Paid Members BomberPat Posted March 2, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 2, 2022 A friend of mine worked on Beauty and the Beast, in costume and physical effects. They had planned on The Beast being done as a physical effect, so had a whole team working on it. The costume was done, after a shit ton of work and overtime, when someone in a boardroom decided that, actually, they'd go with CGI instead. They got rid of all but one member of that team, with no notice, and only kept that one because they had made the base layer for the costume and they used that for mo-cap for the CGI beast instead. So there's another reason why they're shit and their live action remakes are shit. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 7, 2022 Author Paid Members Posted March 7, 2022 Totally normal company. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted March 7, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 7, 2022 They put out a statement last week which I can't be bothered to find because it was so Switzerland in its stance it was pointless. They can keep putting in the representation in their shows and films, and especially good they are doing it in their animated shows, but until they stand against the bill, their actions are redundant. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted March 7, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) Oh an even more tone deaf response from the people even Disney fans hate and now tonight’s podcast has some extra content all of a sudden https://blogmickey.com/2022/03/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-sends-company-wide-email-on-dont-say-gay-bill-will-not-denounce-legistlation/ Edited March 7, 2022 by Hannibal Scorch Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 22, 2022 Author Paid Members Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) Not that they funded these anti-LGBTQ+ lobbyists or anything. Edited March 22, 2022 by Devon Malcolm Quote
Keith Houchen Posted March 22, 2022 Posted March 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Not that they funded these anti-LGBTQ+ lobbyists or anything. Shame he blotted his copybook with Marvel films but fair play. Quote
Paid Members stumobir Posted March 23, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 23, 2022 What does I and A stand for in this context? Indifferent and Apathetic? Like how I feel about the ever growing list of shit I am supposed to be concerned about. (talking about my general nihilistic view these days, not LGBT+ issues) Quote
Paid Members stumobir Posted March 23, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 23, 2022 Don’t really understand why asexual should be included there but not sure it’s the point or a conversation I want to start. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 23, 2022 Author Paid Members Posted March 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, stumobir said: Don’t really understand why asexual should be included there but not sure it’s the point or a conversation I want to start. Because it's part of the sexuality spectrum. Quote
DavidB6937 Posted March 23, 2022 Posted March 23, 2022 58 minutes ago, stumobir said: Don’t really understand why asexual should be included there but not sure it’s the point or a conversation I want to start. I suppose the better question would be why shouldn't it be in there? Would be a bit strange to exclude. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted March 23, 2022 Posted March 23, 2022 2 hours ago, stumobir said: Don’t really understand why asexual should be included there but not sure it’s the point or a conversation I want to start. Intersex shouldn’t be included in my opinion, it should be INTOSEX. Quote
Paid Members stumobir Posted March 23, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said: I suppose the better question would be why shouldn't it be in there? Would be a bit strange to exclude. Because I’ve never considered asexuals to be an oppressed or marginalised group needing championing, do people in to BDSM get their own letter or are they in with the pluses? Seems a bit Triple H/DX to me. Edited March 23, 2022 by stumobir Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted March 23, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 23, 2022 I think it's important that Asexuality be given some form of representation, and I'm happy that it's included in with the broader LGBTQ+ umbrella - it's a minority sexuality, and coming to terms with that identity can involve a lot of the same experiences as discovering that you're gay or bisexual; navigating relationships that you feel on some level pressured into, or denying your experience because it doesn't match societal or cultural expectations, and the whole process of discovering your own sexuality, your relationship to that, and, in some cases, an act of coming out. I think it's useful to be part of broader Queer groups, because there is shared experience there. It doesn't necessarily have to be about oppression or marginalisation as much as recognition, both institutionally, and for individuals to realise that there are others like them. In terms of oppression, abuse, marginalisation that does exist toward Asexual people, it's not unlike Biphobia in how often it can be seen as not a "real" sexual persuasion, or just a phase, or not really "belonging". More seriously, while I'm not sure of the numbers, a lot of Asexual people end up victims of sexual assault and coercion when romantic partners refuse to accept they have a genuine lack of desire for sex. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted March 23, 2022 Posted March 23, 2022 49 minutes ago, stumobir said: Because I’ve never considered asexuals to be an oppressed or marginalised group needing championing, do people in to BDSM get their own letter or are they in with the pluses? Seems a bit Triple H/DX to me. Yeah, they fall under “Queer”. Which in itself is a bit too “Heterosexual White person doesn’t want to be boring vanilla” in some cases. But anyway, Disney still hate them and we all hate Disney. Quote
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