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  • So tonight I ate like a king, beat that one dude in Rayman 3 and was inadvertently a terrible friend again

    Two out of three ain't bad, I suppose, and hopefully she'll forgive me for that last one, she usually does.
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    Disclaimer: that post I made was half baked rambling. But I think that people's actions are guided by the group when there are consequences, and when there are none, people reveal their true selves.
  • edited 2013-07-25 00:46:46
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    When I watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (spoiler warning, for if you care about that), there was a scene where the lead male is leaving the serial killer's yard after perusing his house and realizing he is the killer. The killer pretends not to know and invites him inside for a drink, and he is so instinctually afraid of offending or being socially unacceptable that he goes back into the killer's house to be quite nearly dismembered and killed. The killer notes that this fear of offending is always what brings his victims into his trap, even when they know what he is.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    While I try not to offend people, I ain't going in any serial killer's house
  • Miko said:

    I think that people's actions are guided by the group when there are consequences, and when there are none, people reveal their true selves.

    true self.


    an odd concept if there ever was one.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    what is the true self?

    is the self not a construct of many facets?
  • edited 2013-07-25 00:50:47
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    Well, maybe that is not the best term. Maybe I should just say that people act in the way that they are internally compelled to when they get to do so anonymously, with no consequences.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    So, a fellow who I follow that does little video discussions about communications theory in media recently released a kind of rant about the pervasiveness of collateral damage and civil rights violations in superhero fare of the last five years. I hadn't really thought much about the issue of late, but seeing that particular laundry list was a touch unsettling. Three cheers for hegemony, eh?
  • Miko said:

    people act in the way that they are internally compelled to when they get to do so anonymously, with no consequences.

    and?
  • So I just watched a short movie, episode, thing.

    From this movie called "Scary or Die"(Hahahahahahahahaha)

    Anyways.

    Anyone else remember that Dexter's Laboratory where he gets bit by a clown and turns into a clown?
    This short tried to play that off as "scary"
  • The pervasiveness of destruction in superhero films was a common topic on Tumblr in the wake of Man of Steel.

    And the pervasiveness of terrorist parallels.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Clowns are scary, though.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    How about the pervasiveness of superhero movies in general

    When does some other blockbuster archetype get to take over
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    *theremins*
  • How about the pervasiveness of superhero movies in general

    When does some other blockbuster archetype get to take over

    When superheroes stop being reliably successful
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    So, a fellow who I follow that does little video discussions about communications theory in media recently released a
    kind of rant about the pervasiveness of collateral damage and civil
    rights violations in superhero fare of the last five years.
    I hadn't
    really thought much about the issue of late, but seeing that particular
    laundry list was a touch unsettling. Three cheers for hegemony, eh?
    This was an interesting vid.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Superhero films are pretty My God Pure Ideology
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    It was interesting when he cited Spider-Man 2 as an example of a "good" superhero movie, because Spider-Man tries to prevent destruction, the impact of destruction can be seen onscreen, Spider-Man is mainly concerned with saving people, and he questions and doubts his role as a superhero during the plot. Apparently the reboot (which I haven't seen) does not have these features.
  • edited 2013-07-25 01:08:53
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    The vid says that superhero movies used to say "heroes save people" and now they say "heroes get the bad guys," which is interesting, and there is kind of a big philosophical difference, even if it is not immediately obvious. Anyone can be painted as a bad guy, but saving people is more objective. Also, I remember now that the villain of Spider-Man 2 is not killed by the hero but 'redeems' himself with an act of self-sacrifice.
  • The video was an interesting look at the superhero terroism phenomenom, but wow, that guy's monotone is frightening when combined with those freaky lines.
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    And suddenly I remember again that I am autistic. :x
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Y'know I can't have seen more than about four or five superhero movies in my life

    YNTKT
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    This is a fine, fine album. Maybe a bit overhyped due to people wanting to seem hip for liking it, but ultimately a powerful statement and musically quite worthwhile.


    Miko said:

    It was interesting when he cited Spider-Man 2 as an example of a "good" superhero movie, because Spider-Man tries to prevent destruction, the impact of destruction can be seen onscreen, Spider-Man is mainly concerned with saving people, and he questions and doubts his role as a superhero during the plot. Apparently the reboot (which I haven't seen) does not have these features.

    I haven't seen it in a long time, but I do remember that it did get that much right.
  • Miko said:

    The vid says that superhero movies used to say "heroes save people" and now they say "heroes get the bad guys," which is interesting, and there is kind of a big philosophical difference, even if it is not immediately obvious. Anyone can be painted as a bad guy, but saving people is more objective. Also, I remember now that the villain of Spider-Man 2 is not killed by the hero but 'redeems' himself with an act of self-sacrifice.

    Spiderman 1 was kind of the same way, the bad guy is not killed by Spiderman, but rather is undone through his own bloodlust at trying to kill Spiderman.


