I really hate this whole dumbass superhero trend eating pop culture right now, not because superhero movies are necessarily bad but because it's really no different from the Generic YA Dystopia => Prefab Blockbuster craze that fizzled out recently and the unwitting monolith of nerd culture seems blind to the fact that they are just another courted demographic in this scheme.
I'm glad that the Deadpool movie actually worked and was fun, and I'm sad that your friend is obsessed with a bullshit narrative about corporations, but we're giving this forced meme so much credit that it does not deserve and I just wish we'd talk about other sorts of movies for once, my god.
I really hate this whole dumbass superhero trend eating pop culture right now, not because superhero movies are necessarily bad but because it's really no different from the Generic YA Dystopia => Prefab Blockbuster craze that fizzled out recently and the unwitting monolith of nerd culture seems blind to the fact that they are just another courted demographic in this scheme.
I'm glad that the Deadpool movie actually worked and was fun, and I'm sad that your friend is obsessed with a bullshit narrative about corporations, but we're giving this forced meme so much credit that it does not deserve and I just wish we'd talk about other sorts of movies for once, my god.
I am seriously tempted to go full Situationist at this point and accuse you all of being duped by the Spectacle thinking that the mainstream cannibalising your subcultural artefacts makes you special, but nobody here really buys into that line of thinking. But so many do, or think that they matter to these companies because their interests have been the next in the line for co-option. It's delusional and childish and entitled and actively undermines so much of actual interest coming out of "nerd culture" that is reflective of actual paradigm shifts.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TURNING ME INTO FUCKING GUY DEBORD, MY GOD.
I really hate this whole dumbass superhero trend eating pop culture right now, not because superhero movies are necessarily bad but because it's really no different from the Generic YA Dystopia => Prefab Blockbuster craze that fizzled out recently and the unwitting monolith of nerd culture seems blind to the fact that they are just another courted demographic in this scheme.
I'm glad that the Deadpool movie actually worked and was fun, and I'm sad that your friend is obsessed with a bullshit narrative about corporations, but we're giving this forced meme so much credit that it does not deserve and I just wish we'd talk about other sorts of movies for once, my god.
I am seriously tempted to go full Situationist at this point and accuse you all of being duped by the Spectacle thinking that the mainstream cannibalising your subcultural artefacts makes you special, but nobody here really buys into that line of thinking. But so many do, or think that they matter to these companies because their interests have been the next in the line for co-option. It's delusional and childish and entitled and actively undermines so much of actual interest coming out of "nerd culture" that is reflective of actual paradigm shifts.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TURNING ME INTO FUCKING GUY DEBORD, MY GOD.
I really hate this whole dumbass superhero trend eating pop culture right now, not because superhero movies are necessarily bad but because it's really no different from the Generic YA Dystopia => Prefab Blockbuster craze that fizzled out recently and the unwitting monolith of nerd culture seems blind to the fact that they are just another courted demographic in this scheme.
I'm glad that the Deadpool movie actually worked and was fun, and I'm sad that your friend is obsessed with a bullshit narrative about corporations, but we're giving this forced meme so much credit that it does not deserve and I just wish we'd talk about other sorts of movies for once, my god.
I wish I were more familiar with cinema as an artform in general
I am also mostly tired of comic book superheroes, or at least the Marvel Cinematic Universe and all its waves of inept imitators we're going to be subjected to. The MCU used to be fun to me but it has become tedious and most of it will probably be half-remembered at best in a decade or two
I really hope the public gets tired of this stuff soon
I am seriously tempted to go full Situationist at this point and accuse you all of being duped by the Spectacle thinking that the mainstream cannibalising your subcultural artefacts makes you special, but nobody here really buys into that line of thinking. But so many do, or think that they matter to these companies because their interests have been the next in the line for co-option. It's delusional and childish and entitled and actively undermines so much of actual interest coming out of "nerd culture" that is reflective of actual paradigm shifts.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TURNING ME INTO FUCKING GUY DEBORD, MY GOD.
like what?
also, Section, I don't think he was saying you were brainwashed
I am so sick of talking about the Nerd Cultural Discourse surrounding these big stupid bandwagon trends, partly because I don't actually care about superheros or superhero movies and partly because so much of it feels like a bunch of prissy entitled people maundering about shit that doesn't matter in their little aseptic bubble while real shit is going down within their own subculture that reflect the even bigger shifts going on outside.
The doors of enthusiast culture are being forced open to all the people who were either there all along or would have been there if they could, just like everywhere else, and there are people from the inside fighting this at every turn. That Hollywood has co-opted another "outsider" subculture for monetary gain is such old news; that this culture is being transformed from within just as this culture at large is being transformed isn't, however, but we're focusing on the showbiz crap because it's big and flashy and means nothing.
