The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • edited 2014-07-05 12:21:37
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    ^^ :)
  • edited 2014-07-05 12:21:49
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    ^^ no :o
  • 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'm a non-canon princess, so I understand how you feel ^_^
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    I am Lord Donut Steel, ruler of the realm of Original Characters.
  • 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
    So, uh

    What are you supposed to do when you're at that point where you have a rough plot outline in your head but it's not fleshed out enough to put prose to paper?

    This is what always trips me up; I never get past this part -_-
  • edited 2014-07-05 12:47:27
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    I get stuck there too, but I think the standard wisdom is to just start writing and see what happens.
  • write down the rough plot outline and add things in. philip pullman uses postit notes so he can shift plot events around if he needs to.

    or just start writing and see where it goes

    depends

    writing process is something which is very different for everyone there's no solid evidence. try a few things and see what gets you furthest
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Seriously internet critics, you can't expect me to care about your opinions towards Bayformers at this point.
  • 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
    Odradek said:

    Seriously internet critics, you can't expect me to care about your opinions towards Bayformers at this point.


  • My dreams exceed my real life
    I thought when Kyle Kalghren retweeted that article saying Michael Bay knew his critics were going to buy tickets anyway, it meant that every critic and their grandmother wasn't going to end up talking about it.

    Hahahaha
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Why the fuck are you watching Bayformers, what are you learning at this point.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    rough plot outlines are the step I never seem to reach, alas
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Breaking news: bad things are bad
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:09:23
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Doublepost
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:09:15
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Triplepost
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:13:55
    Odradek said:

    Why the fuck are you watching Bayformers, what are you learning at this point.

    There are always new things to learn, or at least new things to be repulsed by.

    Take, for example, the vagina creature that was killed for no reason other than the fact that it was a vagina creature, or the character who carries around a certificate that has the age of consent law on it. Those are both new.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    going back to 4chan
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Miko said:

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    Look, ain't nobody can play that and win.

  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Kexruct said:

    Odradek said:

    Why the fuck are you watching Bayformers, what are you learning at this point.

    There are always new things to learn, or at least new things to be repulsed by.

    Take, for example, the vagina creature that was killed for no reason other than the fact that it was a vagina creature, or the character who carries around a certificate that has the age of consent law on it. Those are both new.
    WHYYYYYYYYY

    WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


    WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY EVERYONE KNEW THE MOVIE WAS GONNA BE SHIT STOP GIVING MONEY FOR SHIT AND THEN WHINING ABOUT HOW MUCH SHIT YOU'RE EATING STOOOOOOP
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.


    there is an Azumanga Daioh fighting game

    I am amused
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:21:29
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Kexruct said:

    the vagina creature that was killed for no reason other than the fact that it was a vagina creature

    what
    Kexruct said:

    character who carries around a certificate that has the age of consent law on it.


    what

    i will never watch this movie but just... what?

    and what does any of that have to do with giant robots anyway
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    now I must go to work

    this is less amusing
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  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Bye Imi.

    I hope you have an unexpectedly amusing day at work.
  • 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
    Have fun, Imi

    Bring me back some q-sands
  • My dreams exceed my real life

    image

    I wish Gaping Dragon wasn't so tedious to fight.
  • Odradek said:

    Kexruct said:

    Odradek said:

    Why the fuck are you watching Bayformers, what are you learning at this point.

    There are always new things to learn, or at least new things to be repulsed by.

    Take, for example, the vagina creature that was killed for no reason other than the fact that it was a vagina creature, or the character who carries around a certificate that has the age of consent law on it. Those are both new.
    WHYYYYYYYYY

    WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


    WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY EVERYONE KNEW THE MOVIE WAS GONNA BE SHIT STOP GIVING MONEY FOR SHIT AND THEN WHINING ABOUT HOW MUCH SHIT YOU'RE EATING STOOOOOOP
    There's still a conversation to be had, though. These movies are legendarily bad, but people still keep going to them. After four times, that's an interesting pattern. It makes sense to comment on them.

    When critics complain, it's not because they're mad about watching them; it's because they're mad that they're bad, whether it was expected or not.
  • “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

    Le Plongeon claimed that the civilization of ancient Egypt was founded by Queen Moo, a refugee from the land's demise. Other refugees supposedly fled to Central America and became the Mayans.
    Queen Moo
    Hmm.

    All I can think of now is, "I liked RahXephon."

    If I Had Been Showered In Blue Blood, Wouldn't My Prayer Have Been Answered?
  • Tachyon said:

    Kexruct said:

    the vagina creature that was killed for no reason other than the fact that it was a vagina creature


    what
    "SO THERE'S THIS PART IN TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION WHERE THE AUTOBOTS SUDDENLY ENCOUNTER A SUPER-LITERAL VAGINA DENTATA ALIEN THAT'S JUST HANGING OUT IN A CAGE. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING ON ANY LEVEL, IT'S JUST CLEARLY STUCK IN FOR SOME MOTIVATIONAL REASON. BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE REVEAL OF THE ALIEN'S VAGINA DENTATA-NESS IS NOT SOME PLACID CINEMATIC MOMENT BUT INSTEAD HIGHLY EMPHASIZED. THIS IS CLEAR. THIS IS OVERT. SO THEN THE FAT AUTOBOT (ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS, BY THE WAY) IS SO REVOLTED BY THIS IMAGE THAT IT TELLS THIS WAY-TOO-CLEAR-VAGINA-SYMBOL THAT IT IS "TOO UGLY TO LIVE." THEN THE VAGINA GETS SOME SLIME ON HIM AND THE FAT AUTOBOT COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND AND THINKS HE'S "BURNING." BUT THEN THE FAT AUTOBOT JUST REALIZES IT'S JUST "SHIZZ." SO HE CALLS THE VAGINA-SYMBOL "BITCH" AND SHOOTS HER DEAD."
    Tachyon said:


    Kexruct said:

    character who carries around a certificate that has the age of consent law on it.


    what

    i will never watch this movie but just... what?

    and what does any of that have to do with giant robots anyway
    The main character's seventeen year old daughter has a twenty year old boyfriend who carries around the age of consent law with him to show that he is legally able to have sex with a seventeen year old.

