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Jurgan posted:I don’t think there is such a thing as unintentional satire. If you’re trying to support an idea and fail so badly you undermine the point you’re trying to make, that makes you a comic fool, not a satirist. “Look how well Hitler satirized fascism by losing WWII!”
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Extremely geeky nitpick I will never get an excuse to bring up again: When they did Armor, they acted like the power armored suits were a weird addition to a war clearly based off of Heinlein's Starship Troopers, but they were misremembering because there was also power armor in Starship Troopers, if not in the movie. Didn’t the guy who wrote Armor literally say it was inspired by him reading Starship Troopers and wishing there was more combat?
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The death of the author angle doesn't work as well when he's saying someone else is interpreting the book wrong.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Didn’t the guy who wrote Armor literally say it was inspired by him reading Starship Troopers and wishing there was more combat? I don't know, all I remember is they were saying it was Starship Troopers mixed with Gundam and I was like, no, bruh, the power armor was part of the original, it's a sin of the father
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The movie should have had them.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Collision would be so much better as a semi-regular guest. He’s fine and even fun in smaller doses but he has gotten tiresome over the last year or so. I loved in early episodes when it was still just JW and rotating guests because he’s a solid anchor and guests provide more variety. He and Collision are a little too similar for long-term co-hosts. It's nice when there's a guest host to play off the two of them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3QEjMq6e68&hd=1
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In the author's note for Slugs, the dude who wrote Slugs actually says that this is a horrible movie and no one should watch it
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The Vosgian Beast posted:In the author's note for Slugs, the dude who wrote Slugs actually says that this is a horrible movie and no one should watch it I know a malecologist (expert on mollusks) who had the poster of this movie hanging in his office.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:In the author's note for Slugs, the dude who wrote Slugs actually says that this is a horrible movie and no one should watch it I saw it at a record store earlier today but didn't buy it. It was $30!
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Honestly the thing that annoys me the most about Collision is when he's reading and he suddenly starts murmuring like he's trying to ASMR everyone. Even leaving aside that I'm allergic to ASMR, it's annoying as gently caress to listen to in the car, especially when it's suddenly followed by a jingle at 874000 decibels higher.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:The movie should have had them. The military equipping its troops with lovely, useless armor and guns that barely hurt bugs is actually hilarious and adds to the film’s message, just like Robocop driving a lovely car.
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I like Collision even if he can be a doof sometimes.
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I like Collision just fine, I just don't think he's a great long-term cohost for this podcast.
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Last Action Hero, Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers are like the holy trinity of 90s movies that weren't that great but have had people hailing them as underrated gems almost since the day they came out on the grounds that people didn't get that they were satires. And it's like, OK but whether or not people didn't get that these were supposed to be satire that doesn't make them any better as films.
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Starship Troopers gets better and funnier every time I see it. I know it has nothing to do with the book- which I GASP actually liked- but it's just such fun garbage.
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Guy Mann posted:Last Action Hero, Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers are like the holy trinity of 90s movies that weren't that great but have had people hailing them as underrated gems almost since the day they came out on the grounds that people didn't get that they were satires. And it's like, OK but whether or not people didn't get that these were supposed to be satire that doesn't make them any better as films. Okay
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Guy Mann posted:Last Action Hero, Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers are like the holy trinity of 90s movies that weren't that great but have had people hailing them as underrated gems almost since the day they came out on the grounds that people didn't get that they were satires. And it's like, OK but whether or not people didn't get that these were supposed to be satire that doesn't make them any better as films. Yeah exactly, people who missed the boat on both the satire and the movie quality are double-dumb
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Guy Mann posted:Last Action Hero, Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers are like the holy trinity of 90s movies that weren't that great but have had people hailing them as underrated gems almost since the day they came out on the grounds that people didn't get that they were satires. And it's like, OK but whether or not people didn't get that these were supposed to be satire that doesn't make them any better as films. sir, this is a wendy's
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Guy Mann posted:Last Action Hero, Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers are like the holy trinity of 90s movies that weren't that great but have had people hailing them as underrated gems almost since the day they came out on the grounds that people didn't get that they were satires. And it's like, OK but whether or not people didn't get that these were supposed to be satire that doesn't make them any better as films. Shhhhhhhh ![]()
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The thing is, Last Action Hero, The Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers all own to varying degrees. Also, they did a Patreon episode about the movie Starship Troopers https://twitter.com/ideotvpod/status/958564888787394560 https://twitter.com/ideotvpod/status/958565525059141634 I would NOT like to know more ![]()
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X-Ray Pecs posted:The thing is, Last Action Hero, The Cable Guy, and Starship Troopers all own to varying degrees. No J! shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ![]()
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Eh it's not as if I come to these guys for movie takes anyway, just ridiculing books everyone already knows are bad. Similarly this may hurt but please never rap again lol
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Obligatory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5y3NQi_RAY
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I heard that a long time ago and never realized it was J until now.
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Hahaha holy gently caress I never knew that was J
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There was a snippet of it in an early episode and somehow I didn't realize it was him at the time. A few weeks ago I felt like looking up the song and recognized it then. Personally I love it when he sings or raps.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtUQNxp02mE J is bae.
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His finest work https://youtu.be/6CXiB5n883I
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YggiDee posted:His finest work What the fuuuck, that's him?? I left Night Vale by the wayside a long time ago but I love this song and that episode.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:What the fuuuck, that's him?? I left Night Vale by the wayside a long time ago but I love this song and that episode. Yeah, in one of the IDEOTV eps with Mara Wilson they discuss their experiences on WTNV and J mentions “writing a song about a bus.” I had the same reaction as you.
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IDEOTV S-rank guest star Rachel Millman has a new podcast all about wrestling, so maybe check it out if you like either of these things.
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Jurgan posted:Yeah, in one of the IDEOTV eps with Mara Wilson they discuss their experiences on WTNV and J mentions “writing a song about a bus.” I had the same reaction as you. I've listened to every IDEOTV episode and didn't even catch that. Amazing.
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My husband hates IDEOTV and loved that dong. Telling him it was J was hilarious!
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:My husband hates IDEOTV and loved that dong. ![]()
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Hahaha I'm not changing it!
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:What the fuuuck, that's him?? I left Night Vale by the wayside a long time ago but I love this song and that episode. Joseph Fink was also a goon, they met through SA, I’m pretty certain.
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He has some good stories of being in Night Vale live shows and people swarming him after to get him to sign their bus cards.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Joseph Fink was also a goon, Still is. X-Ray Pecs posted:they met through SA, I’m pretty certain. Could be, but most of the early Night Vale people just happened to work in the same geographical location (NYC) and a couple of them being on Something Awful was just a coincidence.
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Hard to believe the podcast's been going for a hundred episodes, but here it is: the I Don't Even Own a Television centennial, wherein J and Collision tackle The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
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