Paris' defence minister on Sunday condemned the latest instalment of Marvel's Black Panther franchise, which depicts French troops caught trying to steal resources belonging to the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.

:data-laughing: :data-laughing: :france-cool:

I guess I have to watch a marvel movie now

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

      X = The State is literally being the bad guy but because the Characters critiquing The State use violence the audience doesn't need to be concerned with it.

      It's actually rather interesting because

      spoiler

      the "good" cia guy is now on the run and the US gov was very open about wanting to coup Wakanda, as well as the cia director associating with the "bad" Captain America wannabe. So the US is kinda being setup as a bad guy, but it's almost certainly going to lead to a "bad actors" plot point like with Hydra in SHIELD. Probably shape-shifting aliens or something.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        also maybe a plotline about shape shifting green aliens secretly running the government in the middle of an antisemitic revival is not a responsible narrative to promote.

        Like How Shakespeare made that play about witches to be performed for the king who had thousands of people tortured to death on suspicion of witchcraft

      • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The USAF glowy space lady jesus one was before the big endgame offramp so I saw it.

        Yes. They introduced shape shifting aliens in that one. You can't even make a joke about this series.