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.
I'm sorry snacks, but I never followed comics. Just baseball, revolutions, and horse races.
Popeye and Archie just never did it for me, they cost a whole nickel and you could buy a pack of smokes for that same amount back in the day.
I'm picking up whatchyou putting down my man.
then we're square and spoken for... now spit in your palm and shake an old man's hand so we can part ways as compadres.
'round these African parts we use the dirt of mother earth
nothing like soil to seal a vow of friendship, I like the cut of your suit pal
an' I like the cut a yo jib El-Joe. shake on it 🤝
right back atcha fella
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