Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to movies@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoGeorge Lucas: "Am I a joke to you?"hexbear.netimagemessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down10
arrow-up1241arrow-down1imageGeorge Lucas: "Am I a joke to you?"hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to movies@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·edit-21 year agoThe nazis were inspired by the US and immediately incorporated into their institutions after nazi germany’s failure.
minus-squareChapo_is_Red [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoThat’s true, but aesthetically the Empire doesn’t really evoke the USA. Avatar succeeds better in that way
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoAll powerful empire that tells everyone else what to do - or else - evokes the US to everyone that’s not in the US.
minus-squareChapo_is_Red [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI agree, but those aren’t aesthetic qualities. Those are material relations. You could make a case for their space ships evoking the appearance of a carrier group, which is emblematic of US empire. If you want average people in America to draw the connection, it’s more effective to make the aesthetics obvious.
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoall the imperial guys have british accents, not american accents
The nazis were inspired by the US and immediately incorporated into their institutions after nazi germany’s failure.
That’s true, but aesthetically the Empire doesn’t really evoke the USA. Avatar succeeds better in that way
All powerful empire that tells everyone else what to do - or else - evokes the US to everyone that’s not in the US.
I agree, but those aren’t aesthetic qualities. Those are material relations.
You could make a case for their space ships evoking the appearance of a carrier group, which is emblematic of US empire.
If you want average people in America to draw the connection, it’s more effective to make the aesthetics obvious.
all the imperial guys have british accents, not american accents