Marvel fans irate about how their movies don't win oscars are almost worse than g*mers who get irate that people don't take their artistic medium seriously. The oscars are just a bunch of pretentious petty bourgeoi self congratulatory types all jerking off to how awesome and amazing they are, and I say that as someone who enjoys participating in an oscar pool/betting game. So what if Doctor Strange 2 wins a best picture oscar or it gets snubbed? Its literally the biggest dominating force in cinema that's going to keep dominating the next half century or so of culture and these people somehow think an oscar is gonna grant it more legitimacy?
Marvel fans irate about how their movies don’t win oscars are almost worse than g*mers who get irate that people don’t take their artistic medium seriously.
The reason Marvel fans wants their capeshit to be taken seriously is the same reason why gamers wants video games to be considered "art": bragging reward. They want to be able to brags about "Oh yeah, I watched the first Avengers/I played Bioshock" and people would be amazed in the same way when one says that they have read the classics or went to the opera.
However the moment their media receive any kind of serious criticism, befitting if one is to be treated maturely, they completely rolled back on their claims and falls back into "It's just dumb entertainment, let people have fun!". It already happened with video games, the "video game is art" movement was killed by Gamergate in 2014-2015 when they branded all critiques that made them feels uncomfortable as SJW nonsense. Ever since that the stance of capital G G*mers have always been that vidya is an innocent apolitical mindless media form immune from criticism.
g*mers who get irate that people don’t take their artistic medium seriously
I'm sympathetic to the folks who had to live through the 80s/90s reactionary politic take on video games. My high school got turned into a Counterstrike Map that was passed around in the wake of Columbine, and kids caught playing it were legit hounded out of the school.
But we're so far passed that today. The martyrdom complex just feels vestigial at this point.
Marvel fans irate about how their movies don't win oscars are almost worse than g*mers who get irate that people don't take their artistic medium seriously. The oscars are just a bunch of pretentious petty bourgeoi self congratulatory types all jerking off to how awesome and amazing they are, and I say that as someone who enjoys participating in an oscar pool/betting game. So what if Doctor Strange 2 wins a best picture oscar or it gets snubbed? Its literally the biggest dominating force in cinema that's going to keep dominating the next half century or so of culture and these people somehow think an oscar is gonna grant it more legitimacy?
The reason Marvel fans wants their capeshit to be taken seriously is the same reason why gamers wants video games to be considered "art": bragging reward. They want to be able to brags about "Oh yeah, I watched the first Avengers/I played Bioshock" and people would be amazed in the same way when one says that they have read the classics or went to the opera.
However the moment their media receive any kind of serious criticism, befitting if one is to be treated maturely, they completely rolled back on their claims and falls back into "It's just dumb entertainment, let people have fun!". It already happened with video games, the "video game is art" movement was killed by Gamergate in 2014-2015 when they branded all critiques that made them feels uncomfortable as SJW nonsense. Ever since that the stance of capital G G*mers have always been that vidya is an innocent apolitical mindless media form immune from criticism.
I'm sympathetic to the folks who had to live through the 80s/90s reactionary politic take on video games. My high school got turned into a Counterstrike Map that was passed around in the wake of Columbine, and kids caught playing it were legit hounded out of the school.
But we're so far passed that today. The martyrdom complex just feels vestigial at this point.