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In reply to the discussion: Why The Internet Is Disturbed By This ‘X-Men’ Poster *Trigger Warning* [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)268. The poster is not a superhero movie.
The poster is a public display. Its recipients have no choice but to see it. For a minute I thought your question was going to be, how do those responsible for placing this public advertisement go outside without gagging at themselves for choosing an image of sexualized violence against a hot blue woman with her tongue lolling and so obviously thrusting it at the 90% of the people who don't give a shit about the movie and will never see it. Why do they think this sells, and if they do, why do they do it anyway?
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Why The Internet Is Disturbed By This ‘X-Men’ Poster *Trigger Warning* [View all]
sheshe2
Jun 2016
OP
I also think the IPs being in separate hands keeps MCU from getting too bloated.
Act_of_Reparation
Jun 2016
#185
Angelina Jolie has beaten up and been beat up by males in her movies for years.
Calista241
Jun 2016
#236
Yes, because the idea behind the poster is to show a character (Mystique) who is a known butt-kicker
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#197
I don't like the term "outside". Please use non-roofedness in the future.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#93
Saw the movie with my former wife (separated). Neither of us mentioned that scene afterwards.
mikehiggins
Jun 2016
#4
Though perhaps not those with the most right to complain -- females in fandom/ons/etc.
moriah
Jun 2016
#149
A poster featuring Jennifer Lopez in "Enough" being choked would be over the line
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jun 2016
#253
You trying to tie an X-Men poster to any serious feminist cause is hilariously sad.
phleshdef
Jun 2016
#204
This movie poster is not a problem. If it is a problem, you're going to need to go back in time
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#90
You've failed at trying to put words in my mouth. Do you recall sentence diagramming from school?
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#97
It's slightly more prevalent than violence against men in a domestic context.
sibelian
Jun 2016
#156
The tactic 'putting words into the mouths of others' is a bully's tactic, it is a form of rhetorical
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#165
I agree about the VAW aspect, but I really don't understand the color argument...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#143
"Am I the only person to note that the victim in that picture is not white, and her attacker is?"
Lordquinton
Jun 2016
#144
I see you have the time to respond, could it be you don't want to answer in which
A Simple Game
Jun 2016
#172
Done, and it is worth seeing. Not as good as Captain America Civil War
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#125
This was an epic, life or death struggle in a super hero movie for the fate of the world.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#35
Anyone "sold" expecting going to see women lose is going to be very disappointed if there are.....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jun 2016
#60
I am intrigued: how would they want "a gay male being strangled by a hetero" depicted?
MisterP
Jun 2016
#62
it doesn't help matters the character is shown running around naked through the whole movie
Bucky
Jun 2016
#65
Putting the poster aside....Are you saying no female character can be harmed?
davidn3600
Jun 2016
#68
They're also not using actually blue actors to portray blue characters.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#79
Now that you mention it, I'm disgusted with it too. Sick of it. So pervasive.
lostnfound
Jun 2016
#85
And how would one enact this hypothetical non-encountering of violence in movies?
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#91
Because you don't show your new villain getting their ass kicked in promotion
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#151
Just imagine if it had been a picture of Spiderwoman's butt strangling her!
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#147
Full disclosure: Comics and superheroes, etc. were just never my bag.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#150
Wonder if people are capable of rational thought? or if poutrage is the way of the future?
ileus
Jun 2016
#154
I'd like the OP and the author of this piece to very specifically explain how they imagine a
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#166
You can't demand women be equal combatants and then complain about violence against them.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#194
For someone griping about violence against women you have an interesting choice of signature imagery
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#215
A movie where a woman fleeing a violent partner is shot through the head.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#220
Are you saying, because Beatrix is able to not remain a victim but ultimately gains the upper hand
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#223
No, what I'm saying is you're protesting the movie in the OP even though
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#227
An ad that is trying to show the magnitude of the threat posed by the villain by showing
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#229
I have not seen "The Hateful Eight" but it sounds like one could make the argument
hughee99
Jun 2016
#213
Anybody aware of what "the internet" has brought the collective overmind over the past 20 years
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#242
20th Century Fox has now apologized for the ad called "casual violence against women."
IronLionZion
Jun 2016
#241
Maybe some folks here should just pretend she's a Millennial Bernie Sanders supporter
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#247
I can't agree with it being offensive due to violence against women...
PersonNumber503602
Jun 2016
#250
When the cost of the apology is balanced against the free publicity generated by the "outrage"
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#257
