You guys all need to put down the Goddamn crackpike and open your f*cking eyes. First, not all Americans think they are the best in the world. If the ones that you have talked to about America from America represents your stereotype of us, then you are as blind and ignorant as you think us Americans are. Lets also not forget that there really is no "Americans" to begin with in conforms to the stereotypes represented in this thread. Remember, the only true Americans are the ones called "Native-Americans" and settlers from many other countries decided it would be a good idea to flush them out and take over their land. How many movies have you seen where the Native-American was the hero? Hell, the only one that I can think of that even comes close, and by no stretch of the imagination was he the true hero, was Chief Bromden in One flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest.
The fact is, America is made up of about every single race and religion represented in the world. We have at least well over 100 people representing nearly every culture and country within our borders. Our billions of Americans are merely only Americans by label. We are the representation of the entire world and that\'s a fact you are all going to have to face. You can stereotype us all you want, but in some shape way or form, you are inherintly stereotyping your own people. America is the first country to successfully combine THOUSANDS of cultures into one large culture while still maintaining a stature of world power and allowing those people to speak for themselves. The next time you label any one American as being ****y or biased, you might want to ask that American what his heritage is and you just might be shocked that his ancestors came from a country not too distant from your own. The only question I have to ask is, "why would anyone want to leave from your oh-so-great countries and want to come to this supposed sh*t-hole in the first place?"
I\'m not saying anything along the lines of "You don\'t like it, leave or don\'t come here," but I am saying that you should all realise that before you sterotype us, you are all really stereotyping yourselves.
Lastly, just as was said before, million dollar budget movies funded by American companies for the supposed "American Culture" are obviously going to cater to their target audience. Cloud looks inherintly Japanese... but he saved the world... Squall looks inherintly Japanese\\American, but he saved the world... Fei from Xenogears looks pretty damn Japanese and again, he saved the world. Leo looks pretty damn Japanese, even though he grew up in Jupiter and yet again, he saved the (station). I accept that fact entirely when it comes to games, but people have a hard time accepting movies or films? Get over it. If you can play a game designed by a Japanese creator where a Japanese man or woman saved the Earth and say "that was the most fun I\'ve ever had," then can\'t you get over your evil American sterotypes and say "that movie was pretty damn good, lets go watch it again"?
Jesus Christ, us Americans have it the hardest as any other country because we are looked on as the country that represents the whole friggin planet. I dont see anyone else putting their hopes behind China or Russia as a representative of the planet. This is not a knock on other countries, but America is seen as the country that all others should live by. So if we f*ck up at some point in time, namely the Vietnam war, we are frowned upon, but if we pull through and do something everyone likes, namely WW2, we are loved beyond belief, but if we don\'t do anything recently that really impacts the world in some quasi-illuminated way, we\'re looked down on. It\'s the "what have you done for me lately" clause. It\'s sad really, but I\'m sure Pearl Harbor will be a VERY popular movie in Japan even though it\'s a true story. :rolleyes:
