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7 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:
you clearly have no appreciation for #girlbosses
Or so guerilla marketing teams would have one believe. Though Aladdin is probably more a result of rewriting a story being a doomed effort, rather than some corporate sexism masquerading as veneer of progress #ghostbusters. Still Jasmine's number was awful all around, tonally a departure from the score, and thematically could have been actually empowering without immediately denying her her moment by turning her into a damsel in distress.
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2 hours ago, Raithe said:
Watched that Aladdin remake.
Dang it, it's one that is fairly decent for the most part, it just fails to catch the magic of Robin Williams and suffers from that comparison.
Still, it catches a lot of the feel of Arabian Nights, and now I have the urge to track down the old Sinbad films or the Thief of Baghdad
I think the major sin of that movie is how they tried to pad out the Jasmine sub-plot. It seemed really hamfisted and turned her from a strong female character, into a character that had to spin a narrative of being strong, only to be extra-ineffectual and need extra saving. Absolutely bizarre. But if I'm being honest, this sort of backfiring is really common with female characters.
Otherwise I enjoyed it, and Will Smith's take on genie wasn't half bad.
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Saw The Irishman. Didn't realize it had a historical placing prior. Solid film, the whole 3.5 hours of runtime was filled with meaningful plot. One of the better long dramas I've seen in a minute.
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Ever heard a "genre song" from a genre your intimate with, written just for some film/show that totally misses what's good about that style? Ever peruse the posts in r/badwomansanatomy? Ever read fantasy that was a derivative of a derivative of a derivative of Tolkien? Ever take a test on a copy of a copy of a copy of the original test the teacher wrote a decade ago?
Star Wars today feels like that. Probably because it is that. I legit loved Kotor because it was significant departure from SW staples. The aesthetics looked different, like it truly was a thousand years earlier. Star Wars is worse about being a degrade after image though. Because it also feels like a recreation of an imitation of a derivative of a copy of a rehash of a film, that while had charming fantasy elements, really found it's legs in good plotting. SW has been taken over by world building, and the characters within the world become subsumed by the setting. And it's the setting that is the grievous simulacrum of the original.
Another thing, in OG SW you had people that carried themselves in ordinary ways. Now every character looks like they are stunting. Everyone wants to be the badass in Star Wars, even the elderly advisors. The plot all the time is about how spry and with-it it everyone is. Everyone walks or runs with a super hero posture, someone lacking confidence instead comes off as confident while claiming not to be, and really they just are uncertain. (Rose.) It's like entire substrates of humanization are left out to somehow elevate the epic setting, it's like I'm watching a dramatization of a religious legend. And that feels awful. Actually I don't think it was as bad in TFA, but TLJ and every other new thing they've put out suffers from this. It gets worse as the characters (allegedly) grow into competency.
I'll probably see the film in the coming weeks with family, but it's been bizarre to see the tonal shift of the franchise. Hardly anything is salient anymore but of course that matters not to kids who mostly engage in the franchise by self-inserting themselves into the world. I know I did, but even I knew as a young kid that the prequels somehow threw out the rich(er?) [not claiming this is Lawrence of Arabia] substrate of the originals.
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I beta tested Hidalgo years ago, before the final edit was done. Not sure if it was prior to reshoots, I was too young to be savvy about those things. Nor do I remember how far before theatrical release I saw it, but I'd probably place it 4-6 months prior. It's the only time I've ever done something like that, and I'm not sure how to come by that sort of opportunity again.
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21 hours ago, ComradeMaster said:
Corporate Media vs. State Media
which is better and why? Discuss!
Wrong question.
You don't ask which is better. Both are media by the X. Ergo bias and selective reporting. You want <something analogous to media> by <many different sources> reporting <corporate / state> affairs.
False options like this are exactly the sort of wrong think, by people who support right think use to force through their right think, which is wrong. Right?
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I've just produced two tears...
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Missing out is ****ing rad. Nothing is worse than gauging your experiences, time spend, growth, based on fads. It's so much more enjoyable to sieve through niche but timeless things, and return to those close to you with something valuable to share together. It could be a niche art film, and timeless comedy, a book, public figure's life-story, some weird summer recipe lost to the 70's that you might just end up eating alone.
The only real things I fear missing out on, I end up missing out on due to circumstance and it hardly phases me anymore. (I'm talking mostly about live music here.) Even that isn't the worst, as I can follow my favorite artists over the year through their releases, and mixes.
I'd like to miss out on a whole lot more to be honest, because I track enough things to last me a life time, and that's without even picking up all the history books I'd wish to read.
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Must be like public speaking, volunteer to go first just to get it over with
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So what I'm hearing is...
Even though I have zero expectations for TRoS...
It will still be underwhelming...
At the end of the day, I'm just happy people with **** tastes provide a livelihood for skilled laborers who essentially make non-essential luxury goods. Every kid needs to feel like they'll grow up to be the hero before the lose all hope when they grow up to realize they live under the Empire.
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Wow, this looks amazing. Certainly a next-gen game?
I hadn't played the first yet, but it's been on my list. I'm always a sucker for Norse paganism and dark Celtic occultism. Hopefully the M$ funding allows them to offer a longer richer experience. Also
Heilung.
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I love Civ, it as also refined it's problems to an incredible extent. It's a rich game. I don't want them to throw out all that history. Which makes it hard to get a drastically different experience out of a similar premise.
Hopefully Humankind offers a fresh take on a niche that is dominated by a single series.
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1 minute ago, Lexx said:
I still think the Mandalorian half the time looks like a fan-movie. The short episodes, the way stuff is cut, the .... quality of the acting at times. It just feels to me like something you watch on youtube.
Are any modern works of Star Wars not fan-works?
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6 hours ago, Gfted1 said:
I'm not against this as long as it doesn't involve more dismantlement of nation parks and nature reserves, and is given sufficient super-fund funding. Of course these things are always wrought with over-sites, hopefully decades of precedence is used to modernize these ventures compared to other nations and our past. Let's hope.
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I enjoyed Lost in Space. I don't recall it committing any cinema sins, it also wasn't anything to write home about, but has promise. It's a refreshing take on sci-fi for our age, particularly given it's focus on family. Most human values grew up in an area where it was family vs nature, and this is a modern take on circumstances that reinforces that same fight for provision and raising the next generation. Most families in modern shows are either in the lap of luxury or just vehicles for laughs. So it's nice seeing principle adults, both mom and dad, acting as a formidable and admirable couple/team. You don't see that often.
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I'm so ready for some new Bond,
also Ana de Armas = swoon
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Did you not read the not? That was the joke....
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General Celebrity deaths
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Was not familiar with the person, but was with the art. A very iconic style that helped color the tone of an era.