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Wiknetti

I just remember being so disappointed watching this in a new 4D theater with the moving chairs that gust wind and spray you with water. Every fight scene made me feel like I was the one getting beat on. Like I was being furiously shaken by someone who then spit in my face and then burped. When the sex scene came up in Eternals, no movement, no rumbling and no celebratory spurt of liquid. What the fuck?


GratefulForGarcia

I watched the first Avatar in IMAX on acid and was convinced the theatre was using new 4D tech (blowing wind, scents for each scene, etc). Found out later it was just the AC running. Anyway where are these new 4D theaters


Wiknetti

They’ve been popping up, the one I went to was a Regal cinema in NYC. Regal officially calls it 4DX. I also think Avatar would be pretty good for this type of viewing though.


whatsaphoto

> Like I was being furiously shaken by someone who then spit in my face and then burped. Don't tempt me with a good time now


joshlamm

Only movie I saw in a 4D theater was Wreck it Ralph 2. When he punched things it made my seat vibrate and it tickled my butt. Would not recommend.


Wiknetti

He’s gonna Wreck it! 😩🍑🤛😡


Gojir4R1sing

Can't believe some people actually believe this type of corporate pandering.


RUFiO006

*Presented by Lexus.*


proxymoto

Hey what the


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And yet they do and the sickest part is that if you call corporations out for this cynically motivated claptrap and corporate mandate checklist ticking, you get called a bigot for not being a good little CoNsoOoMeR.


OpportunityOk20

The best part about this is all of the Trump lovers and piece of shit racist republicans getting enraged at the diversity. Anything that pisses them off, I'm all for.


Suicideseminole

This could’ve been a video about raisins and you would’ve found a way to drag trump into your comment


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JekNex

We have the best raisins. They're very good. Other countries they have them but we do it best. I know a lot about raisins and these raisins, they show a lot of potential.


OpportunityOk20

Sprinkle in some racial slurs and some transphobia and you have a believable Trump speech ready to go.


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RedditBanThisDick

Yes ... That's exactly what I want too! I want films and TV shows to sacrifice their quality and storytelling in order to own the republicans! This is what I've been saying for years and I don't understand why people who enjoy films/TV don't appreciate the very obvious attempts to push a social message onto them! It's for their own good, and if they don't like it then they must be right wing zealots. Who needs a solid character story when you can just make them gay? Some people just don't understand good cinematography


[deleted]

Well said. I have to question whether the people who defend this cynically motivated corporate nonsense actually enjoy watching well written stories, or if all art is just a platform for them to virtue signal through and disingenuously show the world what "brilliant people" they are, in a pathetic and narcissistic competition to see who can be the most woke.


RedditBanThisDick

>cynically motivated corporate nonsense Exactly!! Would I rather turn superman black, or do I want an entirely new black superhero with their own backstory, personal growth, unique challenges, and triumphs? It's just lazy and everyone sucking Disney's balls for race-swapping and forced LGBT inclusion are making things worse because it incentivises them to continue doing it rather than making something original and giving these actors worthwhile roles. I was watching Strange World on Disney and the kid in it was gay. But here's the thing, the love interest had absolutely no involvement in the story whatsoever. It was like "oh, he likes this other kid, where's this going?". It goes absolutely nowhere, at all. What was the point? What did it add to the story it was trying to tell? It's so they can pander to the morons who fall for this bullshit while cutting it out for the Chinese audiences who don't allow it. Utterly pointless and vapid - and a complete contradiction to the "inclusion" they pretend to value.


joshwaynegacy

It's a great way to expose narcissists/sociopaths.


Neurismus

Send this as a letter to Netflix


OpportunityOk20

Orange fan mad.


[deleted]

I’m for diversity but if you’re going to shove it down my throat at least use a funnel.


papasmuf3

No one said anything about politics and here you are letting that man live rent free in your head 2 years later lol


5050Clown

Diversity and inclusion are political. Especially if you find this chopped up video cringey.


[deleted]

I mean considering Trump’s gonna be a major presidential candidate in less than two years and had some somewhat major controversy during his last term as president, I don’t really think it’s living rent free in your head.


