Tatum Girlparts posted:

Yea weird it's almost like Cap has always stood for fighting bigotry and hate done in the name of America because he represents an America that's supposed to be bigger than such things and welcoming to everyone.

Anyway lemmie tell you why a black Captain America is fuckin bullshit

twistedmentat posted:

Yea, Captain America represents what America says it is, rather than what it is. He fights for a place where true freedom exists, where people can be truely free (and not in the BS HOA style freedom Conservatives push), where there is no bigotry, no sexism, no homophobia. People off all cultures, races and religions can live together in harmony and respect. That America abroad will strive to do good, protect people from tyranny and hatred. Selflessly give of its wealthy and bounty to those less fortunate and be a place where you can rise as high as your individual drive and skills can take you.

Obviously Cap deviates from this from time to time, but that's the general idea. He was pretty bad in Avengers Vs X-men but normally he's one of the few big heroes that's normally on the side of Mutants.

ToastyPotato posted:

Because when I think of the owners and execs of billion dollar corporations, I think filthy hippie liberals.

Hazo posted:

Some talk radio shithead (Billy Cunningham?) was going on tonight whining about musicians sending C&D letters to the GOP candidates using their music at rallies. Instead of looking at this and thinking "hey maybe artists who tend to be more worldly and open-minded don't want bigots and racists appropriating their poo poo for profit," he naturally concluded that the musicians were being coerced into taking action by a conspiracy of evil Hollywood liberal elites (he stopped short of saying Jews although I thought that's were he was going) under the threat of blacklisting.

It's like it's inconceivable to them that maybe normal people, including musicians, are really tired of the same old Republican hate train.

Dapper_Swindler posted:

I always saw captain america as a non-partisan character. maybe a little old fashioned in a sense but never extreme either way. either way, why do they care about some one off villain who will probaly never be seen again.

BigRed0427 posted:

I also remember that Captain after WW2 and through he 50s was that shithead Sean Hanniy would be proud of, until Marvel revealed that he wasn't the real Captain. The Real Captain America was frozen after the war. Which led to the story that those panels are from.

icantfindaname posted:

Silent Majority, remember

also, he's probably fans of the musicians in question, and therefore refuses to believe that they would disagree with him on politics and it must be the evil record execs doing this

OxySnake posted:

I'll take this time to remind you that Paul Ryan said in 2012 that he was a big fan of Rage Against the Machine, to which Tom Morello wrote an article in Rolling Stone saying "Paul Ryan is part of the machine we rage against."

Source: Tom Morello's Article

Klaus88 posted:

I love this article because it perfectly encapsulates the delusion of the current GOP.

Klaus88 posted:

I love this article because it perfectly encapsulates the delusion of the current GOP. Also, its a pretty good gently caress you directed at a reprehensible individual.

Obdicut posted:

Again, it's not. It's because he personifies classy, smart badassery.

Why do you believe that it's because he's black?

Or, what TastyPotato said.

Sir Tonk posted:

Periodiko posted:

I think it'd be a waste of Elba's talents and I have no idea why people think he should be James Bond. Elba is good at playing physically imposing characters with a deep, conflicted inner life. He's really good at playing reserved intelligence and inner conflict. James Bond is kind of a shallow character, whose whole schtick is not taking things very seriously.

Even his physicality seems wrong to me. He's 6 foot 3 inches tall and strong. James Bond isn't supposed to win because he's stronger than everyone else or bigger than them, he's supposed to win because he's clever and good at improvising.

I'm sure he could do it, but I have no idea why people think he should.

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The latest and third big-screen installment of the Hunger Games films, The Mockingjay Part One, is a well-produced and entertaining blockbuster guaranteed to make a bundle of cash at the box office, even if the ending leaves the viewer hanging in the same manner as Star Wars' The Empire Strikes Back.

Well, the title does say “Part One.”

The film is engaging, full of action sequences packed with digital special effects, and competently acted by a talented cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence (one Oscar) and Julianne Moore (two Emmys).

The Mockingjay picks up where the second film left off, with teenaged Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) being rescued from the lethal “Hunger Games” that were orchestrated by the cruel Capitol government and its oozingly evil President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland). In the Hunger Games, two children from each of the 12 districts in the nation of Panem are required to kill each other, with the lone survivor becoming a “Champion.”
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Katniss wakes to find that “District 13” — which the Capitol has assured people had ceased to exist in a nuclear war 75 years earlier — is still active and armed, and ready to strike back against the Capitol. As a past “Champion,” Katniss is recruited to become a propaganda symbol of the revolution against the Capitol. Amidst a love triangle between Katniss, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and Gayle Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), Katniss is initially reluctant to assist in the revolution, since she does not want her involvement to jeopardize Peeta, who is still a prisoner of the Capitol and is being forced to make propaganda films for the central government.

