"TURN ON THE TV! THEY HIT THE PENTAGON!!!"

I feel this is a reference I’m not getting.

lupus1 said:
I feel this is a reference I’m not getting.

Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

felicity_longis said:
Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

Ah, danke. That’s pretty stupid. God forbid a Pixar film not talk about 9-freakin’-11.

lupus1 said:
Ah, danke. That’s pretty stupid. God forbid a Pixar film not talk about 9-freakin’-11.

Yeah, I'm very much hoping we just see a wave of "Turning Red x 9/11" crossover memes like when Doom and Animal Crossing released around the same time.

felicity_longis said:
Yeah, I'm very much hoping we just see a wave of "Turning Red x 9/11" crossover memes like when Doom and Animal Crossing released around the same time.

Thankfully, that guy’s comment has already become a running joke. Seen another goofily drawn pic of Mei getting yelled at by Ming to get out of a tiny plane, someone else spliced the Towers into the teaser trailer, and another edited Mei into saying “they hit the pentagon!”, all of which had been hilarious.

We need more of this hot red panda milf.

She's very attractive looking.

felicity_longis said:
Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

the guy you're thinking about is mr enter

Is it weird I just thought about her doing something like this the other day? Though my thought was as a replacement for King Kong.

felicity_longis said:
Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

Well, I mean, the movie is set in Toronto, not New York. Not exactly their problem.

felicity_longis said:
Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

Yeah, I like the guy, but that always came off as a weird tangent to me. At least his other stuff about sounded pretty fair.

Except the part about the craze for boy bands should not be so big. they were dying out, but still a presence during the time.

hacker001 said:
"TURN ON THE TV! THEY HIT THE PENTAGON!!!"

"It doesn't matter what channel... FUCK!"

As someone who dealt with Enter and his rabid fanbase back in the day, let me just say I'm glad the whole world has finally realized what a fucking dumbass he is both then and now.

Also god-tier pic.

sbeewun said:
As someone who dealt with Enter and his rabid fanbase back in the day, let me just say I'm glad the whole world has finally realized what a fucking dumbass he is both then and now.

Also god-tier pic.

Same

congratulations on being having one of the only 9/11 related posts to have a positive score

wankerwond said:
My only problem is why did it have to be set in 2002?
This movie could have easily been set in modern day and it would have only had to take a few edits to make it work.
Boy bands are still a thing so they could have just used ones from today.

Because the director of the film was making a film based on her own personal experiences as a child and growing up in that era

I just watched the opposite happen on the e;r review!

wankerwond said:
My only problem is why did it have to be set in 2002?
This movie could have easily been set in modern day and it would have only had to take a few edits to make it work.
Boy bands are still a thing so they could have just used ones from today.

Really? That’s a problem now? Why *shouldn’t* the movie take place in 2002? Any points besides “it’s unnecessary”?

felicity_longis said:
Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

What.

alexandermugetsu said:
Yeah, I like the guy, but that always came off as a weird tangent to me. At least his other stuff about sounded pretty fair.

The guy said that the anime style made no sense because anime didn't blow up in the West in 2002. That's not just unfair, it's braindead. By that logic, Braveheart shouldn't have been filmed with cameras.

Mr enter is a goofball

This art looks pretty good,

felicity_longis said:
Some youtube movie/cartoon/other media reviewer went on a rant about how Turning Red (a movie set in 2002) made no reference at all to 9/11, and how apparently that should be a big problem.

What if turning red takes place in a, *gasp*, alternate universe?

daneasaur said:
The argument that was made by the writer was how this movie was to reflect the world and happening as it was in the year 2002.

Anyone actually ALIVE during this time knew that... you didn't STOP hearing about 9/11. it was always on, always talked about. People forget that public gatherings were FORBIDDEN AND SHUNNED for a good two-three years, yes this includes concerts and even WWE wrestling programs. All because "gatherings of people are easier to bomb". Did everyone forget Anthrax?

But basically it goes:
Writer for movie: "I wanted to capture how the world was in 2002."
Reviewer: "You kinda failed there, bruh."

Naturally, far too many disney obsessed peeps jump to blindly defend [brand] the instant anyone nay-says anything their lord and master has produced.

Pics like this, however, poke fun in the REVERSE manner, showing Ming using her panda the year prior to STOP the WTC bombings, thus making it a non issue in-universe, thus no one would talk about it.

hope he sees this bro

daneasaur said:
The argument that was made by the writer was how this movie was to reflect the world and happening as it was in the year 2002.

