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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Well, as said before, this is why we have to separate the art from the artist.
Cause Terry Gilliam is a dumbass.
If he were smart, he'd own that, but he'll probably make up excuses to save face.
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This. From the Oscar winning score and costuming, to the geography, to the setting, to the several characters in the film who either are African, or based their portrayals on actual African cultures, as well.
Representation isn't just for white Westerners.
Regarding the Peter Jackson example mentioned on the last page, the LOTR trilogy is was filmed in New Zealand, home of the Maori people. So imagine how disappointing this could be:
At least later seasons of Power Rangers that were filmed in New Zealand actually used Maori actors for several of the major roles, and even ensured people could keep their standard accents.
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Dec 23rd 2019 at 11:15:50 AM
This, at least, I can get in part (it's the same criticism Aaron McGruder once had about Kwanzaa), but not so much in the case of movie Wakanda - he's basically accusing Wakanda of being The Theme Park Version of Africa, which is true. The fact that Wakanda mashes together things from all over Africa (and beyond, at times) as one blanket culture is something I've seen offend people in the past.
But while movie Wakanda does do this, it's a lot tighter and more concise about it than comic Wakanda, and manages to keep a much stronger hold on the cultural identity its trying to establish than other things that do this, so I gave it a pass.
I can see what he means in the cynical sense: it's basically False Hope: The Movie.
But that's how pretty much all fantasy stories are (which is why they're called fantasy). It's hypocritical, nonsensical, and probably insincere to single out Black Panther over any other movie that contains an optimistic ending, not-entirely-terrible people, and some sort of validation of the notion of justice.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Did you read the actual interview? Based on what he said it really doesn’t seem like he’s being racist. Dickish perhaps, ignorant of the fact that they did indeed go to Africa (As if he cares), and really annoyed at the possibility that Black Panther got attention for “being PC” wich is also bull. Plus people take him seriously because he’s a director who’s made some critical darlings.
Nah, definitely racist. No surprise coming from him. Calling #MeToo "mob rule"
, complaining about inclusion, saying he'll call himself a "black lesbian"
, etc.
A Redditor's attempt at describing what exactly each Infinity Stone does.
◊ Something something the Soul Stone sucks in the MCU (which I do think it does).
Yeah, we didn't see the Soul Stone actually do anything. Sure, as part of the Snap it identified all creatures with souls in the universe, but on its own it didn't do anything but demand sacrifices.
The Soul Stone needed to be introduced before Infinity War, and I think the best place would have been Ragnarok. Have Hela come out of her prison with the Soul Stone, explaining why no one could find it. Could also explain her power connection to Asgard, and she could definitely use it to raise her undead army.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.I think the soul stone just likes being a dick.
I'm sure it laughed it's ass off at Thanos being both human enough to have someone he loved and evil enough to be willing to sacrifice them anyway, because it still gets to see someone suffer.
Especially since I bet it knew what Thanos would do.
Of course it's more logical to assume that soul for a soul clause was to prevent someone like Thanos from getting their hands on the stone, on the idea that no one who would be willing to do that would have someone they loved enough to sacrifice them.
Live and Learn huh?
....why do I feel like a green assassin and a russian spy are now glaring at me?
One Strip! One Strip!It didn't. Maybe it killed animals, but the Snap didn't kill half of all plants. The Snap took place in a forest, and we didn't see half the trees turn to dust.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.I feel that this is a case where the evidence disregards the plants thing but does support the animals thing, since more birds was Scott's sign that the unSnop had worked.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersAccording to the MCU wiki
, the Snap happened sometime in late May
while the Blip occurred in mid-October
.
So yeah, that would confuse the heck out of some animals.

Based on the way he phrased it, it sounded like his complaints were more along the lines of "it's a fake country with fake art and fantasy elements that do not represent Africa, they probably didn't even go there for research and just googled 'African texture patterns', and went from there".
Which is, of course, a criticism born of ignorance and stupidity, because the makers of Black Panther DID go to Africa for research and they DID study actual African cultures to represent in the film. The one who didn't do proper research is him.