Astro Boy endorses Marxist ideals, wtf?

[Tirissana]

AOL: Inside Movies

Crude posters of Lenin and Trotsky adorn the threadbare walls of an office in a desolate part of town, and a group of outcast revolutionaries hatch a scheme to overthrow the ruling powers and bring equality and a classless society to mankind. The beginning of an Eisenstein film? Bunuel? Renoir?

Try 'Astro Boy,' the upcoming animated film featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage and Kristen Bell about a boy robot (Freddie Highmore) that leaves his scientist father after finding out he isn't human. Ostensibly a film for children -- with a fringe following of fanboys, thanks to its comic book series -- the movie features very adult ideas of ownership and class structure that will most likely be future fodder for college philosophy classes around the country.

While it's no secret that Hollywood films tend to skew left in general, 'Astro Boy' may be the first animated blockbuster to discuss, if not necessarily endorse, explicit Marxist ideologies (albeit in cute robot form, of course.) In the movie, the aforementioned outcasts, led by Robotsky, form the Robot Revolutionary Front, stenciling their logo on city walls and chanting "Viva La Robotolution" at anyone within earshot. On the whole, it's played for laughs, but makes us ponder the question:

Have animated films gotten more leftist in recent years?

Read the rest of the article

I almost died when I read this. It seems conservatives have forgotten that Astro Boy isn't a new series. It was created in the 50's by the famous manga-ka Osamu Tesuka and was revived in the 80's and 2003.

But seriously? Astro Boy has leftist ideals? What ever happened to just watching movies for enjoyment? Why do the conservatives have to analyze films into such detail?

So discuss ED, why do the conservative right have to make big a big deal out of classic movies like Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White, Pochantas, and even this fall's big blockbuster hit: Astro Boy: The Battle for Terra?

[Eromreven]

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

[Tirissana]

Eromreven

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

According to the article it's because the movies protray Native Americans, the Chinese, Arabs, and something else in a more positive light versus in a negative one.

[marshmallowcreampie]

Actually, I came in the ED to bring it up, but you beat me to it. I commented on that site, telling them it is based off a very old anime and that many of the ideals presented in the movie were most likely the result of the ideals presented in the anime, not something placed in there by the evil Hollywood liberals.

My view on ideals in kid's movies... It doesn't matter too much to me, because unless it is stated directly kids probably won't get the jist of most of the messages.

[Tirissana]

marshmallowcreampie

Actually, I came in the ED to bring it up, but you beat me to it. I commented on that site, telling them it is based off a very old anime and that many of the ideals presented in the movie were most likely the result of the ideals presented in the anime, not something placed in there by the evil Hollywood liberals.

My view on ideals in kid's movies... It doesn't matter too much to me, because unless it is stated directly kids probably won't get the jist of most of the messages.

Sure enough the people who have never watched the anime or even knew it was created in the 50's won't get that Hollywood is just giving the series another face lift. -.-

Though now I want to see that new Cyborg series that came out a few years ago. I can't remember what it's called though...

[Cheshire6]

In Communist Russia, boy astros you.

[marshmallowcreampie]

-Tsukiyo-Moon Maiden

marshmallowcreampie

Actually, I came in the ED to bring it up, but you beat me to it. I commented on that site, telling them it is based off a very old anime and that many of the ideals presented in the movie were most likely the result of the ideals presented in the anime, not something placed in there by the evil Hollywood liberals.

My view on ideals in kid's movies... It doesn't matter too much to me, because unless it is stated directly kids probably won't get the jist of most of the messages.

Sure enough the people who have never watched the anime or even knew it was created in the 50's won't get that Hollywood is just giving the series another face lift. -.-

Though now I want to see that new Cyborg series that came out a few years ago. I can't remember what it's called though...

Yes, people have been known to raise hell about movies, TV shows, and video games without even checking them out first. There was a woman who said that the Wi-Fi feature on the latest Animal Crossing video game for the Wii would allow children to meet strangers. She obviously didn't do her research, since you need the other person's friend code to directly interact with them.

[Tirissana]

marshmallowcreampie

-Tsukiyo-Moon Maiden

marshmallowcreampie

Actually, I came in the ED to bring it up, but you beat me to it. I commented on that site, telling them it is based off a very old anime and that many of the ideals presented in the movie were most likely the result of the ideals presented in the anime, not something placed in there by the evil Hollywood liberals.

My view on ideals in kid's movies... It doesn't matter too much to me, because unless it is stated directly kids probably won't get the jist of most of the messages.

Sure enough the people who have never watched the anime or even knew it was created in the 50's won't get that Hollywood is just giving the series another face lift. -.-

Though now I want to see that new Cyborg series that came out a few years ago. I can't remember what it's called though...

Yes, people have been known to raise hell about movies, TV shows, and video games without even checking them out first. There was a woman who said that the Wi-Fi feature on the latest Animal Crossing video game for the Wii would allow children to meet strangers. She obviously didn't do her research, since you need the other person's friend code to directly interact with them.

For the love of...

How hard is it to read the fine print and do the research instead of opening your mouth and spew ignorant message?

[marshmallowcreampie]

-Tsukiyo-Moon Maiden

Eromreven

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

According to the article it's because the movies protray Native Americans, the Chinese, Arabs, and something else in a more positive light versus in a negative one.

I fail to see how a non-white protagonist would make a movie liberal. Such a thing would only be "liberal" if we were still living in the ages of segregation and inequality.

[Hanma Selis]

Why the hell do critics care what ideals are in a movie? The film is for kids, and they don't care.

[Anakha the Silver]

marshmallowcreampie

-Tsukiyo-Moon Maiden

Eromreven

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

According to the article it's because the movies protray Native Americans, the Chinese, Arabs, and something else in a more positive light versus in a negative one.

I fail to see how a non-white protagonist would make a movie liberal. Such a thing would only be "liberal" if we were still living in the ages of segregation and inequality.

Because dere my-nore-i-teeez.

[pockybot]

Eromreven

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

Disney did a BRAVE thing with Aladdin, making their tentpole flagship feature in 1993 a film about two Arabs living in ancient Baghdad, just two years after the 1991 Gulf war and right after the WTC 1993 bombing when the public was apprehensive about "those middle easterners".

[Eromreven]

marshmallowcreampie

-Tsukiyo-Moon Maiden

Eromreven

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

According to the article it's because the movies protray Native Americans, the Chinese, Arabs, and something else in a more positive light versus in a negative one.

I fail to see how a non-white protagonist would make a movie liberal. Such a thing would only be "liberal" if we were still living in the ages of segregation and inequality.

You have not yet begun to know what conservatism is.

[marshmallowcreampie]

-Tsukiyo-Moon Maiden

For the love of...

How hard is it to read the fine print and do the research instead of opening your mouth and spew ignorant message?

Yes, people do seem to enjoy fear-mongering... I guess she saw the words "Wi-Fi connect!" or something and immediately thought "*****!". She even said that any older people (meaning, not a child) playing that game is suspicious.

[Eromreven]

pockybot

Eromreven

Wait a minute, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White and Pocohontas are all conservative as ********, when did they raise a stink about those movies?

Disney did a BRAVE thing with Aladdin, making their tentpole flagship feature in 1993 a film about two Arabs living in ancient Baghdad, just two years after the 1991 Gulf war and right after the WTC 1993 bombing when the public was apprehensive about "those middle easterners".

Wait which two arabs? Jafar and who else?