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Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

More like "Bulges Adventure"

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Scarlett's not backing away from the ledge on her Woody Allen hot take.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/scarlett-johansson-oscars-issue-cover-story


Perhaps actors who have always been in show business and formed their earliest relationships in that environment might be more than a little blind to larger social issues and the reputations of the people they're trafficking with.

Also, as the article points out, despite her status as an in-demand actress, Johansson also has a few more ambitions to fulfill.

Lol at her response to the Rub & Tug tussle.

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John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


So I don't know if I can do anything about the culture of inviting this sexual harasser to cons, but what I did was write up a summary of everything Vic has done, the allegations, the lawsuits, the firings, and send this to the local media as a potential story to ask the con organizers why they would invite such a person. Hopefully one of the journalists I contacted thinks it's interesting enough to follow up on

-Blackadder-
Jan 2, 2007

Game....Blouses.
I do have to say that I'm at least impressed with Johansson's introspection, she always seemed like an intelligent individual.

I think a lot of issues can be attributed to flaws in human cognition. People are binary thinkers. We always assume we need to form a conclusion about anything and everything, including situations we have next to zero insight on. I remember reading a thread discussing the Michael Jackson trial and surrounding scandal where everyone was giving their take on whether he "did it or not." Seeing people continuously trying to one up each others knowledge of the events by claiming to have "combed through the Jackson trial court transcripts" in order to reach their conclusion seemed really silly. I could practically hear the wheels turning in their heads as they tried to professionally analyze the evidence and suss out some kind of truth. The truth and the big forest so many seem to miss, is that you don't have to choose one or the other, it's perfectly ok to say that you don't know. In fact that it's probably the most logical response in a lot of instances. I wasn't there at Neverland Ranch, hell I wasn't even on the jury. Any opinion I formed on whether or not he did it would be based on a handful of news articles and internet message board discussions that I'd read, leaving me in a laughably inadequate position to form any kind of independently arrived at conclusion.

Another issue I think results from the issues with an interview with a famous person translates and is read by the public in a magazine or newspaper. These celebrities are interviewed and it's just them and some newsperson in a room having a low key chat. So when they get asked their opinion about something, they just give their take. But when it's read at home by random strangers it can often feel like that celebrity is basically standing up at a microphone asserting their statement as a much more authoritative truth rather than just a personal quick take on something that they have as little knowledge about as the general public.

-Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Dec 5, 2019

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

-Blackadder- posted:

I do have to say that I'm at least impressed with Johansson's introspection, she always seemed like an intelligent individual.


She's a very talented actor.

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
I feel like she plays the same dry and joyless woman in absolutely everything since Lost in Translation

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
you think that's one note try watching a Woody Allen movie

Vincent
Nov 25, 2005



Alan Smithee posted:

you think that's one note try watching a Woody Allen movie

Ew.

Pyrotoad
Oct 24, 2010


Illegal Hen

John Wick of Dogs posted:

So I don't know if I can do anything about the culture of inviting this sexual harasser to cons, but what I did was write up a summary of everything Vic has done, the allegations, the lawsuits, the firings, and send this to the local media as a potential story to ask the con organizers why they would invite such a person. Hopefully one of the journalists I contacted thinks it's interesting enough to follow up on

There's a thread here discussing the lawsuits in more detail if anyone wants some schadenfreude about what a goddamn idiot Vic and his lawyers are.

Vegetable
Oct 22, 2010

Bust Rodd posted:

I feel like she plays the same dry and joyless woman in absolutely everything since Lost in Translation
She peaked in Ghost World.

-Blackadder- posted:

I do have to say that I'm at least impressed with Johansson's introspection, she always seemed like an intelligent individual.

