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[remnant]

If that's the definition of militant then there are an absolute shit ton of militant people of every race in the US.

Hooray? If that's how people want to be, hats off to them. As I said earlier I don't find them interesting or insightful, but that doesn't mean they don't have a voice.

I'm just tired of hearing it.

yet the trailer shows she likes Taylor Swift and worries about how it might change the way she's perceived. Such a stereotupe

oh right, she said she likes taylor swift(....right before she said white people can't say the word mulatto). lol

 

[Opto]

militant as in angry and hostile to others based soley off their skin color ,not militant as in carrying an AR-15.

Maybe it's an oakland thing.

that isn't militant then, is it?

 

[Opto]

I can't even

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

that isn't militant then, is it?

Pretty sure he means militant as in pugnacious.

 

[remnant]

that isn't militant then, is it?

then replace it with angry. I don't care

 

[Jado]

You should find another thread to post in, bro. Protip: If you find yourself in a thread writing "You're all ___" -- you're probably the problem.
....

You, and many Tumblr people, ought to consider that being rudely confrontational

Your post seems like a Tumblr-ism.

Remnant, your militant remarks are unfounded based on the trailers and interviews alone. At least wait til you see it before you give it a failing grade.

I never heard this from white people, I mostly heard it from hispanic/black people, especially when I was in highschool.

I've heard it from all three. Anecdotes, right?

Yeah this thread and some particular posts in it


gave off that impression, also the youtube comments didn't help.

Which youtube comments? The dozens of racist ones that validate the need for films like these or...?

Then they made a pretty bad trailer humanizing her, because she seems tailor made to fit the stereotupe

You're delusional and seeing what you wanna see.

 

[Opto]

then replace it with angry. I don't care

No you replace it, bruh

 

[remnant]

Haha come on. I never gave the movie a "failing grade". The trailer sucks and the "angry" person i assume is the main character is unappealing to me. The film could be fantastic. Amazing even.

Doesn't mean i have to love the trailer.

No you replace it, bruh

okay, let me go back and edit every post...or no. I still don't care.

 

[Sol..]

oh right, she said she likes taylor swift(....right before she said white people can't say the word mulatto. lol

Yeah to her white guy friend/possible love interest. It's pretty clear there are other sides to her (no pun intended).

 

[RustyNails]

Looks awesome and funny. I'm in.

Edit: Err..did i step in at the wrong time?

 

[heliosRAzi]

Yeah to her white guy friend/possible love interest. It's pretty clear there are other sides to her (no pun intended).

It's so fucking obvious that if this were a different movie, people would be complaining about how the trailer is showing all of the plot points. Clearly, there is more to the main character than "angry black woman."

 

[Discotheque]

On a serious note I can't say I liked the trailer. It sounds like college theater actors reciting tumblr posts. Nothing sounds natural in the trailer. Maybe the film is different. Spike Lee's early films had natural dialogue that flowed, even when it was being heavy handed.

truuuu

it looks like a damn collegehumor or youtube movie. but i'll watch it to support.

 

[Infinite]

I've already explained it in far more detail than that. This is your 4th or 5th post playing dumb. Just go use Google or read this Twitter for awhile: https://twitter.com/TumblrTXT and stop lousing up the thread.

And no, your wild guess is way off. I am a liberal and more often than not I actually agree with Tumblr posts - it's not about that. It's about not acting like Comic Book Guy when it comes to social justice. The stances expressed in the trailer are fine -- and Comic Book Guy is always correct about his Star Wars trivia. You're not going to successfully argue that the "Tumblr" criticism is secret racism.

You're the one playing dumb here. tumblr is not a monolith and using it as a criticism for something is lazy and dismissive. Just stop. Say what you mean and mean what you say.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I listen to Taylor Swift and TOOL, I'm more white than 2/3 of GAF. I also saw Titanic, I didn't know you guys had it so rough. Good ol Mitt, just couldn't do it. Could not do it. Can't believe you guys have to put on sunscreen! .

 

[theignoramus]

Hooray? If that's how people want to be, hats off to them. As I said earlier I don't find them interesting or insightful, but that doesn't mean they don't have a voice.

I'm just tired of hearing it.

so you wont be watching the movie then, right?

 

[remnant]

It's so fucking obvious that if this were a different movie, people would be complaining about how the trailer is showing all of the plot points. Clearly, there is more to the main character than "angry black woman."

one line in half a second of a movie trailer proves she is a deep complex character?
I guess I have really high standards for trailers.

