Kasz216 said:
Final-Fan said:
Kasz216 said:
Final-Fan said:
Kasz216 said:
When mirroring real life current problems it is insensitive and racist for the hero to be of different origin due to the fact that it suggests some other group holds all the answers, or is the only ones who can set it straight.
The people who "bring it up" are the people who produce the content in the first place. They are the ones who made said distinctions whether intentionally or unintentionally. |
Well, what about the fact that Chris Redfield has experience dealing with Umbrella and zombies, which I seriously doubt these villagers do? I presume that's why he's there in the first place -- in connection with that stuff.
Admittedly it would have been nicer if the black character was a local ... but eh. The white guy isn't a big deal from this angle. Unless you're saying no outsiders should ever come in and save the day when helpless people are getting oppressed in fiction? I don't want to be derisive but I really strongly disagree with what I can see of your position. |
When helpless people are being opressed in fiction that mirrors real life actually occuring events... yes there should be no outside hero.
I mean... you've yet to adress this arguement at all.
That the RE5 is mirroring real life genocide that's happening.... right now. At this moment. |
Why not? Don't we want to show people helping people from other cultures? I mean, if the game didn't have anyone coming in from the outside, wouldn't that imply that nobody cares when it happens in Africa, as opposed to elsewhere?
Anyway, I think "mirror" might be a bit of a strong word, given that AFAIK the only comparison you can make is "a bunch of people (loosely defined) killing (or more likely converting) a bunch of people".
And if I was going to give more credit than I think Capcom deserves I might say it could make for an interesting social commentary to depict people who participate in genocide as slavering* undead morons. (I'm assuming you don't put Chris in the "genocidal" role.)
*No relation to that other word(s). See "niggardly".
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I think it's an unintentionally mirroring but it's there.
Have you seen the trailer I posted there? Look at that then read or watch depictions of crowds and how the rulers spur people into this stuff.
It's near identical.
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Capcom was not using real genecides for inspiration for this game. They were using RE0-3 and especially RE4 for inspiration. The biggest criticism of this game is that it's too similar to RE4. What happened in RE4? The same situation that seems to be happening in RE5 except it's in a different location. In this location, the infected people (pretty much zombies if not "officially," as if those exist in real life anyway) just happened to be mainly black.
The protaganist happens to have been fighting Umbrella and others since the original game, so he's a very likely character to come back. Would it be better if it was Carlos killing black people? He's spanish and he's a RE hero? Chris was most likely chosen due to story reasons. Capcom is telling a story and I honestly do not think black people are offended. I think most of the people offended are white people that think they are supposed to feel guilty about something that we're trying to get past.
Do you guys have the same reaction if some white guy in a vampire move/show happens to kill a black vampire? Should all monsters be white, spanish, asian, etc? No, that's ridiculous. The whole point of moving on from slavery is to forget the inequality and tell stories that are interesting. Capcom is trying to base their game in a reality so the player has a sense of realism when he/she is fighting a hoarde of infected people. When you have the game in a certain location you should make the city accurarely depict the kinds of people that live there. Not every game can be based in New York where you'll find every race.
I think sqrl has it right.
