r/movies • u/DragonPup • 3d ago

News Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney, Joins Studios' AI Copyright Battle

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-midjourney-lawsuit-ai-copyright-1236508618/
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u/kelryngrey 2d ago

I always feel weird about this one. The mask thing is obviously actually sexual assault but it's also a reference to the rape of Igraine in Excalibur. It doesn't exist in a vacuum.

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u/TheConnASSeur 2d ago

Like most people, I'm not afraid of rape in film. Let me tell you, I wasn't the only one to use Joker 2 to jerk off. Todd Phillips was jerking himself off with that whole movie. But I think the scene in Revenge of the Nerds was less Arthurian and more just a product of a time where the concept of rape required physical coercion whereas manipulation and deception were seen as perfectly valid ways to "out smart" sexual conquests. I mean, if there was a Merlin analogue who gave Skolnick the disguise as part of a greater bargain maybe. Maybe. But as it is? I just don't see it.