• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    That’s an excellent point. With classic scifi, everybody remembers the twist, but hardly anyone remembers/knows the actual point of the film. Most films of the era have strong social messages that are lost when you reduce it to “lol they are eating people” or “kill the old guy”.

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      8 months ago

      I appreciated this debate. I’ve only seen a half of these but think it might be time to rectify that