The Pitters' Place

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Meanwhile Finn and Rose are interested in freeing enslaved children, something never done in Star Wars before despite multiple characters having backgrounds in slavery. Optimistically, they'll redeem Leia's Flawed Rebellion with one that is just and not about repeating the flaws of the past. The ex...

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Did that main character at least get to speak this time? I think in general it's a decent sci-fi movie, while at the same time it's a bad Star Wars movie, if that makes any sense. I actually think it is one of the best Star Wars movies. Then again, I've been a huge fan since the first one came out ...

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I personally loved it, but I thought it would have been a much better film if they had taken out 20 - 25 minutes of the Finn/Rose stuff. I love both of their characters, but (very minor spoiler ahead), their side story literally amounted to nothing and was quite boring. I think Johnson just couldn't...

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This study is bogus, by the way. A neuron count doesn't indicate intelligence--as one biologist critical of the report pointed out, dogs might have more neurons because so much of their brain is dedicated to olfactory processing.

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I'm with DA. Peter Singer expresses the position better, but that's because it's his job to do so. Thanks. What changed your mind? I remember we argued about this on the Philosophy board on IMDB and you were hostile to it. I don't remember that at all. I've mostly always agreed with Singer. Maybe y...

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I'm with DA. Peter Singer expresses the position better, but that's because it's his job to do so.

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Cassius Clay wrote:Gillian Jacobs seems cool from interviews I've seen and her appearances on comedy bang bang podcasts. Community is one of those really good shows with a very devoted fanbase that nobody else seems to give a shit about.

I just started on Community and I love it.

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Ah, thanks for the clarification, DA.

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Anakin McFly wrote:i need more context than what Wikipedia gives

The gang bang becomes a kind of ritual they use to try to neuter or defeat the creature. I don't remember much beyond that.

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I haven't yet read the book, but what's this about it having a child group sex scene? People bring that up a lot whenever Stephen King criticises Trump on Twitter or says anything about sexual abuse being bad. Yep, there is indeed a kiddie gang bang in the book. I couldn't believe what I was reading.

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Wrestling has a long history of having wrestlers of color play these really over-the-top, racist stereotypes...and these characters are made to play "heel" facing off against some white, American hero. The show deals with issues like that and explores, with humor, how the real people behi...

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So does it develop some self-awareness as it goes along? The pilot starts off with Brie's character having a hard time finding a complex, three dimensional role that does not exploit her sexuality. By the end of the episode, the show ignores all of that and plays her tragic betrayal in the form of ...

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Saw this yesterday and just loved it. It wasn't a pleasant experience, but I plan on seeing it again this coming week. SPOILER ALERT! It's basically a horror film re-telling of the story of the Bible, only from the perspective of Mother Nature, with God and humanity as the villains. It's got everyth...

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This is streaming on Netflix right now, at least in the USA. Check it out for a great reminder about how completely fucked up the human race can be.

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maz89 wrote:Have you guys seen Coherence? It's an indie/low budget sci-fi/mystery film that is intriguing during the entirety of its run time. Recommended.

Yep, saw it a few weeks ago. Shows how much can be accomplished with good writing and almost no budget.

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Enemy - Huh. Funny story, I only bought and watched this because I remembered Robin telling me how good it was. Turns out I misremembered; he hasn't even seen it; he just asked me if I had because he'd heard it was good. Anyway, I didn't think I liked it at first, but after reading an analysis of i...

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Anyone see this Denis Villeneuve movie staring Jake Gyllenhaul? It's one of those psychological thriller/puzzle movies where reality isn't quite what it seems, but there are tons of clues in the visuals and dialogue to help sort out an interpretation. I didn't know that going into it, so since this ...

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And now we have a teaser trailer:

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Has anyone checked this out yet? I have zero interest in fake wrestling and never thought I give this show a second's notice, but the reviews have been great so I thought I'd give it a chance. Absolutely loving it so far.

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Behind the Candelabra : Well, my Netflix Blue Ray was damaged so I missed chunks of the third act, but I got the idea. What a strange man Liberace was. If only he had been born a generation later, he could have lived out his life as a performer without hiding himself. In fact, he could have maybe g...

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Earlier this year we had a young temp in the office who was seriously tempted by flat earth stuff. I just don't understand the human race.

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They've really been keeping a lid on this film with no one involved in the project willing to say anything about it other than that it is trippy and fucked up. Finally, appropriately enough on Mother's Day, we a get a trippy, fucked up poster. Can't wait! http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/mother-post...

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On a budget of 200 million or so, this movie is going to lose money left and right. You don't spend that much cash on a sequel to a cult film that many ordinary ticket buyers probably either never heard of or forgot long ago. The first one, one should remember, was a box office dud. Having said, tha...

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Don't remember which one of you recommended this one, but thanks for doing so. What a nice little indie gem. Check it out if you like Twilight Zone paradoxes in your movies. Once I was done I had to go back and re-watch the beginning with new eyes.

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Call me naive, but I had no idea composers put that kind of thought into their work. Pretty amazing and good for him.

