[Androgeos Exeunt]

Does everything have to have a political subtext?

No, but if you see everything as having a political subtext, everything WILL have a political subtext.

[Liberator]

Does everything have to have a political subtext?

Everything does. There is no such thing as entertainment pure and simple. Of course, a work having subtext--even distasteful subtext--doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't enjoy it.

As for the rest of your post: decaf. Try it.

Since I'm stupid, enlighten me as to the political subtext of:
Porn
The Smurfs
Fraggle Rock
The New Yankee Workshop
Among many time many other examples.

[watsisname]

Just to be a pretentious prick, I'll link to this:

Socio-political themes in the Smurfs

[Liberator]

Clever!  Who woulda thunk it?

[mxlm]

Since I'm stupid, enlighten me as to the political subtext of:

No.

If you're truly curious, you might read this. I doubt you're doing anything other than raging about whatever it is you're raging about but if I'm mistaken, go. Read.

Also, what's with the passive aggression? First we had all-caps anger, now we have this?

[Shivan Hunter]

Not everything has a political subtext, and the same is true about most of the stuff English classes shove down people's throats. But there's a difference between having political subtext and being given political subtext by pretentious liberal-arts majors trying desperately to get an actual job. (No offense to most liberal-arts majors. It's the pretentious ones I can't stand.)

[Mika]

I have gotta see this movie!

Battleship Yamato in space, blasting away those alien bastards? Oh yes, count me in!

[Nemesis6]

Yaaay! Nippon shall blast away the dogs of the beikoku!... I mean Aliens! They'll blast away the aliens!

This looks pretty awesome. Slightly strange ship-design aside, I'm a sucker for sci-fi.

[General Battuta]

Not everything has a political subtext,

Everything has a political subtext because all events are causally interconnected. Art is produced by humans who live in a political environment.

[NGTM-1R]

Oh, something like this? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaveMotionGun

Not like that.

This isn't a Wave Motion Gun. This is THE Wave Motion Gun.

[noodle]

For the love of... You people seem to be under the impression that this is some kind of cheap-payback against the West for their defeat in WW2, some sort of self-aggrandizing story where 'glorious nippon' saves the day. Having actually seen the show (which I guess most of you haven't) I can tell you that it isn't like that in the slightest.  So it involves radiation killing the Earth, big deal. I won't deny that the dropping of the bombs had a significant impact on Japan, that kind of thing tends to leave deep scars in the social psyche. That doesn't mean the show was made in response to it. You're also ignoring the fact that this was made in the middle of the cold war, when EVERYONE was paranoid about nukes and radiation.

If it has any political subtext at all, it's a generic 'radiation is bad' message made in regards to the looming threat of nuclear annihilation of the era.

[SpardaSon21]

Oh, something like this? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaveMotionGun

Not like that.

This isn't a Wave Motion Gun. This is THE Wave Motion Gun.

Yeah, I mean, where else would the Terran Battlecruiser from SC1/2 get the name for the Yamato Cannon from?

[General Battuta]

For the love of... You people

Who's 'you people'?

[StarSlayer]

For the love of... You people

Who's 'you people'?

Since it's been revealed that there are multiple components to the 'tutta construct I'm not sure this is an improper method for addressing you... people

[Mongoose]

"What do you mean, 'you people'?"

[noodle]

What I mean should be very obvious in the context of the thread. I'm of course talking about all the posts that feature horribly ignorant statements about a show they've never watched.

[watsisname]

Sure man, and Wall-E is just a movie about a cute robot falling in love with another cute robot.

It is, isn't it?

Not sure if serious... but just in case, how about all that stuff on evironmentalism, mega-corporations, and rampant consumerism turning people into big fat stupids?  Actually I thought the political subtext of Wall-E was so blatantly in-your-face as to be hilarious.  I mean, come on.  "TRY BLUE!  IT'S THE NEW RED!"

I loved that movie.

[General Battuta]

What I mean should be very obvious in the context of the thread. I'm of course talking about all the posts that feature horribly ignorant statements about a show they've never watched.

Well I don't know if I have the same reading of those posts as you do. I don't think there's any question it's a reaction to World War II in many ways, but that doesn't make it some kind of assertion of Japanese militant nationalism.

[esarai]

Epic engrish in the first video...

I suppose somebody set up them the bomb?

In the other Yamato film, Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu Hen, they committed a rather epic engrish.  The Blue Noah Flagship has "Fragship" written on its side.

[The E]

That's way more awesome than an ordinary Flagship.