The Pop Culture Propaganda of Ender’s Game, Pacific Rim, and G.I. Joe

These posters' apparently value-free aspect is perhaps what's most worth exploring with young people...

tumblr moynb21NcF1s8taogo1 400 326x500 The Pop Culture Propaganda of Enders Game, Pacific Rim, and G.I. JoeIn case you missed it, this past week a series of propaganda-style posters was released in support of the Ender’s Game movie in theaters this fall. Take a look at the two images that follow, and you’ll see that they mimic a classic message of such posters, namely that every citizen should do his or her “part” in some crucial societal/national struggle. The third poster, with its “Never Again!” slogan, is the one that surprises me the most, with its 9/11-esque imagery and an emotionally fraught real-world phrase (a couple of non-Ender‘s images follow it for comparison’s sake).

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