Current Events > Crocodile Dundee was a sexist, racist, homophobe, says soyboy on the Guardian.

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So you've given up downplaying and misrepresenting the author's clear intent? That was quick.

Why'd you even attempt that in the first place if you're on board with this social justice trash?
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It's hilarious that Americans are more defensive over fucking Crocodile Dundee than Australians.
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Funbazooka posted...

So you've given up downplaying and misrepresenting the author's clear intent? That was quick.

Why'd you even attempt that in the first place if you're on board with this social justice trash?

I don't know what you're talking about.
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Darmik posted...

It's hilarious that Americans are more defensive over fucking Crocodile Dundee than Australians.

I bet most Australians would find this review to be ridiculous as well.
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Mal_Fet posted...

Darmik posted...

It's hilarious that Americans are more defensive over fucking Crocodile Dundee than Australians.

I bet most Australians would find this review to be ridiculous as well.

It's not a review. It's just a guy trashing a dumb, dated movie.

Nobody here gives a shit about Crocodile Dundee. Paul Hogan is also a tax cheat.
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Darmik posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

Darmik posted...

It's hilarious that Americans are more defensive over fucking Crocodile Dundee than Australians.

I bet most Australians would find this review to be ridiculous as well.

It's not a review. It's just a guy trashing a dumb, dated movie.

Nobody here gives a shit about Crocodile Dundee. Paul Hogan is also a tax cheat.

You just sound like you despise Paul Logan.
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Mal_Fet posted...

You just sound like you despise Paul Logan.

No. I'm just utterly baffled why people are so angry that someone pointed out that Crocodile Dundee hasn't aged well. A typical 'fish out of water in New York' movie that relied on Aussie stereotypes, some dumb jokes (some of which have aged bad) and nothing else. The only thing that has lived on from that movie is the whole "that's not a knife" joke and even that has been overtaken by The Simpsons.

Plenty of movies from back then haven't aged well today. It's not a shocking revelation. Most of those movies weren't even good at the time anyway. Hell wouldn't surprise me if people defended Epic Movie if an 'SJW' wrote an article dunking on it.
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Rightists get weirdly defensive over otherwise unremarkable movies/tv shows/etc. when you point out that they haven't aged well.
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Darmik posted...

No. I'm just utterly baffled why people are so angry that someone pointed out that Crocodile Dundee hasn't aged well.

Just a wild guess here

Maybe we just disagree with his reasoning
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Mal_Fet posted...

Darmik posted...

No. I'm just utterly baffled why people are so angry that someone pointed out that Crocodile Dundee hasn't aged well.

Just a wild guess here

Maybe we just disagree with his reasoning

You honestly think Crocodile Dundee is a good movie?
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Rightists get weirdly defensive over otherwise unremarkable movies/tv shows/etc. when you point out that they haven't aged well.

Like all it takes is saying "hey this cheesy old movie doesn't quite hold up" and they start foaming at the mouth like you personally insulted them.

Lmao now you've gone back to downplaying and misrepresenting the author's intent. You're trying to gaslight.

It's absolutely fine if someone says Crocodile Dundee doesn't quite hold up or seems dated (it's super 80's) and cheesy and left it that, or even if they simply didn't care for it! Who. cares.

But that is clearly not the intent of the article or the author. He wanted to trash it, demonize it, and tell anyone who's ever liked it they're enjoying something that's immoral, indecent, abhorrent.

The author is a self-righteous scumbag.
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Funbazooka posted...

He wanted to trash it, demonize it, and tell anyone who's ever liked it they're enjoying something that's immoral, indecent, abhorrent.

The author is a self-righteous scumbag.

mario2000 posted...

Rightists get weirdly defensive over otherwise unremarkable movies/tv shows/etc. when you point out that they haven't aged well.

Like all it takes is saying "hey this cheesy old movie doesn't quite hold up" and they start foaming at the mouth like you personally insulted them.

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Dundee sexually assaults another women later on, in the same way, at an art gallery. His love interest Sue (Linda Kozlowski) consoles the distraught woman by saying: Its OK, hes Australian.

Two things:
1. WTF
2. LOL
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16-BITTER posted...

16-BITTER posted...

mario2000 posted...

Like all it takes is saying "hey this cheesy old movie doesn't quite hold up" and they start foaming at the mouth like you personally insulted them.

