Hello. This is my first post.
I've been a VC reader for some months now, but there are so many themes missing (I know the editor can't cover everything) that I'm glad that there's a forum to discuss other topics on the mass media.
I watched Endgame a week ago, and while it's an entertaining movie with lots of fanservice, it obviously has its fair share of propaganda and, most likely, predictive programming. Shouldn't surprise anyone, since it's on its way to be one of the top 5 most watched movies in history. Here is my list, but I'm sure I missed a lot more.
- The concept of killing half of the population and belittle the consequences. If this happened in real life, there'd be unstoppable chaos, riots, wars, crisis, generalized grief, but in the movie it is depicted as something you can just overcome in a few years (most notably Captain America). The only apparent side effect seems to be some people depressed at support groups and empty stadiums. People like Tony Stark moved on as if nothing happened, and is even happier than before the "cleansing". In short, the idea that massive genocide isn't THAT bad.
- Marvel (and therefore Disney) going "open minded". I mean, the obvious feminist messages (the girls kicking ass together, Cap Marvel never missing a hit, etc), the racial themes (Cap America, the historical white male american hero, passing the torch to a black guy), and pro LGBT (also the Captain, helping a gay character at the support group, being... the historical white straight male american hero).
- Erradicating all enemies (terrorists), a whole army, is OK. They defeated Thanos, who was controlling all of the Chitauris. Why did they have to kill all of them too? The main threat was gone. But they had to wipe them all too, right? I actually felt bad for them.
I'd like to discuss what else could I have missed (a lot of stuff, I guess).