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I was about to ask 'what was wrong' with the idea of civilising the poor and working class, but then immediately realised the assumption that they are uneducated or uncivilised is a tremendously lovely thing to presume about an entire group aspect of society and the point is the term civilised shouldn't be applied to a society that treats people that way in the first place. Thanks for making me rethink my position on Metropolis.
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Jul 2, 2014 15:40
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Schmorporatism.
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Oh, let me tell you the story of a man named Charlie Or did you catch it on the TV? He put his food stamps in his pocket, kissed his wife and family Went to build the wall in ol' Sydney Charlie trusted the gov'ment so he toiled through the ferment "Do your part to stop those damned Kaiju!" Then the walls they came a-tumblin' and the earth began a-rumblin' Stars and garters, now poor Charlie's through! Well, did they ever return? No, they never returned, But the gears of greed still churn They may build forever 'round the Rim Pacific They're the men who never return K. Waste fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jul 2, 2014 |
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SHISHKABOB posted:What is the opposite of corporatism? The opposite of corporatism is corporatism again, I'm afraid. It's not enough to negate it, you have to go through it. Less Hegelian answer: no opposite. Bongo Bill posted:Schmorporatism.
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SHISHKABOB posted:What is the opposite of corporatism? Corporatists are generally against both radical egalitarian movements, and liberalism (individualism, the unfettered free market, etc.).
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For all you kids looking forward to more Pacific Rim toys, NECA has a shitton of them planned including Otachi and several of the "blink and you miss them" Jaegers from the opening flashback montage. Here's Guillermo del Toro with some of the new stuff, too. He is seriously the coolest dude.  
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What a beautiful baby.
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Xenomrph posted:Here's Guillermo del Toro with some of the new stuff, too. He is seriously the coolest dude. Not being a dick, but a fat man playing with toys isn't considered cool. EDIT: Take a joke guys. Szmitten fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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278 pages into the Pacific Rim Thread, Szmitten weighs in with this utter f*cking bombshell. Holy Crap. The world may never be the same. fascism
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Szmitten posted:Not being a dick, but a fat man playing with toys isn't considered cool. a pro expert at being cool. right here. in the thread for the movie about megazords fighting godzillas. pro expert.
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Szmitten posted:Not being a dick, but a fat man playing with toys isn't considered cool.
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I don't want to be racist, but the kaiju are incapable of reason and must be genocided for there to be peace.
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Xenomrph posted:Is leading a sentence off with "not being a dick" kinda like leading with "I don't mean to be racist, but"? I saw a post with a picture of del Toro, known big man, cradling a toy, described as seriously cool. It was a funny contrast and I made a joke. No need to take it personally or bring racism into it. Look, for what it's worth, I think the giant Gipsy Danger and Cherno Alpha are pretty dope and if they're actually posable and not just statuettes then great.
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Hbomberguy posted:I don't want to be racist, but the kaiju are incapable of reason and must be genocided for there to be peace. I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but Gipsy Danger is a really pretty name.
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Xenomrph posted:Is leading a sentence off with "not being a dick" kinda like leading with "I don't mean to be racist, but"? yea in this case that's 
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Szmitten posted:I saw a post with a picture of del Toro, known big man, cradling a toy, described as seriously cool. It was a funny contrast and I made a joke. No need to take it personally or bring racism into it.  but I still think Del Toro is a cool dude, his attitude and enthusiasm is just completely infectious. Seeing him get all involved in goofy nerd-bait ancillary stuff like merchandise and videogames is just so uncommon in Hollywood. He's the biggest manchild ever, but he gets to make consistently entertaining and immensely creative huge-budget movies and completely nerd-out 110% while doing it.
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Hbomberguy posted:I don't want to be racist, but the kaiju are incapable of reason and must be genocided for there to be peace. Unfortunately the Final Solution wasn't final enough and they only suicide bombed a military base and a bridge.
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Hbomberguy posted:I don't want to be racist, but the kaiju are incapable of reason and must be genocided for there to be peace. They're literal reptilians from another planet, this is a foregone conclusion.
