Honestly, that whole section was kinda silly. Not to mention that the reason people are talking about this particular movie a lot is because it, you know, can be watched by children.
I mean, when was the last black majority cast with a budget of $100M< that children could actually watch and enjoy?
Not to mention that the reason people are talking about this particular movie a lot is because it, you know, can be watched by children
Lmao, no it's not. Adults are going to this thing because they think it's important. Critics are saying, "This movie matters, blah blah.."
Someone I know on twitter, an adult woman in her 30's, said that the fictional female characters in the fictional nation of Wakanda with all this fantasy technology are her "role models".
Yes, no fictional media has ever been important to anyone ever.
Why is it only whenever someone who isn't a straight white dude talks about how important a piece of media was/is to them that people feel the need to go "ummmm isnt that a little pathetic lol??? its just fiction!!!" but this sub still has a huge victim boner because the 2016 Ghostbusters "ruined my childhood!!!!!" and TLJ "ruined Luke Skywalker!!!"
I never said that a movie can't be important to someone. I just disagreed with the notion that people are making a big deal about this movie because of its appeal to children, when clearly many adults think it's important for themselves, and for reasons I thought were fairly absurd.
And it's not just when it's about non-straight white dudes. I just said that the same concept applies to Superman, who, last I checked, is a straight white dude. If a 35 year old white guy actually thinks of Clark Kent or Luke Skywalker as role models, he might be retarded.
Importance is derived by the individual in these cases.
I don't see why representation can't be important to some people. To use a sports example, I got excited when a football player who shares my full name and position joined the Premier League, because that was cool for me to see. I get excited when I see players wearing my number, because it is not a common number in football and so I enjoy when it crops up. I would be ecstatic if some day, Man United (the team I support) signed a Canadian player. That'd make me really happy. Hell, I get happy seeing them sign Swedish players, and my family hasn't been Swedish for 100 years.
People naturally get attached to things they can relate to. This is a monumentally large cultural event for black populations in North America because they get a big time black superhero. This isn't some Shaq movie that was small scale. This is a billion dollar movie. Who are you to say people are wrong for feeling happy to see 'someone like them' in such a movie, or that it doesn't matter?
Now, as for the woman on Twitter, I'd imagine that's at least a bit of a joke, if not, well, so be it. My mother - a late 50s white woman - mentioned as we left the cinema how it was nice to see some ass kicking women in such a big movie. Now they obviously aren't her role models, but again, what's wrong with being glad to see such things? I'm not into the whole feminism thing, but can't women (black women in this instance) feel proud to see the characters in this movie?
Just because something isn't important to you doesn't mean it isn't important to someone else, or that it shouldn't be.
Plenty of people who've probably been fans of the comics since they were kids. It's not like it's impossible for people to look up to fictional characters.
I don't think so. I mean hell there are people basing their ideologies off literary works. Whether it's Ayn Rand or George Orwell or Lao Tzu.
I think we still see comic books as "childlike" but obviously they hold an important place in modern culture. I don't see drawing inspiration from a comic hero as any less than drawing if from any other form of media.
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u/Flamma_Man Feb 17 '18 edited Feb 17 '18
Honestly, that whole section was kinda silly. Not to mention that the reason people are talking about this particular movie a lot is because it, you know, can be watched by children.
I mean, when was the last black majority cast with a budget of $100M< that children could actually watch and enjoy?