive...
... but it has traditionally been done well.
DS9 is the best Trek imho, there are 'modern progressive' elements through it, but the focus is generally just on character development and conflicts that need to be resolved.
One good example is an episode where the characters go back in time to segregation in the USA. You can feel the passion and authenticity in the portrayal of the injustices being done at the time.
Even the episode that, at the time, flouted the first same-sex kiss was done sensitively. One of the characters was a male (an alien, 'host') who had fallen in love with a woman. After he died a woman took on his symbiote. So when they meet in the episode, they are both women... And they kiss...
Created: 07-21-2023
Just don't...
My 0 rating is for the most recent series' of Doctor Who.
Since the Doctor Who reboot there have been many woke elements, but most of them were quite mild until the Peter Capaldi seasons...
A classic moment for me was the episode with spiders (a Jodie series Doctor), where she angrily berates the loud, obnoxious American tycoon (obviously symbolic of Trump) who shoots a huge, dying spider to put it out of its misery. To solve the final issues, she then goes and locks ALL the other spiders away where they will either die of starvation or suffocation. (I can't remember exactly which.) The irony is so thick any viewer with half of a brain could walk on it!
Looking at previous seasons of the reboot- Matt Smith, David Tennant etc, there really are a few woke moments, but they generally don't take up too much focus.
Created: 07-21-2023
Was so sad by this one...
This is almost an astonishing win for me... So close, but so far...
The action was great, plot was a little different (which worked) and overall, the characters were pretty solid- I loved Arnie's character and his new role too. Except...
The woke elements about gender swapping the saviour of the human race... The man-hating of Sarah Connor (particularly) and also a political point that just had to be intentional- the world's new saviour is a Latina woman who has to cross the US/ Mexican border illegally... (The film being made around the time of 'Trumps border wall being built' just made the comment a little too on the nose.)
Created: 07-21-2023
Extremely disappointing...
Boy = bad/ pathetic, girl = good messages as shown repeatedly through the characters- major and minor.
** SPOILER WARNING**
I was extremely disappointed with one of the final comments made by Ralph, when he is shown to be 'clingy' to Vanellope. Basically, after being chased by a zombie army of Ralph clones, Ralph makes a comment about how he can finally see what it looks like to V about his clinginess. (ie, his clinginess is just like a zombified army trying to kill them! He is shown no sympathy and is the bad guy here). Given that this film follows the first, where Ralph finally finds a friend in Vanellope- after being excluded and mocked by all the people in his video game, he is given no excuse for any action he makes here.
Ultimately, the message is, it doesn't matter what happens to you if you are a man. You cannot be at all inappropriate, insecure or weak. You must always be in full control of yourself and are not allowed any reasons to be imperfect- because when your far better and more qualified female friend moves on, it's probably your fault anyway- or you're the one holding her back.
Created: 07-21-2023
An interesting one...
This show is an interesting one for me. There are a lot of LGB characters throughout- which isn't necessarily a predictor of wokeness... Same with characters of multiple ethic backgrounds- who are also likely to be found after a 'worldwide pandemic'! Very rarely did these feel forced to me (which is one of my main criticisms with wokeness).
Interestingly, there were a few characters of faith throughout the series as well, generally represented in a decent manner too. (I was very frustrated with a certain religious character when first introduced, but he changed, developed and became a solid character overall.) It is interesting seeing almost every character of faith question their beliefs through the series, which imho made them feel more relatable and realistic than other characters who never struggle with deeper concepts like that.
Created: 07-21-2023
Trash
I was so disappointed to see the boy = bad, girl = good messages through the lego characters, but also the humans in the real world too. Also, making an obviously deceptive, manipulative female character into a 'good guy' by the end was also disappointing. It wasn't that she saw the error of her ways, it was simply that she was always right, so her manipulations were just part of her 'good guy' character. :(
Created: 07-21-2023
Russian Disinformation
...until it's conveniently not. Very telling portrayal of the events, but in a joking manner. Obviously no woke, except the black face of white supremacy. Not a joke.
Created: 07-21-2023
Amateur Hour, Woke Diversity
So in the 30 minutes I watched, lots of diversity casting, no other woke. This movie is absolutely terrible in every way. How is this directed by Robert Rodriguez with a 70 Million dollar budget. Horrible acting, dialog and writing. The story makes no sense whatsoever and the editing and scene transition is awful. I'm guessing the sound editing/mixing is really bad as well because the voice sounds nothing like Affleck. How do this many capable actors sign on to a movie this bad.
Created: 07-20-2023
Not what I expected...
What I expected was, an expository crime documentary. What I didn't expect was the actual criminal explaining his crimes with braggadocio. We tend to glorify criminal behavior in fiction. I would cite direct examples such as Dexter, Sons of Anarchy, The Sopranos, etc. There are even some less direct examples such as the Ravagers in Guardians of the Galaxy. The problem with Voyeur is that it was real criminal behavior being portrayed and even glorified. That man should've been in prison for what he did. If you can get by these details, it's a good reference for understanding the events, which is what a documentary should be.
Created: 07-19-2023
Some woke
One of the main characters, Nate Romanowski, was converted to a person-of-color for the series. If you're not familiar with the book, that wouldn't be out of place. Mustafa Speaks brings this altered character to a new life. It's just worth noting that the change was made. It would be head-in-the-sand thinking to deny that it was a PC move. There's also an obligatory homosexual that shows up in a knitting / gossip club now and then. I don't remember that from the books. Other than that, this series is similar to the Bosh re-hash style. Two or three of the novels are presented in a mishmash making up a season. Overall, it's worth the watch but, of course, the books are much better.
EDIT: Season two...
It's getting a little more woke. Joe is being turned into an emotionally crippled wimp while his shotgun-wielding wife takes matters into her own hands. Scene: Joe and his wife are holed up in a cabin waiting for the showdown and she starts letting him know how he isn't the strong pillar that he thinks he is. He breaks down and admits that he needs help. It's kind of a subtle anti-toxic-masculinity message.
Created: 07-19-2023
Not woke
Based on a true story from 0bummer admin but blends recent events too from 0biden admin. "Welcome to new Afghanistan... same as the old." Taliban Humvee's still marked as "US Army" and "We don't have the authority." "Fuck the authority."
Created: 07-18-2023
