/ent/ - Entertainment

>>9275
>Right looks like a joke poster.
The show is real tho.

The chuddy weeblets claim that the dreaded "Western influence" is what will ruin anime FOREVER, yet anime was always influenced by the West in some way (the anime art style was influenced by Disney, Cowboy Bebop was influenced by Westerns, Samurai Champloo was influenced by hip-hop (?) and Panty and Stocking was obviously influenced by both Powerpuff Girls and Drawn Together). In fact, some Western influences on anime are actually GOOD. Not only are Western influences from Western culture can add unique flair to anime (JoJo, Bebop, PSG, Edgerunners, Scott Pilgrim) but they also help represent Western culture more faithfully, as well as improve the portrayal of black people for example (there are even some great black protagonists in anime now, an example of POSITIVE diversity unlike what we see in Hollywood), not to mention that the merging of Western and Japanese influences can create a combination that's the best of both worlds. Hearing Western-style music in anime can feel refreshing and exciting, and seeing references to Western pop culture activates those dopamine receptors in Western viewers.

However, not all Western influences are created equal. Obviously wokeness and modern feminism are a big no-go, they're cancer that's killing Western entertainment too so it spreading to anime would be very upsetting. It's already infuriating that Funimation inserts woke feminist messages into their translations now. Also, it should be stressed that some cultural isolation actually makes a country's art more unique and enjoyable than if it was tainted by globalization. Anime too has certain quirks unique to it that make people interested in it in the first place so losing them would remove all the charm. Ofc I'm not a fan of every quirk (I don't like the tsundere archetype, the repetitive use of the same jokes and very drawn-out romcoms that end very abruptly) but I don't want all of them to just disappear.

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No other medium was affected by commodification as much as music. Mainstream music was trash even before the 21st century, it was only a matter of time until Western big-budget movies, superhero comics, TV shows and AAA games became trash, I think it's just a natural coarse for turning art into business. It's terrifying how many shitty pop songs major labels manage to pump out in one year, pop music is the precursor to YouTube's content farms. Same for broadcast TV tbh, broadcast TV is the worst.

You know, even if kids' cartoons are dying adult cartoons are taking their place, being free from the restrictions kids' networks would put on them. I don't see American animation becoming worse, it's just different now than it was before. But even kids' cartoons of yesterday weren't as immature as people claim them to be, they're not Peppa Pig or anything like that. Why do people think that anything other than FOX, MTV, Comedy Central and Adult Swim projects is just variations of Peppa Pig or Dora the Explorer?

What fresh autism is this?

>>9252
Political autism.

Moved to >>>/edu/7942.

This one's classic.

>>9219
>I didn't mean to call all of china racist against black people but we all know you are
Aaaand I'm done with this slop.

>>9227
See, I knew they were libs. Fuck 'em and their lamenting about their dying consoomer culture.

Furthermore for context, The Women in the Yard either not playing in China or not making money in China):

- It seems to be a supernatural ghost/spirit film. China has banned superstition before or put disclaimers in supernatural stories
(which may have to do with China's history such as superstition during the Century of Humiliation (look up "supernatural Boxer Rebellion"),
and Indonesian communists getting killed because CIA told civilians that commies are having Satanic blood sacrifice orgies, which some say was an influencing factor for China's decision to launch a Cultural Revolution)

- China limits the amount of foreign movies allowed each year, I doubt this low-key unknown supernatural film would get in over stuff like blockbusters such as Godzilla



PS. Alien Romulus was allowed and made lots of money in China and it was shown uncensored! A sci-fi horror was allowed!

Nice, another informative redlettermedia video. Oh wait, am I supposed to hate them for some reason now?

>>9219
Lets adresse some points

<why are horror movies flopping
the real world is slowly turning into one, there is less demand for fictional scary, when there is so much real scary.

<Chinese people don't watch movies with actors that have a dark skin tone.
This could just be a made up psy-op to bias the media industry against China.
If this is true, that is unfortunate, but as long as they are not actively discriminating against people, not wanting to watch a movie can't be racism.
We have an anti-warmonger bias, so we assume that China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela,… bad is false by default unless proven otherwise.

<People lacking the discretionary budget to buy movie tickets
Well look at it this way the economy is producing surplus and that can be spend on a number of things. The neocons are popping a roughly 50 million dollar drone about once a week over Yemen, that's 10 indie-movies per week evaporating in the sky. If you go look at the amount of money that was burned in Ukraine … that's more indie movies you could ever watch.

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>>9246
don't just post bare links, say something about it

>>9135
I'm surprised it isn't still running. I forgot it was canceled.
It was total crap, it seems like it would have run for longer.

>>9232
>Chernobyl which was anti-commie propaganda
I thought the USSR wasn't real communism so what's the problem.

>>9241
The USSR considered it self as lower-stage socialism building towards Communism. So anti-soviet propaganda it still counts as anti-communism.

>>9242
The real anti-communism are McCarthyism and Pinochetism, not anti-Sovietism. Even communists can be anti-Soviet.

>>9244
There's certainly communists who criticize the flaws of the Soviet system, and people who want to build a different system.

However people who really hate the Soviets, that always leaves doubts, because of the things the Soviets did, like defeating fascism in WW2.

Putting it on tonight, I'm late.

I watched it. It was good. Anyone have any questions?

>>9211
>South Park is outright right-wing tho
Nah, that's Mr. Birchum or Family Gay's new seasons.

>>9212
Trey & Matt are unironically propertarians and would regularly slip Libertarian morals into episodes.

>>9213
>Trey & Matt are unironically propertarians
I don't think this affects their satire that much. Compare that to, I dunno, Atlas Shrugged.
>would regularly slip Libertarian morals into episodes
Their morals aren't that different from the supporters of Barack Obama really.

>>9214
There's an episode which just ends with Kyle or whoever explaining that Starbucks is the biggest company because it has the best product.
>Their morals aren't that different from the supporters of Barack Obama really.
Didn't they have an entire running gag which was basically "global warming is fake"?

>>9215
>There's an episode which just ends with Kyle or whoever explaining that Starbucks is the biggest company because it has the best product.
Honestly, that's not that far off from what a centrist would say. It's cringe but it's true. Weird, shouldn't lolberts be against big corporations?
>Didn't they have an entire running gag which was basically "global warming is fake"?
Did they?

>>9193
>>9195
I cannot delete the post, only report it:(
Btw I sent you email a long ago, r u here?

I asked a girl once to do it, she didn't get the concept or why it would be desirable.

Which is bizarre because she was so mentally ill she was sleeping on her parent's kitchen and couldn't leave her house…

>>9203

Wanna get such girlfriend..at least as a friend

>>9198
I think I responded to your email, comrade

>>9171
Fuck! I meant to spoiler the title

I wish Anya Taylor Joy was my gf

>>9173
It's crazy how bad her makeup is IRL compared to on film.