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Traditionalism: 23%
Liberal Feminism: 76%
Radical Feminism: 59%
Marxist Feminism: 74%
Cultural Feminism: 58%

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When you control for all this stuff, there is still discrimination. http://www.econ.yale.edu/~jga22/website/research_papers/altonji%20and%20blank.pdf http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/Bridging-the-Gender-Pay-Gap.aspx http://www.uta.edu/faculty/crowder/data/Sex%20Discrimination%20in%20Restauran...

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CashRules wrote:I'm not even sure why I liked this but I did. So there! I have spoken!

I loved it, too!

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That's great! I'd love to play but I don't know what the tabletop gaming scene is like in my area. My sister is part of her local roleplaying and wargaming society and they go to national championships and stuff, I'm so jealous. I have friends who are in a. D&D campaign with friends who live fa...

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Yep, for the first time in over 20 years, I'm running an RPG session this afternoon. Feels great to be back in the game.

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Well, of course the first and so far only Rotten review on RT, dropping the score to 99% favorable, would just have to come from that walking joke, Armond White.

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So I finished this a few weeks ago and here are my thoughts. Pretty good book, but overall I don't understand the intense love it seems to have inspired from so many quarters. That's okay, my tastes are probably a bit off anyway. Here's something that puzzled me, though. The foreword to the book des...

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Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett.

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The Fountain... well, I'm an unapologetic lover of that film. I think it's one of the most visually splendid, emotionally poignant, narratively sophisticated films to come out of mainstream Hollywood in many years. One thing I love is how many motifs and echos Aronofsky crams into it: the color ora...

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Because even even a paralyze white dude is more physically able then a native of a land and everyone knows that natives need white leadership to succeed. Come on... You can't see why certain class of people would complain about that storyline even if it's as old as time and BECAUSE it is as old as ...

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Just starting streaming this on Netflix and holy shit, this is some of the best TV I've seen in my life. I've never seen so many important issues handled with such complexity and humanity. Everyone (well, maybe not Travolta) is on their A-game, from every actor to the writers. There was so much goin...

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Just started watching it and I think I like it more than any of you. . .but this is just one episode's worth of opinion. I think the advantage I have is that until reading this thread I had no idea there was a movie adaptation. I was just vaguely aware of the book and nothing else. So i guess I'm ab...

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4. Triangle (2006) - Another great recommendation from I-Am-Robin. Absolutely amazing film. It's like a cross between Cube, Predestination, and Dead End. A complete delight. Was this the TV series with Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, and Lou Diamond Phillips? (Trying to narrow it down.) Oops, was 2009...

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Gendo wrote:4. Triangle (2006) - Another great recommendation from I-Am-Robin. Absolutely amazing film. It's like a cross between Cube, Predestination, and Dead End. A complete delight.

Was this the TV series with Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, and Lou Diamond Phillips? (Trying to narrow it down.)

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Okay, I recently started reading this one since the TV show is coming out soon and I love the show-runner behind it. Anyone else ever read this?

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Unvoiced_Apollo wrote:The consistent deadpan throughout got really annoying for me.

It made things funnier for me!

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Hey, I just went through this entire thread and nobody saw The Lobster? Maybe I missed the post where it was brought up, but if you like quirky, art-house stuff with a Wes Anderson vibe, check it out. (In an alternate universe, romantic partnerships are required by the state. Once you are of legal a...

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Predestination - Amazing. One of the top movies of the year for me, at least for the story. The film probably could have been better in the hands of different or more experienced directors. But it's one of those awesome plots that just hurts your head to think about it because of the various tempor...

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BruceSmith78 wrote:I've probably been invited to watch Chris Pratt and J-Law call each other names at least a dozen times the past couple weeks, but I haven't done it.

That bit was actually pretty damn funny.

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CashRules wrote:There's not a single actor in Hollywood under the age of 50 with any real acting talent.

Among the most absurd comments I've encountered in recent memory.

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[none] Is that a joke, or...? No, I meant it. Did they kill your dog or something? Why would you wish failure on two people who are just doing the best they can at their jobs and have never done anything to you? I do not understand this internet mentality. If you are going to triumph in someone's f...

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Derived Absurdity wrote:I only heard about this movie a week ago, but I am very glad a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt is failing.

How utterly petty.

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I've been a huge Star Wars fanatic since the first. I've played the pen and paper RPG's, I still play the MMORG (The Old Republic), and I even read the set-up novel to this new movie. Well, this was fantastic. It was dark, gritty, beautiful to look at, and well acted. Not sure where it fits in the c...

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I'm actually excited about the new Spider-Man movie coming out. Like, legitimately excited. Can you imagine me ever getting excited about a Marvel movie? I mean, what. This is evidence enough to know that someone just stole DA's ID and password. You are NOT the real Derived Absurdity. What have you...

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Arrival: A movie about ideas and characters instead of action and spectacle and that isn't a franchise or superhero tale and has a female lead who doesn't punch or kick anyone. Hard to believe it even got made, and it almost didn't--repeatedly the guy who wrote the screenplay was asked to make the a...

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