Paul Farquhar
Legend
Warhammer is driven more by cynicism than satire. There are no good guys.Ah I think Warhammer has that problem.
Warhammer is driven more by cynicism than satire. There are no good guys.Ah I think Warhammer has that problem.
Edgelord gonna edgelord.I play a game Stellaris. Lots of online edgelords create the Imperium of Man or a Chapterhouse in MP games.
Warhammer is driven more by cynicism than satire. There are no good guys.
Warhammer is driven more by cynicism than satire. There are no good guys.
The "Tiers in the Rain" speech in Blade Runner lays it's cards on the table. Starship Troopers never has an equivalent moment. If you can't read subtext it reads as the opposite. Lets go stamp on some slimy bugs!Blade runner does a similar thing.
Britain in the 70s and 80s was a very cynical place. I do worry about British cynicism - without the hope that things can get better there is no incentive to fight.Yeah it's grimdark. I find it stupid myself.
The finale that has Neil Patrick Harris mind probing the 'brain' bug and it being terrified of everyone and everyone cheering is pretty much that moment.The "Tiers in the Rain" speech in Blade Runner lays it's cards on the table. Starship Troopers never has an equivalent moment. If you can't read subtext it reads as the opposite. Lets go stamp on some slimy bugs!
I took it as mocking fascism/authoritarianism maybe military industrial complex.
It is. Verhoeven draws a direct comparison between the US military industrial complex, patriotism, and how it has inherent fascist undertones. But despite how unsubtle it is in its satire, it was still too subtle for a lot of people; the essence of satire in my opinion: to mock a thing so accurately that it can almost be taken as serious as the very thing it is mocking.
Satire can make people think, and reevaluate their own position. Maybe we shouldn't be cheering for these dumb soldiers in their nazi uniforms, eager to jump into a pointless meatgrinder? And maybe we shouldn't believe the propaganda fed to us throughout the movie? And if people can reach that conclusion, they may reflect upon the real world, and reconsider another Vietnam or Iraq.
While my own D&D campaigns are far from a satire, I do try to weave some historical facts into the setting to educate my players and make them reflect on our real world history. I confront them with the complex political structures and the corruption inherent to those systems of governance. I make them think about morality and good and evil in subtle ways.
The humans don't come across as sympathetic it's been years since I've seen the movies though.