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How is kindness a bad thing? I thought that was universally agreed to be a good message to have in a piece of media. I guess the excuse is they don't want media to have messages at all but like, how would you even have a movie where the hero has no values that they stand for?

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 37 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

People angry that Superman represents kindness

Do these people exist? Is it just one troll, or a significant enough of a population to even give the slightest bit of thought?

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I've met countless people who hate morals and will tell you you're an idiot if you treat other humans as equals

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[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (5 children)
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Benny (“having a wet pussy is a sign of an infection, according to my doctor wife”) is just jealous of anyone who can pull off an acting career.

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You mean 5'10” tall Ben Shapiro? The guy that never talks about his height and is actually 5'6”? The self confident alpha male? Yeah fuck this guy.

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[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

zack snyder and cristopher nolan turned goofy do-gooder superheroes into unfeeling federal agents and gods we should be subservient to

[–] Lyrac@programming.dev 19 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm out of the loop here. I've seen something about the most recent director or writer calling Superman an immigrant, and Dean Cain hating on that take and calling it "woke". But I haven't seen anyone expressing that Superman should not represent kindness.

FWIW if you are looking at reviews for an upcoming or recently released movies, and a lot of the comments are calling it "too political" or "woke", give it a watch and come back with your own review. Those reviews are an indicator to me that it might be somewhat thought-provoking. (or also don't watch if you have no interest in the subject)

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Yes, people are angry that the director talked about Superman being an immigrant (even though he has been from another planet since the character was concieved) and they are also angry about the director saying Superman represents kindness, because apparently just being nice to people is woke now

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[–] ideonek@piefed.social 18 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Did someone acctually expressed that thought?

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