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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 83 points 5 months ago (5 children)
[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I mean have you tried figuring out reading orders during the Krakoa era?

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[–] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 67 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

The Boys is what always got me. It was "woke" from the first season, criticizing evangelicalism and corporatism, themes that were (and still are) major topics of debate today. As the show goes on, it tackles more ongoing issues like rainbow capitalism, police brutality, and now, rising fascism in America, and it's only woke now?

[–] oyo@lemm.ee 55 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The morons didn't realize you're not supposed to be cheering for Homelander.

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Granted, I'm a fucking idiot, but was anyone EVER rooting for homelander? He was an obvious piece of shit from the outset, and in my opinion, people from almost any political bent would have acknowledged that.

Like, I see this sentiment that "homelander was making fun of you the whole time and you didn't know it" meme, but I feel like it attacks a strawman that completely did not/does not exist.

[–] oyo@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

Watch some interviews of people at maga rallies to find them.

[–] experbia@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

but was anyone EVER rooting for homelander?

early on in the show's life, absolutely yes, i saw plenty of people doing just that

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I've never watched an episode but have a general idea of the premise. It seemed pretty obvious that Homelander wasn't the protagonist from the basic understanding I had of the show and the promotional material.

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[–] JayObey711@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I had a friend go "yea I dont like how they just made Frenchie gay now" like dude, he is one of the fruitiest characters I've ever seen. And he has always been like that. I feel like anti LGBTQ+ people just dont have people skills and can't tell if someone is queer. That would explain why they keep insisting that back in the day noone way bi and all that.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is the boys really woke or just anti maga? Or is woke now just anti maga?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Woke is anti MAGA, but also other things.

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i had a chuckle when i read some comment complaining about star trek discovery being "woke" LOL

dude, of all the shows ever, which one do you think practically INVENTED what you call "woke"?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago (4 children)

There are conservative Star Trek fans and it's really weird. They ignore the diversity and the socialist utopia and just focus on pew pew space battles.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

I liked it back when it was anti imperialist, anti capitalist, anti racist, and promoted socially progressive relationships, not like now when it's anti imperialist, anti capitalist, anti racist, and promotes socially progressive relationships!

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“I only watch Star Trek for the Klingons”

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Lmao, no they dont.

Klingons have brown skin.

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Maybe they watched it for the original Klingons? (Brown face)

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[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Which is hilarious because (and I say this as a huge Trek fan) the pew pew space battles are easily the worst part of Star Trek, production-wise.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just out there rooting for the cardassians

[–] knova@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago

Even a Cardassian like Damar eventually puts the logic together to realize that all the racism he and his fellow Cardassians were doing to Bajor, well, it ended up happening to them via the Dominion. You can almost watch the realization towards the end of S7 of DS9 where he realizes he will need to lead a resistance movement, which had previously contributed to the downfall of Cardassian occupation of Bajor.

To miss the message of that show, even if you watch it from a Pro-Cardassian standpoint, takes real work. The themes are served to you on a silver platter for the taking.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Garak doesn’t give a shit about gender, only secrets.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 39 points 5 months ago (2 children)

LMFAO. RATM lyrics were so radically leftist that I am fairly certain the entire band was on an FBI watchlist.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

well the CIA did shut down their website

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Really?!? LOL.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The name itself is very leftist. There could be a band named "This Band is Woke and Always Has Been" and they would say they're woke now.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

When I was young the world was pure and innocent, but then I learned about politics and everybody started doing it.

[–] sodalite@slrpnk.net 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

rage against the machine lmao that's like saying system of a down is woke now

[–] jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 months ago

They’re all woke except X-Men, which is “work” now.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If the far right possessed any humanity, creativity, talent, or imagination they could create their own woke-free entertainment but they don't so they should shut the fuck up and be grateful that everyone else can.

[–] SteveNashFan@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Politicized media discourse is so annoying. The Disney Star Wars trilogy wouldn't magically become good if conservatives were in charge of it. Crap writing is crap writing, no matter what ideology (or lack thereof).

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Conservatives being in charge of writing produced such masterpieces as Mr. Birchum and Ladyballers. Both Benny Shaps and Jeremy Boering failed to make it in Hollywood as writers for a reason.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Conservative writing is just an endless stream of punching down.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Rip actress lady.i lov u

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Oh no, does that mean Barbie is woke now too?

(Just kidding, Barbie has always been woke.)

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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

The best part of this meme is that it takes into account the fact that they haven’t figured out how unimaginably, purposefully woke The Matrix is

[–] PanoptiDon@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Sounds like people who weren't aware before are now woke

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Disney is woke.

I shortened it for you.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Star wars is woke now

It's spelt wookie

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Star Trek. (Always has been)

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In my view, Star Wars has actually been quite conservative. So I guess it IS relatively woke now?

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well Lucas saw it as an allagory for resistance against empire so there may be something in there to muddy up simple conservatism. Nothing is simple.

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