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Movie Review (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by King@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Could one issue be that professional writers, on average, give female leads worse scripts to work with? Not always intentionally.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MostWritersAreMale

I feel like this is a pattern in Star Wars. Not just with Rey, but Ahsoka and The Acolyte too.

As for why this is a tragedy, I would cite the A/B examples of AC: Odyssey and Cyberpunk 2077 where, given the literally identical gender neutral writing, the women VAs utterly nail their scripts.

I wonder what’d happen if TV got the same treatment.

[–] uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And cyberpunk shows they can still include unnecessary softcore porn in their stories, regardless of gender. Tv writers love that shit.

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[–] ProfessorHoover 8 points 2 days ago

Isn't that how Alien was written? Then Signourney Weaver blew them away.

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[–] AZX3RIC@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Nobody hates Star Wars more than a Star Wars fan.

The sequels had such a good opportunity but wasted it with over correcting.

I really enjoyed the point in Episode 8 that Rey was unimportant, I thought it could have opened up the whole universe. Instead we had to be angry about everything and the on the nose fan service in Episode 9 went way too far the other direction.

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[–] cyberwitch@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Better a white female lead than a black male lead, amirite China? And Russia? And Saudi Arabia? ....And Amerikkka?

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I have definitely watched shows and movies and have either liked or disliked it only to listen to a podcast that has pointed things out I didn’t realize and has changed my opinion of the content. It’s definitely more common for me to dislike it than end up liking it.

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