Paris’ defence minister on Sunday condemned the latest instalment of Marvel’s Black Panther franchise, which depicts French troops caught trying to steal resources belonging to the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.

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I guess I have to watch a marvel movie now

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The plot is a really convoluted mess that exists only to show black-on-brown super violence that is resolved via a strange truce between the monarchs of the factions after they spend a long time trying to kill each other. I didn’t watch it too closely.

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So are all of Marvel’s advanced super sci fi poc countries also despotic monarchies where u become king by beating up the other guy

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17 points

Dr. Doom’s country would be one of those too if Disney and Sony weren’t having a custody battle over him.

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13 points

Where does Dr. Doom live

Is it called like Doomistan or something terrible

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14 points

I don’t watch enough of them to say for certain, but I’d imagine that’s a safe bet. Anyone able to chime in on this?

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23 points

He’s king cause he’s a mutant and is effectively immortal. There’s no trial by combat cause the king never dies

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