ollieoz17" post="6.379581.14886231 said:Speaking as someone who is from the deep South and has spent 24 of the last 26 years here, I wish there was a lot more demonization of the Confederacy from my fellow Southerners. Gone With the Wind style romanticization makes me queasy, and I figure that if my home is ever going to rise above the status of "belittled country backwater," we're going to have to come to terms with the facts that 1) the Confederacy were the bad guys, and 2) we're not the CSA, and haven't been for the last 150+ years.
Of course, I *do* still get annoyed when people from elsewhere use the term "Southern" pejoratively, but I'm not going to pretend like we don't have problems, and this weird historical-identity one is a significant one we really need to have gotten over by now.[/quote
Agreed, its one of those things that I'm surprised both 'sides' perpetuate even today =/
side note: While I'm not saying the south wasn't bad or racist, its pretty clear they were mad that the banning of slavery was going to hit them in the wallet, and that, above all else is what they were mad at. Less 'subjugate the negros' and more 'free enforced labor, of which we can do to these here negros'
As was I. I always stick through the credits to see them.Silverspud said:I'm just glad that mid-credits comments will be returning. You had me worried, Bob.
As a South Carolinian who doesn't positively view the Confederate flag, may I hug you?ollieoz17 said:Speaking as someone who is from the deep South and has spent 24 of the last 26 years here, I wish there was a lot more demonization of the Confederacy from my fellow Southerners. Gone With the Wind style romanticization makes me queasy, and I figure that if my home is ever going to rise above the status of "belittled country backwater," we're going to have to come to terms with the facts that 1) the Confederacy were the bad guys, and 2) we're not the CSA, and haven't been for the last 150+ years.
While I'm not in any way personally touched or outraged, I do feel like the Civil War tie-in could be seen as offensive... by Lincoln fans.MovieBob said:Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln gets the Buffy treatment in this upcoming movie.
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I wouldn't say that that's a fair reading of the movie. Movie.Lincoln is really only given two motivating character traits: vampires must die and slaves must be free. While the movie is more about the former than the latter, it is very clear that his commitment to freedom and equality is independent from his desire for revenge.Dastardly said:...but in this movie, freeing the slaves is just sort of something he does on the way to his personal revenge against the Vampires? That is to say, freeing the slaves was to a degree incidental to his personal/political purpose of defeating an enemy uprising?
Interesting...
I wonder if he'd of liked it, if you've seen his Up! review you've kinda seen Bob's take that the Pixtar films are generally fantasies for boys and surrounding Male characters in their own little crisis, but if you've seen the Cars 2 review you've probably noted he doesn't like when that formula shifts in a 180 degree focusing on NASCAR instead of like Super Heroes that of the Incredibles with a James Bond set up like villain, or action figures and toys like Toy Story 1, 2, 3 was. Given that I would of thought he'd call it well-meaning but it doesn't strike home like other Pixtar films. But hey I'm not a psychic and I'm not one to say that Bob wouldn't give it a chance. So I say it would of been interesting to see his take on a female character fighting against what was considered a female role in her time.MaraJade03 said:aww I was kinda hoping for a Brave review. But nice to know Abraham Lincoln is a fun movie.