• TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I know that this wasn't the main point of your post but it's going to kill me when Disney/MCU does X-Men and completely gut it of anti-racist/anti-homophobic metaphor and instead just make it into another action-comedy.

    Or, or shit, when they keep the allegories but direct them all against state enemies by making all the anti-mutant factions be based out of Russia and China or something.

    MagNATO.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      The worst part? When I try to convince people the MCU X-men are using the guise of its former anti-bigotry stances to instead spread imperialism, I'll be accused of reading too far into silly action superhero movies and in fact they have no message beyond cool fight scenes.