this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2025
617 points (98.7% liked)

Greentext

6572 readers
1026 users here now

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works
617
Anon watches The Whale (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

RoboCop and Starship Troopers (by the same director, no less) are other examples of people completely missing the point, and taking the film at face value.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Robocop’s message was pretty simple, I thought. If you do crime, you’ll get your genitals shot off by a cyborg.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

And if you're a cop, you're gonna work after death

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Also, Jesus.

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

Starship troopers's point was missed by the same people making the sequels to it, I was so disappointed by the sequels, and don't understand how they could have been so oblivious.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Alt Right tried to claim They Live as an anti-Jewish alligory.

Carpenter ended up tweeting:

“THEY LIVE is about yuppies and unrestrained capitalism. It has nothing to do with Jewish control of the world, which is slander and a lie.”

It's the example I cite whenever someone tried validating a smooth brain media interpretation by claiming "Death of the Author!".