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K. Waste posted:Yo, Hidden Figures and Operation Avalanche make a surprisingly good 2016 moon movie double feature. I do like that Matt Johnson is going against the grain and criticizing the boring mumblecore nothing happens fetish. Also, was in a couple classes with him, cooooooooool dude.
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Death By The Blues posted:I do like that Matt Johnson is going against the grain and criticizing the boring mumblecore nothing happens fetish. Also, was in a couple classes with him, cooooooooool dude. Operation Avalanche is definitely an expansion on 'mumblecore,' but I think it's a much clearer descendent of Man Bites Dog, and possibly A Scanner Darkly. It has a lot of histrionic fun with the plasticity of American mythology - it's a great black comedy about the concept of 'counter-intelligence,' also explored in HyperNormalization.
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So I finally thought I'd try Shudder. Watching Antiviral right now. Holy gently caress.
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Timby posted:I loving love The World's End and I'm puzzled by people who think it's the weakest of the Cornetto trilogy. My beef with it comes from a dislike of the main character and those similar to them. I'm supposed to cheer on this dude, but he's the type of person who is preventing Earth from being uplifted. I like the movie, but as a tragedy.
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MisterBibs posted:My beef with it comes from a dislike of the main character and those similar to them. I'm supposed to cheer on this dude, but he's the type of person who is preventing Earth from being uplifted.
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You weren't. His righteous speech at the end of the film is cribbed from a late-'60s schlock film about white supremacist, serial rapist bikers.
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K. Waste posted:You weren't. His righteous speech at the end of the film is cribbed from a late-'60s schlock film about white supremacist, serial rapist bikers. I wonder if they'll ever adapt The Iron Dream into a movie.
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Jan 15, 2017 07:34
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Detective No. 27 posted:I wonder if they'll ever adapt The Iron Dream into a movie. I mean, it sounds like a much better idea for a TV show than the The Man in the High Castle.
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Jan 15, 2017 07:36
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Can't wait for The Man in the High Castle on Ice. New Series of Unfortunate Events is OK, nothing amazing *shrug*
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Detective No. 27 posted:I wonder if they'll ever adapt The Iron Dream into a movie. That's one of the few times where "it should be a series" would make the joke funnier. CPL593H posted:What's the thing with Sam Hyde that made everyone hate him? Probably that he's a nazi.
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Snak posted:So I finally thought I'd try Shudder. Watching Antiviral right now. Holy gently caress. I signed up for their trial a while back because they had a few things I wanted to check out, intending just to cancel after I watched them, and now I've been subscribed for two months because they keep adding good stuff. And I'd definitely like to see lil' Cronenberg make some more movies. Though honestly I'd be interested to see him step away from body horror completely, something about Antiviral makes me think the results would be neat.
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I know a guy who's really surprised about Sam Hyde and it's like... I don't know how you watch more than one of his videos & find that shocking.
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Jan 15, 2017 08:26
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Jan 15, 2017 08:29
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Hat Thoughts posted:I know a guy who's really surprised about Sam Hyde and it's like... I don't know how you watch more than one of his videos & find that shocking. I was really into Million Dollar Extreme back when they were called Alien Mode in like 2009. It was some perfect surrealist idiocy, and totally apolitical. Then over the years they got more and more cruel and alt-righty, and eventually I had to sever. Still, that Sam Hyde TedX is a loving modern classic. There's even moments of genius in the adult swim show. I hope they turn their dumbass lives around.
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Jan 15, 2017 08:51
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Stay woke, go support less racist creators? It's not hard, well a little hard.
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The lesson here, kids, is that "apolitical" means "reactionary".
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First impressions are often wrong, but my first impression of NPH's Count Olaf is that he's kinda boring. Jim Carrey was more interesting.
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CelticPredator posted:First impressions are often wrong, but my first impression of NPH's Count Olaf is that he's kinda boring. Between this and Pat Warburton replacing Jude Law, who was central to my sexual awakening, I'm not getting good vibes from this reboot.
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Jude Law is awesome. I like Warburton too, but I dunno. I will say NPH's Olaf got a lil interesting when he slapped the kid. I kinda like that they went there. Although I kinda wish they hired someone who is uh...like actually old. Stephen Lang as Count Olaf.
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CelticPredator posted:Jude Law is awesome. Derek Jacobi as Count Olaf, he must be less costly than Harris if he was in Anonymous.
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Death By The Blues posted:Can't wait for The Man in the High Castle on Ice. That reminds me! There was recently a show on here which was Vanilla Ice on Ice. I poo poo you not. Here is the poster: 
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The lesson here, kids, is that "apolitical" means "reactionary". Well put.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The lesson here, kids, is that "apolitical" means "reactionary". I wish I could give this a love react.
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therattle posted:That reminds me! There was recently a show on here which was Vanilla Ice on Ice. I poo poo you not. Ice on ice on ice.
