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TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I can see why you ask that. Since I didn’t think that comment though very well, now every downvoter considers me a racist. Fair enough. Should have rewritten it entirely, but it’s too late for that now.

Long and nuanced posts are boring to read while short and snappy ones involve skipping all the important details. Also, swiping away carelessly doesn’t help.

I was mainly thinking about the fact that Disney tends to change things significantly and abruptly. For example, many Star Wars fans were disappointed by the changes, so I thought that 007 fans could face similar disappointments. What those changes actually are do not really matter to me. What matters more is how quickly they happen and how much the direction of the entire series changes.

I don’t use the term “woke” to describe the changes Disney makes, since I prefer to distance myself from the crowd that uses it. Focussing more on the rate of change and its magnitude is more interesting to me.

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petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I thought you were referring to Disney’s live action remakes, which are ass and way the fuck more sexist, but do have one black woman in them, so congratulations to Rob Marshall, I guess.

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- TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I have seen some reviews of the live action remakes, and I was not impressed. As a result, nowadays I actively avoid being exposed to those movies.
  
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  - MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Good call on avoiding the live remakes. I watched a few when I had the free oportunity and the time to waste. They’re soulless trash that feel empty compared to the animated disney originals.
    
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RedSeries@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My instance doesn’t allow downvoting. You’re right, you should have rewritten it. It’s one thing to complain about them doing live/cgi remakes of stuff like Lion King vs skin color or gender of a character.

There are British people who are black and female, so it’s not like it’s unbelievable or something. It also doesn’t help your case that 007 is a frequently reinvented character, albeit with a strong set of tropes to follow.

I’m happy for you that you don’t call things like that “woke”, I guess.

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