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Was this on purpose? (SPOILERS)


They basically replaced the white male 'savior of humanity' with a female POC 'savior of humanity'...Was that some intentional social justice move or just a coincidence?

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Of course it was intentional social justice! Why else would they do it?

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Conscious decision - I love how it is triggering all the incels.

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Yeah, let's ruin/kill off classic beloved characters of a certain ethnicity in the name of a particular sociopolitical narrative. It will like, SO anger the fans of that character who I'm going to apply a label to with no actual justification whatsoever. "lol"

What a great lover of cinema you are.

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It was James Cameron's decision - you know, the guy responsible for T1 and T2.

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We don't know what or wasn't James Cameron's decision. He wrote an initial treatment (which can change drastically over pre-production) and didn't actually write the screenplay beyond some very last-minute polish.

James Cameron ... (story by) &
Charles H. Eglee ... (story by) &
Josh Friedman ... (story by) and
David S. Goyer ... (story by) &
Justin Rhodes ... (story by)

David S. Goyer ... (screenplay by) &
Justin Rhodes ... (screenplay by) and
Billy Ray ... (screenplay by)

And that has nothing to do with the point of my post. It's irrelevant who made the call if it was done for the reasons stated. There's a reason why "shoot the messenger" is a fallacy - I'm not going to validate or invalidate something simply based on who's delivering the message. A bad call is a bad call, and vice versa.

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Except he said it was his idea.

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Again, it's irrelevant to whether it's a horrible decision or not. Why do people have serious trouble reading on this site?

Secondly, just to verify - James Cameron said it was his idea to consciously "replace the white male 'savior of humanity' with a female POC 'savior of humanity'" as an intentional social justice move? Where?

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Basides a white male leader being removed for feminist women they made sure they removed the character Kate bruster as she is the kind of woman feminists hate : a woman that is strong but also fememin that also becomes a mother by salvation and sees family as important and her husband

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