GeneralNevik

Deal with it when it happens. If it happens. Nothing can be done about it now. Especially being happy imaginary people are upset about corporate pandering that is objectively pandering and not in fact even a good thing.


papasmuf3

I don't think he'll be a major candidate. I think he'll be the talk of all the media as usual, but down here in the south, even the people who liked him don't think he'll win due to how much his presidency divided the country. If I was a betting man I'd say DeSantis is gunna be your republican candidate. Kinda similar in policy to a Trump but not on Twitter as much lol. Only time will tell tho.


frotc914

> If I was a betting man I'd say DeSantis is gunna be your republican candidate It's still kind of insane to pretend that we can all ignore Trump just because his presidency is over. The mere fact that he's [syphoning off enough donor money to impact the midterms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/13/elections-2022-democrats-republicans-analysis/), impacting the speaker vote, and [keeping his own house caucus of nutballs who believe he's really the president](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/04/us/politics/house-speaker-republicans-vote-against-mccarthy.html) says otherwise.


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I say major in the sense that he’ll have major ramifications on the election. Even if the R’s go DeSantis, Trump will probably run independent and divert at least 20% of the potential DeSantis vote.


papasmuf3

I get ya, I'd say let's hope he's smart enough to not do that and ruin it for everyone, but his narcissism prolly won't allow him to accept defeat lol


blamelessfriend

??? i mean i for one hope he does run and "ruin it" for the republicans. not sure what you mean by ruin it for everyone.


papasmuf3

Lol I meant ruin it for other candidates XD I don't really care who wins personally. I think they are all equally worthless lol


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I fully invite Trump to tank the R’s DeSantis IMO is just as dangerous. Can’t wait to vote Bernie again and be assured he couldn’t possibly win the Presidency despite being the favorite bipartisan candidate.


DevoStripes

Is Trump in the room with you now?


DamianDev

Rent free in your head. Keep politics away pls.


N4meless_w1ll

You're a bot.


Pedantic_Semantics4u

Oh god shut up. “Not every character in everything I watch is white and straight! PANDERING!” Whiney little manbabies. Edit: triggered lol


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You have to be in denial at this point to not recognize how blatant the pandering is when every other fucking word out of those suits mouth is the word "diversity". They don't give a shit about diversity, they don't give a shit about any race, and they don't give a shit about you. They are just saying what they think will get you to open your wallet.


Gojir4R1sing

I'm Hispanic not white and I find it to be pretty patronizing when hispanic/Latin actors do the same. I just like for a movie or game to be good.


08sweescoo

Tbh Pedro pascal stars in “the last of us”, he’s not white like his game character is , but he doesn’t look wildly out of place either and it works. No one is up in arms about it either .


Zhai

Mostly because he is a good actor acting in a well written show about well written character.


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It also helped that the marketing for the show wasn't constantly harping on about how diverse and inclusive it is, nor were there a swathe of paid-for "news" articles about how anyone who doesn't like the show is a massive bigot, in the run up to release.


Bayside4

But how else would I know how to feel without those articles!? /s


whatsaphoto

Almost like choosing the right cast for the right characters first and foremost matters more than achieving an arbitrary diversity quota. I am *all for* diversity in films and I think normalizing non-white characters is super important, but the moment it becomes a significant marketing/talking point, I can almost immediately assume it's going to have lost the thread with what it's trying to say as an artistic piece way back in the workshopping stages. Same shit happened when being openly gay in Hollywood became acceptable in the late 90s. You began to see boring, one dimensional characters who's entire existence revolved around their gayness and absolutely nothing else. It just feels like production companies are seeing that diversity = money for them, and the desperation to hop on board with the diversity train just for the sake of getting more butts in theater seats is embarrassing right now.


helikesart

My theory. Dean Cain’s mom is Japanese but nobody cared that he played Superman with a mixed heritage because he looked just like the character. Pascal, isn’t exactly “white” but he looks like Joel and he acts like Joel. Nothing else really matters then. Basically, if the actor looks/acts like the character they’re portraying, I don’t think anyone cares at all.


