Marvel's Black Panther

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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
(1) What race are you?

(2) Even with as much whitewashing as there has been of history, as recently as 1400 AD, the richest nation on Earth was an African country (Mali Empire) which had at the time the most sophisticated institutions of higher learning in the world at Timbuktu.

(3) And if we go back 4,000 years, the only advanced nations on Earth were African (i.e. Egypt and Nubia). While Europeans were living in caves, black Africans were building the pyramids (in Egypt and Nubia).

So there is nothing outlandish about making the argument that if not for the slave trade and colonialism crippling Africa for the last 500 years, that Africa would once again have the most developed and advanced nations on Earth.
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Lol. Lots of bad history based on bad assumptions and relying on hundreds of years of unwritten but orally transmitted testimony..

What stopped sub Saharan Africa from advancing? They weren't "advanced" when they sold each other into slavery to Europeans. They weren't "advanced" when they were colonized". Colonization brought them out of the stone age..literally. Then colonization ends, all the tools of the most advanced culture the world has ever known are at their disposal...and?....nothing. Richest countries in history pouring money in and.....nothing..

You want to point a finger at the West for somehow stopping this mythical advancement you think sub Saharan Africa was experiencing or was on the cusp of, but its all folly. There are places in the Amazon and areas like Papa New Guinea where the west hasn't had an impact..that is what any place on the earth would look like without European influence. Africa wasn't on a path towards advanced cultures, especially sub Saharan Africa. Hell, that is where ancient humans fled.


So in the time span of about 6000 years you point to a few small pyramids built and a trade route hub in the desert.. I get it though. Sub Saharan Africa did not have any written languages or way to keep history outside of word of mouth. Oral history tends to..well..not be the most accurate form of recording it..
 
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n_huffhines said:
What does this even mean? What works of non-fiction are blockbusters on this level?

Your nightly 12 pack of natty light is an indictment.
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Obtuse much? You can look through this thread to see what I am talking about. People are acting like this movie is a "could have been us" movie and not a fictional comic book movie written by White dudes who hadn't even been to Africa. Some of you tide pod eaters will probably think Wakanda is a real place.

Adults are reacting to this movie how a child reacts to seeing Star Wars for the first time. They think its real (or could be)..when everyone else knows better.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Yet people flock to it like its non-fiction.


I guess that is an indictment of how desperate some folks are for something positive in their lives.
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Because a few people said something ridiculous on twitter you assume everyone that went to see the movie this weekend are claiming the same nonsense?

Why is this sticking in your craw so bad?
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Because a few people said something ridiculous on twitter you assume everyone that went to see the movie this weekend are claiming the same nonsense?

Why is this sticking in your craw so bad?
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I saw it at the local theater. I had hoped it was isolated to bootleg tide pod eaters on twitter..but I was wrong. Then it was people I know on facebook as well..:no:




I'll dress up like Yggdrasil for the next Thor...celebrate my Nordic heritage.. :blink:
 
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butchna said:
Unless you’re atheist, Passion of the Christ fetched a few bucks in that category. :hmm:
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Why would it matter if I'm atheist? The reality is it did well regardless of my beliefs, but nowhere near as well as Black Panther or many other fictions. The Force Awakens did more than 3x the Passion of the Christ.

The question is, is there a non-fiction that performs at this level? 79 mocked people for "flocking" to a fictional movie, when that happens all the time, he's just hypocritically attacking a different tribe than the one he belongs to. A non-fiction with this kind of clout is rare, if it even exists.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Why would it matter if I'm atheist? The reality is it did well regardless of my beliefs, but nowhere near as well as Black Panther or many other fictions. The Force Awakens did more than 3x the Passion of the Christ.

The question is, is there a non-fiction that performs at this level? 79 mocked people for "flocking" to a fictional movie, when that happens all the time, he's just hypocritically attacking a different tribe than the one he belongs to. A non-fiction with this kind of clout is rare, if it even exists.
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Wrong. I mock it because of the "this is what it could have been like" drivel and the dressing up part. Unfortunately those two don't usually go hand in hand with fictional movies..

I liked BP in the avengers flick..or was it Captain America (I forget). I'm sure I'll like this one as well when I buy it on 4K and watch it for the first time.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Wrong. I mock it because of the "this is what it could have been like" drivel and the dressing up part. Unfortunately those two don't usually go hand in hand with fictional movies..

I liked BP in the avengers flick..or was it Captain America (I forget). I'm sure I'll like this one as well when I buy it on 4K and watch it for the first time.
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It was Civil War, which was basically Avengers 2.5.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Wrong. I mock it because of the "this is what it could have been like" drivel
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So then you're wrong for taking the opinion of a select few and attributing it to many.

and the dressing up part...don't usually go hand in hand with fictional movies.
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It's not unusual at all for people to dress up for the movies. WTF are you talking about?
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
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I feel the same way about this movie that i do about Lonzo Ball. I hope it's great and have nothing against the people in it or people that made it but i almost hate it because I'm tired of hearing about it. Just STFU and enjoy it or don't.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Wrong. I mock it because of the "this is what it could have been like" drivel and the dressing up part. Unfortunately those two don't usually go hand in hand with fictional movies..

I liked BP in the avengers flick..or was it Captain America (I forget). I'm sure I'll like this one as well when I buy it on 4K and watch it for the first time.
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Indeed
 
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