lumpenproletariatactually not a bad movie
F/15/I’ve slowly distanced myself from political communities so now I see nonsense like this and wonder what’s going on out there.
The new Superman movie basically said don't be a shit person, people are outraged.
lol, you could have said this at any point in the last 50 years and I would have believed you completely
Well you see, the movie’s message was “Don’t be a shit person, including to brown people”. You can probably tell what got conservatives so outraged.
Oh I can hear them now:
“Oh sure, and next you’ll be telling me to be nice to my dog and my kids, <slur>!”
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James Gunn said Superman is a immigrant, which he of course is.
But I guess some people thought he was born in the USA.
dohpaz42Once upon a time the slogan used to be “truth, justice, and the American way”. Guess which part people wanted to keep, which parts they wanted to throw out the window.
It used to be Truth, Justice, and Peace. That is until the US went into marketing mode and recruited all superheroes into ‘the American way’ for WW2 propaganda.
You prompted me to look up an article, and it’s an interesting history. Apparently, “the American way” didn’t actually appear in a comic until 1991. It’s almost exclusively a phrase for radio and television.
You should also look up the images…
Nothing like Batman and Robin on the front lines while still telling kids to buy war bonds in the ads.
He wasn’t even the first to call him that so publicly. This is an official WB documentary which got released with Superman Returns in 2006. I forgot when exactly but I’m pretty sure the narrator called him that within the first, maybe 20 minutes or so.
Superman | The Amazing Story of Superman | Documentary | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Well yeah, he is an alien character from another planet written by two Jewish immigrants, and often deals with issues about fitting into his adopted society. This is not a new revelation, it’s a founding cornerstone of his character.
In the comics, for a while, they tried to pretend he was by retconning his origin to have his ship give birth to him. Happened in the '80s so you can probably guess why they did it.
It was very weird. Luckily he’s back to his normal origin now.
Match!!hopefully superman 2’s message is “immigrants are better than racists”
I wanna hear that in a condescending satire waltz opera
lol, like every Superman media ever? Superman is super, man. He’s always stood up for the little guy, the underdog, the (dare I say) immigrant.
Superman is literally a Christ figure. He’s basically a god, he loves humanity, and he constantly sacrifices himself to save us. Naturally, the religious right hates him.
Every superman media save for the Snyder films.
The bad guys have a military to gun down brown unmarked families to take over a neighboring country.
Zionists: and I took that personally.
If they are going to bitch that much might as well make Superman gay
Isn’t that what the pink kryptonite does?
Pink Kryptonite
Pink Kryptonite is a type of Kryptonite that seemingly turns Kryptonians more feminine or queer. This type of Kryptonite only made one appearance in comics and was used as a satire of the plots of Silver Age comic stories featuring some strange new form of Kryptonite. In an animated short, True Colors, from the animated series Justice League Action, its effect was changed to switch the gender of the Kryptonian under its effects, due to the more family-friendly nature of the show (another...
Make a movie about his son, who’s canonically bi
I thought his only “son” was his clone.
And if it’s a clone, that means Superman is also bi.
There was this bs controversy about someone in a comic book not being straight:
ideonekNo, son-son. Have one with Lois.
And if it’s a clone, that means Superman is also bi
…because of comic book logic on cloning? Or is there some genetic factor underlying a person’s sexuality? I’m guessing the former, but if the latter is true, it’s the first I’ve heard of it, so I’m curious!
If it's not genetic, is that not implying it's a "choice"?
I always figured it was biologically driven without much in the way of genetic components; mostly because it seems like homosexuality would be pretty tricky to pass on if it was just linked to a few genes. I’m curious about the mechanism in general, and from your phrasing, thought you might know something I hadn’t picked up yet.
And just to be very clear, homosexuality is clearly NOT a choice!
they got mad he is an “illegal space alien”
Johnathan Kent (Clark & Lóis son) is gay and has a boyfriend, he had a comic run as Superman while Clark was off-world, so he was a gay Superman (now is back to Superboy)
AkasazhBut who will be his bottom?
