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Dek Rollins

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#928780
Topic
Filmmaker and New Yorker film critic Richard Brody's thoughts on the prequels.
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Lord Haseo said:

imperialscum said:
That is not ignorant. That is being intelligent enough to hold my own opinion and not let some <insert bad word> on internet try to push their own opinion upon me.

Lord Haseo said:
Also this conversation isn’t about opinions; TPM has racial stereotypes. End of discussion. Just because it happens to be in a franchise you sort of like doesn’t warrant ANYONE to try to worm their way around, justify or turn a blind eye to it.

Considering something racist when racism wasn’t the intent is completely subjective, so yes, this is about opinions. For something to be racist means that it is portraying a group (race) in a condescending or negative way with the intent of doing so. If you feel that these are racist and offensive, that’s your opinion, but it is not fact.

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#928747
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The &quot;101 Ways to Improve Off-Topic&quot; Thread
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TV’s Frink said:

HansiG said:

nope

I don’t count votes from admitted pirates who also have posted other crap things I can’t remember at the moment.

The nopes currently have it, 1 to 0.

Also, he didn’t use one of the allowed votes 😉

TV’s Frink said:

Votes allowed:

Yup
Nope

HansiG said:

nope

Unless capitalization is not taken into account.

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#928315
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The &quot;101 Ways to Improve Off-Topic&quot; Thread
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Warbler said:

Dek Rollins said:

Warbler said:

Sorry, but the voting closed a year ago. If you had been here then and had voted, it would have counted. But it is too late now.

Well, that’s just not fair. My vote definitely could’ve swayed the decision. 😉

the results were 15 for and 6 against with 1 abstention. 1 vote would not have swayed the decision.

I don’t think you got the joke.

Dek Rollins said:

Then I vote neutral. 😉

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#928313
Topic
Filmmaker and New Yorker film critic Richard Brody's thoughts on the prequels.
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TV’s Frink said:

yotsuya said:
Most of the people claiming it is offensive are from the same pool of White Americans as GL. Not really the group that should be leveling such a charge as that is the very group that has perpetuated these stereotypes.

So which part didn’t I understand?

Just because I’m of the same group (“white Americans”) that perpetuated the stereotype, I can’t recognize when the stereotype is applied?

What am I misunderstanding?

His point was that you need to be from the group being stereotyped to understand if it is truly a racist stereotype. He was saying that most of the people noticing these things are white people in the same boat as Lucas. Taking one piece of a statement out of context to refute said statement shows immaturity.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t necessarily agree with this statement, but it sounded like you were taking his sentence the wrong way.

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#928286
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Last movie seen
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The Land Before Time (1988) – A

I didn’t even know this was released on Blu-Ray until yesterday (must’ve missed it back in October), and only discovered it because it was added to Netflix sometime recently. So, I decided not to wait til I could get the BD and just watch it on there. It was still great, and though the stream lost optimal video quality on occasion, the new HD master looks great. My only complaint is that we still don’t have the original uncut version.