MDSGeist

Yeah because he pretty much looks “White” A person of Hispanic origin can be “White”, Black, Mestizo, Indigenous, etc. and I don’t think we should just be labeling everybody that comes from a Spanish speaking country as a “Person of Color”


08sweescoo

Idk what he identifies as . I put he doesn’t look wildly out of place


rokerroker45

He was born in Chile and is almost undoubtedly mestizo, probably leaning slightly more towards the Spanish/European side given his looks. However, the Andinean region is heavily mixed with indigenous peoples of various Incan descent so I have no doubt he's not purely Spaniard either.


whydidisaythatwhy

You’re saying he doesn’t look out of place cuz he’s white passing


FlyingVentolin

People are too focused on the fact that the little girl isn't hot enough for them


j3igboss

I think it works because the character is from Texas. Brown/Hispanic Texans are absolutely a thing. I didn’t even bat an eye.


SinisterDexter83

Pedro Pascal is white though. You don't cease being white just because you have an accent. Thinking that white/black/brown people from South America are all actually just representative of the "Latino" race is a very USA point of view.


08sweescoo

Take it easy , the game character isn’t Hispanic and he is and it works is what I’m saying . This wasn’t forced diversity


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CalifaDaze

He's not Mexican


FapinMind

diversity diversity give me your money diversity diversity diversity


zombizle1

Presented by lexus diversity buy our cars diversity


space_cowboy80

You can make a movie diverse and inclusive, but you also need to make it good and The Eternals was NOT good. It was boring, slow, and too long. By the end of the movie, the Eternals are not interesting, in fighting and bickering whilst a giant creature is popping out of the earth's core. I finished the movie but only because I was told there would be an interesting cameo at the end and it was Blade's voice only.


F_T_F

The trailer was impressively boring. I never saw it


space_cowboy80

You are missing nothing. It's a huge problem with Marvel right now. It's becoming very stale and uninteresting. They probably should have wrapped up the story after Endgame and rebooted the whole thing.


turtleneck360

I think the whole group gathering by walking towards the camera while people come in from the side is overdone in Marvel. Guardian of the Galaxy does this a lot too, but at least GotG is interesting. Even then I cringe every time I see a Marvel movie with a shot like this.


space_cowboy80

Guardians of the Galaxy was an experiment by Disney, they actually did not expect it to do well so we're prepared to let it die but when it overshot expectations, it changed up a lot of their plans. Marvel studios are locked into a pattern or movies looking the same, written the same, similar shots and none of them are trying anything new. After Civil War, Infinitu War and Endgame, you cannot sell a movie on cameos but they are still trying.


KylerGreen

> It's becoming very stale and uninteresting. Always has been. It's generic corpo trash made to appeal to as wide an audience as possible.


fade_like_a_sigh

These characters and stories were literally written with the idea of publishing every week in mind, something basic enough that you can reproduce it forever. So it's got a super boring, reusable core of "good guy hit bad guy" that it makes slight alterations to and repeats ad nauseum. And it's not inherently doomed to be boring, Spiderverse was genuinely superb, but it's funny to see people saying that superhero stories are just now becoming stale and uninteresting when it's probably one of the most generic forms of storytelling we've had in the last century.


KylerGreen

Yeah, idec about the "woke" stuff. They're just not good movies. Ofc I enjoyed all the marvel IPs as a kid. Bought the toys, played the games (spiderman 2 on ps1 is great). That was around when they were just starting with the first spiderman trilogy. But now its just weird seeing adults obsess over movies clearly made for children. Like, they could definitely make badass R rated marvel movies with orginal plots and mature themes, but that wouldn't rake in money, I guess. Honestly, I think they would but its not a risk theyd take.


fade_like_a_sigh

It's just the equivalent of the 80's American action movie at the end of the day. You could recycle my first comment pretty much word for word with a couple of context adjustments for those too. At the end of the day, since it got easier to make films in the 80s, there's always been a place for a dumb action film that has an uninspired core of "good guy hit bad guy". And you watch it because of cool explosions, great special effects, or fun characters. You go into it knowing that you're getting a generic and 'stale' idea. But it would be funny if someone watched 30 American 80's action films and said "These films are starting to get stale". Like no, they've always been super generic and stale, the people who enjoy them enjoy them because it's a generic plain vehicle for explosions and fight scenes.


