The absurd levels of product placement in Spider-Man Brand New Day www.youtube.com/shorts/PSnpI...
Absurd product placement in Spider-Man
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Video essays focusing on the intersections of society, masculinity, politics, and entertainment. Hosted by Jonathan McIntosh
Peter Parker uses so-called “AI-powered” technology to engage in mass surveillance and spy on everyone in NYC just like Palantir and Flock. www.youtube.com/shorts/sIVDr...
Spider-Man & Mass Surveillance
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@popdetective.bsky.social on Spider-Man using his AI powered chatbot for mass surveillance just like Flock and #Palantir
I ignored Ted Lasso at first, thinking it was a run-of-the-mill TV sitcom. Then I listened to this @popdetective.bsky.social podcast: youtu.be/HIbyQ76y4FY?...
Audio Episode 01 - The Curious Case of Ted Lasso
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O @popdetective.bsky.social lançou esse vídeo curto sobre o clichê do "Homem das Cavernas puxando mulher pelo cabelo". Por um lado eu fiquei muito feliz que é um clichê que morreu, mas por outro me senti muito velho porque nos comentários tem várias pessoas dizendo que NUNCA viram uma cena do tipo.
Caveman masculinity is a Paleofantasy
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I strongly dislike the short-form video format, with one huge exception: @popdetective.bsky.social 's shorts. www.youtube.com/shorts/TRhIl...
Luke Skywalker is NOT a power fantasy
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I'm convinced most of the loudest angriest self-proclaimed Star Wars fans have never actually seen the original trilogy.
yoda says wars not make one great in a movie
Alt: yoda says wars not make one great
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Genuine question: Do they keep announcing and then quietly canceling dozens of Star Wars projects to boost the stock price? For some other nefarious reason? Or is it just a shocking level of incompetence?
Jonathan McIntosh (@popdetective.bsky.social) has some good videos that cover this and related attitudes in media: —Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6Q... —Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nhe...
Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs - Part 1 Male Perpetrators
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"Pixar’s series Win or Lose is almost perfect, but Disney interfered and forced animators to remove any overt reference to Kai’s gender dysphoria. See flowerhaart’s insta posts about what was changed." #pixar #disney #animation #genderdysphoria #sports #lgbt Via @popdetective.bsky.social
Making a Letterboxd list of mixed-gender sports movies. There aren't very many and most are for kids or involve a Smurfette. What did I miss? boxd.it/Uk6n6
Mixed-Gender Sports
Mixed-gender sports teams in movies are typically played for comedy. While mixed professional sports teams are extremely rare, co-ed teams are more common in kid's little league sports (though there's...
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@popdetective.bsky.social continues to release quality content on the regular. I miss the long form essays but this steady stream of shorts is wonderful. youtube.com/shorts/MZEpR...
The Hollywood mandate to include white heroes
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Pixar is afraid of girlhood youtube.com/shorts/51eEF... via @popdetective.bsky.social Patriarchy crushes girls, and cages boys. 'Divide and conquer' along the penis divide.
Pixar is afraid of girlhood
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«Kids deserve better than the Super Mario Galaxy movie which doesn’t teach even basic emotional literacy.» Via @popdetective.bsky.social Support @ www.patreon.com/popdetective #filmsky #gaming #medialiteracy #emotionalintelligence #philosophy #education
Giovanni Colantonio@marioprime.bsky.social · 5mo agoQuick thoughts on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and the backwards "it's a kid's movie!" defense. Why shouldn't we have high standards for the media that stands to shape the most impressionable audiences out there? www.polygon.com/patch-notes-...
Everything I've wanted to say about the Mario movies and more. Children's media should not be a dumping ground for slop, nor for cynical cash grabs with nothing meaningful to say. Vid care of: @popdetective.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/Nucsd...
Kids deserve better than the Mario Galaxy movie
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Fam if you’re not on the Pop Culture Detective train yet, he’s been making these blazing hot shorts & daaaamn do I love them: youtube.com/shorts/msR4-... @popdetective.bsky.social
War makes monsters of us all
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Got tickets for the biggest screen in my city. Gotta wait 'till mid week though because every other showing was already sold out
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 5mo ago‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’ has earned $33.1M in the film's domestic opening day. Biggest domestic opening day ever for any non-franchise film. Read our review: bit.ly/DFMary
I will die on the hill that the Dune books are overtly orientalist and downright racist. I know folks don't what to hear it but it's basically Lawrence of Arabia in space which really really does not age well.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 6mo agoFirst trailer for ‘Dune 3’ Releasing in theaters December 18
I'm collecting pieces that are rightly very critical of One Battle After Another (primarily written by Black women critics). I've found a bunch of illuminating reviews already but please drop your favorites...
Good take on Hoppers imo. A funny movie, but it feels afraid to actually say anything substantial about environmentalism. Dr Seuss' The Lorax is a short picture book, but pulls no punches even though it's for kids. And that was 50 years ago! @popdetective.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/YeYgk...
Hoppers weak sauce politics
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Super glad to see someone like @popdetective.bsky.social eloquently put why Hoppers really didn't work for me. Media for kids can and should be better! youtube.com/shorts/YeYgk...
Hoppers weak sauce politics
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Short form content has its drawbacks but @popdetective.bsky.social has been absolutely on fire with YouTube shorts this week. Check them out! youtube.com/shorts/3tbZh...
Telling instead of showing
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The film "Sorry, Baby" was one of my favorite films of 2025 and this short from @popdetective.bsky.social is very on point. It's a master class in balancing tone to let serious topics be serious but also let in some levity. youtube.com/shorts/3tbZh...
Telling instead of showing
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Excelente como todos los vídeos de Pop Detective
Pop Detective@popdetective.bsky.social · 10mo agoFor no particular reason I thought I'd re-post my video about David Harbour's character in Stranger Things being abusive and belligerent towards his love interest in season 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3cB...