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Yeah, I dunno. I grew up around criminals, and the point of “dangerous men can seem charming and noble until you discover how they aren’t” isn’t lost on me. I’ve even written a story along those lines, and it even included sexual assault as a plot point as well! But it doesn’t work for me when Takeshi does it. Something is lost in the execution. It’s jarringly disparate from the rest of the movie, and maybe that’s the point, but it spoils the whole work for me and I don’t really buy “you’re not SUPPOSED to come away having enjoyed yourself” or whatever when Sonatine has a hypermasculine revenge/“warrior’s end” fantasy as its climax.
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CPL593H posted:I finally saw Color Out of Space and here's the timeline of me watching that. Exactly what I thought. The ending absolutely goes for it.
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Anonymous Robot posted:it spoils the whole work for me and I don’t really buy “you’re not SUPPOSED to come away having enjoyed yourself” or whatever when Sonatine has a hypermasculine revenge/“warrior’s end” fantasy as its climax. It has a violent revenge at its climax, but as with the rest of the film, look at his face when he's doing it. Every time he kills his face is completely blank, his body almost motionless. He leaves his glorious revenge as miserable as he was before. The only time he has an expression other than blankness on his face while pulling a trigger is when he pretends to shoot himself during the Russian roulette scene.
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pospysyl posted:Exactly what I thought. The ending absolutely goes for it. I expected it to be weird just because of what it is. But the earlier part of the movie lulls you into this sense that you're going to see something kind of underwhelming which then leaves you completely unprepared for the rest of the movie.
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Lurdiak posted:Heads up there's apparently gonna be an amazon workers' strike from the 8th to the 15th so if you can, try not to purchase from Amazon during that week. Oh poo poo, its's been awhile since we've had one those. I remember a year back or so they happened like once every six months, everybody on Twitter would be like, "one day Amazon strike in two weeks, don't buy from Amazon or use Twitch. Don't cross the picket line!" And then absolutely nothing would happen.
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Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't ordering during the strike be the best way to put pressure on Amazon? Like, they get a lot of orders they can't meet because their workers are on strike. Not ordering to me sounds as if the garbage collection is going on strike and to support them you urge everybody not to produce any garbage.
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No, because Amazon would use the increased business as an excuse to replace the striking workers with scabs. By not buying anything you’re showing that you respect the workers more than the corporation and that you’re willing to weather some temporary inconvenience to both cause a hit to their income and support the wishes of the striking workers.
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Grendels Dad posted:Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't ordering during the strike be the best way to put pressure on Amazon? Like, they get a lot of orders they can't meet because their workers are on strike. Not ordering to me sounds as if the garbage collection is going on strike and to support them you urge everybody not to produce any garbage. You ordering from Amazon gives money to Amazon. Ideally the strike would cause business to slow or shut down, as no products go out the door and no money comes in. If Amazon has significantly less money coming in, they would be forced to the bargaining table. A backup at the fulfillment centers would be a problem, but it could get smoothed out pretty quickly. Especially in a strike like this when they have already said they're only doing it for a week and will be back to work right after. All of this is assuming this is an actual strike and not just another Twitter meme, of course.
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Gripweed posted:You ordering from Amazon gives money to Amazon. Ideally the strike would cause business to slow or shut down, as no products go out the door and no money comes in. If Amazon has significantly less money coming in, they would be forced to the bargaining table. A backup at the fulfillment centers would be a problem, but it could get smoothed out pretty quickly. Especially in a strike like this when they have already said they're only doing it for a week and will be back to work right after. A day is going to make gently caress-all difference. A full boycott would do it. I confess to having Amazon Prime but other than that I can’t recall when I last used Amazon.
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Babysitter Super Sleuth posted:No, because Amazon would use the increased business as an excuse to replace the striking workers with scabs. By not buying anything you’re showing that you respect the workers more than the corporation and that you’re willing to weather some temporary inconvenience to both cause a hit to their income and support the wishes of the striking workers. Gripweed posted:You ordering from Amazon gives money to Amazon. Ideally the strike would cause business to slow or shut down, as no products go out the door and no money comes in. If Amazon has significantly less money coming in, they would be forced to the bargaining table. A backup at the fulfillment centers would be a problem, but it could get smoothed out pretty quickly. Especially in a strike like this when they have already said they're only doing it for a week and will be back to work right after. Thanks for the answers. I buy from Amazon very infrequently but I'm happy to not do it at all during a time where it could support the workers.
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CPL593H posted:I finally saw Color Out of Space and here's the timeline of me watching that. 
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C-Euro posted:Watched the first two Brendan Fraser Mummy movies this week, and there is so much smooching in these movies. Humans kissing humans, mummies kissing humans, humans kissing mummies. Good movies, don't get me wrong, but there's a lot of kissing for what are ostensibly period action movies! I want a mummy horror movie that's true to real life. Where the risen mummies have to escape the hordes of humans trying to eat them. CPL593H posted:I finally saw Color Out of Space and here's the timeline of me watching that. Tommy Chong's monologue is so loving good.
