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<blockquote data-quote="lasthero" data-source="post: 75810802" data-attributes="member: 335892"><p>Okay, this is getting off topic, but I've got to share this.</p><p></p><p>So I went over to Conservapedia because of this topic, and this was an article I stumbled on, right away.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://conservapedia.com/Essay:Worst_Liberal_Movies" target="_blank">Essay:Worst Liberal Movies - Conservapedia</a></p><p></p><p>A lot of the reviews are just on movies I've never seen so I have no opinion on, but his takes on some classics are just...precious.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First off, calling the movies pro-feminist is just...is any movie that has a female protagonist 'pro-feminist'? That seems like a big net to cast. Especially since the first movie barely has her survive. She doesn't get out because she's more competent than the other crew members, it's mostly because she just so happens to not be where the creature is for most of the film. In the second, she's not shown to be more competent than the soldiers, just more used to the aliens, and once the remaining soldiers hunker down, they spend their time protecting her and Newt. All the other women besides Vasquez die. And the idea that a movie shouldn't get good reviews because it's similar to another movie is just...so many movies take elements from other movies, that's such a silly thing to bring up. That seems to be a common complaint throughout his essay - he seems to think that a movie being 'similar' to another movie is a legit reason to mark against it.</p><p></p><p> And what does Ridley Scott being an atheist have to do with anything? The films don't have anything much to say about religion until Prometheus, and even then, they make a point to say that god could still exist.</p><p></p><p>Okay, on Robocop...</p><p></p><p></p><p>'Depict all police forces and corporations as evil'. The hero of the movie is a good cop, his partner is a good cop, he works with a bunch of other good cops. If anything, the movie glorifies cops - they're outmanned and outgunned, but they keep on fighting to keep Detroit on an even keel. An depicting one corporation as evil isn't the same thing as saying all corporations are evil.</p><p></p><p>He also doesn't seem to understand that the protagonist of a film isn't the same thing as the 'hero'. That, just because a character is the focus of the film, that doesn't mean the film is saying what this person is doing is right or should be emulated.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'll stop, I was just super amused by all of this. It's weird how some people think. It seems like he thinks any movie with a female protagonist is feminist, any movie with bad guys as soldiers is anti-military, and any movie with a shady corporation is anti-business. It's the same thing that conservatives complain about with 'wokeness', just in reverse.</p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p></p><p>Okay, one more. His review on the Big Lebowski.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you came away from the Big Lebowski thinking that drug abuse, laziness, and nihilism are good things, then I seriously suggest you seek help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lasthero, post: 75810802, member: 335892"] Okay, this is getting off topic, but I've got to share this. So I went over to Conservapedia because of this topic, and this was an article I stumbled on, right away. [URL='https://conservapedia.com/Essay:Worst_Liberal_Movies']Essay:Worst Liberal Movies - Conservapedia[/URL] A lot of the reviews are just on movies I've never seen so I have no opinion on, but his takes on some classics are just...precious. First off, calling the movies pro-feminist is just...is any movie that has a female protagonist 'pro-feminist'? That seems like a big net to cast. Especially since the first movie barely has her survive. She doesn't get out because she's more competent than the other crew members, it's mostly because she just so happens to not be where the creature is for most of the film. In the second, she's not shown to be more competent than the soldiers, just more used to the aliens, and once the remaining soldiers hunker down, they spend their time protecting her and Newt. All the other women besides Vasquez die. And the idea that a movie shouldn't get good reviews because it's similar to another movie is just...so many movies take elements from other movies, that's such a silly thing to bring up. That seems to be a common complaint throughout his essay - he seems to think that a movie being 'similar' to another movie is a legit reason to mark against it. And what does Ridley Scott being an atheist have to do with anything? The films don't have anything much to say about religion until Prometheus, and even then, they make a point to say that god could still exist. Okay, on Robocop... 'Depict all police forces and corporations as evil'. The hero of the movie is a good cop, his partner is a good cop, he works with a bunch of other good cops. If anything, the movie glorifies cops - they're outmanned and outgunned, but they keep on fighting to keep Detroit on an even keel. An depicting one corporation as evil isn't the same thing as saying all corporations are evil. He also doesn't seem to understand that the protagonist of a film isn't the same thing as the 'hero'. That, just because a character is the focus of the film, that doesn't mean the film is saying what this person is doing is right or should be emulated. Anyway, I'll stop, I was just super amused by all of this. It's weird how some people think. It seems like he thinks any movie with a female protagonist is feminist, any movie with bad guys as soldiers is anti-military, and any movie with a shady corporation is anti-business. It's the same thing that conservatives complain about with 'wokeness', just in reverse. EDIT: Okay, one more. His review on the Big Lebowski. If you came away from the Big Lebowski thinking that drug abuse, laziness, and nihilism are good things, then I seriously suggest you seek help. [/QUOTE]
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