I think a lot of issues can be attributed to flaws in human cognition. People are binary thinkers. We always assume we need to form a conclusion about anything and everything, including situations we have next to zero insight on. I remember reading a thread discussing the Michael Jackson trial and surrounding scandal where everyone was giving their take on whether he "did it or not." Seeing people continuously trying to one up each others knowledge of the events by claiming to have "combed through the Jackson trial court transcripts" in order to reach their conclusion seemed really silly. I could practically hear the wheels turning in their heads as they tried to professionally analyze the evidence and suss out some kind of truth. The truth and the big forest so many seem to miss, is that you don't have to choose one or the other, it's perfectly ok to say that you don't know. In fact that it's probably the most logical response in a lot of instances. I wasn't there at Neverland Ranch, hell I wasn't even on the jury. Any opinion I formed on whether or not he did it would be based on a handful of news articles and internet message board discussions that I'd read, leaving me in a laughably inadequate position to form any kind of independently arrived at conclusion.

Another issue I think results from the issues with an interview with a famous person translates and is read by the public in a magazine or newspaper. These celebrities are interviewed and it's just them and some newsperson in a room having a low key chat. So when they get asked their opinion about something, they just give their take. But when it's read at home by random strangers it can often feel like that celebrity is basically standing up at a microphone asserting their statement as a much more authoritative truth rather than just a personal quick take on something that they have as little knowledge about as the general public.
The difference is you're sitting at home watching TV and she's actually working closely with the guy alleged to have sexually assaulted a seven year old adopted daughter. The duty to do some meaningful research isn't remotely close here.

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Bust Rodd posted:

I feel like she plays the same dry and joyless woman in absolutely everything since Lost in Translation

I was making a joke about her seeming to be intelligent.

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

Bust Rodd posted:

I feel like she plays the same dry and joyless woman in absolutely everything since Lost in Translation

she definitely does not play this in Jojo Rabbit, and honestly despite playing a literal disembodied voice in Her I think her role in that movie is about an evolution beyond "dry and joyless"

I actually really like Scarlett when she's acting, but man oh man whenever she talks about Woody or about who she as an actor should be "allowed" to play i just cringe.

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

DC Murderverse posted:

she definitely does not play this in Jojo Rabbit, and honestly despite playing a literal disembodied voice in Her I think her role in that movie is about an evolution beyond "dry and joyless"

I actually really like Scarlett when she's acting, but man oh man whenever she talks about Woody or about who she as an actor should be "allowed" to play i just cringe.

She seems like she's going for the charlotte rampling speedrun

Sirotan
Oct 17, 2006

Sirotan is a seal.


Snowman_McK posted:

She seems like she's going for the charlotte rampling speedrun

Zardoz remake when

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



Bust Rodd posted:

I feel like she plays the same dry and joyless woman in absolutely everything since Lost in Translation

That's typecasting for you. Even in the movie "Rough Night", her character's the one who has to learn to have fun again.

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Sirotan posted:

Zardoz remake when

She did 'Under the Skin' which was pretty good and weird.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I think my mass effect is broken

Snowman_McK posted:

She did 'Under the Skin' which was pretty good and weird.

I found it to be a bit of a slog. I think I had the same issue with it that I had with Arrival, in that I just couldn't engage with the film.

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


Harvey Weinstein emerged from an undisclosed location today for a bail hearing. Spoiler alert: He looks like poo poo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPk1umRuftM

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Harvey Weinstein emerged from an undisclosed location today for a bail hearing. Spoiler alert: He looks like poo poo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPk1umRuftM



If anyone is mad about this spoiler

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I'm mad that he doesn't look worse.

Steve Yun
Aug 7, 2003
I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.
Soiled Meat
What’re the odds that it’s an act for sympathy vs actually being that broken

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Steve Yun posted:

What’re the odds that it’s an act for sympathy vs actually being that broken

It's common for old guys in serious trouble to suddenly become too ill to handle their trial/incarceration, yes.

