Comment on Teddybears - Punkrocker
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 6 days agoSo, a character who is meant to embody protecting peace, justice, and freedom for all for as long as he has existed is now too political for advocating peace, justice, and freedom for all?
How dare they impose their politics on such a blank and centrist slate.
Tedesche@lemmy.world 6 days ago
No, I just don’t like political messaging in my superhero flicks. You’re misunderstanding my point (possibly intentionally, idk, it’s really not that complicated).
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I understand your point, you just don’t understand how character writing works. Removing the politics of a character is bad writing that panders to bad taste.
Tedesche@lemmy.world 6 days ago
No, you don’t understand my point, because you think I’m talking about Superman’s “politics.” I’m talking about James Gunn’s politics and him using Superman as a mouthpiece for them. Superman doesn’t have politics in the sense I’m talking about. He’s just on the side of freedom, peace, and good. Classic moral tropes that virtually everyone supports, because without context, they’re just ideals. When you contextualize them with modern, real-world events though, they become political messaging, and that’s what I don’t like in a superhero movie.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 6 days ago
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TheBat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
> Superman doesn’t have politics in the sense I’m talking about.
>He’s just on the side of freedom, peace, and good.
Damn, you a dense one huh