Current Events > Do alt-righters root for the bad guys in movies?

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Thighon
02/11/21 7:59:37 PM
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Like in Star Wars, are they legit rooting for the empire? I don't see how they can relate with or enjoy the journey of Luke Skywalker and the plight of the rebels

Do they root for Scar in The Lion King? Make the pridelands great again?

This might seem tongue and cheek but I legitimately do not see them rooting for the good guys. It wouldn't make any sense at all
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Lord_Shadow_19
02/11/21 8:02:54 PM
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Who is alt right?

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Thighon
02/11/21 8:06:47 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
i remember the admiral unironically saying the empire was right in star wars
Yeesh

What about Cobra Kai in The Karate Kid?

Brian Dennehy in First Blood?

The Joker?

I seriously cannot picture how they can root for the good guys
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pogo_rabid
02/11/21 8:07:34 PM
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Yeah but think about it this way

Star wars fucking sucks

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ZMythos
02/11/21 8:07:45 PM
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My sister thinks the bad guys in V for Vendetta were on the left.

And that Thanos was a leftist.

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Thighon
02/11/21 8:08:10 PM
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ZMythos posted...
My sister thinks the bad guys in V for Vendetta were on the left.

And that Thanos was a leftist.
what's v for vendetta about
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VipaGTS
02/11/21 8:09:11 PM
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There are people who cheered during Joker when he shot the talk show host. I think thats pretty bad.

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Thighon
02/11/21 8:10:01 PM
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VipaGTS posted...
There are people who cheered during Joker when he shot the talk show host. I think thats pretty bad.
eh

who posta below me
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Zikten
02/11/21 8:11:37 PM
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Thighon posted...

what's v for vendetta about

It's set in a world where the UK turns into a fascist state. There is this guy known only as V who fights a one man war to topple the government. It's based on a comic I think
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Vicious_Dios
02/11/21 8:11:48 PM
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I'm not alt-right (or whatever that is), BUT;

Thighon posted...
Like in Star Wars, are they legit rooting for the empire? I don't see how they can relate with or enjoy the journey of Luke Skywalker and the plight of the rebels

Yup. Couldn't stand the rebels in the original trilogy. Wookies suck, Ewoks are worse.

Do they root for Scar in The Lion King? Make the pridelands great again?

How does that even make sense in your mind?

This might seem tongue and cheek but I legitimately do not see them rooting for the good guys. It wouldn't make any sense at all

Some of the good guys are straight up unappealing to give a fuck about, imo.


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Hayame Zero
02/11/21 8:13:35 PM
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Pretty sure they root for the same characters, just have a more skewed political ideology. Like the Capital rioters would probably see themselves more as the Rebel Alliance.

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PrettyBoyFloyd
02/11/21 8:13:39 PM
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People from the SJW, BLM and Antifa crowd seems to root for guys like Tony Montana.


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Thighon
02/11/21 8:14:50 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Pretty sure they root for the same characters, just have a more skewed political ideology. Like the Capital rioters would probably see themselves more as the Rebel Alliance.
I suppose this makes sense. Most of them have a...let's say strained relationship with reality
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3PiesAndAFork
02/11/21 8:15:22 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
I'm not alt-right (or whatever that is),


You most certainly are alt-right.

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CyricZ
02/11/21 8:15:42 PM
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Nobody sees themselves as the villain. Everyone is the hero of their own story.

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BuckVanHammer
02/11/21 8:15:55 PM
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i root for bad guys, no where near alt right.

villains almost always cooler.

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RebelElite791
02/11/21 8:16:13 PM
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"whatever that is" lmao okay bro

And yeah as mentioned Addy fully unironically thought the Empire were the good guys

BuckVanHammer posted...
i root for bad guys, no where near alt right.

villains almost always cooler.
There's "rooting for the bad guys" and "liking the villains" and "the bad guys are fully justified in their slavery/genocide/fascism" though

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Zikten
02/11/21 8:16:37 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Pretty sure they root for the same characters, just have a more skewed political ideology. Like the Capital rioters would probably see themselves more as the Rebel Alliance.

Except Trump, who edited Avengers Endgame to make him Thanos.......but the clip he used is like 3 seconds before Thanos loses
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Thighon
02/11/21 8:17:34 PM
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Please stop giving Vicious attention - it's very easy

Do they root for Voldemort? Do they root for Agent Smith?
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Questionmarktarius
02/11/21 8:18:21 PM
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If it's Robert Vaughn in some 80s teen movie, then yes. Always.
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YugiNoob
02/11/21 8:18:25 PM
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CyricZ posted...
Nobody sees themselves as the villain. Everyone is the hero of their own story.


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Vicious_Dios
02/11/21 8:18:36 PM
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3PiesAndAFork posted...
You most certainly are alt-right.

Hmmm, nah.

RebelElite791 posted...
"whatever that is" lmao okay bro

That was funny?