Also apparently I wasn't crazy about the militant crack. The director uses it too. It's not as obscure a saying as people here implied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KAbb54SuKU&feature=youtu.be&t=4m3s

so you wont be watching the movie then, right?

Awwwwww.....depends of reviews. Or more likely I will be dragged to Berkeley to see it.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Hey it's that all-state commercial guy!

This looks like the racial version of God's Not Dead. I get what they're going for but man it seems hamfisted.

 

[Surface of Me]

Trailer makes it seem like this could be really good or mediocre at best. I will say that I dont really do any of the shit the girl asks white peeps to stop doing.

Though I wonder what that "African party" was like. Themes of Africa? Just a bunch of white people listening to rap and shit? Ive been to a party that was essentially African and it was fukkin awesome.

 

[DoktorEvil]

If what is going on here is purely from the trailer, man I can't wait for the post-screening thread and the bannings that will be eventually handed out.

To be absolutely fair, Spike Lee's movies were heavy handed in delivering the same message, but they never beat you over the head senselessly with that message. Good, flowing dialogue is key.

I want this film to impress me, because this trailer's not doing it.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Hey it's that all-state commercial guy

I think you mean President Palmer.

This looks like the racial version of God's Not Dead. I get what they're going for but man it seems hamfisted.

Eh I wouldn't say that, racism is demonstratively real (not a religious diss, the premise of that movie is to prove that god is real. Racism doesn't need to proven it's real...it clearly is).

 

[Opto]

Trailer makes it seem like this could be really good or mediocre at best. I will say that I dont really do any of the shit the girl asks white peeps to stop doing.

Though I wonder what that "African party" was like. Themes of Africa? Just a bunch of white people listening to rap and shit? Ive been to a party that was essentially African and it was fukkin awesome.

lots and lots of blackface. You can see some frames of it happening in the trailer

 

[BrokenEchelon]

I think you mean President Palmer.

Eh I wouldn't say that, racism is demonstratively real.

I heard 24 was republican porn so I've avoided it watching it for now.

I don't mean that it's akin to GND in that regard. Probably not aimed at me though.

 

[Zabka]

Reminds me of

for the the current generation.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I heard 24 was republican porn so I've avoided it watching it for now.

It can't be, the president was black in the first two seasons.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

It can't be, the president was black in the first two seasons.

But was he killed and replaced by a white guy? Boom, republican porn.

 

[Surface of Me]

lots and lots of blackface. You can see some frames of it happening in the trailer

Oh wut, didnt catch that. Who thought that would be good?

 

[Angelus Errare]

But was he killed and replaced by a white guy? Boom, republican porn.

He wasn't killed, his 4 years was up. If it was Republican porn he would have been taking out when he was running; and if he did become president they'd ask to see his birth certificate.

 

[terrene]

You're the one playing dumb here. tumblr is not a monolith and using it as a criticism for something is lazy and dismissive. Just stop. Say what you mean and mean what you say.

I have said what I meant both in literal and metaphorical terms, and defined those metaphors explicitly for you, and you still say "BUT WHAT DOES TUMBLRISH MEAN" - which is lazy and playing dumb. So I think I'll just ignore you now.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

He wasn't killed, his 4 years was up. If it was Republican porn he would have been taking out when he was running; and if he did become president they'd ask to see his birth certificate.

Hmm. Maybe I'll throw it back on the queue then.

 

[Angelus Errare]

As Devo stated in another thread, Tumblrism is the new 'SJW'. People who use it in an debate can be safely ignored.

 

[heliosRAzi]

one line in half a second of a movie trailer proves she is a deep complex character?
I guess I have really high standards for trailers.

I didn't realize that trailers are supposed to go through entire character arcs. No time for arcs in trailer, Morty.

 

[fallagin]

Looks pretty good, will watch.

But was he killed and replaced by a white guy? Boom, republican porn.

If I remember correctly, that was the second black president in the show. Not entirely confident in my recollection though.

Edit: Wait, it might have been the first guy, but after he left office? Oh god I cant remember. Cant honestly remember if the second president died, but I do believe he was in a critical condition at one point.

 

[Opto]

Oh wut, didnt catch that. Who thought that would be good?

an actual white frat and various other parties that make the headlines

 

[Jado]

I have said what I meant both in literal and metaphorical terms, and defined those metaphors explicitly for you, and you still say "BUT WHAT DOES TUMBLRISH MEAN" - which is lazy and playing dumb. So I think I'll just ignore you now.