  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Kexruct said:

    Odradek said:

    Kexruct said:

    Odradek said:

    Why the fuck are you watching Bayformers, what are you learning at this point.

    There are always new things to learn, or at least new things to be repulsed by.

    Take, for example, the vagina creature that was killed for no reason other than the fact that it was a vagina creature, or the character who carries around a certificate that has the age of consent law on it. Those are both new.
    WHYYYYYYYYY

    WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


    WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY EVERYONE KNEW THE MOVIE WAS GONNA BE SHIT STOP GIVING MONEY FOR SHIT AND THEN WHINING ABOUT HOW MUCH SHIT YOU'RE EATING STOOOOOOP
    There's still a conversation to be had, though. These movies are legendarily bad, but people still keep going to them. After four times, that's an interesting pattern. It makes sense to comment on them.

    When critics complain, it's not because they're mad about watching them; it's because they're mad that they're bad, whether it was expected or not.


    ffffffffff

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  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    this movie sounds terrible

    i am not interested in having a dialogue about it

    it is self-evidently shit
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Odradek said:

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    did he died?
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    It's the paradigmatic example of mindless nerd consumerism.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    I'm not being funny, you just literally told me how terrible this movie is.

    The most practical purpose of movie reviews from a viewer perspective is so we can avoid seeing movies that we will hate.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    We can be critical of this, but we must keep fucking buying and watching and discussing because we know of no way of engaging with the world other than to throw money in it's face.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    You know I saw Transformers 2 when it was in the cinema.

    I knew it wouldn't be a masterpiece, but the racism was unexpected.
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:39:41
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Odradek said:

    We can be critical of this, but we must keep fucking buying and watching and discussing because we know of no way of engaging with the world other than to throw money in it's face.

    We could talk about better movies if it will make you happier?

    But yes, I would like people not to care about Transformers 4, or too engage with it in any way.

    It feels like as a culture we are incapable of learning our lesson.
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:41:41
    It's the paradigmatic example of mindless nerd consumerism.
    No it's not. It's reporting on something topical and attempting to understand why it continues to be popular in spite of its repulsiveness. Sure, there are quite a few "nerd critics" whose panning of the Transformers movies are little more than patting themselves and the people who agree with them on the back, but there is a dialogue to be held beyond just knowing that they'll be bad. 
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    It's not what?
  • Tachyon said:

    I'm not being funny, you just literally told me how terrible this movie is.

    The most practical purpose of movie reviews from a viewer perspective is so we can avoid seeing movies that we will hate.

    But that is not the only purpose. It's not even the most important one.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    Kexruct said:

    No it's not. It's reporting on something topical and attempting to understand why it continues to be popular in spite of its repulsiveness. Sure, there are quite a few "nerd critics" whose panning of the Transformers movies are little more than patting themselves and the people who agree with them on the back, but there is a dialogue to be held beyond just knowing that they'll be bad. 

    BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY you know this is quite racist BUY BUY BUY BUY
  • Tachyon said:

    It's not what?

    Was referring to Odradek's post. 
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Reminds me of something a then-recently-retired comicbook journalist said over ten years ago. That once he started reading just what he wanted to read, rather what his job required him to read, it was a lot easier for him to be optimistic about the state of comicbooks as a medium.
  • Odradek said:

    Kexruct said:

    No it's not. It's reporting on something topical and attempting to understand why it continues to be popular in spite of its repulsiveness. Sure, there are quite a few "nerd critics" whose panning of the Transformers movies are little more than patting themselves and the people who agree with them on the back, but there is a dialogue to be held beyond just knowing that they'll be bad. 

    BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY you know this is quite racist BUY BUY BUY BUY
    You know, it's really difficult to talk to someone who has firmly decided to snub their nose at a particular topic.

  • that may be the point
  • Well, it's not a particularly nice point to make.
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:45:53
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Kexruct said:

    But that is not the only purpose. It's not even the most important one.


    It's the most important purpose to me, a consumer.

    From the perspective of someone who wishes to understand the phenomenon of bad movies being popular, it probably warrants a brief mention.  Something suitably short and dismissive.
  • edited 2014-07-05 13:46:03
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Kexruct said:

    Odradek said:

    Kexruct said:

    No it's not. It's reporting on something topical and attempting to understand why it continues to be popular in spite of its repulsiveness. Sure, there are quite a few "nerd critics" whose panning of the Transformers movies are little more than patting themselves and the people who agree with them on the back, but there is a dialogue to be held beyond just knowing that they'll be bad. 

    BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY you know this is quite racist BUY BUY BUY BUY
    You know, it's really difficult to talk to someone who has firmly decided to snub their nose at a particular topic.
    Do you support pirating films so one can engage in commentary about them without financially supporting the movies one would rather not support, for aesthetic and/or moral reasons?
  • not wanting to hear about or discuss transformers anymore is totally reasonable
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