Bucjason
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Kick-Ass, a Libertarian movie?
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ChaosControl
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I want to see it, maybe I will this weekend. :o
Originally Posted by AlexMerced
I'm not religious, but I don't drink or smoke either... and am libertarian
Same, but I’ll one-up ya. I don’t even drink caffeine, since it’s a very addictive drug with physical withdrawal symptoms.
I'm not religious, but I don't drink or smoke either... and am libertarian
Same, but I’ll one-up ya. I don’t even drink caffeine, since it’s a very addictive drug with physical withdrawal symptoms.
ChaosControl
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I don't even take tylenol.
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Is Hit Girl a Libertarian Hero?
by RS Davis
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Hello Freedomphiles! Over at Big Hollywood, Leigh Scott reviews the new movie Kick-Ass, based on the comic of the same name, calling it "the quintessential Libertarian film." I haven't actually seen the movie yet, but I'm a pundit - I'll talk about it anyway.
Seriously, I really want to see this movie. It looks, well, kickass, and I absolutely love Christopher Mintz-Plasse. If you haven't seen Role Models, it is probably the funniest movie to come out in the last several years.
But back to me analyzing a movie I haven't seen. I'm not really interested in analyzing whether the movie is libertarian or not - I'm more interested in analyzing Scott's argument as to whether it is libertarian.
I think the entire article is based on a couple of false premises....
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by RS Davis
The Freedom Files
Hello Freedomphiles! Over at Big Hollywood, Leigh Scott reviews the new movie Kick-Ass, based on the comic of the same name, calling it "the quintessential Libertarian film." I haven't actually seen the movie yet, but I'm a pundit - I'll talk about it anyway.
Seriously, I really want to see this movie. It looks, well, kickass, and I absolutely love Christopher Mintz-Plasse. If you haven't seen Role Models, it is probably the funniest movie to come out in the last several years.
But back to me analyzing a movie I haven't seen. I'm not really interested in analyzing whether the movie is libertarian or not - I'm more interested in analyzing Scott's argument as to whether it is libertarian.
I think the entire article is based on a couple of false premises....
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Spider-Man
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I think the question is kind of moot.
Someone should just ask Mark Millar, Jane Goldman, and others on creative staff whether or not it's a libertarian movie.
If no one says "yes," then you're ultimately just picking out libertarian themes you find that are really present in all kinds of works, especially vigilante genre films.
Kick-ass will be remembered as a superhero vigilante film, just like 300 was remembered as a military war / quest film. These questions over underlying ideology are almost entirely irrelevant.
Someone should just ask Mark Millar, Jane Goldman, and others on creative staff whether or not it's a libertarian movie.
If no one says "yes," then you're ultimately just picking out libertarian themes you find that are really present in all kinds of works, especially vigilante genre films.
Kick-ass will be remembered as a superhero vigilante film, just like 300 was remembered as a military war / quest film. These questions over underlying ideology are almost entirely irrelevant.
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