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- Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:12 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Why did Jar Jar Abrams do this to me?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1947
Re: Why did Jar Jar Abrams do this to me?
I'm so disappointed in JJ. The Force Awakens was good, but the man does not know how to end a story. And Rian did a great job with The Last Jedi too...wish he ended it.
- Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:18 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Why did Jar Jar Abrams do this to me?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1947
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:23 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Why did Jar Jar Abrams do this to me?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1947
Why did Jar Jar Abrams do this to me?
Lazy ass ending. I'll never star wars again.
- Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2012
Re: Merry Christmas
Santa's an atheist
- Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:43 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: I made a 2019 thread too
- Replies: 152
- Views: 34287
Re: I made a 2019 thread too
Midsommar was aight. I have thoughts about their toxic relationship. The boyfriend was shitty/manipulative, but not the monster so many people want to make him out to be. I think his douchebag friend had a point when he suggested that expecting one person to be able to handle all your trauma is a ty...
- Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: I made a 2019 thread too
- Replies: 152
- Views: 34287
Re: I made a 2019 thread too
Quick word on Superheroes...while I agree that the premises are silly, I'm impressed by the creativity it takes to be able to tell a compelling/interesting story with an inherently limiting concept. Creativity is born from limitations. Whether it can be "high art"..who knows? I don't know ...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:22 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: I made a 2019 thread too
- Replies: 152
- Views: 34287
Re: I made a 2019 thread too
Superhero movies are specifically "childish" in the sense their stories are absurd, simplistic power fantasies...appealing primarily to children because children are powerless and lack a sophisticated understanding of the world. That doesn't mean a dismissive attitude towards them is warra...
Serial
So, the hipster/contrarian in me had no interest in listening to this podcast at it's peak...5 years ago. Just listened to the first season, and imagine my surprise when I discover that this whole crime/trial took place in my backyard(grew up in Baltimore county). Anyone familiar with this case? It'...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: I made a 2018 movies thread too
- Replies: 160
- Views: 37414
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 3:03 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: I made a 2018 movies thread too
- Replies: 160
- Views: 37414
Re: I made a 2018 movies thread too
Wow..don't ever take sides against the Wayne family again.
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:03 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Succession
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1531
Re: Succession
It's very good. Basically everyone on the show is an out-of-touch piece of shit...but you still end up rooting for certain people in certain contexts because the writing is so good. You might ask, "do we really need a show right now that humanizes terrible rich people"? I say the show, lik...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:49 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Endgame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2680
Re: Endgame
Tom Welling was good, but he played a young, naive, deer-in-headlights Superman...if I recall. Tho I think he'd be good if he came back. Then there was Brandon Routh, who was just...meh. I think Supes is meant be almost naively optimistic?....balanced out by grit...which Evans played perfectly as Cap.
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:28 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Succession
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1531
Succession
Watch it
...immediately
...immediately
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:27 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Endgame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2680
Re: Endgame
Apparently, the guy playing Superman on CW is pretty good
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:23 am
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Endgame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2680
Re: Endgame
All I know is Cavill's superman definitely can't lift mjolnir
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:29 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Endgame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2680
Endgame
Just seent it. This is a common take, but Chris Evan's Captain America really is the Superman we deserved. I've mostly felt that Superman was too corny/boy-scouty to work in modern times, yet somehow failed to notice that Evan's had been pulling it off for the last few years. Watching Stark(who is b...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:30 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Gendo, 2019, movies, etc.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 28437
Re: Gendo, 2019, movies, etc.
More memorable than Skyfall? Excuse me??Gendo wrote:I watched things!
R30. Die Another Day - Um, because I needed something I'd already seen to put on to fall asleep to. The dialog is cringey, but the overall plot is kind of cool. More memorable for me than the previous 2 Bonds.
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:54 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Rewatched Inception for the first time in years the other day, and was surprised to find that the ending was a lot darker than I remember. The themes of guilt-avoidance and self-destruction were more apparent. It's a goddamn horror movie!
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Totally gonna be the weirdo at Disney again
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3103
Re: Totally gonna be the weirdo at Disney again
You and Jenny Nicholson would get along great.
