Lol okay that’s funny. Haha!Yeah, comedy has its own rules and I do enjoy movies like Space balls making fun of Star wars etc.
Not that its a movie, but its creative
Honestly I enjoy them because they’re dumb lol.And its not because I have anything against these horror/slasher movies, they are not my kind of movies, because I think they are boring, but they also don't really try to sell themselves as anything with deep characters and plot lines etc. And some enjoy them, which is fine.
But that’s why I specifically like Scary Movie and Scream, because the creators were basically just like, geez how dumb is this genre, guys?
At the time it was refreshing but sadly very overplayed now.
The problem with the Ring of Power in my opinion, again just speculations and based on what other stuff we have seen happening with other franchises, is that one could be scared of Amazon wanting to change Tolkien's work, so what we get is nothing like LOTR, by merely a modern diversity series loosely based on his work, so we are getting lots of new characters, of all races, all sexualities not because it makes sense for the story, but because that is how you make movies today. Modern movies HAS to represent all minorities, races and sexes at least somewhat equally, so they can check off all the checkboxes.
Whilst I can agree that that can be rather cringe, it’s sort of a double edged sword. All movies, tv shows and books will have checklists of what a publisher/distributor will want. Because it sells. That’s just what capitalism does to art.
So called “virtue signalling” I guess is a part of that sure. Not really a new thing, but yeah I agree its often eye roll worthy
A company boasting on how modern and with the times they are. Yeah whatevers lol
Though this actually backfires mostly onto creators that legitimately do want to organically incorporate such messaging into their works. Which depends more on their skill level, honestly.
Making them look like attention seekers.
Which is why I’m a little on the fence on this point. Because on the one hand I do agree, mostly. But on the other I know that such an attitude can negatively affect creators. Also it is just a consequence of capitalism, like I said. Diversity is “trendy” for better or worse. So I’d expect at least some working on any project going forward might be tempted to lean into that. A given, so to speak.
And sometimes that actually can be a welcome change of pace. Offering a different perspective can actually help with the longevity of a story.
For instance the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. The movie is rather satirical and even downright critical of it’s source material (The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare.)
But it succeeds largely because it tries to examine the source material through a much more modern lens. Or at least what was considered modern at the time.
I’m skeptical of how well received it would be if it were to be released today. I can easily see accusations of it being “woke” and just a movie requiring “diversity checklists.”
That’s not to say I disagree with you or you concerns. In fact I share many of them.
Just saying that there is nuance to be found here and I think agreement across boarders can be reached. But that’s another discussion entirely and I’ve already rambled on for far too long lol
This is how you make a woman look strong today:
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Its not by value woman strength, its by making them more like men. And if I were a woman, I would find it highly offensive, because none of this in my opinion is aimed at showing how women are strong. Giving her an armor, a big sword and make her sit like you would expect a man to sit for logical reasons, is simply offensive I think, when there are so many other ways you can make women appear strong without having to "destroy" their gender. And I don't get why women would buy into such rubbish and not speak out against it is strange to me.
Ehhh. They kind of did that with Eowyn in the Peter Jackson films, to be fair. I do vaguely recall her dressed up in men’s armour being one of the ads for the films at the time.
Granted the movie showed her as a strong independent woman, complete with natural femininity if you like. But she does literally pretend to be a man throughout much of Return of the King. And the script does make various obvious nods towards her strong independent femaleness in various places throughout the trilogy.
Apparently Arwen was also supposed to be in one of the big battles, I think Helm’s Deep. There’s even stills of the scenes they filmed, but they cut it out for some reason. Would have been cool to see, but alas.
Oh Vikings is awesome!!If you take a show like Vikings, with Agatha
She is both a leader and a warrior, but she is not depicted as a "man", but rather a strong, intelligent women. Anyway, I think all this diversity has gotten completely out of control in modern day movies.
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