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geek culture stuff is as inescapable as the sun & these folks still aren't satisfied.
like, y'all wanted this stuff to be capital a Art.
with that comes ciriticism. https://twitter.com/AlishaGrauso/status/1337263317727866880
like, y'all wanted this stuff to be capital a Art.
with that comes ciriticism. https://twitter.com/AlishaGrauso/status/1337263317727866880
this stuff reminds me of all the noise "true gamers" made about games being art & the subsequent squealing that came when people started applying feminist theory to games.
y'know. like what you do with art.
y'know. like what you do with art.
and let's be real here. comic book movies are ruthlessly focus tested to be as profitable as possible.
they can't risk alienating too many people. so the end product ends up being a bit bland.
they can't risk alienating too many people. so the end product ends up being a bit bland.
the way people go to the mat for the most successful pieces of media the world has ever known.
it's very weird.
Disney lives in their heads & is charging THEM rent.
it's very weird.
Disney lives in their heads & is charging THEM rent.
one of the most puzzling aspects of modern "geek culture" (or whatever it's called) is this intense feeling of outsider resentment, even as Baby Yodaโข is plastered on every available surface.
it's weird how you can't just like something fun & frivolous without having to be all "actually Ant Man is the modern Iliad & it's gatekeeping to suggest otherwise"
like, are you new here?
vigilantes in spandex, space wizards & gay robots, anime, videogames.
that stuff has always gotten the side eye from the big brains. i personally kinda like it that way.
vigilantes in spandex, space wizards & gay robots, anime, videogames.
that stuff has always gotten the side eye from the big brains. i personally kinda like it that way.
a lot of those big brains have interesting & valid critiques of the shit folks uncritically consume.
it's actually GOOD that people call comic movies "kiddie shit"
it's actually GOOD that people call comic movies "kiddie shit"
i mean, let's talk about "kiddie shit".
the MCU in particular is aiming for the broadest audience imaginable. that leads to a cinematic universe filled with hundreds of hours that are completely free of any queer people.
the MCU in particular is aiming for the broadest audience imaginable. that leads to a cinematic universe filled with hundreds of hours that are completely free of any queer people.
