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Why All the "PC" Accusations?


For those of you that feel that this is a movie that has come off the rails due to a "PC" agenda, or that the producers are submitting to the demand of the "SJWs", can you show an example of a big budget movie that has been successful for having done so? Why would Hollywood producers want to throw money at a project if they didn't have faith that they will get it back and make a profit?

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I like you, Pericles.

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Bump.

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

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Bump.

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

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Unfortunately, it pisses me off that they're playing identity politics with another character.

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Source? Proof?

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Changing the character's race from the source material is blatant identity politics.

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How is it blatant?

Have you ever considered the simple possibility that those in charge liked Idris Elba the most out of everyone who was considered/auditioned?

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Unfortunately, that only speaks for those encharge, not the fans.

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Unfortunately, that only speaks for those encharge, not the fans.

I guess that you need to fully define "they're".

Unfortunately, it pisses me off that they're playing identity politics with another character.

Are you, at this point,more concerned with the production or with the fans' reaction?

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I'm just stating my opinion. That's how I feel about the race swap of the character, and I'm sure there are plenty of other fans like me who didn't like the race swap of Roland as well.

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I'm just stating my opinion. That's how I feel about the race swap of the character, and I'm sure there are plenty of other fans like me who don't like the race swap of Roland as well.

You are totally free to state your opinion. I am just unclear about whom you were accusing of playing identity politics.

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I'm accusing the Production.

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Bump.

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

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Why do you keep bumping dead threads, Wesker?

Who loves ya, baby?

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What the hell else are we going to do?

Eat lobsters and chin-jaw about dead brothers?

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On a more serious note: I want to simultaneously preserve some good points that others made while providing food for thought for the stream of newcomers that will eventually swell into a raging rapid.

P.S. Threads rarely truly die. They just, sorta...slumber.

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