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So this was originally meant to be a contribution to this other thread that looked like it was drowning in tedious meta-talk (https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3856278) but I guess I was too late and it was already gassed by the time I hit "Post". But when life hands you lemons make lemonade I say, so instead of scrapping my post I'm repurposing it into a thread about overly uptight and obnoxious fandom/geeks who complain about everything. Maybe that's a good idea for a thread or maybe a bad one, I dunno, feel free to either make sincere contributions or just make pithy comments, but I hate doing work for nothing so here's the post I made: -------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, remember Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country from 1991, the well-received sci-fi franchise hit that by most accounts gave a fitting farewell to a cast of a classic TV show and movies series and marked a return to form from the infamously cheesy previous entry? I'm sure the devoted Star Trek fans on noted sci-fi web magazine Tor.com recall it fond--- Tor posted:This movie utterly destroys the characters of Kirk and Spock for plot expediency, and while it’s the most revolting crime committed by this misbegotten disaster of a movie, it’s far from the only one. Oh. Tor posted:The hallmark of Star Trek when it debuted in 1966 was that it showed a united Earth, that we had put aside our differences, so that the bridge can have Russians, Asians, Africans, Europeans, and Americans all working together without it remotely being an issue. So for the show to celebrate its 25th anniversary by portraying the good guys as unrepentant racists is an insult to what made the show so important and groundbreaking in the first place. This one has it all, folks:
Tor posted:Some of them stay unrepentant, too! At the end, Uhura says that she feels the same as Valeris, even after everything is over, which is yet another notch on the character assassination belt, as Uhura has just sympathized with someone who murdered two of their crewmates in cold blood. She spoke in the past tense. She had sympathized with the villains, but then realized her error after the events of the movie. You know, character development. https://www.tor.com/2017/06/20/star-trek-the-original-series-rewatch-star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country/ (Ctrl+F section title "To boldly go" to skip past all the basic synopsis and factoids and get straight to the commentary)
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# ? May 9, 2018 20:40 |
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lizardman posted:I was too late and it was already gassed by the time I hit "Post". Next time we need to try the electric chair then
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# ? May 9, 2018 20:49 |
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this thread should be fine so i got rid of the gassed bit of the thread title
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# ? May 9, 2018 20:51 |
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Star Trek VI is great, you morons
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# ? May 9, 2018 20:52 |
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drat, if only the mods had gassed that thread a minute later this godawful op would be trapped there for all time, like the glass prisons from superman 2
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# ? May 9, 2018 20:52 |
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If that's the one where they go to the past and Tommy gun borgs, it's pretty sweet. Especially cuz they show that human rocket guy as a giant rear end in a top hat, they don't try to perpetuate the myth of Great Men and Women.
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# ? May 9, 2018 20:54 |
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Jose posted:this thread should be fine so i got rid of the gassed bit of the thread title Hey thanks gimme the GOD drat candy posted:drat, if only the mods had gassed that thread a minute later this godawful op would be trapped there for all time, like the glass prisons from superman 2 I watched Superman II also so I know how to escape that poo poo
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# ? May 9, 2018 21:05 |
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*holds up mirror to OP* Here you go heh heh heh
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# ? May 9, 2018 21:06 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:*holds up mirror to OP*
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# ? May 9, 2018 21:07 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:*holds up mirror to OP* Sir this is a turned-off-monitor drive-thru
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# ? May 9, 2018 21:40 |
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:*holds up mirror to OP*
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# ? May 9, 2018 21:40 |
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The undiscovered country is a fantastic movie and those nerds should be slapped for being wrong and dumb.
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# ? May 9, 2018 22:53 |
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:10 |
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fuckin lol
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:14 |
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what the gently caress
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:16 |
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I really hope the mods renamed him "KEVIN'S AUTISTIC SON" after that
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:17 |
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dang
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:18 |
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Gotta see that dude's profile I hope it's got some great red text
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:20 |
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I think pitting two autists against eachother should be considered bloodsport and outlawed (along with a certain hedgehog).
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:40 |
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lol
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:41 |
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Blazing Ownager posted:And the fact every single other person seems too greedy or stupid to properly develop a cinematic universe, which is why the concept has become a crime against cinema with the exception of the MCU. It's not that it can't work in other franchises, but nobody knows what the gently caress they're doing with it, picking stupid as hell topics ("Dark Universe" haha) or going completely off their loving nut (Star Wars). Blazing Ownager posted:The thing is, those things can always be there without rehashing the same formula. It's space, it's got blasters, it's got monsters, it's got unlimited potential that's untapped frankly. Nobody's thinking of it open enough. all from the same thread.
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:50 |
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I couldn't read the entire op, please can I get a brief version?
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:53 |
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GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:I couldn't read the entire op, please can I get a brief version? people have opinions on things
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# ? May 9, 2018 23:54 |
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Hell Yeah posted:all from the same thread. Shots fired! GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:I couldn't read the entire op, please can I get a brief version? "How dare this movie about racism feature characters who are racist!" says a blogger with a rod shoved up their bum.
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# ? May 10, 2018 02:55 |
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insanely lmao
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# ? May 10, 2018 03:41 |
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thread delivers
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# ? May 10, 2018 03:43 |
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Bideo james
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# ? May 10, 2018 03:46 |
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I saw it in the theater. Spoiler alert it’s a good movie!
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# ? May 10, 2018 03:47 |
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Hell Yeah posted:all from the same thread.
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# ? May 10, 2018 03:48 |
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Holy poo poo
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# ? May 10, 2018 07:50 |
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Let's post uptight geeks... like geeks who obsess over Star Trek movie reviews they don't like.
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# ? May 10, 2018 09:03 |
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^^ Look, you got twice the bang for the buck in the OP, don't complain about poo poo.
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# ? May 10, 2018 19:34 |
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I liked the new Star Wars and when THAT BIG SCENE happens and everything goes silent for a second this dude behind me kind of mumbled "that's dope as poo poo" but he was unintentionally loud enough for most of the theater to hear and a bunch of people laughed.
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# ? May 10, 2018 19:51 |
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Well it ended up in the hands of an autistic child either way.
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# ? May 10, 2018 19:55 |
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Pawn 17 posted:Well it ended up in the hands of an autistic child either way. It's like needful things.
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# ? May 10, 2018 19:57 |
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just yesterday i edited a post about black people dying from preventable diseases to people dyng from preventable diseases and someone made it about black lives matter this was in the ebola thread lol
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# ? May 10, 2018 20:01 |
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If your not passionate enough about your media to racial slur or send death threats you arent a fan and need to get the heck out
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# ? May 10, 2018 20:04 |
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I came here hoping to see some pictures of cute gamer girls in conservative attire
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# ? May 10, 2018 20:07 |
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No way this is real
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Savage For The Winjun posted:I came here hoping to see some pictures of cute gamer girls in conservative attire there's still time to save this thread
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