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[–] TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Berserk doesn't really belong here. Nobody likes Griffith because they think he's aspirational

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, we like Griffith because we want to obliterate that twink.

[–] TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

You made me spit out my soup 🤣

[–] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

DAH-DAH-DAH-DAAAAAAAAHHHH

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The satire is so good in this game.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Too good. Only a matter of time until off-duty cops have punisher and helldiver's skulls on the back of their spotless F150s

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

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

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days 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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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Taxi Driver as well

[–] Gust@piefed.social 135 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (34 children)

Two more for the pile

Edit: ironically, it seems my media literacy could be called into question here too based on the mismatch between the tone of OP meme and the tone of the responses I posted. Context for anybody missing it below.

The punisher is a revenge fantasy carried out on corrupt policemen. The message was basically acab before acab was a thing people said. Policemen, who tend to have IQ that matches their best mile time in minutes, love to plaster his logo all over everything they own.

The bottom photo is Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine. Rather than summarize his story, I'll share his response when a prominent conservative politician tweeted about RatM being their favorite band. "I wonder what [Paul] Ryan's favorite Rage song is? Is it the one where we condemn the genocide of Native Americans? The one lambasting American imperialism? Our cover of "Fuck the Police"? Or is it the one where we call on the people to seize the means of production? So many excellent choices to jam out to at Young Republican meetings!"

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (20 children)

My exwife has a large slytherin tattoo. That house in pottery is just “the bad guys”. There’s not charecter arch or deeper meaning, no complexity in writing.

They are just the bad guys, who are evil and mean. That’s it. She loves em.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (6 children)

A lot of people have Empire tattoos, Decepticon tattoos, and so on. Fictional bad guys are just cool.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

There are cool fictional bad guys and annoying fictional bad guys like prince Joffrey (GoT), king Einon (Dragonheart), Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter), Winn Adami (DS9).

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[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 90 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (16 children)

Author: Satirizes toxic masculinity via cartoonishly terrible male characters

A concerningly significant portion of men: basedbasedbasedbasedbased

[–] janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Heinlein was suuuuper in favor of a colonial/martial culture. The whole reason he wrote Starship Troopers was because he was disappointed that the US suspended nuclear weapons testing which he saw as further evidence of the decline of martial culture. The book clearly advocates for the promotion of civic duty as a moral imperative as well as for things like corporal punishment. He WANTED the "toxic masculinity" culture, that was his own culture as he perceived it.

The movie is basically the complete opposite, satirically portraying colonial/martial values against the backdrop of an imperial state. It's one of the biggest disparities in intent vs interpretation I have ever seen.

The movie rocks, by the way. Still watch it once a year

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[–] Catma@lemmy.world 70 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Rorshach not being on there is disappointing.

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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)
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[–] trslim@pawb.social 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

The only one i have a gripe with is the Brand of Sacrifice. Yes, in the Berserk world, it marks one for sacrifice by the Godhand. But we dont live in the Berserk world. To me, the Brand is a sign of struggle, and a symbol of resisting fate and destiny. It's standing up for yourself, even when the easy thing would be to lay down. It's facing adversity and pain when the world wants to kick you and beat you down. That's what the Brand means to me.

But fuck Griffith, i want that twink obliterated.

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[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I once came across a system in No Man's Sky with planets named "Griffith did nothing wrong" and "casca enjoyed it". Truly a wild system.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Who (and how did they) misunderstood MGS? Kojima isn't exactly subtle.

And considering that Venom isn't even the real Big Boss, and Big Boss was only a true villain in the original Metal Gear, when he had zero backstory and wasn't even cool enough to get more than a fucking placeholder name, it's weird seeing him up there. 2 and 5 pretty much show his goal was to destroy the illuminati as well as take care of war vets who got fucked over by their government. He's only a villain to the shitty fascist governments controlled by The Patriots. He's way more of an anti-hero than an actual villain.

It's like calling Neo from The Matrix a villain because he killed innocent people who were tools of the enemy without their knowledge.

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think you're misunderstand the meme. I think it's aimed at Dude-bros® who only understand the superficial message which is obviously being disproven by the content. It's making fun of people who have a Fight Club poster on their wall because they think the message is "all men can be hardcore, bare knuckle boxers, if the stop letting a weak social framework tell them what they want." Or watching the film of Starship Troopers and learning "You can overcome any obstacle with enough bravado and testosterone." I'm not as familiar with most of the animes pictured, but I assume the jab is the same.

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The message I got was "exercise, make friends, and blow shit up"

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

For all of em? I can see it...

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[–] Shih_Tzu_Farts@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Damn, some of y'all just suck all the fun out of tv and movies huh

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (20 children)
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[–] DevDave@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It has been a long time but I remember feeling sad for Rico in the book. I don't know if Heinlein intended it to be seen like this but by the end it felt like there was nothing left of the human being.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ya they both wanted the same thing but paul vanhoeven went a more literal path. The book read more like the recounting of a jar heads experience. Implying that despite the future having all these new toys the fasicm and ptsd hasn't change. While PVH wanted to show how seductive and enthralling fascism ACTUALLY is. Most kids were down for genocide without thinking it through. Star ship troops is a propaganda film that seduces its watchers with sex, adventure, and style.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fascism is seductive, that's the biggest problem.

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the DVD has a great commentary by Verhoeven where he is quite explicit about his intentions of showing what fascism really is in that film.

[–] DevDave@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess it would have been harder to accomplish commercially a similar feeling that I believe Mass Effect 2 elicited.

Mass Effect 2 major plot point

spoilerAll through one of the three games in the series, you're fighting this intelligent hive species with a central overlord called creatively "The General". Right before the exact moment of defeat, you find out that the General and therefore all of his people, had been under the direct control of the true villain in the story. You realize this as the now normal, non-glowing eyes, General looks around confused and confused. Then they're gone with the blast wave.

Starship troopers unfortunately had a perfect straw man villain with the bugs. It would have been interesting to see something like James Cameron's tall smurf people as the antagonist in the story instead.

Halfway to that and Starship troopers is the game Hell Divers 2 which has you being a literal suicide commando. If you die in the game, you're character is replaced by a new recruit waiting in stasis. If you look and listen, the writers give you horrifying hints of the truth. One example is the intelligent bug species are fighting back because Super Earth had been using them as fuel for their star ships.

That is unfortunately PVH's mistake with Starship Troopers. There is no contrast to show how fucked up things are.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would there be contrast? It's a propaganda film.

[–] DevDave@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have noticed a few people are a bit slow on the uptake and or struggling with critical thinking.

Though perhaps it's best not. For example so many people feel Pearl Jam's song Alive uplifting or inspiring. Ignorance is bliss.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Made in the USA is another one that comes to mind

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