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:43 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
This is also the theme of Sicario
Sharp Objects is a good show that explores the relationship between self-destruction and evil.
Sharp Objects is a good show that explores the relationship between self-destruction and evil.
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 1:48 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
I also find the relationship between self-destruction and predatory evil fascinating. Obviously self-destruction does not equal evil (addicts, etc)...but there is a connection there...predators tend not to think about long-term consequences. Look at how predatory capitalists have accelerated human e...
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:52 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Holy shit. I just realized I've always been like that. It's why I use troll tactics to fuck with trolls. When I was a little kid I used to specifically bully/intimidate kids who bullied and messed with kids I was friendly with. I was one of the bigger kids at my elementary school so I could get away...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
In case it's not obvious, I believe people generally possess the building blocks of evil. And I'm thinking, probably naively, that if we can understand what those traits are and why they metastasize so much in some people, maybe we can reverse/prevent...and uncover unseen cultural factors that exace...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 10:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
I think I'm trying to deconstruct what I believe is the source of all human evil and self-destruction...and the relationship between self-destruction and evil(causing unnecessary suffering). I'm pulling from my study of psychology, narcissism(anti-social personality disorders), abusive dynamics, opp...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
All understanding truths/causal-paths can be corrupted by the subjective axis of deserving. Making it harder to see through it. Every single thing I've written here can be corrupted by the very thing I'm attempting to deconstruct. Similar to how I once had a conversation about playing the blame-gam...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Lol you bastardBruceSmith78 wrote:Are you trying to talk yourself out of a mass shooting?
And I was just thinking about that quote about fighting monsters and staring into the abyss.
I'm the Blade of mass shooters.
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:40 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Deconstruction of artifice without faith/commitment/purpose/risk/authenticity/openness/passion (an anchor/guide to replace previous attachment) leaves a vacuum which is immediately filled by what was just deconstructed. Because even when deconstruction of inauthentic intention is technically accurat...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 6:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
To recognize your own humanity/individuality is to recognize the humanity of others. To dehumanize others reflects back on you because it means you are buying into a heirarchal, often-arbitrary framework regarding who is deserving of and granted humanity and who isn't. Who is valid and who isn't. Bu...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Prioritisation of artificial image/reward/collection corrodes appreciation of one's own individual humanity as well as the individuality of others. Fundamental framework/belief...never deserving....unless. Making humanity dependent on external, unreliable sources...which, even if granted, is ultimat...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:44 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
At least I'm writing in English...for the most part.
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Paradox of confidence...from the tension between inner and outer confidence/esteem Prioritizing self-image/esteem(including how one feels they are perceived by others) at the expense of truth/values ironically damages self-image. Commitment to your values/truth, even if risking damage to your self-i...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Keeping score...collecting wrongs/guilt/shoulds that need "correcting" in order to maintain dignity/self-respect/love(artificial self). As collection grows, so does pressure/desperation. Wasting limited focus and energy on what's past, while neglecting the simple dignity one gets from bein...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:48 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Me this entire thread: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/524/tumblr_o16n2kBlpX1ta3qyvo1_1280.jpg I can't get my pattern-recognizing brain to shut the fuck up. I realize that's why I'm good with faces...and why music sticks with me. I watched a movie Triangle recently and so much o...
- Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Grievance/resentment...making things even...catching up/revenge...stuck in past versus letting go of what's past and being true to self/values in the now(often bastardized to somehow mean not dealing with current/active problems)...when one fails to be authentic to self in the present, a desire to c...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Underrated movies/hidden gems
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6179
Re: Underrated movies/hidden gems
Watched Road to Perdition last night to see if I still like it The answer is yes. Hanks' character is misunderstood. Sullivan sr has a darkness and innocence at the same time...which I think Hanks plays well. Edit: Matt Damon is good at playing that type of character too, and I realize that's basica...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Yes, inquisitive speculations on a dead message board about the motivations of a terrifying epidemic(in my country) - that's been going on for decades, that's accelerating, and there seems to be no solution on the horizon for(while those pointing out patterns get ignored) - is the height of hubris. ...
