Well if, and that's the key word here, the thoughts lead to actions then the actions are clearly criminal and vile and it makes the person who acted on them a rapist and child abuser. Obviously I don't think that's ok.
If the thoughts are part of a roleplay with a consenting partner then while I personally find it…

Yikes, that sensitive crybaby shit is just their way of getting women to eat them up with a spoon and it's all driven by their testosterone. Don't fall for it!

Naw, there's a point to the nudity in the show - Hart is telling this from his perspective, of course she's a beautiful goddess keeping him sane. And there's a point to the nudity for the show - hot ladies make things popular. I think we're all mature enough to appreciate both reasons.

Nah I want it as banal as possible.

Boom, exactly this. I'm sure we can all appreciate the stunning Daddario on one level while getting the thematic points on a different level. One doesn't invalidate the other.

Having that fantasy, as long as it's only a fantasy isn't harmful at all. So while yes, it's fucking skeevy to you and me and the vast majority of people it's not doing any harm. I'm not in the business of interfering or calling for any kind of policing of people's thoughts.

The show is doing a poor to non existent job of linking any of the male character's sexual taste to porn. I appreciate Dunham may believe this is an issue and wants to talk about it but there's nothing in the text that starts this off.
As to the point about fantasies reflecting reality, on this we severely disagree.…

Yes Adam is pretty gross, all the main characters are grotesques in some way. Natalia starting in on Hannah's appearance puts her in a similar place as well though she certainly seems more put together than the rest.
I don't think it goes beyond kink but I certainly believe his fucked up issues play a part in how he…

A. Harmon is unquestionably brilliant at this point.

Gold, absolute gold.

"fairly savage underneath their civilized veneer,"
i hope I don't sound like I'm splitting hairs when I say that I think his films mainly focus on the rituals of violence and the rituals disguise, with honour and "needs must" courage etc, the fact that at some level we enjoy it a lot. Of course we can worship the…

The film does many things but one specific thing it comments on is how as victors we don't have to pay for any atrocity, in fact that an atrocity can be treated as a victory. The Basterd's aren't even out for revenge, they are out to win the war not avenge Jews, that's Shoshannah's role.

But the impact of cinema is something Tarantino thinks about every single day and cinema reflects our values.

Yes we won so we never have to pay for any atrocities we committed, that's why we have movies that celebrate revenge, no matter how brutal as long as it's on the right side.

Yes and the choice to have a movie world where they know about the holocaust is what lets them commit near war crimes and have people cheer.

No I definitely wouldn't make that case because Tarantino didn't manipulate the audience to read the end as deserved, nearly every WW2 made by Hollywood has done that since the conflict ended. Tarantino is commenting on the fact many people aren't questioning the ethics or value behind the suicide bomber revenge they…

Ok, I'll agree somewhat. The interesting aspect that I think you're missing is that the whole conceit of the Basterds only works when you have knowledge of the Holocaust. Tarantino cleverly crafts a revenge narrative that couldnt have existed at the time. It's a reaction to the thousands of movies that use the Nazis…

Yes the Nazis were "pretty bad", it doesn't mean Brad Pitt carving swastikas into the foreheads of German soldiers is "pretty good". Or that suicide bombing places full of civillians (its ain't just Nazis in there) is justified.

I would contend that's very surface reading for a Tarantino film. Especially as it takes pains to make these dramatic juxtapositions and connections.

So you didn't find the irony in Nazis cheering the death of hundreds while sat in a cinema while we sat in a cinema and cheered the deaths of hundreds of Nazis, Fair enough, but it's there.