John Wick of Dogs
Mar 4, 2017

A real hellraiser


Looks the same as always to me, he's always looked like poo poo

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Harvey Weinstein emerged from an undisclosed location today for a bail hearing. Spoiler alert: He looks like poo poo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPk1umRuftM



Blofeld's even shittier brother.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



his guys look like poo poo too

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!
https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/1203717621083971585

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
https://twitter.com/vrsvirginia/status/1204559245313576960

https://twitter.com/vrsvirginia/status/1204620018035462144

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe


God drat.

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

As part of his legal defense strategy, Weinstein is showing up to court using a loving walker now.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

MrMojok posted:

As part of his legal defense strategy, Weinstein is showing up to court using a loving walker now.

Without young actresses to prey on, his lifeforce is fading.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
Yes your honor. Her consensual sex put me in a neck brace

Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

BEASTS AT BEA'S BALL Shocking photo shows paedo Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein & ‘pimp’ Ghislaine Maxwell at Beatrice’s 18th birthday bash
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10505670/jeffrey-epstein-harvey-weinstein-princess-beatrice-birthday/


♫Run to the hills, run for your lives♫
♫Run to the hills, run for your lives♫


Harvey Weinstein Reaches $25 Million Tentative Settlement With His Accusers
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/12/harvey-weinstein-reaches-settlement-with-accusers

Harvey Weinstein to Have Back Surgery This Week
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/harvey-weinstein-back-surgery-1203431355

Trump: ‘I Don’t Know Prince Andrew’
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-i-dont-know-prince-andrew/

A new legal defense emerges in the #metoo era
https://news.yahoo.com/wanted-indian-guru-resurfaces-announce-cosmic-country-163639861.html

well why not
Feb 10, 2009




https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1204800531274903552

here's the photo. if you thought he looked like warmed garbage before then you're in for a surprise - he looks even worse !

AceOfFlames
Oct 9, 2012


Scott Bakula REALLY hasn't taken the cancellation of Enterprise well.

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

More like "Bulges Adventure"

Sirotan posted:

Zardoz remake when

Why remake perfection?

Air Skwirl
May 13, 2007

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.
Oh cool, everything in now fixed.

https://twitter.com/dave_schilling/status/1204846707940290561?s=20

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

gently caress settlements.

Tuxedo Catfish
Mar 17, 2007

You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY posted:

gently caress settlements.

Yeah. While our justice system is a travesty in many ways, not least of which is its inadequate support of victims, a purely victim-centric justice system wouldn't be ideal either, for precisely this reason: people like Weinstein are a danger to society, not just to the people they've already hurt, and it shouldn't be possible for them to escape the consequences and potentially go on hurting people just by paying one person off. (Even if that person is completely within their rights to take what they can get and then try and put the whole thing behind them!)

e: which is neither to downplay the real reason that settlements exist (to get rich people out of trouble) or to suggest that punitive justice is the basis for my argument -- all of this would still 100% apply in a rehabilitative & defensive system

Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Dec 12, 2019

The Peccadillo
Mar 4, 2013

We Have Important Work To Do
That's like four grand apiece

Bust Rodd
Oct 21, 2008

by VideoGames
Epstein’s lawyers sure are somethin

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Yaws
Oct 23, 2013

Zogo posted:

BEASTS AT BEA'S BALL Shocking photo shows paedo Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein & ‘pimp’ Ghislaine Maxwell at Beatrice’s 18th birthday bash
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10505670/jeffrey-epstein-harvey-weinstein-princess-beatrice-birthday/


♫Run to the hills, run for your lives♫
♫Run to the hills, run for your lives♫


Harvey Weinstein Reaches $25 Million Tentative Settlement With His Accusers
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/12/harvey-weinstein-reaches-settlement-with-accusers

Harvey Weinstein to Have Back Surgery This Week
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/harvey-weinstein-back-surgery-1203431355

Trump: ‘I Don’t Know Prince Andrew’
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-i-dont-know-prince-andrew/

A new legal defense emerges in the #metoo era
https://news.yahoo.com/wanted-indian-guru-resurfaces-announce-cosmic-country-163639861.html

We really need to just start killing rich people. Having a billion dollars doesn't make you bulletproof.

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