Ilandar

It is absolutely VITAL that we call out news media that are supposedly neutral like the BBC. If they accept fascist talking point as a valid opinion in discussion, we have already lost.

Again - this is netural reporting. The "fascists" won the election with a majority in Zegler's country. The first step towards dealing with this societal problem is accepting that is not just some tiny fringe movement that will disappear if you close your eyes hard enough.

But the BBC calling her comments “controversial”? That’s problematic at least. She opposed genocide and illegal occupation and opposed an authoritarian strongman gaining power. That is not a controversial comment in a liberal democracy and the founding values of the western democracy. That BBC article is garbage.

They are objectively controversial positions, though. It doesn't matter how much you agree with them, others clearly do not and it has led to heated public debate. That is literally the definition of controversial:

causing disagreement or discussion

The so-called "liberal democracy" in which she lives is currently being run by the "authoritarian strongman" whose mission is seemingly to disrupt and dismantle many of those "founding values". So again, reality is quite different to how you are presenting it. Calling the article garbage because it stated basic facts instead of subscribing to your fantasy land interpretation of current events is very silly.

RIP, this was a good project.

I’d argue that it’s not really Zegler’s fault… Not that there’s anything special about her performance, but there isn’t really anything wrong with it, either.

What's not her fault? The article isn't about her performance in the film, it's about the pushback and resulting pile-on from conservatives to her casting and public comments prior to release.

I would feel more confident in this film if it were animated. After decades of bad Zelda cosplay fan films, I find it very difficult to imagine a live action Zelda film not looking completely ridiculous.

It didn't "hit you" that the Korean creator of a Korean video game might not have English as his first language? Yikes...

I've been saying this all season, so it's hardly surprising, but it is good to get some confirmation from the creator. I'll keep watching for now but it will make the decision to drop the show a lot easier if it continues meandering in Season 3.

How does this apply to the thirteen year old in the story?

It doesn't, because I am not referring to children here. They are not the ones whining in this thread about being too poor to date or women being too picky, those are real adult men not fictional boys from a TV show.

You are ignoring the bit where this was a private conversation. They wouldn't need to laugh along with jokes at their expense because, in the context you are discussing, they would never even be aware that the jokes were made.

Is this a copypasta?

I watched 'Internal Affairs' (1990). Quite a strange film that seems to be following some pretty typical story beats for the first half but gets weirder and less coherent as it goes on. Richard Gere always struck me as a somewhat unlikeable actor because he played these really smarmy leading man roles but after watching this I realised that his inability to deliver convincing emotions actually works perfectly when he is playing a villain. I really liked Andy García in this too, he comes across as a lot more genuine and emotionally sincere which further enhances Gere's performance.

It's objectively true. Why their personality has developed in that way could be down to any number of things, many of which should be examined more closely, but ultimately the individual needs to take responsibility for anything to change. Everyone has personality flaws, everyone can work on them over time. I have zero tolerance or sympathy for people suffering from a loser/victim mentality, it's pathetic and cowardly behaviour.