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Hbomberguy posted:I don't want to be racist, but the kaiju are incapable of reason and must be genocided for there to be peace. This but unironically. 
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Jul 26, 2014 03:10
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Death to literally all kaiju forever
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We can't kill all of them, because then we wouldn't be able to do it all again in the sequel. We must keep them alive for sport and entertainment.
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That's implied by forever.
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K. Waste posted:I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but Gipsy Danger is a really pretty name. MAY YOU LIVE FOREVER, FORUMS POSTER K. WASTE
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Hbomberguy posted:We can't kill all of them, because then we wouldn't be able to do it all again in the sequel. We must keep them alive for sport and entertainment. I hope that happens then the only things left to fight are other Jaegers. Humans are the real monsters, right?
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Mu Zeta posted:I hope that happens then the only things left to fight are other Jaegers. Humans are the real monsters, right? Pacific Rim turns into a Robot Jox spiritual sequel?
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Mu Zeta posted:I hope that happens then the only things left to fight are other Jaegers. Humans are the real monsters, right? A tournament where nations set aside their differences and solve their disputes by giant robots punching each other. Basically a G-Gundam movie.
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Mu Zeta posted:I hope that happens then the only things left to fight are other Jaegers. Humans are the real monsters, right? As noted earlier in the thread, Jaeger technology would simply be employed against the increasingly-despondent civilian population. Militarization of various police forces is inevitable. Riot suppression.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:As noted earlier in the thread, Jaeger technology would simply be employed against the increasingly-despondent civilian population. The Jeagers themselves would be a little impractical for riot control, but adaptations of the drift technology could make for very effective co-ordination within military or police units. Given the stated rarity of drift compatible persons it would probably be more trouble for the hegemony to employ than whatever efficiency dividend they would reap from a police hivemind would be worth.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:A tournament where nations set aside their differences and solve their disputes by giant robots punching each other. Someone pitch this to Hollywood right the gently caress now. SMG how do you feel about this: 
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Neowyrm posted:FLYING IN THE SKY SHINNING FINGER  G Gundam is a really good show. Everything about it is just fun. I've not seen much Gundam but I've seen enough to know past a certain point they get really formulaic and uninspired. I haven't finished it yet but it seems pretty aware of how bad the status quo is, even if none of the main characters seem too aware of it. It manages to capture how rad piloting a giant robot would be but all the downsides of turning planet earth into a hellish wasteland.
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Hbomberguy posted:I was about to ask 'what was wrong' with the idea of civilising the poor and working class, but then immediately realised the assumption that they are uneducated or uncivilised is a tremendously lovely thing to presume about an entire group aspect of society and the point is the term civilised shouldn't be applied to a society that treats people that way in the first place. Thanks for making me rethink my position on Metropolis. As a neat aside, Fritz Lang himself was embarassed by how Metropolis ended later in his life: "You cannot make a social-conscious picture in which you say that the intermediary between the hand and the brain is the heart. I mean, that's a fairy tale – definitely."
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Japan understands other countries better than they do.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:As a neat aside, Fritz Lang himself was embarassed by how Metropolis ended later in his life: This is why I love the Giorgio Moroder restoration. Somehow a naive fairy tale seems a lot less naive with Pat Benatar and Freddie Mercury.
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Somehow I think Metropolis wouldn't have been quite as good if it ended with "The intermediary between the hand and the brain is the labor relations board!" so I'm alright with the ending.
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You know those three things possessed by the majority of all humans? I think people should embody one and only one of those, seperately. Then they'd be forced to work together! *globalism destroys planet earth*
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Hbomberguy posted:You know those three things possessed by the majority of all humans? I think people should embody one and only one of those, seperately. Then they'd be forced to work together! "..."
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Raku posted:Somehow I think Metropolis wouldn't have been quite as good if it ended with "The intermediary between the hand and the brain is the labor relations board!" so I'm alright with the ending. The mediator between head and hands must be destroyed.
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