Comment on Lifetime achievement
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 month agoI really liked it as a movie, but there was this underlying “we were the real victims in WWII” message I was getting from it too, which bothered me.
Comment on Lifetime achievement
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 month agoI really liked it as a movie, but there was this underlying “we were the real victims in WWII” message I was getting from it too, which bothered me.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
There was underlying “people are the real victims of wars”. They cover it as well during some dialogue where someone is recounting how cavalier the government and military had been with human lives. How easy it was for them to throw away lives in their quest for power. I found that it made a universal political and ethical statement without ever picking a side.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I watched the dub and thought it was pretty savage towards the Imperial Japanese government.
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 month ago
Yeah, it’s a critical piece toward the government at the time. I love that line by the professor about how the Imperial Japanese doesn’t value life, so now it’s the time, and how the guy that blame everything on the MC are now asking him to survive. Both Shin and Minus One is basically calling out the government of the respective era.