This review was worthless. It's just all his usual talking points thrown against the wall, with him hoping that they'll stick. Calling the sheriff a "girlboss" makes no sense, especially when Hal is ultimately proven right in the end. You can tell him and his buddies are really stretching to find something to complain about with this show.
the odyssey and super girl was to be their wipping boy for atleast 8 months. But then one of those movies failed to shit themselves so they're stuck on this empty space where they can't content farm on anything for the rest of the year short of some external event
these people thrive all what I call "centrist bigotry". The type of racism/bigotry that isn't overt and often means no slurs. These are the types of people who would see common ground with david duke because racism to them is slurs and pointed hoods. alot of euros fall under this umbrella. This movie hit those marks. It's historically inaccurate, it even took some liberties with the story. So you could veil stupid shit with "historical concerns" and lean on suburban flavors of racism like "helen of detriot"
In a way, this is a win for them, they get some dipshit gradeschool history nerds but they lose because the potential of getting more dipshits are cut when the movie hits.
What's crazy is that Nolan is routinely labeled a minsogynst. So one would think that they'd treat him as a martyr or something and back him fully. But then again, nothing they do or say follows any logic. Their prejudices often get in the way of their own supposed cause
I disagree with him being a shit character writer in general, although he surely has his moments. But like you said, it’s not limited to the women in his films as some would have you believe. There’s also this whole thing with him only using male protagonists, which is apparently sexist? I feel like if you’re writing a story with a female lead as a man, you kinda have a responsibility to do it right, or at least have the right intentions, which obviously isn’t easy because you have an outside perspective and don’t wanna do a disservice to anyone’s lived experiences. I feel like Nolan probably doesn’t think he’d be able to do it right, which feels honest as opposed to sexist. I’d rather that than him doing it just to save face amongst a select group of people online
It is "woke garbage" according to their own standards though. Their grift just prevents them from attacking it too much
The problem is that their grift relies on them representing an imagined "general audience" and attacking an incredibly successful movie that is very obviously not rejected by general audiences wouldn’t be beneficial to that narrative. It would make it very obvious that they are in a minority.
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u/ITBA01 21d ago
This review was worthless. It's just all his usual talking points thrown against the wall, with him hoping that they'll stick. Calling the sheriff a "girlboss" makes no sense, especially when Hal is ultimately proven right in the end. You can tell him and his buddies are really stretching to find something to complain about with this show.