- Sun Dec 09, 2018 11:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Phe_de, my man..you consistently make very strange and irrelevant interpretations of other people's posts...yet lack the humility to seriously consider that you might be the problem and learn from it. If you're having trouble understanding it, maybe it wasn't meant for you. I'm trying to work throug...
- Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Those posts are for myself.
English not being your native language isn't the primary cause of your habitual confusion, phe_de.
English not being your native language isn't the primary cause of your habitual confusion, phe_de.
- Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Note: Not merely making a compromise for reward....fundamental issue is in trying to have it both ways. Wanting all of the pros and none of the cons of two opposing choices/realities...where the fundamental break with reality and authenticity begins. That's one of the things that's particular ugly a...
- Sat Dec 08, 2018 1:10 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Boomers believe the wildest conspiracies because 1) their brains and integrity have rot from a lifetime of being trained/encouraged/coddled to prioritize power/external-validation at expense of truth 2) they weren't raised on the internet so lack skills to critically analyze/judge/parse/navigate the...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mass shootings and white nationalism
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17064
Re: Mass shootings and white nationalism
Notes: Insecurity/petty-power-struggle/judgement/shame/guilt-induced-blame-shifting(blame-focused)/resentment Imbalance of authenticity: fundamental inauthenticity and lack of responsibility/self-awareness leading to resentment and desire for cathartic expression/validation of misguided resentment. ...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: Literature
- Topic: A Head Full of Ghosts
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16830
Re: A Head Full of Ghosts
I get the arguments for abstaining and demanding better. But sometimes a situation is so dire that we don't really have the luxury to "play chicken" with people who are in way better position to survive these dire consequences. And the only time I think it's reasonable to play that game is...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Random news/topics/opinions(contribute your own if want)
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29914
Re: Random news/topics/opinions(contribute your own if want)
Yeah, most of the criticism I've seen has been about how this ban will harm sex workers. And that it's no accident/collateral damage...tumblr has apparently been looking for a reason to specifically ban sex workers.
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:00 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Gendo watches more movies in 2018
- Replies: 224
- Views: 46298
Re: Gendo watches more movies in 2018
I forgot about that mugshot. She looks so ashamed of herself in it.
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 7:58 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Underrated movies/hidden gems
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6179
Re: Underrated movies/hidden gems
Rax, curious to know what you think of Road to Perdition if you ever get around to watching it.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:27 pm
- Forum: Literature
- Topic: A Head Full of Ghosts
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16830
Re: A Head Full of Ghosts
Looked at Miller's twitter and saw some recent anti-trans whining. Seems like you're more familiar with him than I am, so I assumed you must know about that. Unless that's the first time he's publicly expressed his transphobia.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:17 pm
- Forum: Literature
- Topic: A Head Full of Ghosts
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16830
Re: A Head Full of Ghosts
Also, if we don't have a cohesive movement or strategy, I lean towards just voting lesser evil as default...until we figure out what the fuck we're doing. But then the argument is that lesser evil voting historically destroys movements....so I don't fucking know.
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:42 pm
- Forum: Literature
- Topic: A Head Full of Ghosts
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16830
Re: A Head Full of Ghosts
Prum was also where I first heard that ducks evolved corkscrew vaginas to prevent rape...giving them better chances to breed with the ducks they find aesthetically pleasing...meaning their offspring will likely have those traits and will likely be chosen to be bred with...and so on. I like the way t...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:03 pm
- Forum: Literature
- Topic: A Head Full of Ghosts
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16830
Re: A Head Full of Ghosts
Lol I honestly didn't notice you had been posting stuff here 1) As you're aware, Geoffrey Miller is an anti-trans bigoted piece of shit. And bigotry certainly plays a role in how scientific data is interprered(specifically regarding gender dynamics)...and what narratives you cling to. Check out Rich...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: Movies & Television
- Topic: Gendo watches more movies in 2018
- Replies: 224
- Views: 46298
Re: Gendo watches more movies in 2018
Lindsay Ellis is good people.
She's got a really critical eye, without superfluous petty bs. She's one of those people who can articulate issues you may have noticed subconsciously, but can't find words for.
She's got a really critical eye, without superfluous petty bs. She's one of those people who can articulate issues you may have noticed subconsciously, but can't find words for.