Samantha's Reviews
The Woke Left Hates This Film!
...Because it's about them. You see kangaroo courts, and basically a Soviet-style takeover while Batman is in the pit. Which makes his climb out of the pit so satisfying.
Created: 06-24-2023
Mild Woke, But A Must See Movie
The mild wokeness is because ironically the villain in this film is the business. They mention how money is the god, and the part-timer eventually quits the job in order to spread the truth.
But over the years, the anti-capitalists have proved to be the actual problem (along work the woke capitalists like Starbucks). And they're dead on with their assessment about the media.
Created: 06-24-2023
Mild Wokeness
I think the only real objection I had was that it seemed to have a token Middle-Eastern as a prince, and there was so female empowerment crap. Mostly okay tho.
Created: 06-24-2023
I didn't find this woke free
For one thing, it seemed to be narrated by a millennial using crappy art.
For another, I think they had a vague jab about climate change as a cause for the monsters. And then you've got a bunch of teens living in what is essentially a commune. I didn't get very far into it before something about it really rubbed me the wrong way.
Created: 06-24-2023
White Guilt
There is an implication that she basically did this whole thing because she's a rich white person. This is not to say white people can't do nice things for black people but her motivation was suspicious enough that I put it into mild woke category.
Created: 06-24-2023
Depends What You Consider Woke, I Guess
Someone else gave it a woke-free rating. But to me, the whole Ukraine vs Russia thing was something cooked up by Biden to distract from his miserable presidency, just as the calling Trump a Russian colluder was a narrative they did to try to discredit him. Ukraine is a country that is still pretty darned Soviet (I know this, as I was going to there for Peace Corps then decided against). Russia on the other hand largely turned its back on all that, and should be our ally if not for leftists constantly trying to stir up mischief.
So yes, you could say this is not woke if you buy the Ukraine narrative. I don't however.
Created: 06-24-2023
The Premise is Woke
There might not be alot of black or gay representation. But the premise revolves around "secrets the church is keeping hidden." Part of wokeness is acting like the church is either molesting kids, hurting gay people, or is engaged in some sort of evil and/or superstitious activity. So by default, when a film pushes the idea of church conspiracy, it's woke.
Created: 06-24-2023
Action Film Tainted By Woke
Uhhh let's see, so the premise is that a leftist politician (I think her name was Sofia Flores) is murdered. We get to hear her speech and it's filled with cliches about taking back power/money from the government.
This is followed by our hero rescuing an FBI agent from "domestic terrorists" who are actually just rednecks. Which in turn is followed by a sorta true believer type getting harassed by cops for having a gun in his own car. Ummmm, you are allowed to carry a gun in your car with a permit. So in the first 30 minutes, we have: leftist propaganda from a politician, demonizing Southerners, and acting like the 2nd amendment doesn't exist. Oh yeah, and there's a "strong woman" who gets to fight with everyone and is always right, is black, and has an awful buzzed bottom haircut.
The action portion was okay but there was alot that I couldn't enjoy about this film.
Created: 06-24-2023
Decidedly Not Woke
The main character earns his powers through hard work. Predominant;y espouses capitalist work ethic, and for the most part, the hero system works this way. They are essentially licensed businessmen.
There is a minor bit at season 4 & 5 or so where you kinda sympathize with the villains, and there are very vague overtones of a kinda social class issue (basically due to being unable to do hero work without licensing, they talk about "liberation"). But they basically tell us that despite having a hard-luck story, these are villains going about things the wrong way.
Created: 06-23-2023
Ariel is basically a trans-woman
The subtext is subtle, and pretty benign.
Ursula is modeled (rather obviously) after drag performer Divine. The implication of the deal with (Divine) is that she is transformed but she cannot speak. In other words, this is identical to the experience of a male to female crossdresser or trans-girl, who cannot speak (because it will expose her). The term "fish" is also slang for a passable crossdresser. This in turn makes Eric a trans chaser. To ice the cake, Ariel's father basically performs a surgery with a sharp implement, and then the problem of her being the wrong body is solved.
So yes, there are LGBT elements to the film. The full song of Part of your World is a bit edgy too.
But who cares! It's a great film.
Created: 06-23-2023
