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  • BurnSquirrel@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldSelective rage
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    1 month ago

    I mean, I’m kinda on their side with this. They majorly changed an iconic character who had a distinct appearance. Ariel is pretty much an icon of the 80’s kids back before the internet, so the public zeitgeist was a lot more common and shared, rather than fractured with a girth of media options like it is now. Everyone knew and had an image in their head of Ariel.

    Normies don’t know who tilde Swinton’s character in dr strange is, especially before but even after the movies.

    To point out such things online is racist, or being a weirdo who’s mad about a kids show. Yet here we all are, posting about it again.







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    6 months ago

    I disagree in that I think the movie is hilarious, but I dunno man, there are way too many people in forums like this declaring “Idiocracy was a documentary” so they can feel smart for a moment.

    If you watch interviews of Mike Judge talking about it, none of that is the direction he wanted the message of the movie to go. “Lead, follow, or get out of the way” is the theme he wanted. Putting a common man in a situation where they are in a position to do something is what it’s supposed to be about.


  • Actually one of the best courses I’ve taken against this kinda thing was a “Logic” course in the philosophy track in college that had a huge section devoted to how media tries to manipulate a person. Not typical high school stuff but maybe it should be, and fully up to date for social media. There’s a practical course for the 21st century.