im just saying that if i see any of you supporting that new “heathers” movie remake im going to hit the fucking ceiling
i believe that the trailer speaks for itself on why you shouldn’t support it
i watched the trailer. while i don’t believe in forming an opinion without seeing the source, i don’t recommend watching the trailer without taking a huge breath because of a whole host of triggers but to sum it up? this movie directly misses the point of “heathers” and instead puts minority characters as villains. the “punchline” about their characters is that they are fat, or a poc, or genderqueer. that’s the joke. somehow, this “makes them popular.” instead of incredibly privileged rich girls, we get a stereotype straight from a baby boomer’s book of “evil sjws”. it’s cringe-worthy. the protagonist is a feathery, wispy white girl. if the red pill part of reddit came out with a version of “heathers” it actually might be better than this.
there’s a lot from the original heathers that doesn’t age well, but boy is this movie shaping up to be a fucking wreck. it’s essentially someone’s fantasy about killing people who don’t look or act like those in power. in the current world as it stands, it’s pornographic violence against minorities, and is the opposite of subversive. where the original heathers was “punching up,” this movie basically says “what if we finally got to kill gay people and people of color and fat people on screen,” as if it doesn’t fucking happen in person. this movie is a neonazi’s wet dream. two straight white people killing minorities? hmm why doesn’t this shock me.
this movie not only leans into the idea that situations of massive disadvantage are actually just “secretly positions of power,” (hi that’s an idea that nazis have) it relishes in the idea that they deserve to be killed for it. i know a lot of people are mad that this is ruining the whole vibe of the original, but please be more mad that this is an idea that went through many many many people and nobody stopped it. hollywood is promising us change and then gives us this bullshit?
please don’t go see this movie. don’t promote it. they get money from you watching the trailer and they get money from people who hatewatch it and they get money when you make fb posts about how much you hate it. so just like. turn ur back. let it die quietly, because the more noise we make about it, the more vindicated the creators will be – this idea that they’re “going against pc culture and being edgy and new and shocking” is a really popular farce to cover up “i’m actually invested in the status quo and used to cry when i had to share in preschool also even though i think i’m unique i have the exact personality of a rotten tuna sandwich” – so don’t give them a chance to cover their asses. just don’t fucking bother.
god i hate this i hate this is even a thing i didn’t even like love the original heathers but holy shit this is a fucking mess
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