The Big Picture: Boy's Own Adventure
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Wait... some people really think this silly little cartoon is pushing some kind of "gay agenda"? SERIOUSLY?! Geeze, and my folks wonder why I don't like reality... humanity better pray I never get superpowers.
As for the show itself, eh, I'll give it a look. I had no idea it was Australian, though...
As for the show itself, eh, I'll give it a look. I had no idea it was Australian, though...
Can the guy take off the ring? It seems like once he put it on he became stuck dressed like a girl, which seems unpleasant.
Also, I like the little "comics are sexist" bit Bob slipped in. He's gonna have a flame war in this comment section come hell or high water.
Also, I like the little "comics are sexist" bit Bob slipped in. He's gonna have a flame war in this comment section come hell or high water.
Bob kinda glossed over the fact that LGBT issues, especially these days, tends to leave the B and T behind, as well as the concerns for LGBT youth, focusing purely on assimilation theory and gay marriage.
Sadly I kind of already knew about the character before it reach to the HUB network (the whole premise is such a easy target for the dark side of the internet much to my scaring eyes).
Seriously, of all the bad stuff that has been going on over the State and FOX choice to focus on that instead? Times like these it make me think Bob should be the voice of reason for them to listen to (which I now not all agree mainly those who hate Bob).
Seriously, of all the bad stuff that has been going on over the State and FOX choice to focus on that instead? Times like these it make me think Bob should be the voice of reason for them to listen to (which I now not all agree mainly those who hate Bob).
OH MY GAAAWWWWDDD THINK OF THE CHILDREN
THEIR INNOCENT LITTLE MINDS CAN'T HANDLE THE FACT THAT GAY PEOPLE ..... exist?
Speaking as a mother or the usual bullshit is what I think most of the negative criticism sounds like when things like these pop up
Only the protag isn't gay but I doubt they make that distinction
THEIR INNOCENT LITTLE MINDS CAN'T HANDLE THE FACT THAT GAY PEOPLE ..... exist?
Speaking as a mother or the usual bullshit is what I think most of the negative criticism sounds like when things like these pop up
Only the protag isn't gay but I doubt they make that distinction
I haven't watched the show (yet) but I agree with Bob that representations of gender in the superhero genre are very problematic. One thing that's very cool is how the character of Batwoman has evolved from a bad joke about being a female Batman to one of the coolest characters in DC.
Yet I'm not sure that She-Zow! is quite as helpful to LGBTQA acceptance as Bob made it sound, even with all the qualifiers he put on there. The joke still relies on a strict gender binary, and I can't imagine that it strains itself to teach the kids about the nuances of recognizing your own identity. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
Yeah, I think that ponies and Batman are really the only things currently keeping the Hub humming.
Speaking of, I'd like to thank Bob for taking what I feel is the best stance on the pony fandom, that since he doesn't care too much about the show the fans' existence does not affect him and therefore he doesn't talk about it except where it becomes relevant, and then only in passing. No lectures about how some fans take it too far, no discussions of how it affects the larger culture, he is just aware of it as a thing.
Yet I'm not sure that She-Zow! is quite as helpful to LGBTQA acceptance as Bob made it sound, even with all the qualifiers he put on there. The joke still relies on a strict gender binary, and I can't imagine that it strains itself to teach the kids about the nuances of recognizing your own identity. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
Yeah, I think that ponies and Batman are really the only things currently keeping the Hub humming.
Speaking of, I'd like to thank Bob for taking what I feel is the best stance on the pony fandom, that since he doesn't care too much about the show the fans' existence does not affect him and therefore he doesn't talk about it except where it becomes relevant, and then only in passing. No lectures about how some fans take it too far, no discussions of how it affects the larger culture, he is just aware of it as a thing.
Between this and the whole Cheerios ad uproar.. yeah, some people have some major growing up to do. Sadly, they're already supposedly mature adults.
That actually sounds pretty hilarious to me. Some people really need to get their heads out of their asses.
NOT THIS TIME DAYSTAR!
/satire
Well yeah dude. I mean girls are just gross and gay and stuff.DVS BSTrD said:
/satire
I've only seen the previews for Shezow and my first thoughts were "Ah, fuck! This is gonna be something the GOP/Fox News/anti-gay & lesbian pack of retards will ***** and moan about, isn't it?!" It never fails. Every time something intrudes into their little bullshit fantasy world, they start fussing and whining like an infant with a soiled diaper. Seriously, if there was ever a group of people that needed to be committed to the mental asylums for the rest of their lives, its them. In fact, I'd like to see each one of these idiots castrated and lobotomized, if only to spare the human gene pool any further pollution.
It's the 21st century, ladies and germs. We may not have jet-packs or flying cars yet, but we're slowly but surely trying to make things better for all aspects of humanity. Either get on board the train towards Progress City or you can ride the short bus off a fucking cliff.
EDIT: I completely forgot about Ranma 1/2 and surprised that the "old farts on their porch" are screaming this too. Then again, unless its something current in our mass media world or it goes viral like overnight, a manga from the late 1980s is not gonna pop up on their radar. If it does, then my thoughts and prayers go out to the Anime/Manga fan base that get caught up in the shit storm. ^^;
It's the 21st century, ladies and germs. We may not have jet-packs or flying cars yet, but we're slowly but surely trying to make things better for all aspects of humanity. Either get on board the train towards Progress City or you can ride the short bus off a fucking cliff.
EDIT: I completely forgot about Ranma 1/2 and surprised that the "old farts on their porch" are screaming this too. Then again, unless its something current in our mass media world or it goes viral like overnight, a manga from the late 1980s is not gonna pop up on their radar. If it does, then my thoughts and prayers go out to the Anime/Manga fan base that get caught up in the shit storm. ^^;
Back when the Secret World of Arietty came out, Fox News got worked up over the idea of "borrowing" (as in The Borrowers) as some kind of evil socialist plot. I'm not even making this up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RuFcWkFJZgk
Fox News is basically paid to be outraged about something all the time, it ultimately won't matter in a week. Especially since this form of crossdressing is completely innocuous, but I think even with that it'll be more a show for girls than boys who want to be girls. Crossdressing has been a theme in fiction for a very long time, stretching back to those bad old days of patriarchy, so long as the crossdressing isn't done because the boy actually wants to be a girl, but because of some other circumstance.
Fox News is basically paid to be outraged about something all the time, it ultimately won't matter in a week. Especially since this form of crossdressing is completely innocuous, but I think even with that it'll be more a show for girls than boys who want to be girls. Crossdressing has been a theme in fiction for a very long time, stretching back to those bad old days of patriarchy, so long as the crossdressing isn't done because the boy actually wants to be a girl, but because of some other circumstance.
I'm totally with you on the "Fox news is over-exaggerating about a cartoon" bit. Its a cartoon.
That said, you lost me at "Connected to men= good; independent=evil". Your white knight is showing.
Again.
Stop it.
That said, you lost me at "Connected to men= good; independent=evil". Your white knight is showing.
Again.
Stop it.
...Are you sure nobody's stuck the whole "gay agenda" thing on the Ponies yet? Or is that just the Internet?
Also - The Hub for me is not the channel to watch Ponies. It's the Channel to go watch Transformers X3
Also - The Hub for me is not the channel to watch Ponies. It's the Channel to go watch Transformers X3