Comment on They made the fairy in the new Pinocchio bald
Sal@mander.xyz 2 years agoCome on, we aren’t running for president here.
Maybe not you, but I already printed out my "Salamander 4 Fedipresident" buttons and stickers.
(1) I agree, it would be very wrong to force all of the movies to include a specific character to appease anyone. But we are not talking about making a bald black woman appear in every movie, but rather about diversifying the range of types of people that are included in films. I don't agree with the claim "An ideal human female has hair. In all parts of the world that is true" - but I understand that we have fundamentally different views that stems from how we define things and our values, so we can consider this a difference of opinion. Even if I accept that this is the truth - why would we ask for a fairy to be played by an attractive woman? Considering most people are closer to 'average', why would we want characters in movies to be played by people who meet the best beauty standards? As for Timmy the Retard, I understand your point - it would likely not be a good idea to give someone with severe ALS (like Stephen Hawking) the role of James Bond and have everyone in the movie act as if he were fully-abled. But I think movies such as Me Before You are trying to do this in a reasonable way, even if this one did stir its own big controversy about exploiting the disabled community... There will always be people complaining.
(2) Yes, but they are doing this on purpose to have a bald woman. For them it is not a bug, it's a feature. It is marketing and I really do believe that it is a net positive.
I can give you many many examples of people raging
Don't worry about looking for examples, I believe you! People rage all the time for many reasons. I disagree with many of them... And even if I do agree with them I generally think that they should relax... Raging is usually unnecessary.
masterofballs@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Fair enough, we agree on everything but opinion and at the end of the day ticket sales and rewatches will decide whether it was a good decision.