(June 15, 2016 at 5:24 pm)abaris Wrote:

(June 15, 2016 at 4:58 pm)Losty Wrote: Really? It's a man choking a woman

It's not exactly a man choking a woman but a male something choking a female something, which, according to the X Men picture I had the displeasure of watching on tv, is perfectly capable to put on a good fight.

Ok but that wasn't my point at all. Nice miss.

-don't forget the message, the caption.  It's crucial.

I just see a Smurf person choking a Smurf person. Many people see it as a Smurf man choking a Smurf woman though so I expect many people to think it is sexist.

As for the caption: The character doing the choking, Apocalypse, believes all the weak should be killed and only the strong mutants should survive. That's regardless of gender. Basically the caption is X-Men related.

Fucking smurfs.

See, and that poster is giving Apocalypse a bad rap...he's a true egalitarian.

(June 15, 2016 at 5:50 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: I just see a Smurf person choking a Smurf person. Many people see it as a Smurf man choking a Smurf woman though so I expect many people to think it is sexist.

As for the caption: The character doing the choking, Apocalypse, believes all the weak should be killed and only the strong mutants should survive. That's regardless of gender. Basically the caption is X-Men related.

The poster is a piece of promotional material, out of context. The slogan may be the words of a villain - but there is nothing there to inform non-nerds of that. Someone unfamiliar with X-men can clearly see a large, masculine character choking a small female character - the gender distinction is unmissable. This can be misinterpreted in very disturbing ways.

Say - what if you saw a similar poster for a WWII movie, where a Nazi was choking a Jew (or, say - a strong-chinned alien with a swastika, choking a smaller alien with a yarmulka and a large nose), with the slogan "Only the strong will survive."? Wouldn't that seem somewhat in bad taste, to say the least, as well, as potentially suggesting "alternative" interpretations, for people with particular views, regarding race?

I don't know if the X-Men image is sexist per se (although the creators had many mutants available for the poster, most of them male - yet they chose a female one to be choked by the "strong" character), but it obviously promotes violence against people, who are physically weaker, unless you are intimately familiar with X-men lore. Which a great number of people are not. If a marketing company chooses an image, or a slogan to be displayed out of context - it's their damn job, to make sure it's not going to inspire misinterpretations. That's what they're paid for...

EDIT: Unless, of course, the whole controversy was premeditated, in order to trump up publicity for another run-of-the-mill comic book movie.

(June 15, 2016 at 5:00 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Meh, maybe it's not the picture, maybe it's that it made it to the billboard like that....I mean..... that's some wholesome shit right there.

"Only the strong will survive"  lol.  -Take notice........ ladies.

You sayin' females are weak? You're gonna get your ass kicked talking like that.

I definitely have a problem with that poster.

It promotes mutant on mutant violence.

Bastards!




In all honesty, though: It's a fucking poster!

(June 15, 2016 at 7:21 pm)Spirian Wrote:

I'll take that's all bullshit for 500$

Because she failed at attacking video games now she is attacking history instead of i don't know not attacking
the real problem of sexism and misogyny and in the middle east. This is why third wave feminism is seen as 
a joke in reality.