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'KPop Demon Hunters' is officially eligible for the Oscars (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/movies@piefed.social

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[–] Someplaceunknown@leminal.space 3 points 1 hour ago

I loved this movie, hope it gets an award

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

Now here's what I wanna know.

The genre is called K-Pop.

If you look at the title, it actually says "K-Pop" in the title/logo. It's attached to the P, but there's clearly a dash there.

The movie's working title was "K-Pop: Demon Hunters" (note the added colon).

Yet nobody leaves the hyphen in, and the Wikipedia article on the film uses the hyphen in every instance of "K-Pop" except for in the title.

Maybe it's just me but that's fucking weird.

Still love the movie, and the soundtrack; hell, I got a sticker of them on my water bottle. Just kinda weird that they do the name like that and like nobody's asking. Maybe I'm weird for asking. Oh well. Never said I wasn't.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Why wouldn't it be eligible, it's a film after all.

Yes it's also a music video but so is pretty much every Disney princess movie.

[–] Aragaren@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

For a movie to be eligible, it needs to have a theatrical run that includes being in a number of theaters for a specific length of time. Since the film was strictly on a streaming platform it initially didn't qualify so Netflix released it in a handful of theaters to meet the minimum requirements.

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need to update that rule.

[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 26 minutes ago

Sounds like they need to abolish award shows

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Money, ego, humans being silly.

[+] CubitOom@infosec.pub -34 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

And now the Oscar for the film most responsible for little girls still in elementary school to dress slutty for Halloween.

[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 25 minutes ago

The absolute fuck???

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

Have you been to any Halloween store in the past decade? Just saying.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Bruce Wayne: “You have a thing for bats?”

Dr. Chase Meridian: “Oh, that's a Rorschach, Mr. Wayne. An ink blot. People see what they want. I think the question would be do you have a thing for bats?”

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub -5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Listen, young kids have to dress appropriately otherwise sickos take advantage of them.

The same way that drivers need to be aware of what is happening around them on the road.

The sexualization of children is bad for a few reasons but I think the top reason is a safety concern.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I thought I grew up conservative, but man, I think my childhood was nothing like yours.

…Kids are menaces, friend.

And I'm pretty sure exposure to K-Pop Demon Hunters would've helped their drug and sex habits, not exacerbated them. The kids that weren’t allowed to watch TV were wild.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'll tell you what's irresponsible... Teaching elementary school kids it's acceptable to abandon your plummeting, flaming private jet to crash uncontrolled into a populated city so you can get to your concert on time.

Parents need to watch what their children are learning.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Also, don’t do your makeup mid-fall. Wait until you’re on the ground.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Absolutely. You'll put an eye out.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, this movie made you look at elementary school girls and say "wow, how slutty".

Maybe Netflix will also release a true crime documentary about you!

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck is going on in your head dude

[+] CubitOom@infosec.pub -13 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I simply don't think it's right for little girls to be dressed in a costume like this.

https://a.co/d/gCF8Zzc

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing on earth could get me to click a shady looking link from somebody so focused on how little children dress. Very weird shit mate.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

a.co is just short format Amazon. It's just a link to a costume on Amazon.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Oh right, lol. Thanks for letting me know

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

To be fair, the link does go to a store page that shows a girl of about 7 or 8 in a short skirt and a long-sleeved halter top like outfit with exposed midriff, pretty much exactly what you'd expect if you've seen the movie.

Also to be fair, there is a second option with shorts instead of a skirt.

Nothing you wouldn't see in clothing catalogues (showing my age here) but still kinda creepy. But, I have a young niece about that age who loves KPDH, so it's not an unusual thing to have in my browser history. So I'm not worried. But that person isn't entirely wrong in being weirded out by the images there.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That link doesn't even work outside the United States. So this seems to be a 100% your problem issue. It's not the studio that's pushing this it's US manufacturers. Assuming that anyone other than you even thinks it is a problem.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub -3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

Us don't have manufacturing. But yeah you're right that this is not officially licensed and stuff. The real blame is on the parents letting their children watch and then wear things like this.

The US for sure have a sexualization of little girls issue. It reminds me a lot of the cuties controversy that happened a bit ago with the little girl beauty pagents.

I still think they should have tried to get a pg-13 rating and just leaned into it more. I mean, maybe their writing would have been considered lacking if they went for an older demographic but that's a different thing.