• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    My critique of Starship Troopers is that it’s not a good satire of fascism if the people it needs to reach don’t understand it.

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      If modern movies have shown us anything, being unsubtle and blatantly preaching at the audience in a way that everyone will understand also doesn’t have an effect. It just gets labelled as “woke” or whatever by people that have fascist tendencies.

      I find that kind of thing annoying myself, even when I agree with the message.

      I prefer the movies of the past where you weren’t spoonfed the message and had to think about it.

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          I remember someone saying Dr. Strangelove was stupid because there’s no way the US would employ Nazis as their scientists.

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            2 months ago

            Did they also complain about Django Unchained because the US would never have slaves?

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        2 months ago

        To be fair, though, I did really like Jojo Rabbit, and I don’t think that one’s been latched onto by them in nearly the same way. Could be wrong, though.

        The thing that’s really difficult for them is that Jojo Rabbit never makes them look cool. Hitler throws a tantrum because a little boy doesn’t like him, then he gets kicked in the balls.