Neither of those statements are true in regards to this thread.

yes we get it you're not paying attention to anything

calm down fido
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people that expect unrealistic movies to cater to societal expectations (not to mention 30 years later) are not very smart and don't understand the purpose of movies in the first place
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Darmik posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

Darmik posted...

No. I'm just utterly baffled why people are so angry that someone pointed out that Crocodile Dundee hasn't aged well.

Just a wild guess here

Maybe we just disagree with his reasoning

You honestly think Crocodile Dundee is a good movie?

I like how you're approaching an goofy comedy film with the same odious indignation that a particularly annoying art film critic will approach a Shakespeare porn parody.
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Mal_Fet posted...

I like how you're approaching an goofy comedy film with the same odious indignation that a particularly annoying art film critic will approach a Shakespeare porn parody.

Is this the part where we pretend comedy movies are immune to criticism because they're comedies? A Shakespeare porn parody has more potential than Crocodile Dundee. It's certainly more creative and probably more witty.
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Darmik posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

I like how you're approaching an goofy comedy film with the same odious indignation that a particularly annoying art film critic will approach a Shakespeare porn parody.

Is this the part where we pretend comedy movies are immune to criticism because they're comedies? A Shakespeare porn parody has more potential than Crocodile Dundee. It's certainly more creative and probably more witty.

Crocodile Dundee isn't supposed to be witty or Oscar caliber.
You're just supposed to go "lol".

That or start a crusade, I guess.
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That article actually makes me want to go back and revisit Crocodile Dundee.

Darmik posted...

It's like in the same league as Revenge of the Nerds.

Greatest movie of all time.
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LordRazziel posted...

Crocodile Dundee isn't supposed to be witty or Oscar caliber.
You're just supposed to go "lol".

That's why it sucks. Because it's not funny. It's boring, predictable and clich. There are several movies that do this same concept better.
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Darmik posted...

LordRazziel posted...

Crocodile Dundee isn't supposed to be witty or Oscar caliber.
You're just supposed to go "lol".

That's why it sucks. Because it's not funny. It's boring, predictable and clich. There are several movies that do this same concept better.

Tomato potato, as they say.
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There's an interesting trend going on on the internet where people bend over backwards to belittle and delegitimize any criticism they don't agree with. Maybe it's just my bias, but it tends to come from the right, anti-SJWs etc
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Darmik posted...

s this the part where we pretend comedy movies are immune to criticism because they're comedies?

Asking someone if "You honestly think Crocodile Dundee is a good movie?" is not a criticism.

And yes, it's better than most comedies that come out now.

scar the 1 posted...

There's an interesting trend going on on the internet where people bend over backwards to belittle and delegitimize any criticism they don't agree with. Maybe it's just my bias, but it tends to come from the right, anti-SJWs etc

Well yeah. SJWs are characterized by criticizing things while using dumb logic. Anti-SJWs are characterized by pushing back against that dumb logic. In short,

SJW: *whines*

Anti-SJW: "Stop whining."
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You can really tell his testosterone is low, dang
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16-BITTER posted...

scar the 1 posted...

There's an interesting trend going on on the internet where people bend over backwards to belittle and delegitimize any criticism they don't agree with. Maybe it's just my bias, but it tends to come from the right, anti-SJWs etc

It's a response to an interesting trend going on on the internet where people bend over backwards to belittle and delegitimize anything they don't agree with. Maybe it's just my bias, but it tends to come from the left, SJWs etc

Action begets reaction begets further reaction, etc.

Let he who has not sinned throw the first rock etc?
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Darmik posted...

You honestly think Crocodile Dundee is a good movie?

Crocodile Dundee and its sequels are really good because they teach you how to survive in Australia. The series is both educational and entertaining, and every family and school should watch each movie at least a couple of times.
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a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

AverageCEgal posted...

a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

If it was ok to be sexist and homopbobic in the 80's, then none of the sexist and homophobic jokes would have been funny. When Dundee grabbed the transwoman's dick, the 1980's audience would have just sat there nonplussed, waiting for the joke.
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That's a weird leap in logic, lol
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Mal_Fet posted...

AverageCEgal posted...

a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

If it was ok to be sexist and homopbobic in the 80's, then none of the sexist and homophobic jokes would have been funny. When Dundee grabbed the transwoman's dick, the 1980's audience would have just sat there nonplussed, waiting for the joke.

do you not understand the concept of changing social mores?
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mario2000 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

AverageCEgal posted...

a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

If it was ok to be sexist and homopbobic in the 80's, then none of the sexist and homophobic jokes would have been funny. When Dundee grabbed the transwoman's dick, the 1980's audience would have just sat there nonplussed, waiting for the joke.

do you not understand the concept of changing social mores?

