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My prediction is that "Rebel Moon" will have enough Snyder treat hogs needing to make excuses for it that there will be future "this is leftist, actually, because the Big Bad if you squint at it can actually look like nazis I guess" or even "the Synderesque Cornfield of Burgerland Sentimentality can look kind of like a commune if you squint and hold your breath long enough" or maybe just boil down to "let people enjoy things" thought terminating cliches, all the while the movie will push cartoonishly blatant up-yours-woke-moralists propaganda against straw communists. No one is immune to propaganda, least of all the "propaganda has no effect on me" believers, so I predict that'll be a struggle session.

I expect I will be told to touch grass a lot by that treat's future defenders if it has even a moderate amount of profitability, which would consequently make local hogs want to make excuses for it instead of admitting it's hog-feeding chud propaganda and just eating it anyway with acceptance, which I would respect somewhat more. feast

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, you're really not. I do think, however, that someone who hadn't seen the movie and isn't familiar with your posting style could have conceivably come to the conclusion that you think Katherine Oppenheimer is a "big booba waifu". I read your comment as obviously saying that's how Nolan portrayed her and that's a bad thing, Nolan should be less of a misogynist ass, but again, if someone is unfamiliar with the context and your posts, it's not out of the realm of possibility that your comment could have been (in good faith) misconstrued as saying the direct opposite to what you actually meant. (Also, it makes a really good site tagline, so thanks!)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I think I should have worded it more carefully to specify that Nolan was reducing the historical person towards that, so that Nolan stans wouldn't circle the wagons about their Historically Accurate But Kind Of Embellished To Pander To Nolan's Great Man Theory, Political Beliefs, And Low-Key Misogyny BWAAAAM movie.