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DaFace 05:54 PM 07-16-2019
The various movies obviously deserve their own threads once things actually start moving on them, but it seems like we should have a place just for general discussion about what they're planning. So here ya go.
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Chitownchiefsfan 03:43 PM 03-21-2024
Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut:
It is a terrible allegory for racism that falls apart when you think about it for two seconds. Mutants are actually dangerous and deadly. Fear of them is understandable. Fear of other races is silly. It is just different skin color. It is not like Whites can shoot fire or Asians control lightning.
But the parallels are still there. It's not about the inherent danger. It's about a hatred/anger towards a group of people just because of the way they were born.

Magnetos belief of superiority isn't any better than the humans who are anti mutant because the false belief is that all of the opposite group are inherently bad.
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ThaVirus 04:04 PM 03-21-2024
Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut:
It is a terrible allegory for racism that falls apart when you think about it for two seconds. Mutants are actually dangerous and deadly. Fear of them is understandable. Fear of other races is silly. It is just different skin color. It is not like Whites can shoot fire or Asians control lightning.
We’re talking about a fictional universe where people can shoot laser beams from their eyes and you want a 1:1 analogy lol

In any case, chitown hit the nail on the head. You underestimate the mental gymnastics an oppressor group will make to justify dehumanizing another. Racists don’t believe the only difference is skin color.
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ThaVirus 04:09 PM 03-21-2024
And LOL at the dude who was crying about the Jan 6th reference the other day.

This was the most X-Menny X-Men episode that ever X-Menned. I wouldn’t even have linked it to Jan 6th because shit like that’s been happening in this franchise for decades now.

I think homeboy was there at the Capitol on Jan 6th :-) That’s the only explanation as to why you’d be butthurt about that
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MarkDavis'Haircut 04:25 PM 03-21-2024
Originally Posted by Chitownchiefsfan:
But the parallels are still there. It's not about the inherent danger. It's about a hatred/anger towards a group of people just because of the way they were born.

Magnetos belief of superiority isn't any better than the humans who are anti mutant because the false belief is that all of the opposite group are inherently bad.
I know that. But it is still hard to buy as a great parallel when mutants do possess otherworldly powers that are a grave danger. And it never fit well in the general Marvel universe. The Avengers are praised and admired yet mutants are reviled.

It is certainly no Edmund Spenser allegory.
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ThaVirus 08:29 PM 03-21-2024
I still think it circles back to the idea that bigotry isn’t reasonable.

At the same time, mutants are a little different. They carry the X-gene and will presumably replace humans. Kind of touches on xenophobia and the Great Replacement Theory.

There aren’t enough cosmic storms or radioactive spiders to cause mutate numbers to rival the general population, but the X-gene is spreading like wildfire. That makes people nervous.
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Gravedigger 04:34 PM Yesterday
Good episode, animation is crazy good, thirty minutes once a week is not enough.
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