It doesn’t even have to be that the message is bad or completely objective and propaganda fuelled, it could just be its often incredibly recited, copied and pasted or just a blatantly obvious good lesson that you are completely aware of.

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    18 days ago

    So tired of seeing revenge killing movies in Hollywood. As long as someone is truly evil and does something unforgivable in the 1st act, the “hero” is then justified in slaughtering like 100+ random people in a dark hallway in the 2nd act. I think it’s the only sort of violence we’re okay with anymore. Any other type of violence people might have a problem, but because it’s done in the name of revenge for a dead wife/dog/kidnapped daughter, that’s now been whitewashed as “good wholesome revenge killing.” Or something.

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      18 days ago

      Is it better when the hero decides at the last minute to spare the life of the villain so they “don’t become like them” or is it worse?

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        If the hero also spares the life of the 100+ randoms, it’s better.

        But killing them and sparing the life of the super evil villain, is much much worse.

        At least in my opinion.