On this day in 2019, protests and riots began throughout Chile in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro's subway fare, the increased cost of living, privatization and inequality prevalent in the country.

The protests have been called the "worst civil unrest" in Chile since the end of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship due to the scale of damage to public infrastructure, the number of protesters, and the measures taken by the government to put down the rebellion.

On the 25th of October, over a million people took to the streets throughout Chile to protest against President Piñera, demanding his resignation. As of December 29th, 2019, 29 people have died, nearly 2,500 have been injured, and 2,840 have been arrested.

Human rights organizations have received several reports of violations conducted against protesters by security forces, including torture, sexual abuse and sexual assault.

Chile: what was the October Rebellion, and what will come of it? We need a working-class Marxist tendency!

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  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    2 years ago

    "Movie producers, please hire actual voice actors instead of having dull celebs show up to do their regular voice with minimal affectation in order to get a big name on the poster, except Jack Black man I love that guy please have him on your posters" :so-true:

    • Redcuban1959 [any]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, some actors are really good VAs, Mark Hamill, Michael Ironside and Tim Curry for example.

      But yea, i wish they would just hire normal VAs for these movies. I don't think kids care or even know who tf Chris Pratt is.

      • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I mean, some actors are really good VAs, Mark Hamill for example.

        And Alan tudyk, aka the new mark hamill

        Edit: i call him that because he's the only person since mark hamill to do a good Joker voice

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Their parents do though, and those are the ones taking them to the theater or buying streaming service subscriptions.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        More people probably know Mark for his many, many VA roles than for Luke Skywalker.

    • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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      2 years ago

      jack black has more experience voice acting than 0 like most of the rest of the cast so eeeeh

      but i would much rather they just cast voice actors too, animated movies ruined by shitty voice acting are really common nowadays

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      To be fair to Jack Black his voice acting is rather good. He's voiced characters in a number of movies and video games, and his work in the Kung Fu Panda series is very good.

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      i mean tbf jack black wasn't just doing his regular voice

    • space_wizard [any]
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      2 years ago

      oh god star wars visions was so bad for this, it's not like better VA was going to make the trigger episode good but allison brie and neil patrick harris were so excruciating in the dub they actually managed to be worse than the writing