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big trivia FAIL posted:goon face blindness strikes again I had this same problem and find it strange when goons start talking about face blindness with this. Can't think of anything that really separates them physically besides Wahlberg have slightly darker hair.
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Their faces look different, for one. Different hairstyles, thematically they hold very different roles, there'd be no reason for two of them to be on screen at anytime except for the very obvious climax since the whole movie focuses around those two trying to find each other.
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Feb 20, 2018 22:07
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Gaunab posted:I had this same problem and find it strange when goons start talking about face blindness with this. Can't think of anything that really separates them physically besides Wahlberg have slightly darker hair. Their faces don't look similar. Do you think Lawrence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson look the same?
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Feb 20, 2018 22:09
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ryonguy posted:I blame the X-FIles for creating the "story arc" syndrome of modern primetime tv drama. It's good, but only if done well. X-Files did it first but I feel like Lost was a bigger culprit because, whereas X-Files had its monster of the week episodes, just about every episode of Lost came off as though it was ostensibly supposed to contribute to the overarching storyline.
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Feb 20, 2018 22:12
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I get Mark Wahlberg confused with Samuel L Jackson all the time. 
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Feb 20, 2018 22:12
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Mu Zeta posted:Their faces don't look similar. Do you think Lawrence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson look the same? I mean, have you ever seen Laurence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson in the same room? 
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Feb 20, 2018 22:13
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And Hill Street Blues had story arcs. X-Files didn't invent telling an episodic story.
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THe closest thing I ever had to face blindness was Anne Hathaway, but only because I'd never actually seen her at the time, only seen her name on posters. Due to her name i'd assumed that she was an old actress, like Maggie Smith old because her name was old-fashioned, then I saw her and realised she's about my age and is just named after Shakespeare's wife.
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Feb 20, 2018 22:33
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Wheat Loaf posted:X-Files did it first but I feel like Lost was a bigger culprit because, whereas X-Files had its monster of the week episodes, just about every episode of Lost came off as though it was ostensibly supposed to contribute to the overarching storyline. I'm also reminded of Heroes, where every end of episode teaser would just about imply that the entire plot and every dangling mystery would finally be resolved next week. Make sure you tune in!
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Feb 20, 2018 22:38
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I'm the honkiest-rear end cracker that ever was and for years I did not understand that Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg are different people, thanks for reading
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Feb 20, 2018 22:40
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John Murdoch posted:I'm also reminded of Heroes, where every end of episode teaser would just about imply that the entire plot and every dangling mystery would finally be resolved next week. Make sure you tune in! Heroes could just never let go of Ali Larter's characters. I think her original character had something like four identical twin sisters and/or cousins by the end of it. 
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Feb 20, 2018 22:46
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It was really weird how they kept killing her character off and then bringing her back.
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World War Mammories posted:I'm the honkiest-rear end cracker that ever was and for years I did not understand that Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg are different people, thanks for reading To be fair to you, there's a running gag in the weird Netflix season of Arrested Development based around this.
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World War Mammories posted:I'm the honkiest-rear end cracker that ever was and for years I did not understand that Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg are different people, thanks for reading I lost a bet over this and had to buy dinner for two of my friends. For future reference, The Social Network did NOT star Michael Cera. 
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Feb 20, 2018 22:54
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trickybiscuits posted:I find it really delightful and hilarious that people literally can't tell white man apart in movies. Apparently my eyes are another thing that didn't age well  I dunno, I think they're similar enough looking that if you weren't paying attention you could get them mixed up. FWIW I can look at them now and see that they are three distinct people, but it's like my brain tries to categorize similarities before differences. It was also one of those movies your dumb high school boyfriend puts on and you don't really want to watch it and the entire time you're worried his mom is going to come downstairs and see you giving him a handy so maybe I wasn't really giving it my all
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Feb 20, 2018 23:03
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DiCaprio is easily distinguishable, Damon and Wahlberg are the same person
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Dexie posted:I lost a bet over this and had to buy dinner for two of my friends. Wait, what?
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Solice Kirsk posted:And Hill Street Blues had story arcs. X-Files didn't invent telling an episodic story. Story arcs are one thing, the kind of deep serialized mythology slowly doled out while trying to convey the impression that the creators know the answers to the questions they're raising is another. And patient zero is Twin Peaks. (Partial credit for The Prisoner.)
