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Truman Burbank ruined the best television show of all time
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Jan 26, 2021 04:01
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Thomas Haden Church shouldn't have been trying to cheat on his fiance but also Paul Giamatti should have been more chill from the start
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Jan 26, 2021 04:05
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Why didn't Magneto in WIzrobe cosplay just have the drat eagles fly the stupid ring into the mountain lava pit in the first place?
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Jan 26, 2021 04:13
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I don't know anything about Marxism or the Chicago real estate market, but I do know this: margaritas pair PERFECTLY with cheese. Masterful sommeliering.
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Jan 26, 2021 04:41
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Gentle Autist posted:not getting bonus: hosed Sounds like the posting of a man who didn't have a pool as a kid. "Wasteful consumption" yeah why don't we all just live in brutalist concrete cubes. Anything else is unnecessary.
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Jan 26, 2021 05:49
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Also Vegas Vacation was the best one.
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Jan 26, 2021 05:50
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please the grindelwalds would be the first in the hole, and todd and margo romney would be renamed todd and margo clinton and made the doges of the afterworld
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Jan 26, 2021 06:05
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Didn't see any posts regarding the subtext that capitalism is so inherently poisoned in 1990 USA, that even upper-middle class families like the Griswolds have to float a check for a pool installation. Clark doesn't own the means of production and he does not have capital--the Griswolds live in constant debt. The family is allowed to appear middle class for their participation in corporate domination. Yet the boss played by Bill Murray's bro, like capitalism itself, eventually falls victim to the system's inherent contradictions.
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Jan 26, 2021 06:47
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stratdax posted:Sounds like the posting of a man who didn't have a pool as a kid. For real though, why not
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Jan 26, 2021 06:52
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stratdax posted:
agreed
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Jan 26, 2021 07:52
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waah waah why can’t i personally own every stupid thing that i have a passing interest in or maybe just to show others how great and rich i am. can’t possibly swim unless i OWN the water
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Jan 26, 2021 07:56
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:I would actually be interested in hearing more opinions about movies where the people made out to be bad guys are actually being treated unreasonably, and I don't mean tacky poo poo like "KILLMONGER WAS RIGHT," I mean more down to earth crap like people being assholes to the Kranks for not wanting to go to Christmas or Todd and Margo being tormented by a family of imbeciles nonstop. Not a movie, but it always bugged me in Seinfeld around the turn of the millennium that Neuman was going to throw a "Welcome To The New Millennium!" (the Neumanium) party on the 1999/2000 changeover. Jerry proceeds to berate him about the fact that the new millenium doesn't start until the 2000/2001 changeover, and all the big parties would happen then, and that Neuman was in idiot for throwing his party a year early. Everyone agrees with the Jerry and relentlessly mocks Neuman for this. Of course, while technically correct, in real life everyone cared about the 1999/2000 changeover and threw huge parties then, and no one gave a poo poo about the 2000/2001 changeover.
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Jan 26, 2021 08:32
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Poohs Packin posted:The grandpa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has supposedly been in bed for 20 years despite being maybe in his mid 60s. Hes a dole bludging layabout who refuses to work and help his struggling family. Hes able to leap out of bed at the first sign he can benefit from someone elses success, like a goddamn lamprey.  Seriously, you should make a movie review blog.
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Jan 26, 2021 08:51
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Extra Large Marge posted:The Godfather would have been a better movie if they just focused on their olive oil business rather than crime. And what kind of lovely actor mumbles their way through a movie with a literal mouth full of cotton wool anyway. At least in Apocalypse Now Brando is murdered for his efforts rather than dying of natural causes.
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Jan 26, 2021 09:03
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Godfather would've been a better movie if Vito had put a hit on his idiot nephew or whatever for spraying him with weedkiller while he was in distress. Kill the Pater Famalias amd think your oh-so-innocent ruse will go unnoticed, boy? A cord of silk and a dip in the sea for you! Also Santino kills Chevy Chase because his house is on the way to Connie's.
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Jan 26, 2021 09:53
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BigBadSteve posted:
Thank you but Im pretty sure that market is cornered ill just keep posting my dumb ideas in GBS where they matter
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Jan 26, 2021 12:24
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phasmid posted:Godfather would've been a better movie if Vito had put a hit on his idiot nephew or whatever for spraying him with weedkiller while he was in distress. Kill the Pater Famalias amd think your oh-so-innocent ruse will go unnoticed, boy? A cord of silk and a dip in the sea for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ziW0LdBzXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB1pDASNe8E&t=96s
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Jan 26, 2021 13:01
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Not a movie, but it always bugged me in Seinfeld around the turn of the millennium that Neuman was going to throw a "Welcome To The New Millennium!" (the Neumanium) party on the 1999/2000 changeover. Jerry proceeds to berate him about the fact that the new millenium doesn't start until the 2000/2001 changeover, and all the big parties would happen then, and that Neuman was in idiot for throwing his party a year early. Everyone agrees with the Jerry and relentlessly mocks Neuman for this. it's actually that newman booked the party for 'the millenium' so his party was 2000/2001 and was "thus, quite lame" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fofcLXshq_8
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Jan 26, 2021 13:28
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Gentle Autist posted:it's actually that newman booked the party for 'the millenium' so his party was 2000/2001 and was "thus, quite lame" Hot dang, mandala effect in action right there. I had it completely reversed in my head.
