And something that io9 has been pushing hardcore as of late, particularly with the netflix marvel shows. I don’t get it, or the inability to separate entertainment from world events.

What the controversy comes down to is the same old sentiment that violent entertainment is corrupting. Your article goes a lot deeper than that, and makes important points, but at the end of the day, the argument is that the Punisher’s story needs to be more than about mowing down a bunch of guys with giant guns. I…

The overarching theme of the netflix marvel universe is the lengths “heroes” will go to for “justice”. Every sinlge season has dealt with this question. The punisher is the dark side of that debate so he very much deserves to be there. I think youre just pissed he isnt a muslim trans woman who identifies as an…

I Watched, and you’re off base with the temperament thing ... it’s that she was born into a situation not of her own choice or making, and although it’s a challenge, she can rise above it or she can resign herself to it.

This is DACA, this is being born in a Ghetto, born on a reservation, born as a 13th kid in a…

Great thought out comment. The thing is that I didn’t write this review and I didn’t get offended by them introducing an ethnic character, it was the writer who seemed quick to go “why does the ethnic character have to the angry uncontrollable black/latino woman”. My point is the same as yours, what does it matter…

I agree with you on this. The show though was always a little more subtle in regards to politics, its a kids show before the BS that was stuff like total drama island. Batman the Animated series was a very smart show but on top of that, it had an amazing story. It just seems that shows are trying way to hard to…

That’s a great point that you bring out. I re-read IT for the movie and there was something with Bill Denbroughs character while in college where he is having argument with his writing professor that I loved and applied to today. In this Bill says the same thing we are talking about, shoehorning in political issues…

That’s not my point, my point is that this is a kids cartoon and maybe we are trying to hard now to make everything a social issue.

“PC” and “not being an asshole” are only sometimes interchangeable.

If they had reboot PPG with one or more characters being a minority that would be fine. But I think adding a new character this late into the show rather smacks of cousin Oliver syndrome.

No, I’m actually right there with you. It’s one of the reasons why I mourned my loss of Sense 8.

It’s heartbreaking to see how strongly internalized racist propaganda can be, so that you end up with people angrily defending their own oppression. The logical consequence of “money is protected speech” is that only the rich control their own lives and minds.

Lol at “If i just change your argument completely i can easily defeat it!”
Star wars is a better example. Little white kids were happy to “play as” lando calrissian and little black kids were happy to “play as” luke skywalker. Kids dont obsess over being “Represented” on screen. They just act like kids. The new…

I’m not talking about Powerpuff Girls, but rather creativity in general. For example, 47 Ronin. It’s a fucking samurai fantasy movie, but they just HAD to put in a white guy in there to cater to white Americans, so it ended up basically 46 Ronin & Keanu Reeves. They compromised a creative vision just to cater to an…

I’m sounding like a broken record at this point, but political correctness is the fucking death of creativity and imagination, since we’re restricting ourselves to cater to the wants of people without any regard towards creativity, rather than writing stories for the sake of the story.

Sorry, the formula worked back then because people weren’t concerned about PC. The formula allowed different races and genders and cultures to relate, not to the shade that the girls were colored in, but to their personalities. Siblings and friends would give themselves a label, “I am more like Bubbles”, “I’m more…

so any discussion has to accept the pre-suppositions of the ‘progressive left’? How open minded

Freakonomics has a podcast on this topic. Salary differences disappear when taking into account sacrifice and overtime hours.

I don’t get your issue with his statement.

My understanding is that the original manifesto may have included charts/figures/references/studies, but I’m not sure. It does not seem to be part of what Gizmodo published. That being said, I think there are numerous studies showing women control consumer spending (the World Economic Forum cites Women control 64% of…