But she does want to see her home District 12, and a trip is arranged. What she finds is desolation, as the government's bombers have killed every living thing they could find there. Upon her return to District 13, Katniss partners with District 13's President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and becomes the Mockingjay — the symbol for the revolution. But the fearless heroine wants to do more than appear in propaganda films. She eventually tells Coin:

Katniss: I want to go.
President Coin: And if you get killed?
Katniss: Just make sure you get it on camera.

The dystopian science fiction series is based upon the well-written Hunger Games book trilogy by Suzanne Collins, one of the few women who have hit the big time with science fiction writing. By putting women in lead roles in the series, she's effectively lifted the sci-fi genre beyond the stereotypical teenage male. The Mockingjay Part One will cash a lot of tickets from young women who have become enamored with Lawrence's “Katniss Everdeen.” For example, Collins got a share of the $11 from my 15-year-old daughter's ticket.

The Mockingjay is an unambiguously anti-statist film. The “Capitol” region and the insidiously evil President Snow are almost over-the-top nefarious, but even the friendly District 13 is run as a military camp, complete with Maoist-era uniforms.

Katniss' involvement, captured on film and broadcast throughout the districts, inspires the growing revolution. In addition, there's Katniss' insistence on rescuing Peeta. But don't expect closure in this film. It teases the Part Two installment that is expected to be released next year — a final installment which will probably even best the respectable estimated $55 million grossed by Mockingjay: Part One on opening night.

But I was willing to tolerate Han Solo being frozen in carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back, so I can wait to see Katniss finish her revolution. The Mockingjay was the least-entertaining of Collins' three-book trilogy, but it was still pretty good. And the same goes for this film. Collins and her Hollywood collaborators want you to, as the propaganda film Katniss made for District 13 says:

Join the Mockingjay!
Join the Fight!

Okay, count me in.

OxySnake posted:

I'll take this time to remind you that Paul Ryan said in 2012 that he was a big fan of Rage Against the Machine, to which Tom Morello wrote an article in Rolling Stone saying "Paul Ryan is part of the machine we rage against."

Source: Tom Morello's Article

Nckdictator posted:

I had no idea the John Birch Society still existed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W52bBZSB9KA


Their communications director has a very smug face.

Also, they have movie reviews.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/movies/item/19593-mockingjay-part-1-the-empire-strikes-back-of-the-hunger-games-series

Periodiko posted:

I think it'd be a waste of Elba's talents and I have no idea why people think he should be James Bond. Elba is good at playing physically imposing characters with a deep, conflicted inner life. He's really good at playing reserved intelligence and inner conflict. James Bond is kind of a shallow character, whose whole schtick is not taking things very seriously.

Even his physicality seems wrong to me. He's 6 foot 3 inches tall and strong. James Bond isn't supposed to win because he's stronger than everyone else or bigger than them, he's supposed to win because he's clever and good at improvising.

I'm sure he could do it, but I have no idea why people think he should.

Coohoolin posted:

I just want to see a full length Luther film and Elba as Bond seems the closest we'll get to that.

ToastyPotato posted:

Loosely related to Sam Wilson Captain America fighting racists, Anthony Mackie, the actor playing Sam in the movies seems to have just endorsed Donald Trump.

Zeroisanumber posted:

That isn't unique to America.

ToastyPotato posted:

Loosely related to Sam Wilson Captain America fighting racists, Anthony Mackie, the actor playing Sam in the movies seems to have just endorsed Donald Trump.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Womp womp

https://www.scribd.com/document_dow.../7fAwoYBVgT/w2Y

Judge threw out Chuck Johnson's 111 page screed

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Judge threw out Chuck Johnson's 111 page screed

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ToastyPotato posted:

Loosely related to Sam Wilson Captain America fighting racists, Anthony Mackie, the actor playing Sam in the movies seems to have just endorsed Donald Trump.

Hermetic posted:

He says it's because Trump "worked himself up from nothing".

Should we tell him...?

quote:

Anthony Mackie ‏@AnthonyMackie 4 hours ago
Sorry Donald, that wasn’t an endorsement. Just a bad attempt at a joke, I guess?

Threep posted:

BiggerBoat posted:

Man, he's set himself a really high bar there. And anyone who says they've never lied is, well, a liar.

edit: As an aside, fro as much as these yahoos go on about Obama being like Hitler, it seems strange they'd worship someone like Donald Trump.

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Just once before my death I'd like to see this forum just say "that cartoon space robot bird is played by a guy who is a Republican. I disagree with him there, but he's a fine space bird" and be done with it.