• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Just to clarify, Evangelion is basically saying ‘don’t guilt-trip teens into being soldiers, don’t put them under the power of horny adults (however well-meaning), don’t bully them or treat them like lab mice, and definitely don’t cut them off from civilian society and the chance to form normal human friendships’. Seems some people saw all of that and only remembered the cool mechas.

  • flying_mechanic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I went to an airshow a few years ago and the F22 raptor demo team was doing their show, which was amazing and the recruiter was working his pitch into the show the whole time. Between the talking points they would play music and the one that stood out the most was BYOB by System of a Down, which is a complete and total 180 to what they were pitching. It was incredible the cognitive disconnect.

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, one of the creative minds behind the original Gundam series felt the need to create the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga because too many kids thought the War is Hell story to be War is Cool and felt the need to make it more clear.

    Also, stack copyright infringement on top of the other crimes by the US military. Pretty sure Anno and the rest of Gainax wouldn’t be happy about this.

    • Magnetar@feddit.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      There a a saying that it’s impossible to make an anti-war movie, because they always end up glorifying war.

      • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        8 months ago

        It’s actually quite easy. Just focus on the victims rather than the killers. Come and see, Grave of the Fireflies, Catch-22, All quiet on the Western Front, …

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I find it utterly deplorable when I see army recruiters at cons. They’re always talking to teenagers who are impressionable and feel bullied. I always walk by and tell the teens to not die for someone else’s stock portfolios

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      okay but when I was a young innocent healthy teenager, I did join the army of my own volition and now they are taking care of me for the rest of my life. Some people want to join the Army. Let people do whatever they want.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Glad it worked out for you. Let’s not force people to risk death, dismemberment, and permanent brain damage just to live an okay life.

        • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          I don’t know anybody I served with in the military who experienced any of those things. We all came out completely alive & whole & thriving, The only person I knew in the military who died, he got in a car accident and died while he was on leave.

  • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    If right wingers can like Rage against the Machine and be surprised they are not right wing or apolitical, NGE is way too subtle for them.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’m sorry, is their slogan actually “It’s your time”?

    Like when death appears and tells you it’s your time? It’s like they are recruiting for the losing team…