• kristina [she/her]
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    1121 days ago

    Frankly tired of people praising yet another garbage show that uses SV to make itself seem “serious” and “gritty”.

    • Lyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]
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      5321 days ago

      I really don’t think that’s the take you’d come away with after actually watching the show.

      It’s not doing the Game of Thrones thing at all.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        I won’t be watching it, these sorts of plotlines always cordon off actual SV victims from the media. It doesn’t matter how “tasteful” it is, it’s slop that ultimately trivializes SV for the profit motive

        • Lyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]
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          Obviously I cannot speak for other SV victims, but for what it’s worth I did not personally find the attempted SV scene to be triggering at all.

        • “I won’t be watching it because of a thing they show one time in the second season which i have a very strong opinion of despite having no knowledge of howit is portrayed in the context ofthe show, which, i won’t be watching”

          • kristina [she/her]
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            The fuck is wrong with you? What are you arguing for? Do you want me to watch it? It doesn’t fucking matter how it’s portrayed. The setting, genre, and the company who made it itself trivializes the portrayal of SV. I say the same shit about Tasha Yar in Star Trek.

      • @musubibreakfast@lemm.ee
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        321 days ago

        I stopped watching after about 3 episodes, it didn’t hook me. I was hoping for Star Wars meets The Wire, I wanted to see how the cities worked how they’re run and how local government and policy affect day to day life for people in this universe.

        • Lyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]
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          1221 days ago

          I think it’s a bit more Mr. Robot than it is The Wire, but you absolutely should give it a bit more time. Aldhani and Narkina 5 will absolutely give you the payoff you want.

    • @CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml
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      It’s interesting that liberals and fascists have also not liked this part specifically. Somehow depicting the empire as more than a force that makes trains run on time has had an impact on cultural discourses and ruffled feathers across political and ideological lines. And since the assailant is killed and the crime is violently refused by a lone woman, it is difficult to invent a victim narrative or a savior narrative to relieve the tension of depicting imperialism in this way.

      Furthermore, I think the idea that Andor works to make the empire seem gritty misses how mundane the empire is shown. The show isn’t trying to get gritty. It’s saying that SV is a mundane and obvious part of empire building. Leaving it out carries its own risks, just as depicting it carries other risks.

      • D61 [any]
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        521 days ago

        … but its also not necessary to depict it.

        Is the torture scene on Ferrix not enough deeply personal abuse?

        • S4ck [none/use name]
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          821 days ago

          It’s also not necessary to depict resource extraction and genocide because that would be a difficult topic also. They should just focus on making more Ashoka I guess.

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        It’s saying that SV is a mundane and obvious part of empire building. Leaving it out carries its own risks, just as depicting it carries other risks.

        Well you see akshually in my toy empire it shows real empire chews people up like you, I love toy empire media. I will defend this use of “art” in my toy empire at the expense of limiting access to media for actual victims. I’m so glad toy empire show is so popular I can’t stop talking about it I hope they make more and get more profit

        ☝️🤓

        • HelluvaBottomCarter [comrade/them]
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          3421 days ago

          Is this aimed at your fellow hexbears? Some of us are SA victims and it would be really shitty to label us as childish SA enthusiasts just because you’ve spent the past 3 years quietly seething over disney slop being popular on a communist website.

          • kristina [she/her]
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            021 days ago

            What are you arguing for? Go back to enjoying SV references in almost every franchise on TV?

            • Abracadaniel [he/him]
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              1721 days ago

              They’re arguing the characterisation of it as a

              garbage show that uses SV to make itself seem “serious” and “gritty”

              And getting carried away I think

        • @CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml
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          Maybe I should treat survivers as damaged people who can’t cope with the realities of empire. Perhaps that will show how ethical and measured of a person I am for making trauma the essential variable that determines your value. Afterall it’s all make believe. It’s just a commodity. You don’t exist and neither do I. Why should I care how imperialism is depicted?

    • S4ck [none/use name]
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      2421 days ago

      I didn’t even realize what scene you were talking about until I googled it. I disagree that it’s used to make it more serious and gritty.

        • Darth_Reagan [they/them, comrade/them]
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          What does that even mean? Its a tv show, none of it is “necessary”. It was an important event in Bix’s arc throughout the season, and a connection to the reality of precarious workers.

          • D61 [any]
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            120 days ago

            She was already violated once. Didn’t need to do it again.