OPINION Is Marvel's Black Panther movie really a "special moment" for Black America??

stop mistaking my argument, i'm not mad people excited about the movie.

i'm pointg out that nigaz is overacting and it points to a larger problem
 
i agreee with all that,,,

it's just these niggaz killing me




Yeah, and that shit is some serious niggatry there. However, cats like me that have been waiting on it have been amped ever since Civil War. When I saw the very first Civil War trailer, I thought that Marvel decided to finally pay off Sony to bring Spiderman into the fold and they did it with the black suit (which has always been my favorite). When I finally realized it was Black Panther I lost my shit. And when I finally saw the movie and saw that they didn't give him the "token nigger" treatment AND he got an end credit scene in Wakanda I knew it was a lock for the BP movie they had been rumored to be making. So we're finally getting a good flick, showing an African nation far more technologically advanced than the rest of the world but still rich in culture and heritage. Doesn't matter if it's fictional, niggas in flying armored suits and gamma radiation enhanced rage monsters are fictional too.


The point here, though, is that we're seeing a depiction of an African nation not named "Egypt" with Black people that look like us instead of Arabs or honkies (i.e. every single movie about Egypt since 1955's "Land of Pharaohs"), not showing us as naked or half naked, spear wielding savages (i.e. Tarzan, Daktari, etc...), not showing us as insane as fuck power hungry cannibals ("Amin: The Rise and Fall", The Last King of Scottland"), not showing a country in ruin due to civil war or genocide (Hotel Rwanda, Sometime in April, etc...). It's really something different from Hollywood.
 
yea, but don't get it twisted , it's still a marketing ploy.....and again the irony of it's release date isn't lost on me....

enjoy it yes, but don't treat it more than what it is, because that's how the media can further manipulate your money
 
Du would lose his mind over a Static Shock or Black Vulcan movie. Be over there kicking boxes and making electricity noises and shit.
i'm repping tough in the black lightning thread... i asked why didn't it get the same hype despite the same number of black images...

i guess cuz it's dealing with relatable community issues, and it's not in some mystical fantasy land in another continent..it's not trendy enough....

i remember when luke cage came out and i was pumped on how they was comparing black aughrs of a lotta books i personally read, and how luke cage had a walter mosley book in his lap in one of the trailers...


niggaz don't get hype abotu shit like that....u know.... regular shit....


they want Wakanda
 
i'm repping tough in the black lightning thread... i asked why didn't it get the same hype despite the same number of black images...

i guess cuz it's dealing with relatable community issues, and it's not in some mystical fantasy land in another continent..it's not trendy enough....

i remember when luke cage came out and i was pumped on how they was comparing black aughrs of a lotta books i personally read, and how luke cage had a walter mosley book in his lap in one of the trailers...


niggaz don't get hype abotu shit like that....u know.... regular shit....


they want Wakanda

My issue with Luke Cage is that it's Netflix only. If it was on a regular ass cable channel I'da been watching it religiously. I'm happy Marvel is doing something with him although a Power Man and Iron Fist movie with a full blown MCU treatment would be many levels of dopeness above the Netflix series.
 
My issue with Luke Cage is that it's Netflix only. If it was on a regular ass cable channel I'da been watching it religiously. I'm happy Marvel is doing something with him although a Power Man and Iron Fist movie with a full blown MCU treatment would be many levels of dopeness above the Netflix series.
i liked luke cage, i like the netflix series as a whole.. i like them better than the MCU
 
i'm repping tough in the black lightning thread... i asked why didn't it get the same hype despite the same number of black images...

i guess cuz it's dealing with relatable community issues, and it's not in some mystical fantasy land in another continent..it's not trendy enough....

i remember when luke cage came out and i was pumped on how they was comparing black aughrs of a lotta books i personally read, and how luke cage had a walter mosley book in his lap in one of the trailers...


niggaz don't get hype abotu shit like that....u know.... regular shit....


they want Wakanda

That's part of the flaw here. Black movies and tv shows always gotta deal with "community issues". I came up in the hype after the civil rights movement, when Panthers were still somewhat active though splintered and community activist groups would regularly meet in my home since my stepfather was THE figurehead in the Black community around Saginaw, Mi. I've marched, I've helped feed the hungry around the city, I've done a lot as a kid growing up in that environment. As an adult I've tried my best to get more young Black men and Women to get into STEM fields and put struggling folks up on to legal ways of putting dollars in their pockets to hold them over.

40-some odd years later, maybe a nigga just wants a little fantasy for once.
 
i'm repping tough in the black lightning thread... i asked why didn't it get the same hype despite the same number of black images...

i guess cuz it's dealing with relatable community issues, and it's not in some mystical fantasy land in another continent..it's not trendy enough....

i remember when luke cage came out and i was pumped on how they was comparing black aughrs of a lotta books i personally read, and how luke cage had a walter mosley book in his lap in one of the trailers...


niggaz don't get hype abotu shit like that....u know.... regular shit....


they want Wakanda

well, fwiw, i just havent seen this weeks episode, so i dont wanna be in that thread being spoiled, but i left my impressions about the first episode

shrugs
 
That's part of the flaw here. Black movies and tv shows always gotta deal with "community issues". I came up in the hype after the civil rights movement, when Panthers were still somewhat active though splintered and community activist groups would regularly meet in my home since my stepfather was THE figurehead in the Black community around Saginaw, Mi. I've marched, I've helped feed the hungry around the city, I've done a lot as a kid growing up in that environment. As an adult I've tried my best to get more young Black men and Women to get into STEM fields and put struggling folks up on to legal ways of putting dollars in their pockets to hold them over.

40-some odd years later, maybe a nigga just wants a little fantasy for once.
yea, but the community still has issues, and black people have a lost sense of community,...

i'm glad you 40+ and got money n shit... but it's niggaz who still in the hood just getting into all this shit.....

community heroes still matter
 
i'm repping tough in the black lightning thread... i asked why didn't it get the same hype despite the same number of black images...

i guess cuz it's dealing with relatable community issues, and it's not in some mystical fantasy land in another continent..it's not trendy enough....

i remember when luke cage came out and i was pumped on how they was comparing black aughrs of a lotta books i personally read, and how luke cage had a walter mosley book in his lap in one of the trailers...


niggaz don't get hype abotu shit like that....u know.... regular shit....


they want Wakanda


Black Lighting not getting BP praise ain't got shit to do w/ "niggas not being hyped about a show dealing with relatable community issues"

It might have something to w/ the fact that CW and DC did a shitty job promoting it cuz I didn't see previews for that show until maybe a month before it was to premiere.
 
Black Lighting not getting BP praise ain't got shit to do w/ "niggas not being hyped about a show dealing with relatable community issues"

It might have something to w/ the fact that CW and DC did a shitty job promoting it cuz I didn't see previews for that show until maybe a month before it was to premiere.
excuses...

niggaz can make anything trendy.....

they just ain't fuck with it... it 'looks" corny.....but it's actually good



bu black panther "looks" lovely.....

niggaz is easy to manipulate
 
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