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Jan 26, 2021 16:33
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Devils Affricate posted:Imagine the kind of scientific insight the world would have gained if Elliot hadn't managed to help E.T. escape We'd definitely have glow tip dicks by now
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Jan 26, 2021 16:57
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Inverted Icon posted:Truman Burbank ruined the best television show of all time The end of The Truman Show kind of bugs me because his leaving the dome is presented as this completely new lease on life. It would be cool to see a follow up to the film in which he is cloistered away in another dome of his own creation; as he struggles to cope with his new autonomy. He finds himself even more distanced from "real people" because of his near infinite money and status as "world's most famous person". His very public escape and subsequent ascension make him a target for grifters and hangers-on. He has trouble reading people as his whole life has been orchestrated for him. Truman Show is dark, man.
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Jan 26, 2021 22:28
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I would have enjoyed the Vacation movies more if the vacations went better.
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Jan 26, 2021 22:38
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PeterCat posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ziW0LdBzXw God that was such a good terrible movie.
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Jan 26, 2021 23:19
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Do it ironically posted:I think it’s affable because most boomer people think like, oh yeah I get annoyed at these “things” too and I’d love to “go off” on my boss or idiot brother in law etc Every response he has to any event in the Vacation movies are either "I meant to do that" or "It's supposed to do that" until he finally breaks and throws a tantrum and the rest of the world has sympathy and literally bends the rule of society to give him and his family a collective handjob via an amusement park or christmas memory or whatever. And boy-loving-howdy if that isn't why Boomers love it.
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Jan 28, 2021 07:48
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Yeah, I never saw Clark as the hero. I was Rusty, trying to eke out a good time while my loving dad loses his goddamn mind I just want to play my Pokémon game in the backseat dad, just let me be at peace
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Jan 28, 2021 18:25
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Frank Shirley did nothing wrong.
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Jan 28, 2021 18:31
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Poohs Packin posted:I dont even really think its objectively bad, I just saw it again recently and thought more critically about why were meant to hate Todd and Margo. While they are presented as sort of whiny, I can definitely identify with their lifestyle (no kids, not big on holidays, physical fitness, professionally minded) way more than the Griswolds having it all and hating outlook. Those are good points. Rewatched this holiday season and yeah other than asking Clark where he's going to place the tree (provoking a disproportionate response) they don't do anything to the Griswolds. Dreyfus is definitely elevating the material, but other than that it's an odd time capsule of hating yuppies. For Mrs. Doubtfire, We Hates Movies had a great take about how Pierce Brosnan is a saint but gets treated like a monster, and Williams is the resourceful hero who attempts to murder him in the restaurant for the crime of taking his girlfriend and her kids (who he adores) and the nanny out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. Then he shrugs off the crime instead of demanding an end to Williams' crime spree.
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Jan 28, 2021 18:50
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Todd and Margo are on the low end of wealthy, the Griswolds hoped to buy a pool- the symbol becoming upper middle class those two social classes are right next to each other on the ladder and have culture clashes the movie mocked all of them (low hanging fruit really) naem fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Jan 28, 2021 |
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Jan 28, 2021 20:05
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Extra Large Marge posted:I would have enjoyed the Vacation movies more if the vacations went better. That slow mo of them running to the gates over chariots of fire is legit one of the funniest scenes ever imo, the laughing with delight and throwing arms in the air with joy loving slays me.
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Jan 28, 2021 21:26
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Lemme just do that joke where I yell "RUSS!" really loudly, even though Rusty is right next to me, for the 12th time. -- Chevy Chase, Comedy Jeenyus.
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Jan 28, 2021 21:33
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I could watch Eddie knock over that balancing toy all day and lol every time
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Jan 28, 2021 21:37
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hawowanlawow posted:I could watch Eddie knock over that balancing toy all day and lol every time
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Jan 29, 2021 00:10
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chevy chase sucks and is an irredeemable rear end in a top hat in every role he plays but also irl
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Jan 29, 2021 00:12
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Idk, Fletch seemed redeemable
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Jan 29, 2021 00:40
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The protagonists of The Lost World: Jurassic Park make a mockery of conservation science by trying to rescue and preserve man-made genetic abominations. In their quest to "save the dinosaurs," they manage to get dozens of people killed, throw San Fransisco into total bedlam, and aided in the proliferation of invasive species further destabilizing ecosystems worldwide.
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Jan 29, 2021 00:53
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ChickenHeart posted:The protagonists of The Lost World: Jurassic Park make a mockery of conservation science by trying to rescue and preserve man-made genetic abominations. In their quest to "save the dinosaurs," they manage to get dozens of people killed, throw San Fransisco into total bedlam, and aided in the proliferation of invasive species further destabilizing ecosystems worldwide. you look like a poindexter bolding movie names for no reason
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Jan 29, 2021 00:54
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says the pointdexter who knew how to spellthe word right
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Jan 29, 2021 01:01
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Gentle Autist posted:you look like a poindexter bolding movie names for no reason I'll bold your rear end with my foot
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Jan 29, 2021 01:12
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Khanstant posted:says the pointdexter who knew how to spellthe word right He’s got ya there, mate
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Jan 29, 2021 01:22
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Clark shouldn't have spent money he didn't have on something really expensive. But the "well it's a bonus don't complain" argument is very short sighted. Some companies have been converting more and more of your actual compensation over to bonuses. So you can say "well it's just a bonus don't count on it" over and over again but your company probably has been holding your salaries flat so you're losing money to inflation. And meanwhile that company probably has been touting your bonus as part of your overall compensation package, so even if it's not guaranteed they probably still make up some target number (that you'll never reach) in order to make you feel like you're getting some great compensation.
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