Great catch
They had meltdowns because his son has a boyfriend, and being fake fans they confused him for his son.
Lets Keep going,
Hopefully they’ll get an aneurism
Looks like a headline from a fictional news segment in The Boys
That’s the one that conservatives thought the villain was the good guy, right? I’m not sure if that’s a thing that really happened or just a satire of conservatives famously poor media literacy.
peoplebeproblemsIn the show, the conservative population eats it up.
If conservatives IRL don’t get that they’re making fun of conservatives not understanding satire that’s a bonus.
they call it woke, and they lost thier minds with GEN V series.
They are it up IRL, too. Took them until like season 3 to actually realize they were the butt of the joke. The character names Stormfront (one of their right wing media companies) being a literal Nazi supersoldier didn’t tip them off
I’m not sure if that’s a thing that really happened
Yeah I think you’d be right to be suspicious. There’s at least as many people who pretend to think something dumb on the internet for the lulz, as there are people who actually believe it.
Trolling is a art form.
Hi! Nothing in your short post was offensive or stupid so I apologize for the wall of text I’m going to dump on you. And I’ll caveat what I’m about to say with “People find ways to be clever in all kinds of situations, so you’re even kind of right.” But…
I’m going to take a stand, on a very subjective topic, and say loudly; No, Trolling is not an art form. I hate this fucking take. Trolling takes all kinds of forms but its unifying element is to make other people ‘upset’. Sometimes mad. Sometimes sad. Sometimes confused. Sometimes depressed. You know what else does that? Existing at all in this fucking ghastly, unjust, terrible world. People start pissed off, and Trolls dog pile on and take credit. Trolling is art in the same way painting a freshly painted white wall in more white is fucking art- you accomplished fuck all.
Being kind is fucking art. More than art it’s fucking design, and craft and construction. Making someone happy. Hopeful. Joyous. Inspired. That takes fucking art. It takes hard work, sometimes sacrifice, and always intellect. And you have to do it in direct defiance of the whole fucking world.
You should probably know that ‘trolling is a art form’ is kind of a meme, because the statement itself has an obvious language error in it that people feel the need to correct.
thats where kripke gets his material, from trump/ and his administration, he was inspired by trump. Homelander is a fictional representation of trumps behaviour.
OmegaI wish it actually had been super woke since it’s getting so much flak for literally just being Superman.
Fantastic movie though.
At this point anything that doesn’t literally praise Hitler Trump is considered woke, so Superman was super woke.
Really was a great movie. Telling who thought it was political, and who hated it.
theneverfoxI have the opposite opinion. I think it was woke in some pretty bold ways, but I just found it kinda boring. I like what they did with Superman, I like the baravia stuff, I like the whiny bitch boy Luther (most of the characters really), I think they did some neat things visually
It’s very comic-like, but to the point I struggle to feel anything. I thought it was ok, it had good moments, but it was very hard to suspend my disbelief. I don’t understand the rules of the world, at every moment Superman was infinitely strong but also constantly on the verge of death… They did the overpowered protagonist trope really badly IMO
But I did like the messaging. It’s very woke, and entirely unapologetic about it. I really liked how they showed it through story in a very heavy handed manner, but never did a preachy monologue… The message was not subtle at all, but it didn’t come off as condescending at any point
I think it was very bold and based, but as a movie… Meh
He’s literally an alien from another planet. He was sent here because he lost his home planet. He’s always been an immigrant/refugee. Do these people have a single brain cell between all of them?
He also came here as a child.
neuracnuHe also fought Nazis. And turned the KKK into cartoon villains.
I say this a lot, but conservatives either have very poor media literacy, or are happily lying to further their agenda. Sometimes both.
I had one guy try to tell me he was probably legal.
Yeah I bet he routinely reports to the Kryptonian embassy…
Both, it’s both.
No, they squished that brain cell when it caused them pain.
The story’s only been around 86 years. Relax.