TNG is probably the most “Trek” show out there (what with the level of influence Roddenbery had on it for years and years), but DS9 is far and away the better television show, for sure. I just can’t gush over how wonderful a show it is to watch. The characters, the themes it explores, the idea that you can’t live in…

It doesn’t really forward the trope when you can name a ton of movies that do not have anything to do with creating the “artificially perfect woman”. That’s like saying “Sausage Party continues the trend of animated dirty movies about food”.

I agree that Ex Machina was intended to drive home an ethical point. The fact most viewers considered the treatment of the various A.I. machines in the compound contemptible was not accidental. It’s kind of hard to condemn movie behavior that is intended to hold a mirror to similar real world behavior. But it also…

I will never again be able to watch BH6 and hear the line “I cannot deactivate until you say, “I am satisfied...”” without laughing my ass off. Thanks.

You bring up some important points that are being missed by those eager to take the “feminist hot-take” on the subject. That’s not to say that there’s nothing to that view, but it largely misses the point in the case of Ex Machina, for instance.

I’ve never heard anyone actually call them “gynoids” in conversation. Anyway, if you want to get technical, the word should be “gynecoids”. And we can’t use “anthropoids” for the blanket term, because it already means us and the other Great Apes; so why not just use the word everyone already understands?

I like your perspective. For your question, I’m pretty sure Hollywood has not been reflecting on objectification consciously for most of its history. Mostly it has been doing the objectifying. But people are getting more aware and are turning it on its head more and more. Personally I can’t wait for the day when a…

Speaking as someone with an arts degree, I don’t think it’s a matter of not thinking that it should be included in a well-rounded education, but that it doesn’t necessarily belong in that group of subjects. STEM always seemed like a grouping of similar fields, not a list of topics that are important to learn.

It always amuses me how people question the value of including (and funding!) fine arts in a well-rounded education, yet if I told them they could never listen to music ever again (particularly their faves) they’d probably throw a hissy fit and call me a monster.

I seriously can’t stand Natalie Portman in the Thor films. I like her in like everything else but in both Thor movies I think there is way too much focus on her to the point that it hurts the film.

I think for me the performances elevate it above the material they’re working with and I just love so many moments.

I love the first Thor. Looooooove it. I get legit tears when he gets the hammer back and I don’t care who knows it.

dude it was joke, get a grip. GL, MOS, BVS sucked and he added the rest from 20 years ago to make the comment even funnier..except that you took it straight up the bunghole....

Yep, remember that the MCU was kicked off when Marvel didn’t have rights to any of its well-known* properties (Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four).

The joke! You missed it the first time. You better make up for that by doubling down right now!

Why would Marvel desperately copy what DC was doing when Iron Man came out?

You’re trying way to hard for what was quite clearly a joke.

For some reason, any suggestion along the lines of ‘just make it good’ rankles me. Obviously there are products that are bad, but the suggestion of making it good is as vague a suggestion as you can make.

Head back further and see how characters were revealed in The Magnificent Seven:

I have to believe that this tendency is in large part because the studio worries that audiences need to be spoon fed everything in order for a big budget movie to succeed. In fact, when done well, hinting at things, revealing little bits and pieces, is much more satisfying and allows the imagination to fill in blanks.