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Slugworth posted:It just feels like a missed opportunity to not also have him do meth the whole time. Co-starting Heisenberg Blue.
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I Before E posted:I mean of the three something has to be the weakest, and for some reason it's hard for people to admit it's Shaun Of The Dead. Criminal Minded posted:Yep. It's Hot Fuzz > World's End > Shaun. They're all good films, Brent Slugworth posted:It just feels like a missed opportunity to not also have him do meth the whole time. Doesn't that go without saying?
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The lesson here, kids, is that "apolitical" means "reactionary". Like libertarianism and racism, they're natural allies but there's still some important space between them.
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So, yesterday was Dead Ringers and Network. Today is gonna be Night of the Hunter and Eyes Without a Face. Got the wifiiiii baaaaaaack.
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:So, yesterday was Dead Ringers and Network. Today is gonna be Night of the Hunter and Eyes Without a Face. Got the wifiiiii baaaaaaack. Dang, you're celebrating in style. Every time I re-watch Night of the Hunter I think it's lowkey my favourite movie.
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LesterGroans posted:Dang, you're celebrating in style. I convinced my parents to watch it on Christmas Eve since it took place on Christmas. 
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I Before E posted:Between this and Pat Warburton replacing Jude Law, who was central to my sexual awakening, I'm not getting good vibes from this reboot. Wait Patrick Warburton is the Young Pope now???
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I am only half way through the series (and it's doubtful if I will finish it,) but Now and Then, Here and There seems to be a deplorable work, in that it uses imagery of child soldiery and institutionalized sexual abuse to convey the message of "atrocities wouldn't occur if [child] soldiers could all just steadfastly refuse to be complicit with them." Not only that, but it expresses that idea with poor writing, allowing its protagonist to escape the dire consequences of his non-compliance time and again for narrative expedience. It's bizarre to see a work that is demeaning and cruel to a real, victimized group of people. It's like making a big tentpole prison break movie set during the holocaust.
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Anonymous Robot posted:I am only half way through the series (and it's doubtful if I will finish it,) but Now and Then, Here and There seems to be a deplorable work, in that it uses imagery of child soldiery and institutionalized sexual abuse to convey the message of "atrocities wouldn't occur if [child] soldiers could all just steadfastly refuse to be complicit with them." Not only that, but it expresses that idea with poor writing, allowing its protagonist to escape the dire consequences of his non-compliance time and again for narrative expedience. It's bizarre to see a work that is demeaning and cruel to a real, victimized group of people. It's like making a big tentpole prison break movie set during the holocaust. Oh man, you should check out The Secret, where gems like "the anti-war movement just causes more war" are thrown around willy nilly as profound statements about reality on par with stuff like "everything is energy." On top of making a case for the top 1% of the wealthy being good people, it manages to accidently make a case for communism. There is an early segment, where im not making GBS threads you, a gay man is blamed for the homophobic attacks on him because they are a result of his negative thinking. As soon as he learns The Secret, he molds objective reality into a positive paradise where magically all these haters just stop working at his job and he stops getting mugged on the street. It sorta blew my mind how my trans friend saw nothing evil or dishonest about it.
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:Oh man, you should check out The Secret, where gems like "the anti-war movement just causes more war" are thrown around willy nilly as profound statements about reality on par with stuff like "everything is energy." On top of making a case for the top 1% of the wealthy being good people, it manages to accidently make a case for communism. It's important to take in evil media. Sometimes it's ideologically revealing, but in this case, I think it's more that it can teach something about craft. I'm willing to believe that the creators of this series had the best of intentions and a story they wanted to tell, and it got away from them because they didn't fully understand it and weren't willing or able to do the work of placing themselves inside that position and completely grasping the implications of it. This is a challenge I've faced in my own work. I've written some pieces that I'll never share because of it; there are times where you have to have the humility and self-awareness to accept that you aren't the right person to tell certain stories.
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The main thing I've learned about criticism is to either not respond to it, or to ask constructive questions. I love movies with goofy "future fashion". I'm waiting impatiently for an adaptation of Ubik, where characters are constantly described as wearing the most absurd, garish outfits possible: Ubik posted:Tweed toga, loafers, crimson sash and a purple airplane propeller beanie
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^^^PKD predicted hipster fashion in Ubik. It's wild. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The lesson here, kids, is that "apolitical" means "reactionary". In this case, absolutely, and probably in general too. But I loving love Michael Mann and James Ellroy, for example, and I know a lot of people in this thread do too, and seems both those guys have some some pretty reactionary views on life.
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I just watched Medium Cool. What are the most powerful political films of the last few years?
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Budgie Jumping posted:^^^PKD predicted hipster fashion in Ubik. It's wild. My favorite detail is that it's a tweed toga, and I can't imagine anything more unbearably hot and heavy, except maybe a leather toga.
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