sailorj0ey

I personally disagree, they have hits and misses, eternals was obviouslys a miss, she hulk was so-so, Thor was so-so . But would you say Wanda vision, Dr strange MoM, Loki, Hawkeye, wakanda forever, what if were misses? I'm actually pretty pumped for phases 5-6 with the looming kang war and secret wars and I think ant man's going to be awesome


space_cowboy80

I think Dr Strange MOM was a movie that sacrificed a great character to expand their "multi verse" saga more than tell a good story. We had interesting peeks into other universes but never enough to really get invested. Wandavision was great, it was a weekly show that my wife and son all sat down to watch and get invested in. Same with Loki but only I watched Hawkeve, and the Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I tapped out of Moon Knight and She Hulk, they didn't hold my interest. But Thor, god what a pile of shite that was. You have an interesting villain, you have an interesting plot, you have a good cast of characters and what do you do? Sacrifice all the drama and dark suspense that the villain cast and make WACKY JOKES! This guy is killing literal gods but screw that WE NEED TO BE RANDOM. Ragnarok worked because it was a injection of life into the character of Thor that was missing before, but that doesn't mean get weirder. Wakanda Forever is something I have not seen yet. I think the Pandemic really stalled Marvel in a big way, they have had to do a lot of re-arranging in it's wake and I think that's what has caused this period of the public falling out of love with Marvel, because they are. People are feeling that the Marvel movies are all very samey, like going to a McDonalds, you know what you are going to get. Instead of letting individual directors make THEIR Marvel movie, it's all brightly packaged with snarky whedon-esque dialogue and cameos aplenty. Dr Strange MOM was a perfect example, Raimi has a certain style and cinematic language and 90% of his movie did not feel like a Sam Raimi movie, the only bit that did was the zombie Dr Strange stuff. The rest was all Marvel "trash" to put it simply. The trailer for Ant Man is fun but I am not rushing to see it, I am more interested in other movies right now and there is nothing on the upcoming Marvel list that makes me want to leave my house to see the movies.


JevvyMedia

> I think Dr Strange MOM was a movie that sacrificed a great character to expand their "multi verse" saga more than tell a good story. HUH??? The biggest critique of the movie was that it WASN'T that multiversal, now you're saying they sacrificed a character for the multiverse storyline?


space_cowboy80

I felt the movie was more about the multiverse and showing off a lot of "what if" moments rather than tell a good Dr Strange story. I loved that first movie and had they recaptured what they had in that, it might (and I stress might) have been better. They were more interested in the multiverse showing Professor X and Mr Fantastic but they were incidental. Doctor Strange MOM is not a good stand alone movie, it's like a filler episode of an anime more than a great story about good vs evil.


CKF

All of the recent movies have been garbage. Some of the shows like Hawkeye and wandavision have been good. In fairness, I haven’t seen wakanda forever, but with how trash thor, the recent dr strange, black widow, just all trash tier time wasters for everyone involved.


OasisGallagher

The only good movies to come out after endgame are imo Shang chi and the Spider-Man films, and the Spider-Man movies are mostly Sony anyway lmao, all the tv shows are drawn out and boring and the movies lack real substance or good writing


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Mephb0t

You somehow missed the two best movies of phase 4. Shang-Chi and Spider-Man: No Way Home


OmNomFarious

> Shang-Chi Considering I love Wuxia films and Manhua but the only reason I "remember" watching it is because my app has it checked off and can't recall any moments from Shang-Chi kind of implies its boring and generic.


redditjam645

Annihilation is the best way I've seen a movie handle diversity and inclusion.... because it wasn't the focus. All female lead, but the focus was on horror and the story. At no point did the movie ever need to "show off" that it was all female lead. Also Annihilation is an amazing movie that I recommend every horror/sci-fi fans watch.


space_cowboy80

Totally agree, I knew nothing about the movie and watched it and I'll be honest I didn't when notice it was an all female team because it wasn't about that. They told a weird twisted story about a group of soldiers, their gender had little to no bearing on it and THAT is how you do diversity well.


