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Margot Robbie the only true postmodern actor in Hollywood.

"It's capitalism" is an unsatisfying explanation because one the one hand it's sort of trivially true, but on the other, good movies have been made under capitalism. Hindsight's 20/20, but I don't really buy that the execs didn't see a massive ROT on Barbie beforehand, given it's prestige, cast, director etc. I understand that some cruddy network TV show or "Tetris the movie" or whatever have to fall back on advertising to cover their costs, but this one? Seems entirely unnecessary, even more so considering the artistic cost it came along with.

The bleak thing is not advertising per se, which we are used to, but advertising in movies that seem far too big for it. And then of course crass, embarrassing way it was implemented here.

Yeah that's kind of my point. Even knowing it's partial propaganda, you'd know when something is "off". Just like even knowing that Barbie is partially a branding campaign, You know how the car comercial scene is "off".

This critique irks me for some reason. Consider this: Imagine the latest Top Gun had some scene where Tom Cruise literally high fives Uncle Sam, then slowly whispers "Freedom" and winks into the camera. You'd rightfully find this jarring, a poor aesthetic choice, weird.

But then someone online tells you why you'd expect anything else from a franchise that's heavily subsidized and supported by the military industrial complex, and demanding a sort of artistic consistency from such a franchise is pointless to begin with.

Tldr: I think you can critique the art even if you're aware of it's ideological confines.

(This reply hinges on such a scene not being in the latest Top Gun movie, which I haven't see yet to be honest)

Not really to the point I was trying to make here.

Yes?

Edit: Even if you want to be reductive and consider the entire movie as just a big brand advertisment, this doesn't make sense. Does Burger King subsidize their commercials by running Samsung Ads within them?

Edit2: This is probably a bad retort, see my other comments for clarification.

Very cool

The CGI that removed cars in the background will still have removed cars in the background and you wouldn't have noticed.

Just get a cast iron air fryer.

You're not supposed to flush your parchment paper.

Apple bottom jeans? Give me a girl with an apple bottom body!

It's short for Matt

What is the 'Carnot cycle'? - I don't know

Hey, it's the only democracy in the middle east, whaddaya gonna do.

Pig Kidney also sounds like a cool band name.

So is this like, an anime with the dub of the 2010 movie?

lightspecter

Spoooky

Just wait until I bring my professional bigotry.

While it's commonly believed that Dan Crenshaw wears an eye patch because he lost one eye to an IED in Afghanistan, it's much more likely he uses it to adapt more easily to changing lighting conditions when going below deck.

Really makes you think