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eastofthemoon) wrote2023-02-25 01:16 pm
eastofthemoon) wrote2023-02-25 01:16 pm
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I'm Old
The other day, I'm watching a youtuber give their review on the Disney Movie Strange World and one of their biggest complaints is that they feel the environmental message of the movie is undercut by the family drama.
They feel the message would get through better if there was a clear cut villain that wanted to destroy the environment for their selfish greed and the heroes to unite and fight against.
I thought this was an odd take since people often complained of all the environmental movies and tv shows that did just that. Ferngully, Captain Planet, etc. I can remember people just groaning and rolling their eyes at how many times this happened and what a breath of fresh air it was when they had a complex villain that wasn't 100 percent and that it's more complicated that just stopping the evil badguy at the end of the day. Hence, why I liked that aspect of Strange World. It's not in your face like the movies and shows I had to grow up with.
Then I realized, this youtuber likely was born after the 90s, when this onslaught was going on, and they didn't witness scenarios over and over again in their media.
I know feel very old.
They feel the message would get through better if there was a clear cut villain that wanted to destroy the environment for their selfish greed and the heroes to unite and fight against.
I thought this was an odd take since people often complained of all the environmental movies and tv shows that did just that. Ferngully, Captain Planet, etc. I can remember people just groaning and rolling their eyes at how many times this happened and what a breath of fresh air it was when they had a complex villain that wasn't 100 percent and that it's more complicated that just stopping the evil badguy at the end of the day. Hence, why I liked that aspect of Strange World. It's not in your face like the movies and shows I had to grow up with.
Then I realized, this youtuber likely was born after the 90s, when this onslaught was going on, and they didn't witness scenarios over and over again in their media.
I know feel very old.