MasterBlaster

This is kind of what I mean. It's not a 'fuck you' to Snyder's version. It's just a good movie. Superman saves people because that's what he does & is part of his narratives, it wasn't an epic own on the version of the movie you didn't like.

I think the movie is denigrated so much by the 'he saved a squirrel epic snyder dunk' discourse. There's so much more to talk about than Superman being a cornball.

The point wasn't lost on me, it was the discourse surrounding it. It almost felt as if the (online commentary) audience missed the point of these scenes and saw them instead as Superman's 'essence.'

Hey my personal pet peeve of 'comic book discourse' is this singular image

Decent line delivered in a cool way as part of a very compelling narrative

But boy the amount of comic-brained lib types who share this quote as if it's something powerful, impactful, applicable to real life, as if the story the quote comes from doesn't interrogate the sentiment itself

Like no dude if batman existed irl I'd hope he's armed to the teeth, probably use the weapons your enemies are using especially if they are weapons that can kill

Yeah while I've always known systemic support to homeless people is objectively a good thing and most people take advantage of opportunities granted to them, I've also known that individual support to homeless people, like throwing a beggar a few dollars on the street, will likely lead to them buying drink/drugs/whatever habit gets them through.

And you know, so what? I'm giving them money to help them. Why the hell should I care if they're using it to get high? Literally living on the streets. It's the smallest comfort for them. Not like my contribution was ever going to get them a house.

Movie was pretty good, I liked the comedic relief of the dog and the extended superhero cast of D listers really came together.

That being said this movie specifically has the weirdest discourse surrounding it. I think the overly-invested comic audience that came with the movie came prepared to hyper analyze the weirdest details of the movie to compare & contrast to Snyder.

Like, filter discussions back to the release day of the movie and you'll see the strongest praises for the weird cutaway scenes where Superman saves a dog or a squirrel or mugs the camera with some outdated 1950s charm. Not in any smart or creative way, just Superman saving animals & people and stuff.

I genuinely have a hard time believing people are in the cinemas to see those scenes, but you'd get the impression they were based off the discourse.

I think it's a big example of Diegetic essentialism causing a cultural fixation on the wrong parts of media. If Snyder never made his Superman movies I don't think people would care how many squirrels Superman saves.

Punkrocker was peak.

They finally got true political freedom, good for them.

I never realized how fast and often you could get sick until my kid started going to daycare. They are hazardous to your health.

I'm pretty sure my kids generation isn't going to see the worst of it. Everything's hopeless on that front if we don't raise a better next generation, anyway.

why should your child live a life of suffering just to gratify you?

Children are gratifying but infamously hard & life altering. No one's doing it for kicks & because it's a fun time. If my kid is suffering it'd be news to me; if I find that I'm unable to control the suffering they experience as an adult, that's just the universal parental experience. You do your best and prepare them for the world they live in.

Fear and confusion in [X] village hit in US strike, locals say no history of [Y] in the area

^^^ Story as old as drone strikes itself.

You got it. There's no perfect scenario where you can have kids. Taking a step back, most of humanity has been raised in conditions infinitely worse than what I can offer my own children. While I may struggle as my parents did before me, I grew up well-adjusted and well-educated, even if not always happy or content. Why deny myself children based on the same conditions that created me?

You manage when you have them. I personally refuse to let children be a class privilege.

I wouldn't say they disregard the risks. The Hive did spend the better part of a year attempting to spread without harming anyone. The mass global event occurred out of self-defense, as they put it. One of the more interesting elements of the show is the rigid imperatives the Hive operates under, and how they conflict.

There might be a hierarchy of priorities & preservation of specifically human life might be lower than their others, but their behaviors show it's undoubtedly a priority for them.