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[Sheb]

Even Watney doesn't really get through the kind of psychological despair and so on you'd expect. Although to be fair it's also to focus more on the science of staying alive.

Overall, I enjoyed the book, but hated the writing. I was really looking forward to the movie because of that, and it was quite good I think, even if the format doesn't let them dwelve as long on the science thing.

[Parsely]

Even Watney doesn't really get through the kind of psychological despair and so on you'd expect. Although to be fair it's also to focus more on the science of staying alive.

The author does the legwork justifying that by mentioning that he is a terrifyingly cheerful person and that that's part of why he's on the team of astronauts. The reason he decides to write the diary is also as a way of venting and relieving himself psychologically. Not to mention pretty early on he-

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-manages to make contact with Earth, so it's not like he spends very long totally cut off from others.

[Sonlirain]

Ok this will be spoilerrific so i'll keep it in spoilers.
Zootopia.

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It's all nice and well until you start actively translating in your brain that Predator = Black (and generally non white) and Prey = White (and maybe Asian).
At first the animals fare pretty well but there's a bit of racism under all that.
Predators start going batshit at random batshit as in wild, lethal and out for blood... basically nigger moments.
Later it turns out that the person responsible was a white prey supremacist who created a chemical that makes blacks predators wild savage and straight up blackface dangerous versions of themselves.
But even before that one of the main characters carried mace with her to defend against those potentially dangerous predators.

And now in hindsight... it's as if tumblr made this movie and i'm annoyed that i retroactively managed to ruin my experience.

[Parsely]

Ok this will be spoilerrific so i'll keep it in spoilers.
Zootopia.

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It's all nice and well until you start actively translating in your brain that Predator = Black (and generally non white) and Prey = White (and maybe Asian).
At first the animals fare pretty well but there's a bit of racism under all that.
Predators start going batshit at random batshit as in wild, lethal and out for blood... basically nigger moments.
Later it turns out that the person responsible was a white prey supremacist who created a chemical that makes blacks predators wild savage and straight up blackface dangerous versions of themselves.
But even before that one of the main characters carried mace with her to defend against those potentially dangerous predators.

And now in hindsight... it's as if tumblr made this movie and i'm annoyed that i retroactively managed to ruin my experience.

Sounds like the movie was too vague in it's message.

[Starver]

Ok this will be spoilerrific so i'll keep it in spoilers.
Zootopia.
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Haven't seen it, and probably won't any time soon, so was willing to read your spoiler.

Apart from the colour polarisation you mention, it doesn't seem too far off the plot I expected from hearing what the producers/writers/whoeveritwaswhogotinterviewed hinted towards, in some interview with them before release.

Because prey animals necessarily outnumber their hunters, naturally, and so if they then happened to form a coherent (and dare I suggest 'democratic'?) society, but now without all the normal 'red in tooth and claw' going on, who is dominant?

Or such was the initial conceit, so it was said, and was pre-release information I have no qualms mentioning.  Doubtless you know more, having actually seen the production.  (The rest of the spoiler, as I understand it, follows on from that.  But I'll leave my exact analysis and thoughts on that unsaid lest I spoil in the open that which you deliberately hid.)

[Sonlirain]

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Well i polarized it a bit too much i guess that's that's the gist of it but there are other conflicts that straight up black vs white.
Like for example the main character rabbit who wants to be a policewoman and came to the big city from a rural area.
She's getting discriminated as well because she's perceived as too smal and weak to be a good cop.
It looks like misogyny at first until you realize that the issue is again racial... rabbits are just too darn small.

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And yeah the fact prey is a majority in the city (and overall) is a major point in the (evil) plan.

[Xantalos]

Has anyone said anything about Kung Fu Panda 3? It's too late for me to be making any coherent points but I know in my gut there were things to be said about that movie.

[CURRENTYEAR]

Ok this will be spoilerrific so i'll keep it in spoilers.
Zootopia.

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It's all nice and well until you start actively translating in your brain that Predator = Black (and generally non white) and Prey = White (and maybe Asian).
At first the animals fare pretty well but there's a bit of racism under all that.
Predators start going batshit at random batshit as in wild, lethal and out for blood... basically nigger moments.
Later it turns out that the person responsible was a white prey supremacist who created a chemical that makes blacks predators wild savage and straight up blackface dangerous versions of themselves.
But even before that one of the main characters carried mace with her to defend against those potentially dangerous predators.

And now in hindsight... it's as if tumblr made this movie and i'm annoyed that i retroactively managed to ruin my experience.

What else did you expect from a kid's movie made in the CURRENT YEAR?

I have high hopes for Angry Birds, even though I hate the very idea of a movie based on a 99 cent phone game. It seems like a kinda redpilled movie. I think it's made by a Finnish studio, so that might explain it.

[ZM5]

I have high hopes for Angry Birds, even though I hate the very idea of a movie based on a 99 cent phone game. It seems like a kinda redpilled movie. I think it's made by a Finnish studio, so that might explain it.

Given the current climate in Europe and the media slamming anything not in line with their narrative, I'm surprised that they can still make the movie without being accused of "racist undertones" or something.

I thought people were overthinking it at first, seemed like a coincidence to me, but after seeing the trailer and all the little reflections of the situation in some of European countries it seemed more like a pattern to me.

[Dirst]

I have high hopes for Angry Birds, even though I hate the very idea of a movie based on a 99 cent phone game. It seems like a kinda redpilled movie. I think it's made by a Finnish studio, so that might explain it.

Given the current climate in Europe and the media slamming anything not in line with their narrative, I'm surprised that they can still make the movie without being accused of "racist undertones" or something.

I thought people were overthinking it at first, seemed like a coincidence to me, but after seeing the trailer and all the little reflections of the situation in some of European countries it seemed more like a pattern to me.

From what I recall, the inspiration for the game was that the author thought birds might be angry at pigs because swine flu stole the headlines from the avian flu.

[LordBaal]

Has anyone said anything about Kung Fu Panda 3? It's too late for me to be making any coherent points but I know in my gut there were things to be said about that movie.

Was terrible predictable in all the senses of the word. And the supernatural menace felt overly forced and somewhat smears the coolness of the past movies. Specially the first one.

[Neonivek]

Has anyone said anything about Kung Fu Panda 3? It's too late for me to be making any coherent points but I know in my gut there were things to be said about that movie.

Was terrible predictable in all the senses of the word. And the supernatural menace felt overly forced and somewhat smears the coolness of the past movies. Specially the first one.

The issue I guess was he was too unstoppable except right at the end.

Would have been nice if he had to at least defeat you to use his ultimate attack... give the illusion that he might be beatable.

[Loud Whispers]

In suicide squad, no attention is paid to the elite soldiers accompanying the "suicide squad," even though the elite soldiers undertake all of the actual suicide missions in the movie and are the only unit to actually entirely perish

[scriver]

Rappel In Peace Ropeguy

[LordBaal]

Loved deadpool 2 despite lots of crítics. But the post credits scene isn't made clear if are just jokes or it truly happens. Guess we'll have to wait for the 3.