Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to movies@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoGeorge Lucas: "Am I a joke to you?"hexbear.netimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down10
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageGeorge Lucas: "Am I a joke to you?"hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to movies@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·edit-210 months 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-up31·10 months 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-up38·10 months 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-up12·10 months 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-up8·10 months 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