Episode 124 — Half-a-SWARM

[Episode 124 — Half-a-SWARM]

 

Your sense of humor is pretty bizarre. Maybe you are playing a character who thinks that prejudice=racism, and that because "racism against whites is not a thing" that means that black people cannot have any prejudices, but it is missing the mark.

I am glad that you have taken a 101 African American studies class at your university, but taking the angle of black culture being destroyed by white culture is only perpetuating the social climate that Spike was so upset about. A far more positive position would just to make the place nicer for anyone and everyone, not just anger that white people came in and the place got nicer. Welcome to 2014, people with money are going to buy into the neighborhoods that they like...the country's history was founded in people wanting land and forcing people out. So, maybe Spike is against the American way, the American dream, and the very essence of the red, white, and blue.

He basically said that he wanted the Jewish ghettos of Nazi Germany to be his "home" in Brooklyn, and that he would assault anybody for cleaning up his garbage-laden streets.

 

I think that my character is beating your character.

Hey dude, racial prejudice is called racism. Ugh.

[Episode 124 — Half-a-SWARM]

I agreed with everything Spike said and I've heard it many times before. Who hasn't? His rant seemed hilariously unfocused to me so it came off, in a comedic way, like what he said could be boiled down to he'd rather the garbage still not be picked up. To me he stated some obvious social trends but I didn't hear any solutions. So should white people not walk their dogs? Who exactly is he mad at? The current mayor is pretty damn liberal. As a result of listening to his rant what would Spike like the listener to do? I think most white people who move to Brooklyn know that not as many white people used to live there and everything used to be shittier. So beyond being aware, what are they supposed to do? Not move there?

I think Spike was calling for 2 things:

Mainly: awareness and respect for a culture/people who historically are oppressed and told their culture is illegitimate/lesser.

Secondly: awareness that there's a broken institution and a call/desire for that institution to be fixed, to stop only caring about white neighborhoods, to care about everything, and to (like the gentrifiers) be aware and respectful of those cultures who're already there.

Respect for different cultures is the realest solution you can give, especially if that respect runs deep enough to hit 'the system'

 

I mean...couldn't it be perceived that Spike was being prejudiced towards white people? I think it was best said on the show, he didn't just want things to be better for everyone, he just wanted white people out. That was probably the most telling thing in his rant.

No no no no no a million times no that's not a thing dont be stupid

edit: I just want to reiterate that racism against whites (or: reverse racism) is not a thing. It's crazy. Your implication that he 'just wanted white people out' is terrible.

They came into a black neighborhood: fine. nothing wrong with that

But then: they, with a total lack of awareness, trod upon their culture. That's bad.

And then: because more white people are there, it becomes a "nicer neighborhood", and rent goes up. That's bad.

And THEN: Some of the lower income black families are forced to move from their homes, more white people come in, and after years of struggle to improve their situation, neighborhood, etc, it's ONLY WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT THE INSTITUTION STARTS CLEANING THE PLACE UP

 

And you get mad at Spike because he said fuck that? Fuck you, dude.

[If you're gonna eat all of that bread anyway, why not eat the basket, too? Just kidding, that's not my new permanent catchphrase.]

If you're gonna eat all of that bread anyway, why not eat the basket, too? Just kidding, that's not my new permanent catchphrase.

[The House of The Dead]

Muerte. That's Spanish for DEATH.

[The House of The Dead]

Oh, also, flashbacks not just to the previous scene, but to a scene currently in progress.

[The House of The Dead]

I'm sure Uwe Boll movies have been thrown out in the past, but his movies can be a dangerous choice. Often, they're so bad that they become unenjoyable. House of the Dead isn't his worst movie, but it is his most fun. From horror chase scenes that blast generic 90s club rock to random and frequent 1/2 second clips from the video game, this movie is truly a feat. Videogame movies are a huge well to tap for bad films and there's no better place to start than House of the Dead.
Sadly, I DO know how the movie was made. Uwe Boll is German, and uses a tax loophole in the German government that sponsors the arts. But maybe knowing that this money was funded by the national treasury of Germany will be comforting when you hear the narrator repeat lines just said by the actors.