So at the end of the movie they're still ethno-nationalists, they're just letting people know they exist, and letting people buy their services (mercantilism too).

oh and they still have an absolute monarchy

I mean Wakanda is made of of several tribes, so you could argue they are Civic Nationalists, although the "civic" is never articulated and they don't like outsiders, especially the white guy

I like how there's a snowy north Wakanda with a black Rob Stark lol

The multiple tribe thing kind of makes no sense since the grievance about colonization is that it made countries made up of completely different groups

oh so they let Asians and Hispanics into wakanda no problem?

There was only one token minority in the movie

I must have missed that^

I thought it was 100% black

No there's the one white guy that's knocked out most of the movie

Wakanda I mean, not the movie itself

The citizens are

He's a dirty Xeno

Doh

My bad

So Wakanda is definitely part of the UN

Sad!

And their embassy in the US is being put in the one building in the hood lol

#GoSeeAlita (no, really, there's an anti-gun control line).

But I read the manga already my dude

Such a sad day https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/283-guns-turned-into-sask-police-for-destruction-during-amnesty/ar-AAB5KdS?OCID=ansmsnnews11

https://globalnews.ca/news/5254856/trump-executive-privilege-mueller-report/

He looks like a preppy frat boy about to get shwasted during spring break

Now there’s a word I haven’t heard in a few years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXeft_d025w

@Beemann just cause you read Gunnm is no excuse not to see Alita.

Sure it is. Adaptations are inferior products

If I want more Alita there's still 2 more series to read

They aren't always inferior. Alita was really good. If anything watch it for the cgi

I don't watch anything for the CGI

You won't be, but if there was any movie you should watch just for the CGI. It would be Alita.

I figure my parents and sisters will probably like it, if nothing else

My dad likes CGI and my mom likes strong wahmen movies

Alita isn't really a whamen. She's just a girl.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/840227/gop-senator-targets-abusive-video-game-loot-boxes-new-bill

This is interesting. I would need to understand the bill more before saying whether I would support it or not.

I generally don't like the idea that government needs to act as a parent to children

👆

On the other hand, loot boxes need to fuck off

Why are these parents just letting their kids use their credit cards, you can't pay the games with cash

I never wanted to buy anything through an online game as a kid because my parents would scrutinize whatever I wanted to spend money on to the point that it wasn't worth it