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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Idris Elba is going to own as Roland. Please don't suck, Gunslinger movie!

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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Aren't there a ton of corporations still around today that benefitted from slave labor? Surely they can find a way to help as well.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Help. I can't live in this reality.

You wanna go live in the woods? I'm thinking about going to live in the woods.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


http://www.theonion.com/article/nations-optimists-need-shut-gently caress-right-now-54658

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Ma'am are you lost? Do you need assistance?



That dress is lost. In time and space.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


negromancer posted:

I did, twice.

It was like if the Costa Concordia disaster was somehow worse.

How fast did the ship have to be going?

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Trump's just going to keep appointing monsters to cabinet positions, and in the end there wont be enough resources to deal with all the poo poo raining down on vulnerable groups.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


negromancer posted:

Just watched Suicide Squad.

It wasn't that bad.

It's certainly not the worst supers film DC put out this year.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Superman IV is gonna hold onto the title of "Worst Supers Film" for a long long time.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Didn't Luthor make Waller Secretary of State when he was president?

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Lumpy the Cook posted:

It's been a bit since I've seen The Dark Knight, but has anyone else noticed how every person The Joker kills on screen is black?
-the "bus driver" (this guy was in a mask+gloves so I'm uncertain if he was black or not but considering all of The Joker's other victims in this movie at a statistical level, it's highly likely)
-the pencil trick guy
-Gamble (mob leader)
-the police man who stops the truck he's hiding in right before the big chase scene starts
-the policeman who goes into the hospital to find Harvey Dent
He also killed that Batman impersonator that he took the video with (caucasian) but that was all offscreen,so I don't know if it counts.

What is Christopher Nolan trying to say here: Is he implying The Joker is white supremacist? Or is he trying to point out how young black men are statistically more likely to die violently than any other ethnicity+age group in the US? Going by this line of thinking, could the contemporary origins of the "#Black Lives Matter" Movement be traced to this groundbreaking 2008 film?

Christoper Nolan likes killing black and asian people in his movies.

Also the bus driver was a white.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


botany posted:

Is there a list or a blog or whatever out there that collects all the instances of racist casting decisions in Hollywood movies? From blackface / yellowface to whitewashing, i.e. let's cast Tom Cruise as the last samurai also all our Egyptians are now played by British men. I realize this isn't really a question specific to the black experience in the US but I figured this would be the best place to ask.

There is (or was), but I can't find it. They had a massive (justified) hatred of 21.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Domestic Amuse posted:

Looks like I pissed somebody off by pointing out how much money they're wasting on these redtext av changes.

:10bux: :10bux: :10bux: :10bux: :10bux: :10bux:

It's not very punchy. 3/10.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


WeAreTheRomans posted:

Exploring new dimensions in white fragility

CVS Employees Hide and Call Police After Black Man Tries to Buy Cheese

http://jezebel.com/cvs-employees-hide-and-call-police-after-black-man-trie-1789411574

Police, fully aware of white people being overreacting dipshits, will still side with them.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Veyrall posted:

I know policemen who get to deal with silly bullshit they don't support all the time.

The business asked the men to leave, so the cop has to turn them away. It's probably not the call he wants to make, but he's just following the rules he's got.

It's still total bullshit, but I don't think we should be going after the cop in this scenario. Now, the CVS employees are completely fair game.

Yeah, I guess it's not them. It's just offputting to see legal enforcement for cartoonish racism.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


bobjr posted:

I thought it was another situation where they try and separate him from the group as much as possible with the "Lone Wolf acting Alone" defense.

Oh it went further than that, with the right tripping over its babydick trying to cast the shooting as a war on Christianity.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Pastrymancy posted:

He also wrote some really good story lines for the animated justice League series in the early 2000s

Did he do the one where they went into the silver age comic universe?

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Koalas March posted:

That was Legends, written by Kreisberg iirc. You know it was him because much like how Stein tells Jax to "use his natural athleticism", (except without the hint of irony) it involves the white characters telling Jon Stewart he's "one of the good ones" or something like that

Yeah, one of the fictional silver age heroes tells Stewart he's "a credit to his race."

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


My mother was well aware of her mental illnesses and because she dreaded treatment, she would always find a way to avoid it or cut it short.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


80-83 is basically a generation gap, if you take all of the different time frames used to determine Gen X/Millennials.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


negromancer posted:

which is pretty much in opposition with the aims of black America at virtually any given time in history.

