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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It is interesting because in the Nolan Batman films Batman creates a surveillance system, and he doesn't trust himself to use it and it causes his trusted ally Lucius Fox to threaten to quit. So it exists, it works, but we're meant to think it's bad.

In Captain America Winter Soldier we have SHIELD. They, technically HYDRA, have created a system to spy on everyone but it's really only a problem when it is threatening to kill the "wrong" people.

To a lesser extent I think Ultron also fits, although that's more about control than surveillance.

I think this Spider-Man film could have benefited from having a villain get ahold of Spider-Man's system and he's forced to destroy it.

It's possible they could still address this in future films, although it's unlikely.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah.

    I think the defense of the movie is that his surveillance system isn't a thematic concern: it's not a part of the story, it's just a plot device to allow the movie to just hand him whatever information is convenient whenever they like. So the writers probably assume that their hands are clean because it's so flimsy and absent from the film that they might claim that they're making no statement.

    However that's frankly bullshit. Not making a statement on something awful is often the loudest statement you can make.

    Again, I liked the movie. But I feel this issue must be addressed.

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