we have to clarify that "don't worry guys I know the MCU is soy shit haha-ha buuuuut ..."? We should be better than this.

As a committed communist I "disdain to conceal [my] views " and I've said it a few times that the "MCU is good actually" and I've made it known a few times. 80% of the MCU dunks on the "left" I see are lazy garbage and honestly at this point are insulting to the fellow proles working on it. Lazy takes are much worse than dumb takes.

Same as Imperialism is the "Highest Stage of Capitalism", I've said that the MCU is the highest form of moviemaking. Notice I said moviemaking and not filmmaking.

Anyone here daring to give a lazy "haha lib MCU amIrite folx?" should be forced to read Ryan Coogler's eulogy:
https://www.marvel.com/articles/movies/marvel-studios-black-panther-director-ryan-coogler-on-the-legacy-of-chadwick-boseman

In my meeting after watching the film, I asked Nate Moore, one of the producers of the film, about the language. “Did you guys make it up?” Nate replied, “that’s Xhosa, John Kani’s native language. He and Chad decided to do the scene like that on set, and we rolled with it.” I thought to myself. “He just learned lines in another language, that day?” I couldn’t conceive how difficult that must have been, and even though I hadn’t met Chad, I was already in awe of his capacity as actor.

I can't imagine something like that happening in the Snyderverse that some of us hold up as a more "authentic" and interesting if mideocer movie making exercise.

Anyway, the amount of criticism the MCU gets only betrays your impotence: theoretical, for not coming up with better targets for your ire as well as practical, for not being able take any action to further your liberation.

PS if I should post to c/movies instead let me know

Edit: Nah. This isn't fun. Just downvoting arguments instead of a constructive rebuttal and engagements on bad faith isn't what I expected.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
          1·
          4 years ago

          Is the OP not doing a bit? This reads like a copypasta... especially the Snyderverse dig that completely nullifies everything said before it.

          • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            I thought it was a bit but deleted my snarky comment in case OP is just having a hard time getting his point across or something. It just reads like a fanboy rant to me.

          • snackage [he/him]
            3·
            4 years ago

            Ok. I see how that might be confusing. It's a point I didn't think about a lot compared to the rest. I might have just made a bad comparison or more likely an ilthought out argument.

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
              2·
              4 years ago

              You tried to make some sort of grand "think of the workers" argument for MCU then just trashed another highly produced series. Your argument comes off like a fanboy more than someone actually examinimlng the material consequences of massive budget military propaganda.

              • snackage [he/him]
                6·
                4 years ago

                You're being intentionally obtuse. I clearly laid out an example of collaboration and worker input being taken by management in the MCU and compared it to the notoriously dysfunctional set and top down mismanaged work environment, with included delays and months of avoidable overtime.

                You also completely (intentionally or not it doesn't matter) misinterpreted my argument. I'm not criticising the Snyderverse. I'm criticizing you, who hold the Snyderverse as being somehow obviously superior. This is a reference to an argument I got myself.

        • snackage [he/him]
          2·
          4 years ago

          I wanna improve my writing. What made you think it was a bit?

          • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
            1·
            4 years ago

            You're getting mad about people not taking hypercapitalist superhero movies seriously as leftists. I think you're putting way too much stock into movies that don't deserve it but that's just my opinion. It comes across as a weird fanboy rant that is a bit divorced from reality. Sorry about the snark though.

            • snackage [he/him]
              6·
              4 years ago

              No. I'm getting mad that in a community built on empathy people in it seem to have a blind spot. I'm also disappointed in a community that wants to tackle hard questions is lazy when it comes to an easy one.

              Edit: Instead of deleting a comment based on a misunderstanding it's ok to just add and edit saying there's a misunderstanding. I don't mind snark. I was snarky myself. Combative even.