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13-03-2023, 02:11 PM | #26 | |||
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13-03-2023, 02:16 PM | #27 | |||
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I've also seen tweets with the handles, Gary Lineker, BBC and Owen Jones. But he's not concerned by those ones, even though they have a far, far bigger reaching platform to people. Absolutely bonkers. Last edited by Alf; 13-03-2023 at 02:17 PM. |
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13-03-2023, 02:19 PM | #28 | |||
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So anyway Toy Soldier. Are you a Netflix movie watcher? If so, is there any truth in this person's claims?
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13-03-2023, 02:46 PM | #29 | |||
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White man is the villain? Not always true plenty of examples of Netflix villains of all sexes and races. Black man is the hero? Obviously not true - if anything I'd say the most commonly used Netflix hero is the EXACT opposite. Young white girls. Gay guy is the voice of reason? Literally never seen this being a thing. Is it just because gay people are portrayed as fleshed out characters instead of comedy stereotypes like they were all through the 90's and 00's? Woman has the balls Not really, they obviously throw in strong female characters but I find this aspect fairly well balanced on the 'flix. They're not unrealistic with it. e.g. you don't see Joyce slicing up Demogorgons while Hopper stands back and watches in Stranger Things - they still (realistically) have the larger and stronger people doing the heavy hitting. Dad is an idiot This was more an old TV sitcom/kids show trope than a netflix one. It's definitely nothing new if it is there. Can't say I've seen it. "Laid back dad" is more the modern trope. Mom is the breadwinner Nah. They're realistic on that one too - both parents have to work in a modern household or no one is getting breakfast. Children are sexualised: Don't think this is true. Teens no more or less than ever in teen-shows. Actually that's not even true - it is far less. Look at things like The OC or One Tree Hill. They were hypersexualising teenagers LONG before Netflix was a thing. Last edited by Soldier Boy; 13-03-2023 at 02:47 PM. |
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13-03-2023, 02:53 PM | #30 | |||
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The Dad is the idiot bit is definitely going on for years, a lot of times in cartoons too The Simpsons, Family Guy, even Peppa Pig
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13-03-2023, 02:54 PM | #31 | |||
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Thank you, you've confirmed my assumption that this tweeter was over exaggerating. But as someone who doesn't watch Netflix, I wanted to find out by people that do.
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13-03-2023, 04:05 PM | #32 | |||
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Jessica Meuse was robbed.
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13-03-2023, 04:07 PM | #33 | |||
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Jessica Meuse was robbed.
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Antifa are a weird group tbh.
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13-03-2023, 04:11 PM | #34 | |||
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Antifa isn’t a group
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13-03-2023, 04:17 PM | #35 | |||
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13-03-2023, 04:18 PM | #36 | |||
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Whatever you want to call it, it is weird like any extremist movement.
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13-03-2023, 04:20 PM | #37 | |||
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13-03-2023, 04:22 PM | #38 | |||
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13-03-2023, 04:30 PM | #39 | |||
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I just do think that the fact that Cuties exists at all though is horrifying.
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13-03-2023, 06:43 PM | #40 | |||
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They continue to make ridiculous choices. No respect for their users whatsoever.
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13-03-2023, 07:27 PM | #41 | |||
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13-03-2023, 09:45 PM | #42 | ||
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The only people who can say if the diversity is forced or not is the people whom the diversity is aimed at. Anything else just comes across as entitled people crying because other people aside from themselves exist.
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14-03-2023, 09:23 AM | #43 | |||
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To be clear; my issue is NOT the diversity, and characters being from any demographic - the shows should be diverse and that should just be normal - my issue is when it's like "Hey everyone this is my sister. SHE'S BLACK! We'll make reference to that a whooole lot because it's important that you know that Netflix does lots of diversity!". She could just be black. It takes away from the character, it takes away from the story and it does start to feel like tokenism and that it's there very obviously for the image of the content creator, not out of any genuine desire to promote diverse casts. A prime example I always use is Endgame... because y'all know I'm Tibb's biggest feminist. Female characters front and centre? Love it. Empowerment? Absolutely. MORE female characters and in more prominent roles - yes. The "all the female heroes suddenly assembling on the battlefield" in Endgame ... no! It's daft, it's immersion-breaking, it doesn't make ANY logical sense whatsoever, and it was blatantly thrown in there purely for PR. That sort of diversity isn't real diversity - it's a neon sign that says "Hey look we're diverse" and it's usually to distract from a complete LACK of real diversity -- case in point, NONE of those female heroes in Endgame were being paid a fraction of what Paul Rudd was paid as Ant-man... let alone your RDJ/Evans/Hemsworth trio. But they sure did get their "empowering scene". Last edited by Soldier Boy; 14-03-2023 at 09:26 AM. |
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14-03-2023, 09:28 AM | #44 | |||
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Yeah totally agree with you about that Endgame scene and thoughts in general about badly executed female characters/scenes in movies like that, it's cringey and not at all organic. Better written more fleshed out female characters is what I want to see. Ones that aren't just there as eye candy or to only be there for some reason that relates to a male character. It has been getting better though
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14-03-2023, 09:31 AM | #45 | |||
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14-03-2023, 09:44 AM | #46 | |||
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I quite liked Wonder woman and those movies maybe a nostalgia thing
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14-03-2023, 09:47 AM | #47 | |||
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I can't remember if I was one of those or not I'm biased toward DC in general, and found Captain Marvel a bit boring, so that probably skewed my "at the time" comments. I can barely remember either movie, so that shows how committed I was to what I said
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14-03-2023, 09:53 AM | #48 | |||
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I do have to remind myself that this is ultimately a male perspective though and I'm not actually female. ...no matter what those "What's ur Gender" quizzes say. |
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15-03-2023, 12:46 PM | #49 | ||
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That being said, WW84 turning Diana into a rapist was just about the worst thing they could do. Last edited by Tom4784; 15-03-2023 at 12:46 PM. |
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15-03-2023, 12:50 PM | #50 | |||
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Another reason for me not to get Netflix. They're awful.
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