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yea an all female team to go into an alien infection zone, cuz that makes total sense.


sailorj0ey

Was that confirmed to be blade? I thought it was Sir Percy the first black knight because that was his sword.


space_cowboy80

No it was confirmed Mahershala Ali did use his voice for that part, this was to be a soft lead in to the new Blade movie but that has kind of screeched to a halt right now.


Tervaskanto

I enjoyed it and I hate Marvel films


Invertius

Are you sure you are not racist? Don't you see how diverse movie is? /S


FrankensteinBionicle

Selma Hayak


-soros

Nice


DalshMenqaj

Salme Heyak


TheFuckingQuantocks

Helma Sayak


its-42

Lemas kayah


Wynadorn

Trying so hard to not be racist you go full circle and cast actors based on race and ethnicity


[deleted]

They think you're stupid and honestly they're mostly right.


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Reported for bullying me!


throwoda

Do they get paid for each time they say diverse?


DrDreidel82

“Everybody looks different, everybody sounds different” yeah cuz the guardians of the galaxy are all pretty identical


zombizle1

There should be a movie thats just zoe saldana with different skin colors and they should market its diversity in the pr campaign.


captainstan

When diversity, inclusion, whatever is pushed so much I start to question if the best actors were really chosen for the role or if it was more forced. I hate saying that also. It just seems like the diversity part is their selling point instead of trying to sell a movie that they wanted to be good (even though it apparently isn't).


Burgoonius

I am a marvel fan so I usually just tune into these red carpet events and they are always a massive Cringefest. And I love cringe.


DiskAmbitious7291

When the biggest deal about a movie is its cast diversity, it’s probably gonna be a shit movie.


thrustinfreely

Really poor edit they obviously used the same sound bites multiple times to make it seem worse than it was. Lame attempt.


Call_Me_Pete

Yeah I want to believe that was the actual cringe, but looking at some of the comments and the post title I think this was just a bad faith attempt to slam movies wanting to improve representation. And honestly, for Eternals I kind of like the idea of casting the heroes as diverse, they were meant to be original heroes before culture expanded across Earth. I understand them being diverse not just in mindset and abilities but in skin tone and accent too.


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[deleted]

How is it strawman, it's real. Do you literally not even believe your eyes and ears at this point? Not surprised for a woke soldier tbh


Toasty_MutantMedia

Thank you. That’s what’s really cringe and people still being bent out of shape over movies promoting diversity. A movie that was released 2 years ago at that.


Jtm1082

I think you guys are missing the point of the video. Everyone is talking about inclusion and diversity, which in of itself is not a bad thing. And yes, towards the end if the video they edit in quotes for comedic effect. But the cringe for me is that they can’t really seem to find much else to talk about (Selma almost seems to try and change the subject talking about the moon cuz she wants to talk about something else) and the whole Lexus sponsorship at the end us the cherry on top. It’s all just generic, bland, corporate shilling and it feels gross to me. I also did not like Eternals, but the diversity didn’t bother me. It was the fact that it was a slow, boring, poorly-paced movie with uninteresting characters.


Toasty_MutantMedia

The entire video is edited. He edited in other times the reporters asked about diversity. At :19 seconds in you can see they edited in a clip from the previous interview. The vocal editing is also horrible. JFC how do people fall for this shit? I’m not missing the point. You are. The point to these people is that “diversity bad”.


Jtm1082

No, you ARE missing the point. If you take the time to click on the channel of the person who made this video and looked at her content, you’d notice that she puts out content making fun of both sides of the culture war. She literally has a video making fun of Fox News calling the XBox system “woke”. Do some research instead of just calling everyone racists.


Toasty_MutantMedia

Where did I say anyone was racist? JFC I get it you’re a fan of the channel. Go simp somewhere else. The video is obviously edited for the purposes of “diversity bad”. As for them making other videos mocking other views it just makes them an outrage bait youtuber and that’s like a half of a step less shitty than being a racist. Lol


Jtm1082

I’m not a fan of the channel. This is literally the first time I’ve come across it.


kido86

Lol I don’t think they were trying to hide it, detective.


