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an Ivy League graduate.

Sheiky-Baby posted...

About as interesting as the serious drama Fresh Prince.

So you're saying it's going to be very good and get great reviews from the audience?

Tyranthraxus posted...

I did! They also brought him back for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

You're good people!

So none of you are watching the new Quantum Leap show? Shame on you!

They are in the same universe. We actually got the Darkwing origin story in the DuckTales reboot.

HashtagSEP posted...

Did halo literally forget to switch alts there, and once caught, went from "I hope people don't hate me" to "I was right to hate this place?"

Yes. Yes they did lol

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Keep going down the alt path. The level of delusion is making me feel better about myself

Glad I could help?

ai123 posted...

But people will complain if a character mentions they are gay once; they'll also complain if being gay 'is their whole personality'.

I dunno why one mention would be so objectionable anyway. We're back to the point where straight is the default setting, and if you want a character to be gay, you better start jumping through hoops to justify that. Why? Why do minority characters have to continually account for their existence?

Exactly! It's so laughable. A character having a same sex relationship shouldn't have to prove why they are allowed to exist. They simply are.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

You are so needlessly combative.

How so? The post you responded to was addressing someone else. Asking if you're their alt is perfectly reasonable. But now I'm starting to believe it since you like playing victim as much as the other poster.

specialkid8 posted...

You want an example? Look at literally any Disney movie from the past decade. People have actively been calling them out for it. They throw in a single line saying a character is gay so they can get their brownie points and cut it out for the Chinese market. My post was not about whether it's a thing or not. It is a thing. My post was about whether or not people think it's proper and legitimate representation and what would be a better option. Stop trying to make everything an argument and everyone you don't like a nazi.

I didn't call you or anyone else a Nazi, so stop trying to play victim lol you made a claim and have yet to back it up. That's on you. Continuing to insist something is happening when you have ZERO evidence of it is wild, though.

And your Disney example isn't even what we were discussing. You said there are characters where their only trait is talking about being gay and nothing more. Yet haven't listed even one example.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Not everyone carefully calculates their posts dude

I treat this place like the group chat with my mates and say whatever comes to my head, assuming everyone knows I don't have horrible intentions. it's to generate discussion, not to get into a fight.

My fault for assuming people I don't know would be cool with that style of communication though. Everyone has their own style

Did you forget to change accounts?

specialkid8 posted...

Why can y'all only respond in gotcha statements instead of having a fucking discussion? Grow up.

You can't be serious? You brought it up and made it central to your point. Me asking for examples then pointing out your lack of any is telling isn't me being childish.

specialkid8 posted...

I can't think of any specific examples because they're such minor things. I don't keep track of them. But Doctor Who has done it quite a lot since the Moffat era.

So then it doesn't sound like it's "a lot" or anything to be concerned about since it's so minor, if it even happens at all.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

how do yall feel about stuff like blaxploitation when that was a very popular thing?

It's fine and has it's place considering the time it was made. However, we've moved past that and don't need all media with POCs to be so stereotypical.

specialkid8 posted...

But a lot of things recently have started having "Hi, I'm gay" characters which comes off as really grating,

What are some recent examples of this?

GranAures posted...

Like the Mario movie, and Barbie, the former having attacks retracted and being heralded as "anti-woke" when it was successful. Ghostbusters, I think, is still a favorite of the "get woke go broke" crowd that claim to only care about writing.

LightningAce11 posted...

Ive noticed that women and minorities are not allowed to have bad media. Its usually blamed on diversity. Where is something with majority white cast bombs people shrug and go eh bad movie, whatever.

Its definitely not equal.

Yup!

specialkid8 posted...

I don't think anyone is saying that. It's just that bad writers use diversity as a tool for virtue signaling and pretending like their work is more legitimate. Criticizing the poorly implemented diversity is criticizing bad writing.

Yeah, this is bs. They don't criticize the writing. They criticize diversity and blame it for the poor outcome. Look how many people complain about something before it even comes out.

specialkid8 posted...

Don't think I've ever heard of spite virtue signaling. I'm sure the quality of this person's work is compleyely above reproach.

Where are you getting "spite" from?

That was a weird comment considering myself and the others discussing the trial stopped a day or so ago. The conversation had shifted to his appearance at the college.

Dungeater posted...

bruh

I'm genuinely asking. I'm a 47 year old black guy, so I'm not sure what you're thinking, hence the question. What did you take issue with in my statement?

Dungeater posted...

this is the most ethnocentrist thing i ever read

How so? Do you think I'm saying "forced" as a negative thing?

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That's not true. Actually, just about all diversity has been forced. Unfortunately, straight, white and make as the default has been a thing for centuries and that thought process doesn't just naturally change. Which is why so many POC/female characters are made so purposely.

ai123 posted...

People demand Shakespearean levels of characterization and plot integration for minorities while eagerly consuming every gruff, white, ex-special forces clich that gets thrown their way.

Correct. Minority and female characters always have to "prove" themselves in a way straight white (cis) men don't.

ai123 posted...

Bad writing is bad writing.

A character being gay, or black, or female, does not drain an author of their ability to portray characters.

This. Complaining about how diverse characters are written doesn't mean they shouldn't be included. Plenty of straight, white male characters are poorly written but nobody says to stop making straight, white male characters.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

It does, yes.

How so?

yemmy posted...

Thats the one clip Ive seen and its enough for me to know that it was probably worse than expected

How so?

I can't believe we're having to explain, to adults, the racism allegory that's meant to be understood by children.

The X-Men represent the privileged mutants. Most can either pass as giman or possess enough power to defend themselves. They aren't the majority of mutants.

Much how irl, Barrack Obama or any wealthy black person existing doesn't negate systemic racism against black people.

Cocytus posted...

That and I thought it was too much targeted to kids.

How old are you when you saw the original film in theaters?

StealThisSheen posted...

Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. We don't know.

What we do know is that he is quite literally selling himself and grifting off of the idea that he is a stone cold killer, so I'm not sure he deserves the benefit of the doubt that you seem so determined to give him.

Fair enough.