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Coohoolin posted:A thoughtful superhero film was Chronicle. Pre climax Hancock is the superhero i aspire to be
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Coohoolin posted:A thoughtful superhero film was Chronicle. Made by former members of Hollywood: Max Landis and Josh Trank.
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mike12345 posted:The marketing definitely portrayed it as some kind of woke experience, so you can't fault people for criticising the lack thereof. i can criticize them for not knowing better
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Blue Raider posted:i can criticize them for not knowing better It's a little depressing that millions of Americans can activism and consumerism confused
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Creamfilled posted:The most believable white character in the film was the unrepentant racist with a sonic arm cannon. And even that was kind of weird because in the other MCU movies Klaw is shown to be basically your run-of-the-mill opportunistic smuggler type, then halfway into BP he becomes an over-the-top "they're a bunch of SAVAGES!" racist. I also thought it was interesting that they make the back story about how pissed Wakanda's been at Klaw for the past 25 years, when they should have been mad at Howard Stark for the past 75. You know, the guy who took some of their vibranium and made it into a weapon for a blond-haired blue-eyed super soldier? I liked it overall but agree Killmonger's characterization was a little underbaked. With all the MIT and Afghanistan stuff they could have easily tied that more into the MCU via Tony and Iron Man. Like, say he was a surviving member of the same patrol that was ambushed in IM1, or he was part of the rescue mission or something. Or Tony notices him as a student and refers him to the military.
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Andy Serkis was wonderful and it was a shame they offed him so quickly
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Crazyweasel posted:Yo - quick question It's wierd to me they use that RtJ song in the trailer, but the part with El-P's vocals.
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Feb 19, 2018 22:04
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STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT! WOO! (repeat)
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Hot take: The trailer was better than the movie
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I don't think the "Wakandan tradition" stuff was all that dumb or unjustified. Real-world cultures also do weird ceremonial stuff from centuries past for no other reason than that it's traditional "Look at this lazy-rear end world building. These modern students are all wearing caps and gowns like they're in medieval Europe!  "And this school seal is all in Latin, a language that's been dead for centuries! smdh"
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Feb 19, 2018 23:04
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It's like if western armies used swords and axes and maces that shot bullets instead of guns and still rode around on horses and wore armor that looked like viking outfits or roman bodyplates and poo poo
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Pththya-lyi posted:I don't think the "Wakandan tradition" stuff was all that dumb or unjustified. Real-world cultures also do weird ceremonial stuff from centuries past for no other reason than that it's traditional Counterpoint: while some military dudes do carry ceremonial swords for ceremonies, they set those aside for modern battle rifles when they have to actually do soldier poo poo. IDK the spear thing would be fully weird if I didn't know the director was black.
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Feb 19, 2018 23:10
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Now it's just stupid instead
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Good point, I was more thinking of the ritual ceremony stuff than the combat stuff. I agree that using spears and rhinos in battle isn't well-justified in-universe out-of-universe it's perfectly justified, it's to pad out the story/help Disney sell action figures
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Zzulu posted:It's like if western armies used swords and axes and maces that shot bullets instead of guns and still rode around on horses and wore armor that looked like viking outfits or roman bodyplates and poo poo Nice cultural appropriation, “Zulu” smh 🙎🏿♂️
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Wow that was a cool movie. Now I can read a lovely gbs thread. I liked the rhinoceros so I guess I'm just a normie.
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:IDK the spear thing would be fully weird if I didn't know the director was black. See I don't care about that so much as I care about a major Hollywood film studio wants me to go watch a movie that is Magical Negro trope write large, steals and monetizes "black panthers" without giving nods to the actual BP party or dropping any names (afaik), and features xenophobic Africans throwing magical techno spears. Like... idk.
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Didnt u guys read the reviews? Youre supposed to think this is the best action movie evehr mad
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quote:When I first saw the "Black Panther" trailers, I was concerned that Black Panther would be Marvel's "magical negro." A character qualifies as a magical negro by utilizing his or her "tribal" power and/or wisdom to save the day (Native American characters can fall victim to this stereotype too). Like are you kidding me lmao
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quote:The Soul Gem itself is never actually shown, but it is clear that it is in the vibranium deposit in Wakanda; the vibranium has permeated the nation’s soil and altered some of the plants, and the fruit that T’Challa consumes to commune with the dead was created by vibranium residue. lmao
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Feb 19, 2018 23:55
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James brown is at the center of the vibraniumc mine singing showtunes
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The long lost Funkenstone.
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COMRADES posted:Like are you kidding me lmao
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lol it's vibranium bro. The gently caress you need to even do after that beyond taking the shape of what you already know. Capn USA just made a fuckin shield how dumb is that?
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Zzulu posted:Didnt u guys read the reviews? Youre supposed to think this is the best action movie evehr mad no way its better than Hard Boiled
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Feb 20, 2018 00:30
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https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/we-need-to-start-barking-at-white-people-who-speak-out-1823131315 a good read
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Very provocative imo ^^^^^^
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white supremacists: "these people are subhuman animals" article man: "we should make animal noises"
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COMRADES posted:steals and monetizes "black panthers" without giving nods to the actual BP party or dropping any names (afaik) I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this was weird because I seriously felt like I had fallen into some sort of weird mandela effect where there was never black panthers just a marvel character
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Feb 20, 2018 01:15
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BONE DOG posted:Very provocative imo ^^^^^^ I can’t tell if these are serious or not anymore One thing, however, that we can and definitely should start doing is what M’Baku and his Que Dog Jabari Tribe did when encountering a problematic white dude who was speaking when there was no ask or need or purpose for the thoughts and opinions of problematic white dudes. Bark. Not a purposeless bark. This isn’t a shih tzu barking through the window at a squirrel. Instead this would be an intentional bark. A targeted bark. An overpowering bark. A drowning bark. A Wakandan bark. A bark meant to communicate “Um, who told you that you can speak? When it is time for your words, we will let you know. And maybe that time will never come. We’ll see. Now, just shut up and stand there. Maybe get on your phone and google ‘How not to be a colonizer.’ Whatever you do, I want to hear you not speaking.”
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when i was a child i found my mothers vibranium stone
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:I can’t tell if these are serious or not anymore Its sincere
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Arrhythmia posted:I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this was weird because I seriously felt like I had fallen into some sort of weird mandela effect where there was never black panthers just a marvel character pbs news hour talked about the movie and they said the character was created before the group and when the actual black panthers were making headlines they switched the characters name to something else
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Clawtopsy posted:white supremacists: "these people are subhuman animals" they're just well aware of how much white people love dogs
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Statutory Ape posted:when i was a child i found my mothers vibranium stone A pivotal moment in any child's life, coming to realize that your Dad's dick is bullshit and thus yours will be as well.
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vyst posted:James brown is at the center of the vibraniumc mine singing showtunes lets not let people think the movie is better than it is now
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Hector Beerlioz posted:pbs news hour talked about the movie and they said the character was created before the group and when the actual black panthers were making headlines they switched the characters name to something else huh, no poo poo apparently. what a crazy god damned world.
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