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…

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

  • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    no this is about the second one where oppressed people fight eachother instead of the oppressors for no reason

    • culpritus [any]
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      2 years ago

      The plot is a really convoluted mess that exists only to show black-on-brown super violence that is resolved via a strange truce between the monarchs of the factions after they spend a long time trying to kill each other. I didn't watch it too closely.

      • Remicita [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        So are all of Marvel's advanced super sci fi poc countries also despotic monarchies where u become king by beating up the other guy

        • SaniFlush [any, any]
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          2 years ago

          Dr. Doom's country would be one of those too if Disney and Sony weren't having a custody battle over him.

          • Remicita [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            Where does Dr. Doom live

            Is it called like Doomistan or something terrible

            • SaniFlush [any, any]
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              2 years ago

              Latveria. He's also Romani, which would really change the political landscape a LOT

              • NPa [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                Critical support to the Romani People's Republic of Latveria and their struggle against the pogroming Latverian White Army :cat-com:

                His exploits attracted the attention of the dean of Empire State University, who sent someone to the camp.[52] Offered the chance to study in the United States, Von Doom chose to leave his homeland and his love, Valeria, behind.

                nevermind he's leading a colour revolution :deeper-sadness:

        • culpritus [any]
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          2 years ago

          I don't watch enough of them to say for certain, but I'd imagine that's a safe bet. Anyone able to chime in on this?

          • RangeFourHarry [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            He’s king cause he’s a mutant and is effectively immortal. There’s no trial by combat cause the king never dies

    • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
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      2 years ago

      Watched it last night and it floored me how fucking insane the plot is.

      Namor goes to Shuri and is like, "hey, this is proof they are coming for us. Its here. Its already happening. Can we form a defensive alliance and be ready for when the shit really kicks off?"

      And Shuri is immediately like "omg you're insane, you want to kill people?"

      And then Namor basically just says "Yes."

      • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I haven't bothered watching the second one, but I'm both unsurprised and flabbergasted that they couldn't come up with a better reason for Atlantis and Wakanda to throw down than the usual libfest of "killing people trying to colonize you is bad, actually :^)"

        Like, those two have fought on and off in the comics (and also against Latveria) for eons; make them fight over resources or tech that the rest of humanity can't even fathom or something.

      • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        yeah it started really cool with the queen owning france and pointing out the gross hypocrisy of the west but then it turned into a marvel movie