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[–] IpsumLauren@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (29 children)

What's the message in Starship Troopers?

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 month ago (10 children)

The message: "Look at this heavily militarized society, absurd huh?" But some people: "Looks fine to me"

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Religious Extremist Settler Colonialism just ends up destroying your society as well as the colonized.

The entire situation with the bugs was caused by Mormon Extremist settlers, who literally started the entire interplanetary war by settling on territory illegally.

A relative minor detail in the movie, but maybe perhaps relevant to current events, human history broadly.

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[–] neonblacktaco@fedinsfw.app 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I think id be more concerned about an enclave tattoo or a caesars legion one honestly. BoS across the franchise is morally all over the place.

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[–] Aedaz_@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I will say I very much suck at picking up the message in media. Not that I end up agreeing with shitty people, but I’m always wondering like “Wait…is the creator saying this is a good thing?”

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

is the tattoo of the brand that bad? I mean, as long as they realize what it means.

personally I always wanted one because I felt my life was forfeit to the machine that runs our world and wanted a constant memory to become a stubborn thorn in the side of the ruling class just like Gutz.

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[–] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

Why did you post pictures of me? Those are all literally me, I am the alpha male they're based on

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The best example of this was all the people who liked the boys, but didn't get it was taking the piss out of them.

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't get the MGS on the list. I, frankly, haven't played all of them. Only TPP. And in there you are it even playing as solid snake. And, say, we consider this Pic as a Venom snake, so how exactly is he a bad guy? The whole point of the game is to peacefully remove arms from an enemy, nukes included. I mean, ofc you can go full Rambo and kill everyone and build nukes. But then youd be evil for doing so. Real game is to go pacifist and save everyone. How is this "I misunderstood the message"?

Again want to mention thatI have no idea about the rest of the series. I would like an explanation.

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[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (21 children)

I don't understand why it's bad to enjoy evil characters. I don't want to just consume Disney forever. I wouldn't say I like Griffith as a person, but he is a very interesting character and crucial to the plot of Berserk. The title makes it sound like there is some alternative version of Berserk where Griffith doesn't exist and it's somehow better. Just because I like these characters doesn't mean I missed any point. I don't think that's the case for most people. These posts are r/iamverysmart material.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I don't understand why it's bad to enjoy evil characters.

Just because I like these characters doesn't mean I missed any point.

It's not bad but it's a dangerous line to tread. You may get the nuance but far too many people don't. It's why so many people are enchanted by Tyler Durden and Patrick Bateman. These characters are meant to be vilified, not aspired to. That is why the cults of personality and admiring strongman authoritarians still persist because many people are easily impressed by raw display of power. Yanis Varoufakis mentioned we are all susceptible to it-- and by extension fascism-- in varying degrees and we'd be lying if we don't feel impressed. He's not saying we all secretly admire fascists but that all of us have a dark side and containing it is really the challenge.

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[–] GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I still like naked snake, big boss and venom snake and still understood the messenge

[–] Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Talking about not getting it. The people in this thread bring up points about liking things for reasons that don't mean you agree with the evil character, and think they are to be looked up to, while simultaneously ignoring that there are massive crowds of people out there that do just that, look up to these people like heros, believe they are the correct ones, etc. and that this is what the meme was addressing, not someone thinking a character was a good character for story writing purposes.

[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (6 children)

So basically we can’t like Berserk? I don’t like Griffith, I don’t have a BoS tattoo, but I don’t think getting one is “missing the point.” A lot of people have been through fucked up shit, they feel haunted by it, and they relate to that message of soldiering on.

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks at Enclave patches on my jacket

I understood the messages perfectly well, I just like the bad guys in this case. If it makes it any better ive also got a Freedom patch from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and two NCR patches.

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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
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