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Feb 20, 2018 23:10
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World War Mammories posted:I'm the honkiest-rear end cracker that ever was and for years I did not understand that Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg are different people, thanks for reading This but Jesse Eisenberg and Andy Samberg.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:11
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Mu Zeta posted:Their faces don't look similar. Do you think Lawrence Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson look the same? No. They don't have the same build, hair, skin tone or accent. You can't tell me that Hollywood doesn't go after a type of white person every now and then. If it helps you get over the fact that I found them all similar, I didn't really like The Departed.
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Gaunab posted:If it helps you get over the fact that I found them all similar, I didn't really like The Departed. Well it explains why you found them similar, but now I'm going to have to question your taste in movies. 
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Feb 20, 2018 23:17
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Gaunab posted:You can't tell me that Hollywood doesn't go after a type of white person every now and then. https://twitter.com/redazarath/status/629191889686695936 https://twitter.com/keithcalder/status/861329168377593857
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Feb 20, 2018 23:21
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Actually after a quick check on imdb, I'm pretty sure I've never watched a movie that had Mark Wahlberg in it
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Feb 20, 2018 23:21
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Gaunab posted:You can't tell me that Hollywood doesn't go after a type of white person every now and then. A lot of actresses have the exact same nose (job). It becomes pretty noticeable when you (I) binge watch procedural tv shows and the same-looking actress shows up to play a one-off character 6 times a season.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:25
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Olive! posted:Actually after a quick check on imdb, I'm pretty sure I've never watched a movie that had Mark Wahlberg in it Wacth The Departed. It's good. Or if crime dramas aren't your thing then check out.........Ted, I guess? Maybe Daddy's Home. Not gonna lie, I only liked him in crime dramas.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:26
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Solice Kirsk posted:Wacth The Departed. It's good. Or if crime dramas aren't your thing then check out.........Ted, I guess? Maybe Daddy's Home. the fighter and pain and gain are both real good, boogie nights and basketball diaries are incredible. how have y'all never seen boogie nights or basketball diaries
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Feb 20, 2018 23:31
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Best Mark Wahlberg movie is The Other Guys.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:32
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big trivia FAIL posted:the fighter and pain and gain are both real good, boogie nights and basketball diaries are incredible. Holy poo poo he was in Basketball Diaries! I didn't even remember that. Yeah, that was a good one too. But DiCaprio is in that too, so you may not be able to tell them apart.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:46
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No love for The Italian Job?
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FELD1 posted:No love for The Italian Job? covered under "crime dramas"
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bamhand posted:Not so much an aging thing as having a different audience thing. I'm pretty sure punching a suspect can gently caress things up in the US too, which is why the Wire has that great scene where they tear up a mouthy suspect's mugshot and then beat him up.
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I thought Seth Rogen was just a Jonah Hill that aged very badly but apparently I wasn't the only one because that's an actual gag in 22 Jump Street.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I'm pretty sure punching a suspect can gently caress things up in the US too, which is why the Wire has that great scene where they tear up a mouthy suspect's mugshot and then beat him up. I mean like in movies and TV shows. No one bats an eye. And honestly the actual police in the US have tazed people strapped to a chair to death. It was refreshing seeing police with some basic dignity.
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The Bloop posted:
I watched and paid a shitload of attention and was rewarded with nothing but bullshit. They answered the mystery about the Numbers in an ARG that never got explained on the show. gently caress that poo poo.
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Olive! posted:Actually after a quick check on imdb, I'm pretty sure I've never watched a movie that had Mark Wahlberg in it The Happening was pretty good. "It's the trees."
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Samuringa posted:I thought Seth Rogen was just a Jonah Hill that aged very badly but apparently I wasn't the only one because that's an actual gag in 22 Jump Street. iirc this was what they had in mind for superbad way back when since rogan wrote jonah's character based partly on himself but he looked waaaay too old to play a highschool student, jonah fit the bill perfectly despite being only a year younger
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bamhand posted:I mean like in movies and TV shows. No one bats an eye. And honestly the actual police in the US have tazed people strapped to a chair to death. It was refreshing seeing police with some basic dignity. I'd recommend giving Miami Vice a try. It was pretty good about this sort of thing, down to Crockett roughing up cops that would brag about beating up suspects during interrogation. As good as I remember the police work being representes on that show though, I have a feeling there are probably some racial stereotypes that have not aged well at all
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Given all The Departed talk recently. Don't watch The Departed. Watch Infernal Affairs, (80s or 90s Hong Kong movie) instead. It's the same film, Scorcese shamelessly stole everything from it. Literally everything. Much in the way A Fistful of Dollars is an unauthorised remake of Yojimbo. Sure, The Departed is a slightly better film, but if you watch Infernal Affairs, you get to be smug and pretentious about movies. Which is a thing I enjoy being from time to time.
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