LETS GOOOOOOOO (General hangout thread)

[Clancy]

[Kennifer]

I keep hugging Dusty.

[~okami~]

cool

[Superjohn 2.0]

Zootopia didn't have that great of an allegory anyway. Why would predators be represented as the oppressed minority when they're the ones who eat people?

That reminds me of all those works that feature bigotry against a group of people with abilities beyond those of mere mortals. And in those cases the allegory doesn't hold up, because black people (for example) don't have any particular natural advantage over white people, while witches/wizards (for example) have a definite natural advantage. In which case the Beware the Superman trope comes into play; of course you should be scared of magic-users, psychics, superhumans, vampires etc.! Racism is irrational by nature, but if people in the other group all have the ability to mind-control you, tear your head off with their bare hands, burn you to ashes with eye lasers and so on, then bigotry against them is hardly irrational.

Of course, that isn't to say that this type of bigotry is unlikely considering the possible future existence of cyborgs, designer humans and other technologically enhanced people, but if you want to portray that, you should treat it like a new issue, not compare the treatment with current real-life racism.

I mean in those settings I'd argue we're getting a skewed perception, in many of those settings they're action based, meaning we'd only see the ones with extraordinary abilities. We'd don't get to see the ones with abilities that are more minor, unimpressive, or actively harmful to the person with them.


I'd would agree with you that using Superpowered people as stand ins for real life minorities is not a wise one, and I say this as a fan or the X-Men.

[Dookie]

Zootopia didn't have that great of an allegory anyway. Why would predators be represented as the oppressed minority when they're the ones who eat people?

Side-note: That scene where the rabbit holds her child toward her after a tiger comes by would be a lot more visually interesting if it were a large "prey" animal (say, a giraffe) holding her child away from a small "predator" animal (say, an otter).

That's why I like the original plot with the shock collars better. You can really feel that the predators are the oppressed minority in it, as they're reprimanded for their ancestor's actions. Forced to wear shock collars if they get too aggressive or excited.

[Whistle]

Zootopia didn't have that great of an allegory anyway. Why would predators be represented as the oppressed minority when they're the ones who eat people?

Side-note: That scene where the rabbit holds her child toward her after a tiger comes by would be a lot more visually interesting if it were a large "prey" animal (say, a giraffe) holding her child away from a small "predator" animal (say, an otter).

That's why I like the original plot with the shock collars better. You can really feel that the predators are the oppressed minority in it, as they're reprimanded for their ancestor's actions. Forced to wear shock collars if they get too aggressive or excited.

Instead we got a buddy cop film with a twist villain who didn't get enough time to be evil or at the very least scheming.

We could have had a scene or two where she was calling someone up or something—maybe Doug—that she didn't want to be found with. Heck, maybe she could cover up that note for Doug on the phone she had in her teeny little office.

[Dookie]

I wanted the scene where the child elephant gets his shock collar put on for the very first time. At a “Shock Collar Party.”

Yeah. The original script was pretty damn emotionally for a 4 year old…but I want to see it.

[Clancy]

 We can have the best of both worlds, and say that some nations (like the Zoonited Kingdom) use shock collars, but others (like the Zoonited States) don't.

[Risdio51]

...I miss Zorua.

[Superjohn 2.0]

I'm going to bed now goodnight everyone (or morning if you're in a different timezone).

[Risdio51]

Can you not react to a post like that the way you did, John? I know you meant best, but it came off as sarcastic.

[Superjohn 2.0]

Can you not react to a post like that the way you did, John? I know you meant best, but it came off as sarcastic.

I apologise, It was poorly timed, as I was planning to sign off but I should of either have waited or just logged off.

[Kennifer]

Getting tired and I may have accidentally a thing.

...so it'll be iPad In Bed time soon and will I post a half asleep whatever like I did last night?

maybe

[Whistle]

i miss subparman too

[Kennifer]

I'm on the iPad in bed and sleepy, look out!

[Kennifer]

Yo-yo go brrrrrrrrrr

[Shackwave]

Beaststars > Zootopia

[Kennifer]

by the way today's THINGCOLOR OF THE DAY is: CHERRY CANDY RED.

...which uh

yeah

[Whistle]

STONE

[Kennifer]

Meow.

[Kennifer]

...apparently I have decided to be a cat this afternoon.

not the right thingcolor. OR IS IT

[Whistle]

woomy

[Dookie]

Schools in 2019: If you state at a screen for 2 hours or more, your eyes will get sha-

Schools in 2020: Stare at a screen for 7 hours. You're legally required to.

[~okami~]

teef

[Kennifer]

k e t