ImmortalSynn

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No its not! If it were yosimete sam or elmer fudd being made to look stupid you'd just think it was a funny classic cartoon, but OMG they made a black person look stupid. What a racist cartoon!

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First, it's "Yosemite" (third grade-level spelling, anyone?). Secondly, there's a rather marked difference between made-to-look-stupid, versus throwing in just about every possible racist colloquialism and physical stereotype into a single (1off) character all at the same time... not experienced enough yet to differentiate the two?? Sad.

I've been YouTubing old advertisements and shows from the '50s and '60s, just for the fun of it, and am astonished at just how much acceptability standards in advertisements have changed.

I've provided two of the most drastic examples below: the first is a Flintstones advertisement for Winston cigarettes, the latter is a clip from the Looney Tunes episode "Southern Fried Rabbit," which most networks have refused to air for more than 30yrs. It makes Disney's "Song of the South" look tame by comparison.

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Yes, I realize that that was the culture back then, and we're looking at history (not a modern attempt at racism/sexism), but it's still just so shocking to see. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I found it a bit funny though, lol.

What do you guys/gals think? Discuss. :)

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I was wondering about Mystique's age. But then again she was Rouge's Mom (adoptive).

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She's also Nightcrawler's biological mom (you get to see Azazel, his dad, in this film too... awwwwwesome!)

And even more-so, she was in a Lesbian relationship with Destiny, where she morphed into a man and got her pregnant. Marvel management was horrified by this (back during the pre-Ellen and pre-Will&Grace '90s) and made Fabian Nicieza retconn it into a miscarriage. Wusses.

Excellent movie. Great choice of characters... including two quick cameos from the original three films, one of which had everyone applauding!

The White Queen really shined here, as did Azazel (to me anyways). Loved 'em all though.

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may just be due the fact that they crammed a lot of story into one movie.

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And just think, this is (officially verified as being) only part-I of a new trilogy!

Looks pretty awesome! Reading the reviews, it seems they plan to stay very close to the original (even in the characters' costumes).

There are however, several major differences:
1) almost everything seems to take place on Third Earth now, as opposed to Thundera.
2) there's many more Mutants featured
3) Mumm-Ra is now a bat-like creature, as opposed to a human. Still undead, still powerful, still insanely evil.

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It's like monsterquest in a way.

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...except here, we actually get a glimpse of half the stuff they're talking about!

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I jut wish they wouldn't grossly exaggerate the size of the fish they are realistically going to catch.

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I don't think that that's fair. I've watched many an episode, and while they often quote records, or tell how big a fish can get, I don't recall them ever once saying that they'll show us one that big.

And even then, sometimes they get lucky-- for example, one of the Zambezi sharks he caught on film turned out to be the 2nd-largest ever recorded in Africa.

Good show... sorta like "Swamp People" but with a British accent.

Marathon of it on now, may as well have it playing while picking up around the house. Anyone else like/routinely watch this show?