I just saw the new trailer. OMG, woah. So stupidly excited for this. And, as an aside, so not happy that the ancient weapons class is scheduled against the boarding actions class at ISMAC.
And this is interesting to me. Because it seems like they've added a lot of female presence int the film -- or it may just be thr trailers. That's been what's worrying me the most, just from my sense of the story I'm interested in; this is not a story about or that particularly includes women. Nor should it be.
The angry review that I mentioned earlier? One of the things mentioned is that the only female character in the movie is raped and seems to be proud to endure it for the good of her people (I'm mostly paraphrasing because I'm too lazy to look up the review). I'm guessing that's the queen. So very much not in the graphic novel, but also not necessarily wrong in the cultural context.
This person also felt the movie was blatant pro-Iraqi war propaganda. WTF? Because the word "freedom" is used?
And because the Persians looked evil, I'm guessing. My big fear is that people are going to view it as a pro-Iraq war statement and not just watch it for what it is. In fact, in my bones, I'm dreading those very arguments with a lot of my friends.
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Date: 2007-02-23 02:06 am (UTC)And this is interesting to me. Because it seems like they've added a lot of female presence int the film -- or it may just be thr trailers. That's been what's worrying me the most, just from my sense of the story I'm interested in; this is not a story about or that particularly includes women. Nor should it be.
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Date: 2007-02-23 02:13 am (UTC)This person also felt the movie was blatant pro-Iraqi war propaganda. WTF? Because the word "freedom" is used?
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Date: 2007-02-23 02:16 am (UTC)