arugula2 wrote:I was reminded of once hearing that the actor who played Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica was peeved that the new Starbuck was a woman... and I discover today that he actually vomited his thoughts into an article back in the day (2004). Naturally, it's reposted on Breitbart: "Lt. Starbuck … Lost In Castration."

I'm so glad the future's coming. I wish I were born 2 centuries from now.

Anyway, my retinas allowed me to absorb a few of his main points, and (boohoo) central to his psychosis is, of course, not the emasculation of Starbuck. Yes, he whines that the new version is too different (just as the reboot is too different from the original show). But he claims his problem with reboot-Starbuck is that she's gruff and manly, in contrast to his peaceful & jovial original (so basically, he has penis envy & now the title makes more sense, as anyone with painful uncertainty about his own manhood can find temporary relief by disparaging another person's genitalia. There's even a pointed comment about a "cigar"... how tragic.)

He then whines about how the women on the show make all the decisions, and the men cower. (False, in case anyone's wondering.) How morality used to be clear-cut, and the original show reflected this. How the new show's morality is ambiguous, messy, challenging. He must lash out. This is all happening too fast, it's too confusing... er, I mean... something-something-artistic, you see.

laklak wrote:The National Basketball Association has released a list of "approved" social justice messages for players jerseys.

You can't make this shit up. Welcome to the Revolution! But first, a word from our sponsors....

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-shares-approved-social-justice-statements-for-the-back-of-players-jerseys-at-disney-restart-per/

arugula2 wrote:Still catching up.

Link

Ironclad wrote:[...]
Black Panther, the character, was excellent in the Civil War movie and was full of personality. Yet the solo movie was shit. Again, a poor script, and a strangely hollow Black Panther (and some horrible CGI) bummed out this highly anticipated movie.

Consensus broken, then, if there was one. I barely even remember the character in Civil War. He is less present there, is about all that stands out to me about him. Is it a case of less is more? Or perhaps the presence of a somewhat-interesting Black Panther antagonist (which goes against the code of superhero filmmaking)?

Captain Marvel was boring but mostly passable.[...]

Idk what this means, truly. ‘Boring’ is among the stronger pejoratives I can think of, for a movie. (And agreed, this one’s especially boring.)

It was Larson’s behaviours before and after the movie that got backs up. Have you seen her in interview with the rest of the Avengers cast? It’s creepy.

I have noticed her being abrasive... but the part in bold surely is mostly selective projection onto the general backlash? What was she responding to? And in what universe is backlash against a movie bc of supposed off-screen personality clash not an example of manbaby behavior (and of cancel culture)?

laklak wrote:The National Basketball Association has released a list of "approved" social justice messages for players jerseys.

You can't make this shit up. Welcome to the Revolution! But first, a word from our sponsors....

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-shares-approved-social-justice-statements-for-the-back-of-players-jerseys-at-disney-restart-per/

Ironclad wrote:

arugula2 wrote:

It was Larson’s behaviours before and after the movie that got backs up. Have you seen her in interview with the rest of the Avengers cast? It’s creepy.

I have noticed her being abrasive... but the part in bold surely is mostly selective projection onto the general backlash? What was she responding to? And in what universe is backlash against a movie bc of supposed off-screen personality clash not an example of manbaby behavior (and of cancel culture)?

She was at an award ceremony, or somesuch, and dismissed a journalist as being white, male, and old. He was in his 40s. The movie in question, she tells the audience, was not made for him so he has no right to have an opinion. The movie was a ‘girls’ movie starring mostly black actors, apparently. It didn’t do very well at the box office. Ghostbusters did poorly too, and i think you’d be foolish to blame man babies for a global flop. But if it works for you, crack on.

Thomas Eshuis wrote:Given the NBA's treatment of college athletes, I am not at all surprised.

arugula2 wrote:

Thomas Eshuis wrote:Given the NBA's treatment of college athletes, I am not at all surprised.

I'm totally out of the loop (I don't follow basketball closely). Did you mean NCAA, or..? Is this industry more complex than I imagined?

Ironclad wrote:She was at an award ceremony, or somesuch, and dismissed a journalist as being white, male, and old. He was in his 40s. The movie in question, she tells the audience, was not made for him so he has no right to have an opinion. The movie was a ‘girls’ movie starring mostly black actors, apparently.

laklak wrote:It would truly be hard to be more hypocritical than the NBA.

Animavore wrote:

Ironclad wrote:She was at an award ceremony, or somesuch, and dismissed a journalist as being white, male, and old. He was in his 40s. The movie in question, she tells the audience, was not made for him so he has no right to have an opinion. The movie was a ‘girls’ movie starring mostly black actors, apparently.

That is not what happened at all. Not even remotely. That's literally the twisted version the YouTube manbabies were parading. It's based on a quotemine and there was no 40 year-old white male reporter. You were either told a lie or you misremember the incident.

I posted a video on the first page debunking all of this.

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/gener ... l#p2751545