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https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Professor_Rearview

Professor Rearview is a car-hater villain, obsessed with the total annihilation of cars and racing, as well as Hot Wheels City. He also seems to be a loving father to Cruise, training her to win the Ultimate Race.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 84 points 3 months ago

Hot wheels show is pro-car? shocked-pikachu

The ideas of the ruling class are, in every epoch, the ruling ideas.

[–] ephemeral@hexbear.net 62 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Crimes

Destruction of property

Terrorism

Endangerment

Trespassing

Abuse of power

Attempted infanticide

Theft

Carjacking

every morally correct villain in a TV show/movie has to kill babies, so that the audience knows they're bad

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago

when your gynecologist has a hobby and you find out about it on a breaking news bulletin

[–] TrustedFeline@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

They just mean he's pro-choice

[–] BynarsAreOk@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Attempted infanticide though because apparently actualy killing them would make the show not PG-12 or whatever. "They're bad, you just take my word for it."

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago

Ha! I was about to mention this

very formative memory for me, seeing this episode of Speed Racer on VHS

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 43 points 3 months ago (4 children)

He needs to join a Villains Who Were Right Support Group along with Killmonger, that one guy from Legend of Korra, and a few others I can't think of right now

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The boyfriend in Bee Movie is being cuckolded by a bee and he's right to be mad about that

The replicant guy in Blade Runner literally just wanted to live.

Clytemnestra, Agamenmom deserved it

That senator guy they turned into a nazi from iron man who didn't think billionaires should have private super weapons.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The replicant guy in Blade Runner literally just wanted to live.

I haven't thought about Blade Runner as much as I probably should, but I always thought that it was supposed to get you to see things through the replicants' perspective. I guess this is kind of a wild comparison, but even the most violent replicant is kinda like Nat Turner, I think the movie isn't trying to make you think they're evil, just that the conditions they're under make them lash out violently. I don't feel like either of the movies make much sense if viewed through the angle of a traditional hero vs villain paradigm.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago

I always thought that it was supposed to get you to

Per Harrison Ford:

spoilerNope, there was never any subtext, he was acting as a sci-fi cowboy bounty hunter tracking down dangerous replicants the whole time, Ridley Scott invented the "Decker is questioning his own actions and humanity" thing in post

Does it do that? Absolutely. But given Ridley Scott's more recent works, I'm hesitant to say it was supposed to do that.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure the guy in the bee movie was allergic to bees too

[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

The replicant guy in Blade Runner literally just wanted to live.

He was a replicant, though.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

The boyfriend in Bee Movie is being cuckolded by a bee and he's right to be mad about that

Explainable, but not excusable. He’s in the “reasonable crashout” territory.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago

this short Red Sails piece examines the phenomemon

https://redsails.org/the-swerve/

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago
[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Zamasu from Dragon Ball.

The ultimate xi-plz option. I’ve seen enough.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Misanthropy and genocide are in direct opposition to left-wing politics, so I'm not sure why you'd give that response on a communist site.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

I meant it more in a posadist way. If everyone and their mother in Dragon Ball is some kind of alien, then the gods are the alien’s alien.

[–] SummerIsTooWarm@hexbear.net 36 points 3 months ago

This little gem from the wiki:

Occupation: Scientist, Terrorist

waow-based

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He also seems to be a loving father to Cruise, training her to win the Ultimate Race.

Hates cars, but sets that aside enough to help his child follow her dreams. What a fucking legend. rat-salute

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

He was a racer but got screwed over in the past. His hatred for the hot wheels ultimate garage becomes more important to him than his daughter when she asks if they can keep it instead of destroying it.

[–] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

The spandexed-paunch, fanny pack, and mirrored helmet is funny. He should be wearing cleats instead of boots. Lab coat is a great touch of whimsy to show he's smart, I bet he's always going on n on about climate this and science that.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

Aka propaganda

Looks more like a scooter to me

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

He just like me fr

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

It really is kind of wild how in most cases the villain is just the victim of some largely avoidable tragedy.