Could you expand on this a little bit? It's one of those phrases that triggers an instant "Well that can't be right" reaction in my brain, but I could be riding some major unfounded assumptions.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Dexo posted:

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I disagree with a bunch of that post. (Race is a social thing, Obama is black as gently caress. If someone saw him walking down the street they say he's a black dude, not mixed)

But typically those in power will almost always be in contrast to those without power as it very rarely happens that those in power are willing to give up said power.

"White America" has had all of the power in this country since it's inception. Right down to the laws and constitution designed around keeping the slave states happy(shouts to the Electoral College and the 3/5ths compromise). And Laws and enforcement that specifically target black people.

The only progress black people have ever made in this country has come from some combination of guilt, embarrasment and violence.

Ah okay. I was framing the statement as "the goals of black and white Americans are in direct competition with one another".

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


So do you think, in order to stave off irrelevance, latinx's will be folded into the White Club?

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Panfilo posted:

People flipped out that Idris Elba played Heimdall but I thought he was metal as gently caress in the role.

He was, and even if The Gunslinger turns out like most other King adaptations, he's going to be great in it.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Trabisnikof posted:

Ta-Nehisi Coates has a new long form reflecting on Obama that is a good read for those who missed it and are interested: http://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/508793/

I'm going to miss our president, but I'm really going to loving miss Michelle Obama.

teen witch posted:

Anyway, back to the actual subject of the thread: did anyone think Roof would not be convicted?

Absolutely. After Trump's election, and the Bundys walking because of jury nullifcation, I thought Dylan Roof was going to go free on some kind of bullshit. I'm glad the jury had the sense to convict him, and I hope the sentencing is just.

Jonas Albrecht fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Dec 16, 2016

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Talmonis posted:

Friend of mine thinks Dope should be required viewing for black nerds.

I love Dope. I love those retro hip hop nerds.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


LunarShadow posted:

It is kinda unsurprising that when I checked this thread after hearing about the thing in Chicago that the literal first post is a racist gently caress bag. Also of course white people are tying it into BLM >>.

Yeah, the alt-right superstars are having a field day with #BLMkidnapping and this whole thing is just a top to bottom shitshow.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012



I really think it's time to let this go.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Kawabata posted:

Slightly OOT: as a European goon I'm having a hard time imagining how it feels to live in the US right now. Has Trump's victory done anything to legitimize low key racism yet? Has there been any change at all (that you can already perceive) in social interactions between whites and minorities?

Well, I wouldn't call this low key, but my supervisor's temple has had a massive increase of bomb threats being called in since November 9th.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Rent-A-Cop posted:

He's also the only character in the entire series who consistently makes practical decisions and deals with real problems.

Counterpoint: He didn't stop Cell when he could have out of pure ego.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


I wouldn't drink that if I were her. It doubtless contains a lethal amount of salt.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


7c Nickel posted:

Well that's distressing... SA seems to be sliding into the same LOLRACISM pit as... well practically everywhere else on the internet. Are there are any other reasonably active online communities that aren't a shitshow?

No. I mean, RPG.net tries to foster a community free of bigotry, but you also have to put up with threads about MLP porn.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Argas posted:

Weird. That incident has been brought up before in this thread and it was attributed to someone entirely different.

I think this is the incident they're referring to.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3785095&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=394

It's not negromancer that questioned the poster's race, his probate was for a follow up comment on the next page.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


aherdofpenguins posted:

But if I call some dude the n word, is that racism?

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Patrick Spens posted:

gfsincere is negromancer.

Oh, I was unaware.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


She's the best.

Majorian posted:

That makes me happy. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm going to. God knows it's a story that needs to be told, now of all times.

It's good, and it was the most packed screening I've seen in a while around here.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Fluffdaddy posted:

Questioning why some young POC take jobs in institutions like that is the thing bougie rear end white folks do to try to create some kind of liberal purity test, because their privilege has allowed them to live a relative life of comfort.

This, and it's not even limited to liberals. White people tend to buy hard into the idea that the world is a meritocracy, that hard work is always rewarded, the right person is always rewarded, the cops only arrest criminals. Because if that's the way things are, privilege can't exist.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Trunko posted:

Is gone take more than a bunch of ignorant racist to hold them back.

No they've shown quite the aptitude for it.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Dexo posted:

This was probably the intention all along, but whatever. Should be interesting

I feel like I've missed something. What happened?

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


esto es malo posted:

Oh boy. Might wanna get the low down through PMs

My mistake. I thought something new and bad happened.

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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


esto es malo posted:

Just saying the posts explaining what happened will be heavily abbreviated and the whole story is real good. I can pm you later today if you're still interested

Sadly, I don't have PMs. I appreciate the offer though.

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