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"See how machine learning is helping us tackle gender bias in movies."
Insert Name Here²:
also putting female characters where they shouldn't does ruin stuff
aka the ghost busters movie
otto-san:
--- Quote from: torin² on May 16, 2017, 05:47:56 PM ---tv tropes is leftist as forget
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oh forget.,..better call the boys in...
Camel:
--- Quote from: Cappytaino on May 16, 2017, 03:32:33 PM ---Men tend to like brainless entertainment- look at football, action movies, FPS games, etc. Men like to see stuff get forgeted up and don't care much for the plot provided it isn't incredibly stupid. Even then, it may still be a good movie depending on how it's marketed.
Women care more for plot development, I'd think. Anecdotally, my ex and her friends loved the movie Titanic and they watched it at least once every month together. I don't have the patience to sit through such a long movie, nor do I really care about the plot as much as they did. The most "plot intensive" movie I'd watch by choice would have to be one of the James Bond movies- they have enough action to stop me from getting bored and a plot that ties everything together nicely, in most cases (we don't talk about Moonraker).
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I think this gives women too much credit. enjoying brainless entertainment is not solely a male trait - I'd say that the female version of brainless action entertainment is brainless, romantic shlock, reality television, etc. It's less about what women/men want and what is the easiest to make. Saying women enjoy plot intensive movies more than men who just want something big and dumb seems reductive. I like my action movies to be smart and clever, just as i like my romantic, emotional movies to be smart and clever. Most people don't care though, which is why people also eat at McDonald's and go on Buzzfeed.
Also, if Bond is the most plot intensive movie you'd watch by choice, you're missin out. Check out Goodfellas, that stuff will blow your mind.
Deus Ex:
--- Quote from: Insert Name Here² on May 16, 2017, 05:52:05 PM ---also putting female characters where they shouldn't does ruin stuff
aka the ghost busters movie
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More like putting female characters into things for the sake of having a female character instead of, you know, an actual character, ruins stuff
You'd think they would've learned after Ghostbusters but holy richard
Alteration:
I don't get why people think we're "brainwashed" into gender stereotypes. There are definitely some things that men/women are expected of that suck but for the most part almost every guy I know likes stereotypical "guy stuff" and the same with women. I hang out with my friends and we play Halo, rock some Pantera, and make bonfires; when my sister invites her friends over they paint their nails, talk about boys, and watch rom-coms. And we weren't "brainwashed" for sure: I played barbies with my sister when I was a kid and she played my hot wheels video games. We enjoy what we enjoy but it's mostly what people think of as "gender-specific" stuff. Maybe it's just us idk
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on May 16, 2017, 04:34:08 PM ---"we put rey in the movie because she was a strong female character that would never ever quit" (not exact quote)
yeah she never ever quits because she's a mary sue who learns the force immediately through "dumb luck" and is just generally exceptional at everything ever
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Many such cases! - Captain Phasma was slated to be male and played by Benedict Cumberbatch and was changed literally because they "needed more female characters". Not that it mattered as she shows up for a combined screen time of like 2 minutes. Thank god Rogue One gave us a good female lead in a SW movie.