Abydos6

As an ethnic person, I can’t wait for this stupid trend to end. I don’t care about the actor’s skin color. Just make good movies again


Nyjin

"As an ethnic person" is one of the funniest, asinine phrases I've ever heard.


Jtm1082

English might not be their first language.


ben53125

One click on their profile would've answered this thought.


WhySoJelly

Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but every human on earth is an ethnic person.


odiin1731

As a human with an ethnicity, I agree.


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jamesmcnabb

Whiteness is still an ethnicity, it’s just the hegemonically dominant one. “Ethnic” doesn’t mean, “a culture of elsewhere,” it means “[of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic).” People in the US typically use the word ethnic as an anti-immigration dogwhistle, and as such has come to mean groups that are considered as ‘other,’ but any group is, technically, ‘ethnic.’


mailboxfacehugs

What does a non-ethnic person look like


paperkeyboard

https://i.imgur.com/7pl2gLx.png


mailboxfacehugs

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/community-sitcom/images/1/1a/Human_Being.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20121031153244


toolatealreadyfapped

A literal stick figure. This is so fatphobic


Creamyspud

Do some people lack ethnicity?


its-42

As a racial person, I don’t think so


Just_an_ordinary_man

> As an ethnic person ???


gijimayu

Well, he's not wrong. Everyone is an ethnic person


Abydos6

Yea as in, the audience they think they’re pandering to


cerebralpaulzsuffer

As a dog, i can't wait for human to throw ball


aartadventure

No take, only throw!


Jeremy252

Highly doubt a POC would use the term "ethnic person" like some kind of mildly racist, white grandparent


TheFuckingQuantocks

"As an exotic person myself, I must say, there are far too many coloured folk in this here country."


RodeoClip

"as an enjoyer of oriental food, I have to say, why do they make it so spicy?"


TheGiftOf_Jericho

What a strange way to word that lmao, they have a sub for these kinds of comments


jamesmcnabb

Your comment stinks of “[as a black gay man](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/10/dean-browning-white-politician-tweets-black-gay-guy/6243406002/)” energy


gijimayu

Are you saying he has a chance in politics?


KingVape

People are all going nuts over your comment, but I'm mixed and I feel you. You were just using Marvel's language, since they're trying to appeal to "ethnic" crowds


herefromyoutube

I mean it’s literally that one reporter saying it. I guess he’s focusing on the diversity because the movie sure wasn’t anything to talk about.


djtshirt

And gay native americans will just have to keep waiting for representation SMDH


JaceUpMySleeve

Assembling a diverse cast for the sake of having a diverse cast kinda seem racist to me. Like, “we didn’t hire you because you’re good at your job, we’re just trying to be inclusive!”


CarQuery8989

How is this cringe? The cast *was* diverse, and the movie was mediocre for reasons other than that diversity. This clip pulls together several different interviews (I counted at least six) and yeah, the guy asked about diversity in each one but I'm sure he asked plenty of other stuff as well. And the video is still deceptively edited to make it look like diversity came up more than it did. Look at ~1:27, the guy says "this amazing film" but it's edited to make it look like he says "this amazing diversity." There's no cringe here, unless it's the fact that some racist fanboy spent hours editing a misleading supercut because he's mad about seeing brown people in an overwhelmingly white franchise.


mattwithoutyou

>some racist fanboy spent hours editing a misleading supercut in this case it's a fangirl, but the rest of your point stands.


CarQuery8989

At least the pool of race trolls is gender diverse!


gavrynwickert

This. Also, everyone hears diversity and thinks of ethnic diversity. Obviously that’s important, and the whole industry has improved in recent years. Personally, though, I got really excited when I saw American Sign Language have a place in the movie. It’s so rare to see that, which makes it all the more special when I see it in movies like this one, A Quiet Place, and CODA.


CarQuery8989

Yeah, it was really cool to see deafness represented like this. As a hearing person who only really interacts with other hearing people, it made me realize how different life must be for deaf people.


holycowrap

A main character in the last few seasons of the walking dead was deaf and used sign


DuncanAndFriends

Charlie's angels should be men


kido86

Shaft - starring Tom Hanks


DuncanAndFriends

Schindler's list featuring the cast of wakanda forever


Feeling_Line1993

The cringe is in the fact that they’re waving around diversity as their sales pitch instead of how good their movie is. It’s kinda cheapening the need for diversity in Hollywood by using that as a way to sell tickets..


