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The complaints, I suspect, were a mix of concerns, some valid, some... well... The show has a female lead and a lot of overtly feminist messaging. The MCU has a largely male audience, many of whom also got very mad when Brie Larson noted that the media at a junket were overwhelmingly white men, and suggested it would be nice if women or people of colour were also afforded opportunities in that space. The show has a very different tone and structure to a lot of the MCU. It is, as Jen puts it, a fun comedy lawyer show, and some members of the fanbase would prefer it not to be. I think some people were put off by what they saw as disjointed continuity, by the fourth wall breaking humour, and by the last episode maybe doing a bit too much. I didn't have a problem with any of these complaints, but I don't fault people for having them, whereas I definitely fault people for having the other complaints.

There's money in it.

MEANWHILE IN AUSTRALIA Probs no one else has been following the Australian netball squad story; the Diamonds were sponsored by Han**** (I think that's what they're called) which is owned by Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman and one of the worst living Australians. Their business is, generally speaking, destroying the earth. Anyway, the founder, for whom the company is named, once suggested aboriginal Australians should be sterilised, amongst other things, so one of the Diamonds, who would've been the first aboriginal player on the team in 22 years, was hesitant to wear his name on her uniform. There was some back and forth, with the other Diamonds backing her, but also kinda needing the money because women's sport doesn't tend to make much money. Eventually Han**** withdrew their 15 million sponsorship while saying something passive aggressive about virtue signalling or whatever. Anyway, Victoria tourism is now sponsoring them, which is much less awful as they only have to sell the lie that Victoria is a good place to visit, rather than wear the name of a dude who expressed genocidal views about aboriginal Australians, and support a company that seeks to destroy the earth and lie about it. EDIT: oh dammit the overzealous censor strikes again.

Season finale of She-Hulk went some interesting places. Enjoyed it, but after the second last episode, I was kinda hoping for a little more violence if I'm honest. I get it, though.

Would like to see this movie, but what the hell is Roku?

Disclaimer: I don't know who the people in question are or even what country this is. But the idea of waiting for someone to proclaim they are a Nazi before describing them as such is a bit laughable.

Does this count as politics? Let's find out! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-21/alastair-clarkson-and-chris-fagan-named-in-hawks-review/101452320 Yes it's sports but it's also politics, looks like our biggest sporting league may have a wee problem with systemic racism. OF NOTE: It is believed the review was similar in scope to Collingwood's 'Do Better' review of 2021 and will have similarly dramatic ramifications. (Almost nothing came of that review, but this one sounds like it turned up some even worse stuff, so maybe things will be different. Or maybe it will all be rugswept and in a few years time the men who bullied young recruits into breaking up with partners or having pregnancies terminated will be welcomed back with open arms because 'everybody deserves a second chance'.)

In this case presumably they've ruined a woman by having her be associated with Hellraiser.

I believe the plan is to just rebadge it to 'King's Birthday' holiday and carry on. I was, for a moment, hopeful we might get a double dip by moving it to a King's Birthday on King Charles' actual birthday in November. Ah well. I shall be spending my 'day of mourning' sleeping in and playing video games, most likely. Someone obviously hasn't seen The Wizard of Oz. (To be fair, neither have I.)

Bro. I literally just posted a reply into the void of the old thread. This is pretty upsetting. Wait I got it back with CTRL Z 'The truth doesn't matter?' To steal a quote from a movie I don't remember the name of, 'you've asked that question in the form of a lie.' (It was that law movie with Sacha Baron Cohen and some other guys) Yes, we absolutely judge people on our perceptions of them based on what they say and do, rather than what they tell us about themselves. If anyone ever asks 'who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?' the answer is, 100% of the time, 'my lying eyes'. If what someone says about themself does not line up with what I observe about them, I go with what I observe about them, every single time. SJWish? I mean frankly, it's a stupid insult and it's been my observation that people who use SJW as a pejorative are statistically unlikely to have anything I consider worthwhile to say. But in this specific instance, it just doesn't make sense: I'm just saying that the evidence of people's words and actions will always be more telli9ng than the claims they make about themselves. Regarding the actual point of contention, let's look at racism. Now, I don't know that I would necessarily say that you are racist. What I WOULD say, is that when you consistently deny that racism is a problem, when your reaction to people producing studies that have shown systemic racism is active in the USA is to handwave it and say 'agree to disagree' or say 'but whatabout these other countries which are surely more racist', and not be at all willing to engage with the evidence that racism is a problem and commit to being a part of a solution, you are a part of the problem. To steal another quote I can't remember the origin of, 'if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.' If people call out racism and your reaction is to pejoratively call them 'woke' or 'SJW', you may not be racist, but the distinction is not significant enough to matter.

I haven't really been following the slapfight you've been having with whomever it was, but I'm going to guess it'll be something like 'consistently supporting those in power/the status quo even when they are oppressive.' I was simply suggesting that what you say about whether you are any of those things is largely irrelevant.

Little bemused at the 'irrespective of what I say' bit. We don't let self reporting determine whether we consider people racist. Donald Trump called himself the 'least racist person he knows' or something along those lines, but also told a bunch of American women of colour to 'go back to their country'. Michael Richards said 'I'm not even racist, that's the crazy thing' soon after going on a tirade in which he repeatedly used the 'n' word, and said that 50 years ago he would've been able to lynch a black man. Sometimes, we've gotta ignore what people say about themselves, when it doesn't match up with what we can observe about their behaviour.

So, which of the two Lizzies are you talking about here?

I just watched the Disney live action Pinocchio. More like mediocchio. I dunno it was fine I guess. There were moments of charm, and a bunch of stuff that kinda went nowhere.

Scarlett was fantastic in Jojo Rabbit imo. Also that movie was just fantastic in general.

Apparently Rings of Power is getting overall positive reviews. I'm sure I'll enjoy it somewhat, but I'm one of those strange beasts who doesn't care at all about adherence to source material.

Education isn't useless. I want more educated people in my country, not fewer.

I couldn't care less if it's being abused. I doubt it's any significant amount, the majority would probs prefer not to waste their time on a degree they don't want. The whole country is improved if its population is educated. More qualified people, more doctors, etc.

Education should be free.

Actually it's Emperor's New Groove.

I don't know that I'd say I disliked The Lion King, but I do remember being miffed that people were calling it the best Disney movie ever when Aladdin had been released not even two years prior, and overall found The Lion King overrated. Great soundtrack, though.

Yeah, I enjoyed it. Not saying it's necessarily a 'good' movie, but it had some fun action.

Watched the first Ep of She-Hulk. I enjoyed it, pretty fun, some 4th wall breaks that were kinda funny. Bit of a mid credits scene that's worth sticking around for.

I'm pretty sure it's mostly about religious puritanism.

Extremely excellent movie. I prefer it to the book, too.