Anyone actually ALIVE during this time knew that... you didn't STOP hearing about 9/11. it was always on, always talked about. People forget that public gatherings were FORBIDDEN AND SHUNNED for a good two-three years, yes this includes concerts and even WWE wrestling programs. All because "gatherings of people are easier to bomb". Did everyone forget Anthrax?

But basically it goes:
Writer for movie: "I wanted to capture how the world was in 2002."
Reviewer: "You kinda failed there, bruh."

Naturally, far too many disney obsessed peeps jump to blindly defend [brand] the instant anyone nay-says anything their lord and master has produced.

Pics like this, however, poke fun in the REVERSE manner, showing Ming using her panda the year prior to STOP the WTC bombings, thus making it a non issue in-universe, thus no one would talk about it.

Not every movie needs to reference a horrible event. The world doesn’t revolve around America.

Out of everything to criticize about the movie, you choose to defend that take.

werideatdawn said:
Not every movie needs to reference a horrible event. The world doesn’t revolve around America.

Out of everything to criticize about the movie, you choose to defend that take.

Don't like it, don't click on an image making jokes about the statement and then complain that people in the comments are talking about it or finding it entertaining.

AKA use your blacklist.

daneasaur said:
Don't like it, don't click on an image making jokes about the statement and then complain that people in the comments are talking about it or finding it entertaining.

AKA use your blacklist.

The memes about the statement are entertaining, but excuse me if I don’t agree with your unpopular opinion and say as such.

The movie’s got problems, like the way it handled the whole “panda = puberty” thing, but why should 9/11 be even remotely referenced in an animated kids movie?

werideatdawn said:
The memes about the statement are entertaining, but excuse me if I don’t agree with your unpopular opinion and say as such.

The movie’s got problems, like the way it handled the whole “panda = puberty” thing, but why should 9/11 be even remotely referenced in an animated kids movie?

I'm not saying it SHOULD.

However, if a writer steps up and says something like "This story takes place in New York in the summer of 1912 and shows a slice of what it was like then." and they claim it's accurate outside of the fantasy elements introduced in the story; then kids shouldn't have android phones and it would be impossible to not have an adult/newspaper/radio show mention the greatest maritime disaster.

I personally think turning red is a total clustertruck of bad ideas and writing as "panda" as a euphemism keeps changing, the main character is not likable, and the "villain" has full reason to do what she does. Discussion of memes because of said bad writing is the only positive to take away from it.

This is a simple reminder: if you're seeing image content you don't want to see, e621 features a blacklist function in your profile settings. Simply input the tags which bring up content you do not want to see, and it will be hidden from your timeline.

werideatdawn said:
Why should 9/11 be even remotely referenced in an animated kids movie?

This is what everyone is getting wrong about what I'm saying.

I'm NOT saying that it SHOULD be.

I was explaining why the 9/11 + turning red meme is a thing and what the argument, as silly as it is, consists of.

[EDIT] I'm also going to stop replying or commenting on this submission.

celestialrainicorn said:
We need more of this hot red panda milf.

She's very attractive looking.

Agreed

sbeewun said:
As someone who dealt with Enter and his rabid fanbase back in the day, let me just say I'm glad the whole world has finally realized what a fucking dumbass he is both then and now.

Also god-tier pic.

I used to watch him when I was younger, thankfully I grew out of him a long time ago

121090 said:
congratulations on being having one of the only 9/11 related posts to have a positive score

Probably because it's not edgy for the sake of being edgy.

I initially thought that this was referencing the whole Spider-man-before-reshots thing.

hacker001 said:
"TURN ON THE TV! THEY HIT THE PENTAGON!!!"

doesn't matter the channel just turn on the tv....fyyyyck!

Everyone knows that even if she stops the planes the towers will still fall in a few minutes haha

werideatdawn said:
Not every movie needs to reference a horrible event. The world doesn’t revolve around America.

Out of everything to criticize about the movie, you choose to defend that take.

I'll be honest, ignoring all of what they said about public gatherings and what not, I just think that what really happened overall was that the endless optimism that was prevalent in the 90s was shattered to pieces when 9/11 happened. Now, I don't like Mr.Enter as much as I used to, but as poorly phrased as his argument was, he almost had a point there. (Yes, 9/11 still affected Canada. Not as much but the political runoff still hit hard.)

Of course, sometimes you've got to put on the rose tinted glasses and ignore the clusterfuck that was the politics of the early 2000s, and I'm pretty sure that was the point of the movie if I remember properly.

Fuck are we doing wasting our time here talking about turning red and 9/11 though? I don't think we're gaining much out of these conversations other than headaches.

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