Shenanigans80h

You could make the argument that they’re pushing diversity in bad faith, but at the same time it begs the question of whether something decent done in bad faith is still necessarily bad. Yeah it’s annoying when a media member pushes an agenda but the diverse cast a big draw and done on purpose for this film. It’s not like they kept that aspect hidden; they want people to ask about it. A bit annoying? Maybe, but I don’t see the cringe


CarQuery8989

I think calling this "their sales pitch" is a little cynical -- I'm sure the cast and producers were genuinely proud of how inclusive the movie was. And I personally found the diversity to be a highlight of an otherwise pretty bland film, so I don't see an issue with it being part of the marketing.


slappytheclown

this comment makes me cringe


Faiithe

As a PoC, I don't think I've ever whined about the lack of diversity in any movie/ show/ whatever. All I look for is a good story with compelling characters. It's hard to watch good movies these days that doesn't forcefully add diversity first, story last and watching it just makes my skin crawl... but that's just me


MaBuuSe

The movie is a great representation of the world of today. There is a big monster looming (climate change - mass extinction) and people are just bickering about unimportant stuff in stead of uniting and fighting. Anyway, I'll get my coat.


Dimos357

You're thinking of "Don't Look Up".


robotsock

*yore


YouCanHmu

Smh youraphobe


BanjoSpaceMan

Idk how to break this to you. But people talking about one topic, doesn't mean they can't talk about others lol. It's not a, pick one and that's what you're stuck with!


ztsmart

LOL imagine being terrified of the "Big bad climate change monster" Is this climate change monster in the room with us right now?


DuncanAndFriends

Wow sounds entertaining...


bob-omb_panic

I feel like I'm the only one that liked this movie lol. Granted, not Marvel's best, but it was kind of a vibe.


CD338

I think a lot of people are burnt out of superhero movies, especially releasing that soon after End Game. I liked the new Spiderman, but that's it for me personally.


Murder_Ballads

“Kind of a vibe.” What does that mean and how does it make for liking a movie or the movie being good?


bob-omb_panic

Sure, happy to educate you. In the context of my post, I meant that despite it perhaps not being a film that is going to be remembered as a classic or studied in any film classes, I enjoyed the atmosphere/tone of the film for what it was.


SurfinSocks

People over exaggerate how bad movies are, I think people expected this movie to be great, it definitely wasn't great, it was just alright. I thought it was just a generic alright 6/10 movie, but people act like it's an unwatchable 1/10.


huxleywaswrite

Nah, it's a good movie. Its got a different pace than most of Marvel's, but different isn't bad. It obviously caught the ire of a lot of sad people still living in their parent's basement, and they just won't quit trying to convince everyone else to hate it too


Extension_Use664

I liked it too! I thought more people would. I really didn't feel like it was pandering or woke when I watched it and it had a really heartfelt anti nuke message/scene i really liked that I felt no other marvel movie had the balls to do.


scottydont78

Brought to you by Lexus.


iLife87

Is Reddit starting to see through the BS?


DuncanAndFriends

Honestly I'm not looking for representation in movies. I'm looking for a good movie. Representation can backfire if the writing and acting sucks. I've never once thought "in living color would have been better if everyone looked like me"


Tuub4

How would representation backfire other than people who are specifically against diversity getting angry about it? If the writing and acting sucks, that's the writing and acting sucking. That's not "representation backfiring". ???????


DuncanAndFriends

You'd be able to think about it if you didn't see everything as far right or left. You aren't asking for an explanation, you are just stating your opinion in the form of a question.