That's good, but keep in mind that there's already a history with using tumblr as a criticism as evidenced in this thread. It's the latest tactic among some users wanting to diminish and be dismissive about anything concerning women, LGBT or PoC. Your initial post came off as being one of those. Keep an eye out next time we have one of these threads for the "lol tumblr whiners" shit posts. It's annoying.

 

[Femmeworth]

As Devo stated in another thread, Tumblrism is the new 'SJW'. People who use it in an debate can be safely ignored.

Not everyone here is using it like that.

 

[remnant]

I didn't realize that trailers are supposed to go through entire character arcs. No time for arcs in trailer, Morty.

And apparently humanizing a character can simply be done by saying someone listens to Taylor swift.

So complex.

 

[heliosRAzi]

And apparently humanizing a character can simply be done by saying someone listens to Taylor swift.

So complex.

Would you prefer if it was Nickelback?

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Looks pretty good, will watch.



If I remember correctly, that was the second black president in the show. Not entirely confident in my recollection though.

Angelus, you lied to me! It was just really long foreplay!

Sorry. I'm done with that tangent now.

Movie seems heavy handed with good intentions.

 

[jerry1594]

Not everyone here is using it like that.

I don't think anyone is, but you know, when people use the word their thoughts aren't relevant.

 

[antigoon]

This may be due to my spending too much time on reddit, but I agree that whenever someone uses the word "tumblr" in a post pejoratively red flags come up for me.

 

[remnant]

Would you prefer if it was Nickelback?

lol would you still defend it if it was nickelback?

 

[Jado]

And apparently humanizing a character can simply be done by saying someone listens to Taylor swift.

So complex.

Yeah I bet thats all they do in the movie's entire run to give her character some depth. Taylor swift, how deep, the end.

 

[Onemic]

I never heard this from white people, I mostly heard it from hispanic/black people, especially when I was in highschool.

White people seem to be more suprised at the things I am not into

And the only people that have ever told me that have been white people. Go figure. Anecdotal evidence aint the catch all that that some people think

 

[Infinite]

I have said what I meant both in literal and metaphorical terms, and defined those metaphors explicitly for you, and you still say "BUT WHAT DOES TUMBLRISH MEAN" - which is lazy and playing dumb. So I think I'll just ignore you now.

I won't miss you nor your empty criticisms. Bye.

 

[PhineBuyM3]

There's a lot of bullshit on tumblr, but I feel like the "lol, tumblr" posts are trying to dismiss the issue out of hand.

 

[heliosRAzi]

lol would you still defend it if it was nickelback?

Yes. The point isn't that she's just listening to Taylor Swift, it's that she's listening to something that isn't "black." There's another part in the trailer when she and the rest of her club disregard another black person because he isn't "black" enough. The main character is struggling with what it means to be black and is holding herself to that standard to the detriment of her own identity. It provides a tiny hint at what she's going to end up going through the movie. So yeah, she's more than just angry black woman.

 

[remnant]

Yeah I bet thats all they do in the movie's entire run to give her character some depth. Taylor swift, how deep, the end.

That's all I got to go on. They might make like a katy perry joke in the red band trailer though I don't know.

Yes. The point isn't that she's just listening to Taylor Swift, it's that she's listening to something that isn't "black." There's another part in the trailer when she and the rest of her club disregard another black person because he isn't "black" enough. The main character is struggling with what it means to be black and is holding herself to that standard to the detriment of her own identity. It provides a tiny hint at what she's going to end up going through the movie. So yeah, she's more than just angry black woman.

Yeah, I picked up on that. "Not ___ enough" is another stereotype that doesn't scream complex and appealing character to me.

 

[JohnDoe]

Can we make "IT'S LIKE A TUMBLR POST LAWL" bannable? It's lazy and dismissive as fuck and it's pretty much just thread shitting.

 

[Jado]

That's all I got to go on. They might make like a katy perry joke in the red band trailer though I don't know.

you dont see a problem in jumping to idiotic conclusions the way youre doing and wholesale dismissing the film as shit?

Can we make "IT'S LIKE A TUMBLR POST LAWL" bannable? It's lazy and dismissive as fuck and it's pretty much just thread shitting.

Agree with this. It's getting out of hand.

 

[remnant]

you dont see a problem in jumping to idiotic conclusions the way youre doing and wholesale dismissing the film as shit?

Point to the post where I said the film was shit.

Can we make "IT'S LIKE A TUMBLR POST LAWL" bannable? It's lazy and dismissive as fuck and it's pretty much just thread shitting.

Criticizing a films dialogue is a bannable offense?