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Topic: I think a good Star Wars movie would be all R2 and similar units and no biological beings

Sheila LaBoof started this discussion 8 years ago #75,375

There would have to be subtitles because they all speak with those bird tweets

dw joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #889,124

i agree but they all have to have little midgets inside of them

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 17 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #889,132

yes that is desirable

Meta joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 48 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #889,139

It would also solve all the race/gender representation controversies.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 23 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #889,140

@previous (Meta)
You're really underestimating people's ability to read whatever they want into a story and get pissed off about any perceived slight to their worldview.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 51 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,142

@889,139 (Meta)

> It would also solve all the race/gender representation controversies.

i will scour the imdb page for people of color and if I don't find a favorable ratio I will write a steamy and angry op ed in a liberal news blog aimed at millennials don't worry

(Edited 11 seconds later.)

Meta replied with this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,145

@previous (E)
thanks fam

@889,140 (D)
This way everyone's happy. Robots don't have race or sex so whites/POC/men/women/gay/straight/trans/etc can't be under- or over-represented. I imagine in the future a lot of movies and TV will have aliens or asexual microbes as characters to just avoid the whole culture war thing.

I remember emojis were canary yellow so as to not be any race in particular but somehow yellow emojis became de facto white (I seem to remember something similar with The Simpsons where yellow was supposed to be a nonracial color but again became "white" but maybe it's just the Mandelbaum Effect like the Björnsson Bears.)

Anonymous D replied with this 8 years ago, 23 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,147

@previous (Meta)
> a lot of movies and TV will have aliens or asexual microbes as characters to just avoid the whole culture war thing.
The PC crowd can still get as mad about alien stereotypes in the prequels as Trump supporters got about The Last Jedi. People can get pissy about SpongeBob. I really want a droid movie to come out just so I can be edgy by talking about what a Mary2 that lead droid was.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 22 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,150

@889,145 (Meta)
The Simpsons being yellow was a television joke. It was supposed to make you think your tint settings were off.

dw replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,162

@889,139 (Meta)
well not if you bear in mind the races and genders of the little midgets inside

dw double-posted this 8 years ago, 53 seconds later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,163

@889,150 (F)
that makes no sense if your tint settings were off why would only skin colours change

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 47 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #889,172

@889,145 (Meta)
Solo has a feminist robot
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