Movies 52 - 1917: Sonic the Bad Boys of Prey

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

I mean, she’s too kind to the US to be honest. No racism, no problems with Native Americans (which is the hardest part to believe)? You’re telling me there’s no southern, aristocratic wizarding families kinda still PO’d about the civil war?

That’s the big thing with her world: all the witches and wizards are so concerned about keeping secret from the muggles that things like racism or imperialism don’t exist? In world where this whole “blood purity” thing runs rampant? Really?

I'm guessing she felt the whole fascism thing was covered by Voldemort and the Deatheaters and their pure blood obsession that sort of views magical folk as a "race" of their own to be protected from intermingling with "Muggles" (though note how she invented a pejorative slur of sorts there). So she didn't see a need to further inject racial tensions into books that were read by large numbers of young children (like, under 12). Not saying I necessarily agree with her choices, but it's her story to tell and her bank accounts to pad. *shrug*

I haven't watched any of the Fantastic Beasts stuff, nor do I plan to, so I can't comment on her depiction of America.

[Jimjamesak]

IMO, the entire idea of wizards / muggles is that an intelligent and kind minority have to stay hidden from the stupid and violent majority. Our "magic" is our ability to think clearly, which to the majority is so mysterious (and threatening) they see it as supernatural. The villains are the intelligent people who lack kindness and abuse their gifts to harm.

Almost all of fantasy is metaphors for being a human born among apes. It is the perennial dilemma of the smart person.

Shocking that you would have this belief. *rolls eyes*

Of course, like many “smart” people who hide away, they emerge years later to find the “idiots” have passed them by in technology.

(It’s common by Harry’s that many in the Wizarding World lament that the muggles have passed them by with things like cars and airplanes)

[Kepler]

Shocking that you would have this belief. *rolls eyes*

Look round the table. If you don't see the muggle...

[Jimjamesak]

I'm guessing she felt the whole fascism thing was covered by Voldemort and the Deatheaters and their pure blood obsession that sort of views magical folk as a "race" of their own to be protected from intermingling with "Muggles" (though note how she invented a pejorative slur of sorts there). So she didn't see a need to further inject racial tensions into books that were read by large numbers of young children (like, under 12). Not saying I necessarily agree with her choices, but it's her story to tell and her bank accounts to pad. *shrug*

I haven't watched any of the Fantastic Beasts stuff, nor do I plan to, so I can't comment on her depiction of America.

Yeah, I’m not talking about the books really. It’s more the whole “Wizarding World” she’s done the last decade or so with the Pottermore and Fantastic Beasts stuff. If she had just left it with the Potter books it’d be fine but, she just had to keep going and make a huge mess.

[Kepler]

she just had to keep going and make a lucrative mess.

Fixed.

[Jimjamesak]

Look round the table. If you don't see the muggle...

Way to leave out the rest of the post oh smart wizard.

[Jimjamesak]

Fixed.

If it worked for Lucas…

[Kepler]

Watching a Bowery Boys movie this morning. Slip says to Sach, "Why you have a pencil when you can't even write?" Chuck says, "That's an old joke, Chief."

I'm not crazy, right? That's a dirty joke?

[busterman62]

Watching a Bowery Boys movie this morning. Slip says to Sach, "Why you have a pencil when you can't even write?" Chuck says, "That's an old joke, Chief."

I'm not crazy, right? That's a dirty joke?

I first heard this about 40 years ago. I was fishing in ON with my dad and a guy in his 80s. Over evening cocktails the old guy announced that he "still had lead in his pencil but he couldn't find someone to write to".

Etiology: https://wordhistories.net/2021/09/23...n-ones-pencil/

[Kepler]

This is genius.

If you were not aware, this is the reference.

[JF_Gophers]

Finally got around to Free Guy via HBO Max. Enjoyed it as a fun popcorn flick. I can do without the last 30 min love story type ending stuff. But everything leading up to that was fun.

[dxmnkd316]

Well, I used to like Sam Elliot

[MissThundercat]

Well, I used to like Sam Elliot

What happened?

[JF_Gophers]

What happened?

He's against the depiction of cowboys in a movie I've never heard of. Very homophobic views.

[Kepler]

What happened?

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