  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    The video was an interesting look at the superhero terroism phenomenom, but wow, that guy's monotone is frightening when combined with those freaky lines.

    Dan Olson is the master of driving home a point through inflection. He lays it on a bit thick in that one, methinks, but it works.
  • edited 2013-07-25 01:16:43
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    ^^ If I recall correctly, he never has a change of heart but tries to impale Spider-Man with his jet board thingy and then Spider-Man backflips over it and it impales the villain instead. That is one of the more memorable villain deaths I've seen.
  • Clowns are scary, though.

    What about Mimes?
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    The good superhero films are Batman Returns, Batman and Robin, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Iron Man, Blade, Ghost Rider, The Hulk, Captain America, X-2, and The Punisher.

    All the rest are lame.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”


    Clowns are scary, though.

    What about Mimes?
    Paging Mr. Makara...
  • Miko said:

    ^^ If I recall correctly, he never has a change of heart but tries to impale Spider-Man with his jet board thingy and then Spider-Man backflips over it and it impales the villain instead. That is one of the more memorable villain deaths I've seen.

    Speaking of memorable scenes.


  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    hmmmm I've probably seen like a lot of superhero movies but I forget most of them and only a few memorable scenes stand out. Also, I rarely see movies of my own accord so superheroes are not a particular film interest of mine (I like horror and science fiction!) but I watch movies with others and superheroes are often a subject of such movies. :)
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    lee4hmz said:

    So I'm reading a story about how an angry soccer player punched a ref and ended up killing him, on two different sites, and the comments are a sociology study in and of themselves. On ABC News, you see a lot of people saying he should be tried as an adult and that the rule of law should prevail, while on The Blaze (which appears to be a right-wing site), all the commenters want him killed, preferably as harshly as possible, and the few that ask for mercy in this are written off as "liberal PC wimps" (to condense several comments into one phrase).


    I know about the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, but damn, how did we get so cruel?
    The Blaze is owned by Glenn Beck, so it is indeed right-wing.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Mimes? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    also, Batman and Robin is a good movie? What're you smoking?
  • edited 2013-07-25 01:24:22
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    ^^^^ I forgot about that scene but I generally enjoy The Matrix and its sequels and the plot and the characters and the action scenes and the scenery. :D
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Miko said:

    ^^^^ I forgot about that scene but I generally enjoy The Matrix and its sequels and the plot and the characters and the action scenes and the scenery. :D


  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Anyway, I like Iron Man, but I'm no diehard fan of him (one of my old friends was though)

    You needed to know this
  • Anonus said:

    Anyway, I like Iron Man, but I'm no diehard fan of him (one of my old friends was though)


    You needed to know this
    Can Iron Man do whatever an Iron can?
  • I've watched most of Captain America, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, the last half of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four (which will probably be rebooted in the upcoming years) and X-Men: Wolverine (ugh).

    I'm the kind of person who doesn't go to movies but reads about them on the internet and subsequently complains about them.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/23/terry-gilliams-12-monkeys-to-get-tv-movie-do-over-may-become-a-series/ Movie that was already great and stood alone to be remade for no reason and get a tv show for no reason
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Part of me keeps hoping that 20th Century Fox will let go of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four and let them revert to Marvel, just for consistency's sake
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    My dog often chooses to sleep on my bed and I love cuddling with him. :)
  • More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.


    :o Another new trick!! I love learning these!!
  • edited 2013-07-25 01:40:15
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    It is not even just one trick, either. The whole first two minutes of that vid are just great choreography. :D I am going to try those moves the next time I play.
  • Odradek said:

    http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/23/terry-gilliams-12-monkeys-to-get-tv-movie-do-over-may-become-a-series/ Movie that was already great and stood alone to be remade for no reason and get a tv show for no reason

    What's actually kind of cleaver about 12 monkeys, there's a line in it about the Movie being the same (Bruce Willis is watching a cinema film) but him being different and noticing different things.

    As it is, I had the fortune to watch this as a child and then later on as an adult, and that line completely blew my mind on the second rewatching.

    You needed to know this.
  • THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    Also, I'm reading through the lists of Razzie Award winners and nominees on Wikipedia, and it seems like AFD (ITC's film releasing venture) was one of their favorite punching bags back when it was still viable (1980-1982, roughly). Of course, we got Cannon and DEG after that. :P
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Miko said:

    My dog often chooses to sleep on my bed and I love cuddling with him. :)

    My dog used to help my mom wake me up for school by climbing onto my bed and licking my face to get me up. He weighed a good ninety-plus pounds—all muscle and fur—so he occupied a good deal of space and would gradually push me out even if I were obstinate.

    I loved that dog. I miss him.

    ._.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I've been making useless tweaks to my Tumblr theme for like two hours now

    I feel so aimless tonight
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I miss my dog too, sometimes.

    ...a moment of silence for lost pets.
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