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welp https://twitter.com/jamieson/status/1368605701849907203?s=20 https://twitter.com/jamieson/status/1368648821199286272?s=20
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Anyway this short film is pretty neat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmNC3g9TFP8
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What exactly are you people buying from Amazon that you couldn’t get elsewhere?
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ruddiger posted:What exactly are you people buying from Amazon that you couldn’t get elsewhere? For real, Amazon is so loving rife with counterfeiters and dodgy pricing that finding what you actually want or need is a huge pain in the rear end, its easier these days to just find smaller online stores with less loving chaff to wade through.
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ruddiger posted:What exactly are you people buying from Amazon that you couldn’t get elsewhere? The last time I bought from Amazon was when I got a gift card for it for Christmas but once in a while they’ll have some toy that’s an exclusive there or whatever. The most I ever really needed amazon was when I was doing a film and needed a prop or some kind of make up thing ASAP and couldn’t find it locally.
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ruddiger posted:What exactly are you people buying from Amazon that you couldn’t get elsewhere? its cheaper and i dont risk covid going to 5-6 diff stores in person? If i were already vaccinated sure but im not so im not risking things with a preexisting condition when new strains are popping up in my area.
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Sorry for interrupting Amazon chat for a moment. I'm usually watching movies on my 5.1 setup, which is ok but not amazing. The last few movies though I watched with my headphones and... I immediately noticed the fade-out at the end of a each line of dialog. Like the actor says their last word and their audio level is brought down gradually but quickly to zero. Obviously this is done to avoid a hard cut and make sure no weird noises are picked up, but now I can't "un-notice" this and it's a bit distracting. Is it always like this or were these just particularly bad? I think Promising Young Woman was the last one.
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mobby_6kl posted:Promising Young Woman Pornos don't usually have good 5.1 sound mixing.
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poonchasta posted:Pornos don't usually have good 5.1 sound mixing. It's not a porno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5kiFDunk8
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But his AV though.
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Someone pointed out the Lola bunny redesign looks eerily like porn actress Riley Reid and now I can’t unsee it.
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MarsPearl posted:Someone pointed out the Lola bunny redesign looks eerily like porn actress Riley Reid and now I can’t unsee it. I can't believe I even have to say this:
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Apparently Get Out has been considered to be a sequel to Being John Malkovich, due to Catherine Keener.
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MarsPearl posted:Someone pointed out the Lola bunny redesign looks eerily like porn actress Riley Reid and now I can’t unsee it. Haha, nothing freudian going on here at all.
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MarsPearl posted:Someone pointed out the Lola bunny redesign looks eerily like porn actress Riley Reid and now I can’t unsee it. dude no
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what the gently caress happened in here
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MarsPearl posted:Someone pointed out the Lola bunny redesign looks eerily like porn actress Riley Reid and now I can’t unsee it. Wtf lmao
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X-Ray Pecs posted:what the gently caress happened in here
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“Someone pointed out”
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Come And See posted:I want a mummy horror movie that's true to real life. Another Sawbones listener, I see.
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MarsPearl posted:Someone pointed out the Lola bunny redesign looks eerily like porn actress Riley Reid and now I can’t unsee it. Welcome to the Furry fandom. Heidergall will send your welcome gift basket within 6-8 weeks.
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banned from Starbucks posted:its cheaper and i dont risk covid going to 5-6 diff stores in person? If i were already vaccinated sure but im not so im not risking things with a preexisting condition when new strains are popping up in my area. That’s fine, only I didn’t ask why, I asked what specifically you were buying that you couldn’t find online elsewhere. I understand Amazon is cheap (exploitation usually is), I was just wondering if you guys are buying like groceries and such, or if It’s because they have cheap blu rays and Xbox games.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently Get Out has been considered to be a sequel to Being John Malkovich, due to Catherine Keener. Yeah that's a fun fan theory.
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ruddiger posted:That’s fine, only I didn’t ask why, I asked what specifically you were buying that you couldn’t find online elsewhere. I understand Amazon is cheap (exploitation usually is), I was just wondering if you guys are buying like groceries and such, or if It’s because they have cheap blu rays and Xbox games. You didnt specify online so I assumed you meant actual in person shopping
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Lurdiak posted:Yeah that's a fun fan theory. It doesn't quite work though because in Being John Malkovich they're using some kind of magic portal where as the bad guys in Get Out are just swapping out people's brains. The obvious similarity in concept never occurred to me though and that's an interesting comparison. It's also entirely possible that the former film was an influence on Peele.
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I think Riley Reid is cancelled but I don't remember why Said the n-word a lot or something
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