People are REALLY upset about the bait and switch the story pulled in this one. They wanted an alt-right killing simulator but instead paid for a crash course on “Koresh was right all along”
I actually took the time to read that lame ass nerd thread and found there were a bunch of reasonable people on there calling out the simplistic revolutionary murder fantasies.
Most of the outrage is coming from people who agree with certain reviewers who thought there was some obligation/potential to make serious political commentary by tying it into current politics.
I actually don't mind these folks, as people who want to place their critiques in the current social climate should be free to do so without getting called trolls. I think Armond White is a great example of this, where his beliefs and opinions about movies probably mostly differ to mine, but I can see what he's trying to do and I can recognize he is serious.
He's a notorious movie critic who is a black conservative and spends a lot of shaking his fist at American millennial for their perceived silliness and often gives outrageously low scores to well liked movies. He's shit on a bunch of movies I love and honestly he is no indication if a movie is good or not. However, his background knowledge of movie's cultural context is enormous, and he is quick to point out trends/tropes that have happened before that other reviewers won't mention. I think the most important theme he goes back to is the idea that Hollywood too often simplifies historical periods and repackages them in a very superficial manner.
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1 NSFW_Jeanne 2018-03-27
They tease us by teetering on the brink of awareness once in a while.
1 autistitron 2018-03-27
Well now I know what rapists think of the game
1 WtfThisIsntWii 2018-03-27
People are REALLY upset about the bait and switch the story pulled in this one. They wanted an alt-right killing simulator but instead paid for a crash course on “Koresh was right all along”
1 KekGratiaRex 2018-03-27
The developers said a long time ago that it wasn't a murder the alt-right simulator.
1 siskonaut 2018-03-27
I actually took the time to read that lame ass nerd thread and found there were a bunch of reasonable people on there calling out the simplistic revolutionary murder fantasies.
1 v_is_one_person 2018-03-27
Yeah there was decent pushback. It happens from time to time.
1 siskonaut 2018-03-27
Most of the outrage is coming from people who agree with certain reviewers who thought there was some obligation/potential to make serious political commentary by tying it into current politics.
I actually don't mind these folks, as people who want to place their critiques in the current social climate should be free to do so without getting called trolls. I think Armond White is a great example of this, where his beliefs and opinions about movies probably mostly differ to mine, but I can see what he's trying to do and I can recognize he is serious.
1 v_is_one_person 2018-03-27
I've not read (watched?) Armond White but agreed. As opposed to resetera which is usually just shitposting outrage. "Not a good look."
1 siskonaut 2018-03-27
He's a notorious movie critic who is a black conservative and spends a lot of shaking his fist at American millennial for their perceived silliness and often gives outrageously low scores to well liked movies. He's shit on a bunch of movies I love and honestly he is no indication if a movie is good or not. However, his background knowledge of movie's cultural context is enormous, and he is quick to point out trends/tropes that have happened before that other reviewers won't mention. I think the most important theme he goes back to is the idea that Hollywood too often simplifies historical periods and repackages them in a very superficial manner.
1 v_is_one_person 2018-03-27
Ohhh! Yeah now I remember him. He likes to spoil perfect aggregates.