Bright (2017) - A.K.A. ORC COPS, ORC COPS!

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It was Shadowrun without the awesomeness of cyberpunk, also I think they were TOO SUBTLE!!!!!! on the racism message.
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KesaraRiku wrote:It was Shadowrun without the awesomeness of cyberpunk, also I think they were TOO SUBTLE!!!!!! on the racism message.
There was a message? I felt it was just a setting without a message. The war happened to long ago that annoyed me.
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If you pretend the elves are a jew analog it helps the tripe go down :P
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Antiboyscout wrote:If you pretend the elves are a jew analog it helps the tripe go down :P
The orcs are actually the Jew analogue. 2000 years ago some orcs did something bad to another orc (who everyone ignores was an orc) and the entire race is crapped on ever since.

The elves are the WASPs.

Though one guy did describe it this way, "Orcs are black with a little black added while elves are whiter than the white people."

But yes, the fact the war was 2000 years ago is important I think because:

1. It's meant to be Middle Earth
2. It highlights the excuses for racism are bullshit that make no sense
3. The Jew analog
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CharlesPhipps wrote:
Antiboyscout wrote:If you pretend the elves are a jew analog it helps the tripe go down :P
The orcs are actually the Jew analogue. 2000 years ago some orcs did something bad to another orc (who everyone ignores was an orc) and the entire race is crapped on ever since.

The elves are the WASPs.

Though one guy did describe it this way, "Orcs are black with a little black added while elves are whiter than the white people."

But yes, the fact the war was 2000 years ago is important I think because:

1. It's meant to be Middle Earth
2. It highlights the excuses for racism are bullshit that make no sense
3. The Jew analog
Yes, because when I think of Jews I think of gang-bangers and definitely not the highest educated, highest earning, most well connected population outside of asians
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Antiboyscout wrote:Yes, because when I think of Jews I think of gang-bangers and definitely not the highest educated, highest earning, most well connected population outside of asians
Well I think of people who have suffered tremendously and are pretty badass soldiers.

I think the point of the movie is the orc gang bangers aren't particularly bad people either as the leader of the local community flat out points out he and his people live by their own laws (which Jews have been historically accused of doing) because no one else treats them right and that it works pretty well for them.

The people who brought violence and cruelty into the neighborhood were the cops.
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CharlesPhipps wrote:
Antiboyscout wrote:If you pretend the elves are a jew analog it helps the tripe go down :P
The orcs are actually the Jew analogue. 2000 years ago some orcs did something bad to another orc (who everyone ignores was an orc) and the entire race is crapped on ever since.

The elves are the WASPs.

Though one guy did describe it this way, "Orcs are black with a little black added while elves are whiter than the white people."

But yes, the fact the war was 2000 years ago is important I think because:

1. It's meant to be Middle Earth
2. It highlights the excuses for racism are bullshit that make no sense
3. The Jew analog
2. We have no idea if Elves and orcs are legit very different from humans or not.
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So, I finished this movie and It was good. I mean why did the critics hate it so much?
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cilantro wrote:So, I finished this movie and It was good. I mean why did the critics hate it so much?
I think it boiled down to.

1. Merging real life racial issues with a fantasy metaphor
2. It's a Netflix movie
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CharlesPhipps wrote:
cilantro wrote:So, I finished this movie and It was good. I mean why did the critics hate it so much?
I think it boiled down to.

1. Merging real life racial issues with a fantasy metaphor
2. It's a Netflix movie
It could be but I feel like they are trying to make it out like it was supposed to be the next Loving (which it wasn't). To me it's like watching a movie like Lethal Weapon, Shanghai Noon, Bad Boys, etc... meets Highlander (the first movie), Alien Nation, Men In Black, Tolkien, etc... all set in modern day LA. For me it worked as a buddy cop movie that also happens to be a fantasy movie.
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