flabberghaster

flabberghaster wrote

Reply to mad at me check by alianka

I'm a boiling cauldron of white hot rage at all times about all things but not you in particular, for what that's worth.

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to In Defense of Idiocracy by twovests

In a way it's almost utopian. Everyone sees that their ideas are not working, they see the main character show up with better ideas, and immediately implement all his ideas when it's clear they'll fix the problems.

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flabberghaster OP wrote

Reply to comment by twovests in cw transphobia by flabberghaster

Yeah, I 100% get why the trans person in this scenario is defending their right to shit in peace. What I'm more talking about is the fact that opponents of trans people have succeeded in diverting the entire thing into that, and frustrated by the fact that we haven't been able to break out of it.

This is a post about metanarratives, not the actual physical safety of trans people which of course the most important thing. I didn't mention it because I felt it went without saying. Idk.

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to my thoughts on Dredd (2012) by cowloom

I don't remember if the original movie was better but I do remember there was a spate of remakes of 80s action movies that completely missed the mark in this way. Like the 80s RoboCop is extremely clear that the corporation making the RoboCops is completely evil, and the merger of corporate power and the state is horrifically dangerous, and being a cop takes away your humanity and makes you a machine for the evil side.

Then they remade it and it was just a movie about a cool cop who's a robot and he shoots the bad guys.

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