• BaroqueInMind@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    Watching all the trailers for this film and I’m so “meh” about it. It doesn’t feel like it’s going to be a successful movie, and I think because there’s no public appetite for more super hero throwaway shit due to the tension the current political climate is fostering.

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      3 months ago

      It is much harder to stomach the whole “truth, justice and the American way” bullshit when it’s been so nakedly exposed to be a huge lie.

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        That’s why I appreciated Sinners so much.

        Give me more monologues like that.

        These are the stories I’ve been waiting my whole life for. I’ve found them in dark, private spaces till now. But writ large by major directors? Ah that feels good.

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          3 months ago

          Superman was created in response to both the Great Depression and specifically the rise of the Nazis.

          Paragons like Superman and Captain America are at their most popular when society is at its lowest specifically because it offers hope of a world where people simply aren’t that shit. Or at least a brief fantasy of it.