Lanterns [Crime, DC Studios] (Page 2 of 2)

There was another show that went back and forth. It was a damn good show, but drove me nuts. Person of Interest.

I tend to lean towards anything J.J. Abrams's  or Bad Robot production.

Dropping their kid off at night in the middle of a black neighborhood because its the scariest place they can think of seems pretty racists to me lol

I am sorry, but my mind does not think like that. The only thing that I found disturbing was

Its like a dirty joke, that you only understand if you think a certain way. And you do not get it, till  it is explained to you. And afterwards you cant help but think that way.

So I guess in a way this is only Woke if you think woke. See what I mean about not getting this?

All I can say is, I am glad I do not think in that twisted way. Not saying that anyone who does is twisted, just that I feel sorry for you.

@Marzen216, that's a clear and concise explanation of the inherent woke ideology and racism embedded in Lanterns.  Obviously if systemic racism makes parents afraid and produces psychotic behaviour, then the moral should be to rise above it and not allow racism to dictate ones life in any way, from your thoughts, feelings, emotions, or actions, you know, like a HERO!  Lanterns says the opposite, allow the perceived systemic racism to dictate everything in your life and let it control you and turn you into a psychopath, then call it brave and blame the system.  Absolutely crazy.

@Inkblot, as I said in my spoiler, I also didn't pull the racism out of the show until I read about it afterwards, as I just simply thought the dad was afraid of a green orb and both the parents were mentally unstable anxiety ridden psychopaths that weren't making any sense, for no good reason.  They weren't explicit about the systemic racism being the underpinning for their behaviour nor were they clear about what opportunity in life would be missed for John, when they were already so well off.  Their misunderstanding of the ring is really silly and senseless, thinking that they needed to endanger John to "train" him to become fearless when he was already fearless, makes no sense, as John is already enough.

Wow, I never thought of that. But before I go anywhere with this, I think as you put it, The black man is disadvantaged, not because  of skin color, but because the white man has for centuries worked very hard to make it so.

Shit, I even remember a bank loan scam that kept black people from getting mortgages, in the 70's and 80's. They had to use white straw buyers, just to get a house. How would you feel, if you were black?

They were herded into black ghettos of poor people called Welfare Housing projects. The motto then was, keep em dumb and broke. Crime exploded in those areas. Even broke, dumb white people resort to crime.

When you have that kind of crap against you from the day you are born, your chances of success are extremely limited.

But to stay on topic,  as paisley1 so eloquently put it, The wink wink "WOKE" agenda did not even occur to me until some idiot pointed it out, and even then I still don't see it. To me all HUMANS are equal. Until some insert colour  jackass make it not so.

I have low hopes of this post surviving for any length of time.

Thank you paisley1 for restoring my faith. I thought it was just my dumb white ass that didnt get it.

Love this, another well said comment.

Brothers! What we do in life...Echoes in Eternity!

Ouch, I still watch Rings of Power, Lanterns, Love The Wheel Of Time.

Stopped watching Ghost busters when they made them all women, you got me there. She hulk, But in fairness Harrison Ford plays the Red Hulk (President Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, debuting in the 2025 film Captain America: Brave New World.

If you gonna harp on Star Wars you have to mention The Acolyte, the other, ah crap, and the Mandalorian And Grogu, they just ruined it for me. Star Trek Discovery and thank you for making me remember section 31, this will add more sessions with my shrink, thanks .

I don't blame it on being woke, I mean who here among us horny men has not wanted to try a sexy she hulk? Who could crush your skull into pulp with a twitch of her thighs.

I think they just lost their minds taking a well written working formula, throwing it in the trash and saying. Hey lets try this.

And now that they are aware of this error I expect them to fix it.

One more thing I think y'all are forgetting is that those childhood scenes take place in the 80s and early 90s. Segregation in the US only officially ended in the 60s, and then there was all the already mentioned stuff in the 70s and 80s. That means the parents would have lived through those times. The father's a guy who, when woken up by strange lights in the middle of the night, may well still be reasonably expecting a lynching. What they are right about is that he has a bit of a disadvantage in that test against one who has never had to think about that. Acknowledging that is not a bad thing.

But, unlike apparently the actors, I also did not get the impression that this was played as a justification for their behaviour. To actively endanger a kid and keeping him from ever experiencing a normal childhood on the off chance of getting him into a particular job in the future is psychotic. That, I think, they managed to show. Good people with good intentions letting obsession drive them into really bad methods.

Did we actually hear whether only two candidates were tested? Because that guy in particular probably also only passed that test because he was already a complete jackass who is repeatedly shown to be incapable of anticipating the consequences of his actions. May be the third white guy they tried. No privilege needed, just a mental disability.

All great points. That is why I don't judge on that scale, until I am told I was watching WoKE media. It messes with ya.

Thats why I remember my father telling me that he judges people not by their past, but by their actions. We need more dads teaching this stuff.

We need schools that also teach Life Lessons, managing a checking account, cooking, etc.

With no real parenting, and the no kid left behind in schools, we are pumping out grade 12 students who cannot read or do simple math. And we wonder why society has gone to crap.

Sorry, wandered a bit there.

Dammit paisley1, you always post when I post, and then I have to go in and add some stuff for you, cause I do not want 2 messages in a row. I hate u. j/k

@paisley1 I was wondering if anyone picked up on that. WTF happened to the ring choosing? And the ring never made a mistake. But I think one of the Guardians tried to explain why, and the answer did not sit well with me,

Good catch paisley1.

So its a license to be a bully and dick. Fun fun.

I have a hard time with The guy playing Hal as an ass. I was introduced to him in https://next-episode.net/early-edition

And he was such a nice dude.

Not enough actors working I guess. Or certain actors get typecast in your head. Not his fault, he was good. Maybe too good .