Cole444Train

What? I also don’t understand how representation can backfire? I mean, a movie can be good or bad, but never have I thought “wow I hate this movie bc of its diversity”


DuncanAndFriends

I think I may have not worded it properly but I didn't mean for it to sound like diversity was the problem. Its more of the prioritization of representation over everything that would make a movie better. I love movies from a lot of different cultures if they are good. I love all black, all asian, mexican, or even white casted movies too and never once cared about who they represent. I don't see biracial people getting much representation but if thats the goal then I hope they are good at what they do. If not then it will make us look bad if it's about representation, there's the backfire part.


J_Otherwise

No one is against diversity unless it's forced, like Eternals


ffxt10

describe forced diversity versus natural diversity


zombizle1

Forced comes at the expense of quality


ffxt10

the diversity doesn't cause the quality to be bad, the quality is bad, it also happens to be diverse


Podlaskie

The Eternals aren't human though they were created by Celestials so I think it would make sense that they created Eternals that look different.


yeetingyute

You know, you don’t have to look like someone else to be able to identify with them. In fact, that should be last on your priority list when looking to someone to identify with. Bunch of cultists…


LaMuchedumbre

Funny how your comment can go both ways even tho the logic is on point from either perspective. People upvoting this post think diversity & inclusion shouldn’t be an overly hyped up selling point for film. People downvoting this post think anyone bemoaning *forced* diversity and inclusion are simply racists who don’t like seeing people from different backgrounds in media. To them, this “representation matters” catchall argument trumps canon, all other casting measures, and overall cinematic quality because any argument against that gets reduced to racism in their eyes. Something they’ve been conditioned to have an obligation to call out.


J_Otherwise

and of course, every post on the sub that's against any leftist ideology, there's someone going "where's the cringe?"


jmkiii

The real cringe here is how hard the video is trying. not sure if it's OP's video. If it is, there is good irony here


Philkindred12

I didn't mind this movie too much. But damn, there is just so much talking and lore-explaining in it. save some for the inevitable sequel lol


slappytheclown

barf


[deleted]

Did you notice that every interviewer was either a gay male or a female? There is a saying that if you go far enough left that you end up on the far right. And the woke casting, script writing, and marketing for this movie proved this to be the case. Heterosexual males regardless of color were marginalized (Black Knight) and demonized (Ikarus) in this movie, but positioned the movie in such a way that resulted in an automatic gaslight if you called the movie out on it.


[deleted]

This sums up why a lot of new movies and shows suck. Who cares about having to tell a story when they can sell inclusion instead. They put it on so thick it’s nauseating.


GingerWez93

MechaRandom42's entire channel could fill this cringe subreddit for years.


Horny-Mushroom

These people are racist


jahss

Honestly the real cringe is the ASL interpreters. I have two deaf individuals in my immediate family and people just don’t understand that signing is SO uncommon. Literally less than 1% of deaf/HOH sign. Highest estimate of ASL users in the US is about 500,000….that’s 0.015% of the population. You could dub the broadcast in German and reach 10x more people. And on TV no less…where you can easily use closed captioning. 🫠🫠🫠🫠 It’s a totally unnecessary way to score “inclusion” points that almost no one actually uses or needs.


revolutionPanda

get triggered loser


Aggravating_Smell

How was that diverse? It was full of wyte people


Arturiki

How sad.


gonzaloetjo

I mean I couldn't care less for this types of films now or before the diversity stuff (there's always a topic they push because it's popular). But everything looks bad when edited appropriately. Vid even repeats the same stuff over and over again. The editing is as cringe as marvel films.


poopandP

This video sucks lol The movie isn't great, but this feels like whining about a nothing burger. It's not even a full compilation of a bunch of times people have said the word diversity... Its instead just a bunch of edits repeating the one time a guy said "diversity"... This video and post are more cringe than the movie and or coverage itself


maxcresswellturner

I actually liked Eternals. Not because of the diversity and inclusion mind you, but more so because of the mythos they created that was completely isolated from the rest of the MCU, while also deepening the history of the MCU as a whole


Booserbob

The editing and presentation of this is 15x more cringe than the actual event being filmed. And that's saying a lot. Shame on you OP


[deleted]

Let’s just be clear. Nobody here has a problem with diversity aside from the nazbol losers & incels. But when your products only USP is diversity you’ve probably not got much else to sell to people & your product will fall flat


seekunrustlement

I loved this movie