I'm not saying we shouldn't talk about superhero movies, but let's talk about them like any other sort of big-budget money-maker, good or bad, not like they're fucking special. The idea that they are special is part of the illusion meant to distract from the true performance.
Yeah, I don't get why me liking one capeshit film out of like 10,000 makes me a brainwashed specimen ruining culture or whatever.
That wasn't even my point. I said I thought that Deadpool being good was a good thing. Big movies shouldn't suck, let alone ones based on existing works that are so hard to pull off well.
Stop blaming yourself for people being angry about things that ultimately have nothing to do with you. It's not healthy or wise.
I think my posts here and in my thread are is the culmination of thoughts that have been building up inside me for a while, honestly, and I think it's the same with you. It was a very nasty sort of timing.
I was the one acting like a right brat tonight and I'm sorry for putting all of you through that.
imagine the universe where chicxulub didn't kill the big dinosaurs and civilization consisted of heavily cerebrated velociraptors, who still end up writing and enjoying Gravity's Rainbow
In the house not home behind closed doors They hide their fakes between the floors In the house not home under the bed Stories are told and lies are spread The house not the home is full of love It's the hate which seeps in from above
I'm going to torch it Torch it down I'm going to torch it With you on the top
In the house not home they gild their flaws Preen their feathers and sheath their claws In the house not home eyes are closed Blood runs hot whilst hell hath froze In the house not home me-me prayers The wailing wall of cheap despair
In the house not home, the long house turns Shit to gold, the tall house burns In the house not home dreams are trained Innocence, hope, lost mysteries explained
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on the top
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on the top Goodbye
In the house not home There are four blanks Your ignorance was unusable Your thoughtlessness was not
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on the top
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on the top
La la la, me-me prayers La la la, wailing wail La la la, cheap despair Me, me, me
Well, it's the hate It leaks in from above It's the hate It's full of love
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on the top
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on the top
You on the top You on the top
Me-me prayers All me-me prayers All me-me prayers All me-me prayers
All me-me prayers All me-me prayers All me-me prayers A wailing wail of despair
I'm going to torch it With you on the top
She tends to glow
We sing our cheap despair as our secrets are sold The spirit's broken, I'm gonna torch you down The spirit is not broken, I'm gonna raise it up from the ground
Innocence, hope of lost mysteries explained The innocence and hope I lost, I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it I'm going to torch it With you on top
My problem is compounded further by the fact that there is so little good video game discourse, especially online, especially with BioWare games, ESPECIALLY with Mass Effect, and holy shitballs **ESPECIALLY** with Mass Effect 3.
for years i have been looking for this track (it was either breakcore or an uptempo trance thing, maybe gabber?) that extensively samples dialogue from The Dover Boys, and I have been unable to find it, or remember who produced it
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If I talk about it any further here I'll upset all of you, too, and I don't know how to handle it.
I'm sorry, everybody. Enjoy your night. I'll find a way to calm down.
I think my posts here and in my thread are is the culmination of thoughts that have been building up inside me for a while, honestly, and I think it's the same with you. It was a very nasty sort of timing.
I was the one acting like a right brat tonight and I'm sorry for putting all of you through that.
I really need to finish that essay about the ME series but that kind of writing is super hard and I'm massively out of my depth anyway ;^;
And the sparkle in his eye
In the house not home behind closed doors
They hide their fakes between the floors
In the house not home under the bed
Stories are told and lies are spread
The house not the home is full of love
It's the hate which seeps in from above
I'm going to torch it
Torch it down
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
In the house not home they gild their flaws
Preen their feathers and sheath their claws
In the house not home eyes are closed
Blood runs hot whilst hell hath froze
In the house not home me-me prayers
The wailing wall of cheap despair
In the house not home, the long house turns
Shit to gold, the tall house burns
In the house not home dreams are trained
Innocence, hope, lost mysteries explained
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
Goodbye
In the house not home
There are four blanks
Your ignorance was unusable
Your thoughtlessness was not
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
La la la, me-me prayers
La la la, wailing wail
La la la, cheap despair
Me, me, me
Well, it's the hate
It leaks in from above
It's the hate
It's full of love
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
You on the top
You on the top
Me-me prayers
All me-me prayers
All me-me prayers
All me-me prayers
All me-me prayers
All me-me prayers
All me-me prayers
A wailing wail of despair
I'm going to torch it
With you on the top
She tends to glow
We sing our cheap despair as our secrets are sold
The spirit's broken, I'm gonna torch you down
The spirit is not broken, I'm gonna raise it up from the ground
Innocence, hope of lost mysteries explained
The innocence and hope I lost, I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
I'm going to torch it
With you on top
I had Secret Machines on the docket tonight.
replace ME with T&B and you've got my dilemma