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1. xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:29:54 JST xianc78

   I don't know why would anyone care about wokeness in movies after realizing that the US government has been infiltrating Hollywood with their propaganda for decades. It's really just best to stick to really old films, B-movies, and independent films.

   • Ardainian Hebrew Israelite (ardainianright@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:34:42 JST Ardainian Hebrew Israelite

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     It matters because a lot of people are retarded and will blindly guzzle that shit up, so faggotry in games and movies actively makes the real world worse too.
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   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:49:11 JST xianc78

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     @ArdainianRight Well, I think having a bunch of boys joining the military to fight in fake, bankster, proxy wars because they watched the latest Top Gun movie or played a lot of military first-person shooter games is just as bad. Seriously, I'm tired of action movies that glorify the military or three-letter agencies.

     What we really need is more fiction that gets people to start questioning EVERYTHING in the real world because even though none of it is real, fiction DOES influence people's perception on reality.

   • LodedDiaper (lodeddiaper@marsey.moe)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 03:30:10 JST LodedDiaper

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     You need resistance to keep people busy, a 40 minute Barbie rant from Ben Shaprio keeps people invested on both sides, doesn't challenge the government. It's staged that way.
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   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 08:11:01 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @xianc78 there is a good reason why my favorite movies are the ones they are. They don't fuck around with political bullshit.
     (Tron Legacy, Blade Runner 2049, Alita)

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 08:12:35 JST xianc78

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     @beardalaxy Do any of those glorify the US military or three letter agencies?

   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 08:43:09 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @xianc78 nope.

     The main character in Tron Legacy physically steals a big corporation's software and releases it for free because that was the creator's intention xD

     Alita is an alien who fought against Earth on the side of Mars, which is mostly just back story to explain why she's so athletic and good at fighting. The actual story is about taking down corruption and greed in many forms.

     Blade Runner 2049 sees a Replicant (fake human) blade runner (rogue replicant killer) going rogue himself and trying to piece together his past, all the while fighting against the corporation who makes Replicants who is trying to prevent him from discovering the truth about the old models he's been destroying (they were too independent).

     In this sort of cyberpunk setting there is always a struggle between good and corruption, usually in the form of corporations or governments.

     In Tron Legacy, it's a little bit of corporate greed at the beginning but mostly it is a fight against an imperfect AI trying to enact perfection, becoming corrupt because of that. It's an interesting twist on the more typical "corrupt government/corporation" trope.