Do you not understand that soy-chugging urbanites in England aren't the gatekeepers for social mores, and neither are you?
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Mal_Fet posted...

mario2000 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

AverageCEgal posted...

a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

If it was ok to be sexist and homopbobic in the 80's, then none of the sexist and homophobic jokes would have been funny. When Dundee grabbed the transwoman's dick, the 1980's audience would have just sat there nonplussed, waiting for the joke.

do you not understand the concept of changing social mores?

Do you not understand that soy-chugging urbanites in England aren't the gatekeepers for social mores, and neither are you?

what a weird fucking non sequitur this is

go take your nap
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mario2000 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

mario2000 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

AverageCEgal posted...

a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

If it was ok to be sexist and homopbobic in the 80's, then none of the sexist and homophobic jokes would have been funny. When Dundee grabbed the transwoman's dick, the 1980's audience would have just sat there nonplussed, waiting for the joke.

do you not understand the concept of changing social mores?

Do you not understand that soy-chugging urbanites in England aren't the gatekeepers for social mores, and neither are you?

what a weird fucking non sequitur this is

go take your nap

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mario2000 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

mario2000 posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

AverageCEgal posted...

a movie set in a time where it was okay to be sexist and homophobic is bad by today's standards

If it was ok to be sexist and homopbobic in the 80's, then none of the sexist and homophobic jokes would have been funny. When Dundee grabbed the transwoman's dick, the 1980's audience would have just sat there nonplussed, waiting for the joke.

do you not understand the concept of changing social mores?

Do you not understand that soy-chugging urbanites in England aren't the gatekeepers for social mores, and neither are you?

what a weird fucking non sequitur this is

go take your nap

You suggested that social mores have shifted to the point where Crocodile Dundee is no longer funny. You're incorrect.

Is that more clear?
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Mal is so knee deep in /pol/ and /r/The_Donald that he uses "Soyboy" unironically.
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LMAO that topic title is just pure essence of that kind of political trolling.
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Giant_Aspirin posted...

Mal is so knee deep in /pol/ and /r/The_Donald that he uses "Soyboy" unironically.

^ Says a guy who uses "Trumpanzee" unironically
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Mal_Fet posted...

You suggested that social mores have shifted to the point where Crocodile Dundee is no longer funny.

wow

you somehow managed to get every single aspect wrong

not the least of which is assuming there was ever a point in history where crocodile dundee was funny
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Inspired by the true life exploits of Rod Ansell, the film was made on a budget of under $10 million as a deliberate attempt to make a commercial Australian film that would appeal to a mainstream American audience, but proved to be a worldwide phenomenon.

Released on 30 April 1986 in Australia, and on 26 September 1986 in the United States, it was the second-highest-grossing film in the United States in that year and went on to become the second-highest grossing film worldwide at the box office as well, with an estimated 46 million tickets sold in the US.

Crocodile Dundee debuted at #1,[11] and was a worldwide box office hit.[12] The film grossed $47,707,045 at the box office in Australia,[13] which is equivalent to $118,305,664 in 2014 dollars. A number of minor changes were made to the film for its US release[4] where it was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in September 1986. It grossed $174,803,506 at the U.S. box office.[14] It was the second highest-grossing film that year (after Top Gun) for both the studio and the United States box office.[15] Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 46 million tickets in North America.[16]

Although the film was a hit both in Australia and abroad, it became controversial with some Australian critics and audienceswho resented the image of Australians as being ocker.[17] James Berardinelli of Reelviews.net gave the film three stars out of four stating, "What the storyline lacks in ambition, it makes up for in sheer, unfettered likability."[18] The film has a rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.[19][20]
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mario2000 posted...

not the least of which is assuming there was ever a point in history where crocodile dundee was funny

"STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE!!!!!!!!!!"
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Mal_Fet posted...

Giant_Aspirin posted...

Mal is so knee deep in /pol/ and /r/The_Donald that he uses "Soyboy" unironically.

^ Says a guy who uses "Trumpanzee" unironically

Still better then using "soyboy" there is no way to take that word serous. Worst insult ever.
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That's not a soyboy, this is a soyboy
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creativerealms posted...

Still better then using "soyboy"

It's not.
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