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[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 87 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Those "keep politics out of x" is so ridiculously ignorant. As if self-censorship is politically neutral 🤦‍♂️ As if avoiding LGBT representation is neutral. Just wait until they discover that Star Wars is political and has always been 😂

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My dad loves to say “I hate how political movies are now”, and I’m just like “How many movies have you made me sit through over the years where the main takeaway is ‘The US military and government and all of their policies are awesome and correct.’”

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I mean... it's actually kind of disturbing how many there are, The green Berets, Top Gun, Transformers, Black hawk down, some grey area ones like saving private ryan and similar.

Of course, you'd get the other side of the coin with say movies like rambo, apacalypse now Born on the fourth of july etc...

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just saw Rambo for the first time. Sylvester Stallone was so good in that PTSD scene at the end.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Then it was First Blood.

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Didn't the first(?) (The one where the main guy finds Bumblebee) movie have the government as the secondary bad guys?

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 38 points 1 month ago

Conservatives tend to be some mix of stupid, cruel, and willfully ignorant. You have to be or the worldview falls apart.

[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep politics out of Wolfenstein

[–] texture@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

never heard of star wars, but i agree on the rest

[–] EisFrei@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's so interesting. I heard in the post-red scare era a lot of left political commentators turned to sci-fi because it allowed them to commentate without being censored.

Art can defeat the state!

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some has some pretty bad ironic concepts though. Like the expanse in my opinion was a strong version of that. In watching it it really showed the capitalism hell, with the belt clearly representing some level of the working class/the global south.

To me the great irony of it though was after it got canceled, Jeff Bezos personally took towards buying the show and using amazon prime to keep it going.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Not only the Belters. The part where they show the city around the UN building does it too.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

never heard of star wars

But I'm sure you heard of it's main protagonist, Captain Kirk

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's star trek. Star wars is the one where the kid finds the alien and helps him get back home.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's ET, Star Wars is where group scientists in Artactica find an alien organism that can imitate whatever it absorbs.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thst's The Thing, Star Wars is when a mining crew discover a new and deadly alien organism.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's The Thing. Star Wars is with the time travelling british twink.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's Doctor Who. Star Wars is the one with the computer that says "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave" and starts murdering the crew.

[–] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Star Wars is the one where a robot goes back in time to kill a lady before she gives birth to the leader of a resistance movement.

[–] JonTheKnight@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's Terminator. Star Wars is the one with the planet full of primates that turns out to be Earth.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's the planet of the apes, Star Wars is the one where a boy got bite by a spider and get powers

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

There's only one captain of my heart

[–] texture@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

the best scene is when he pulls the Picard Maneuver

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[–] Dhs92@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

"It's not politics if it's my politics!"

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago

Haha! You've fallen for my bait! Now there will be even MORE hot Yuri action.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has love always been political? 🥺

[–] PhoenixDog@piefed.ca 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you're not straight and cis? Yes.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Remember,

There's only two genders: male and political. There's only two races: white and political. There's only two sexualities: straight and political There's only two religions: Christian and political.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

According to that I'm 75% apolitical. My family and friends will be so relieved to hear that.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Dang, I'm apolitical 😞

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[–] Bonje@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's political about gays

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's how /pol/ (and by extension, Bannon/Epstein/some stormfront users) were able to convince a generation of men to police the internet on their behalf. Sounds very convincing to centrists and previously apolitical people, had some success already in Hungary by the 2010s (which ended with Fidesz calling the resulting as apolitical art as humanly possible as "valueless, without any meaning"), and was the thing that ultimately convinced a generation of gamers to start a "consumer revolt" that was actually a right wing astroturf campaign.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

Reverse psychology 101

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 9 points 1 month ago

Not enough tongue, draw them kissing harder.

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

OH SHIT! We’ve had a breach! Femcel memes have started leaking out!

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago

That’s it dagnabbit! I’ve had it!!!

Next time I’m voting for the kissing demons party!

[–] Fourth@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

People just let strangers into their DMs? I don't get this.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get random messages on Telegram all the time. This was one of the best:

It's fun messing with them on occassion.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Lucifer

lol

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[–] EmptyAsparagus@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

"the risk isn't worth it" lowkey sounds like a threat.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Now THAT'S politics

Whatever that is 2028

Prime Minister's Questions? More like Prime Minister's Cravings

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