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Do you think they could make Blazing Saddles today?



Yes.

If you want a more elaborate answer, then yes there's really no question about it.

Everyone points to the use of racial epithets in Blazing Saddles as a reason that the movie couldn't be made today. Ignoring that Quentin Tarantino regularly makes movies with racial epithets today.

Blazing Saddles is profoundly anti-racist. It shows racism and bigotry in a negative light. The racist characters are boors or villains or both. The black sheriff is the hero and shown to be in the right nearly every time. Why couldn't it be made today?


I mean, they made Tropic Thunder more recently which is at least as offensive. I think it all comes in waves.


First example that came to my mind. There isn't a point in the last 30 years that that movie could have been made.

I agree that the Civ point is a little silly. But try to play the original X-Com now. I have fond memories of poring over strategy guides for that thing and starting to see a measure of success. But it's really tough to play after visiting the modern counterparts. And not because of the graphics.


X-Com Apocalypse is one of my favorite games. I can't stand the new ones. They have shiny graphics (which I generally like in most games) but they have streamlined stuff to the point where it doesn't even remotely feel like the same kind of game.

Part of the fun of X-Com Apocalypse was how detailed and overwhelming everything got. It was hard so success felt good.


> There isn't a point in the last 30 years that that movie could have been made.

Why not? Pulp Fiction was made in that time frame, features roughly as many racial slurs and even won awards.


Not generally, but maybe as "Borat In The Wild West"




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