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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by alfiedotwtf on Sunday March 07, 2021 @09:09PM (#26381701)
Maybe it’s just me, but I roll my eyes at anything sexual in TV and movies. They’re usually completely unnecessary to the storyline, and almost feels like a quota (sex scene, check). Even The Simpsons throws in unnecessary sexual plots, and every time I see them, I can’t understand why they added it in.
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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by dysrend on Sunday March 07, 2021 @09:48PM (#26381881)
It's a critical element of the human experience. But I agree the hamfisted non-dynamic insertion of sex is tasteless. Of course sex isn't necessarily a rational behavior all things considered, so spontaneity and hamfisting is almost vaguely appropriate by that virtue.
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Re:Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desex... by magicalhippo on Sunday March 07, 2021 @11:55PM (#26382389)
Yeah been feeling the same lately. That "obligatory" topless shower scene, man, just drop it. If I want to see tits I know where to go.

Showing a couple bonding is fine, but it adds nothing knowing they did it doggy style.

Nudity is fine if it adds something. But too much feels like a checkbox being ticked off.

Most recently I recall being really pleased watching Greenland that they didn't have one of those typical scenes. I was so expecting it, and it was so refreshing that it wasn't included.

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