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Thighon
02/11/21 8:20:03 PM
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<.<

Hans Landa? Calvin Candie?

>.>
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PrettyBoyFloyd
02/11/21 8:20:11 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Pretty sure they root for the same characters, just have a more skewed political ideology. Like the Capital rioters would probably see themselves more as the Rebel Alliance.

I figure that the Capital rioters wasn't all on the same mind frame.

Some was just looking for thrills, maybe others to cause chaos and madness, some just because "why not".


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Delirious_Beard
02/11/21 8:25:38 PM
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nazis were big fans of American History X

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LightHawKnight
02/11/21 8:29:19 PM
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I mean arent there discussions on how the universe was actually better for most people in the Empire's control?

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fuming
02/11/21 8:31:14 PM
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Most Americans don't have coherent enough politics, moral standards, or media literacy to really think that hard about the films they consume. Look in this topic, people literally just like some villains because they are "cool", it's just surface level analysis.
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PrettyBoyFloyd
02/11/21 8:31:23 PM
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BuckVanHammer posted...
i root for bad guys, no where near alt right.

villains almost always cooler.

Like Henry Fonda playing the bad guy?


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Zikten
02/11/21 8:31:38 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
I mean arent there discussions on how the universe was actually better for most people in the Empire's control?

only for humans. The Empire was racist to non humans and even enslaved some
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RebelElite791
02/11/21 8:34:48 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
I mean arent there discussions on how the universe was actually better for most people in the Empire's control?
Not any informed discussions, no.

Maybe better for the defense contractors, aristocracy, and extremely rich.

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RebelElite791
02/11/21 8:35:07 PM
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Zikten posted...
only for humans. The Empire was racist to non humans and even enslaved some
Even then, humans had to live under mass surveillance and a fascist state.

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ultimate reaver
02/11/21 8:40:37 PM
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most people dont interact with movies beyond a surface level. i am sure some do, but that is the case for almost everything

i will never forget libertarians playing metal gear rising and thinking senator armstrong was right, but i doubt that was the majority of libertains for example. most probably just said wow cool sword

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AtelierRyza3462
02/11/21 8:42:31 PM
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PrettyBoyFloyd posted...
People from the SJW, BLM and Antifa crowd seems to root for guys like Tony Montana.

They also think the latest Starwars trilogy were good movies lol
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ZMythos
02/11/21 8:43:48 PM
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AtelierRyza3462 posted...
They also think the latest Starwars trilogy were good movies lol
Alt-right new user shitposting. I'm shocked.

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IShall_Run_Amok
02/11/21 8:44:02 PM
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Conservatives in general find way to make apologetics for movie villains. The alt right are even less self-aware than that.

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Thighon
02/11/21 11:22:05 PM
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Bump
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Lord_Shadow_19
02/12/21 4:54:48 AM
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Cpt_Pineapple posted...
Joe Rogan

He considers himself alt right?

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jumi
02/12/21 5:10:36 AM
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Movies? They root for the bad guys in real life.

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jumi
02/12/21 5:13:56 AM
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PrettyBoyFloyd posted...
People from the SJW, BLM and Antifa crowd seems to root for guys like Tony Montana.

You would think conservatives would love Tony Montana. An anti-communist self-made man defending his home from foreign invaders with a high-powered firearm.

But then, I guess they hate him because he was a minority.

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Thighon
02/12/21 10:33:48 AM
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jumi posted...
Movies? They root for the bad guys in real life.
I know, that's why I can't see them rooting for good guys in movies
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Uta
02/12/21 11:03:52 AM
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I think it depends on the movie more than anything. A lot of typical action films with a male lead appeal directly to the power fantasies of conservative males. (Well, males in general, but I don't think it's an accident that a lot of action films feature ambiguously queer antagonists.)

My conservative coworkers are the type to say that Thanos was right though, so perhaps there is some rooting for the villains.

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Thighon
02/12/21 11:05:02 AM
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Uta posted...
I don't think it's an accident that a lot of action films feature ambiguously queer antagonists
Is this a thing?
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FortuneCookie
02/12/21 11:06:04 AM
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Why would the alt-right be pro-Scar? He ended segregation in the Pride Lands.
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Thighon
02/12/21 11:06:24 AM
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FortuneCookie posted...
Why would the alt-right be pro-Scar
Because he's a nazi
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FortuneCookie
02/12/21 11:07:59 AM
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Thighon posted...
Is this a thing?

It definitely is.

Look at a film like Commando. Arnold Schwarzenegger wears war paint, camo pants, and goes shirtless. Bad guy Vernon Wells wears chain mesh and rocks a Freddie Mercury mustache.
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Antifar
02/12/21 11:08:15 AM
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FortuneCookie
02/12/21 11:08:39 AM
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Thighon posted...
Because he's a nazi

It's the hyenas! They're the real Nazis. Goosestepping was their idea!
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