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« on: May 06, 2020, 10:26:45 PM »
Verb, why do you ALWAYS have the contrarian viewpoints? This thread devolved so fast.
(read: the fans)
So, the entire audience this series is directed towards is wrong for having any kind of criticism that detracts from your point of view?
that's the thing i'm not so sure that the audience star wars has right now was EVER the audience it was directed towards there's plenty of interviews from the '80s where the cast members all seem genuinely baffled at the films' reception, and even alec guinness openly expressed his disdain for the childishness of ANH's script in his journal one of the stories mark hamill likes to tell is about how he used to get hung up over very small details during shoots, such as worrying about whether his hair looks too clean after escaping the trash compactor—but then harrison ford would just pull him over and say, "hey, kid. it's not that kind of movie." star wars was never meant to be this great tour de force that it wound up being for so many people—they are popcorn entertainment movies and NOTHING more, because those were the kind of movies george lucas loved the most everybody on set understood this, but the fans didn't, and here we are
812
« on: May 06, 2020, 10:00:04 PM »
Esoteric 4chan memes huh
if that's all you're going to give me, i can't be expected to give much back
and i'm much better at it, so why not
If you're gonna meme your way out of defending a milquetoast, haphazardly constructed film then might as well as respond accordingly, no?
do you know what milquetoast means, or is it just a word that you like to use? because you could justifiably use that word to describe TFA if you wanted—i would still disagree, but i'd be able to see where you're coming from, at least what exactly did you find "milquetoast" about Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) it couldn't have been the film's uniquely aggressive and unwelcoming tone, or the relatively cutthroat script, because those traits would tend towards the opposite of that term you used
813
« on: May 06, 2020, 09:43:16 PM »
Esoteric 4chan memes huh
if that's all you're going to give me, i can't be expected to give much back and i'm much better at it, so why not
814
« on: May 06, 2020, 09:25:10 PM »
>mfw these fucking disney cunts keep putting child-friendly themes in my fantasy space adventure fairytale family nursery rhyme movies 
815
« on: May 06, 2020, 09:14:40 PM »
except the type of person that this image was designed to mock is the type of person who hates TLJ
hate the movie all you want, but it's kind of sad that you can't even come up with a single coherent reason to do so besides "things didn't turn out the way i expected or wanted"
Seething.
damn i'm just getting epically ass-raped by your esoteric 4chan memes right now
how hard did you cry when they edited hayden christensen into rotj
You're defending a film that has literal Disney channel tier themes.
Wait don't tell me, Canto Blight was the epitome of artistic vision and broke film making barriers. Embarrass yourself more.
 Art
816
« on: May 06, 2020, 09:03:28 PM »
except the type of person that this image was designed to mock is the type of person who hates TLJ
hate the movie all you want, but it's kind of sad that you can't even come up with a single coherent reason to do so besides "things didn't turn out the way i expected or wanted"
Seething.
damn i'm just getting epically ass-raped by your esoteric 4chan memes right now how hard did you cry when they edited hayden christensen into rotj
817
« on: May 06, 2020, 08:57:36 PM »
Verb, why do you ALWAYS have the contrarian viewpoints? This thread devolved so fast.
is it really contrarian to oppose reddit-tier opinions on movies in any case, it's because people (read: the fans) are wrong, and have always been wrong, simple as that
818
« on: May 06, 2020, 08:50:15 PM »
except the type of person that this image was designed to mock is the type of person who hates TLJ hate the movie all you want, but it's kind of sad that you can't even come up with a single coherent reason to do so besides "things didn't turn out the way i expected or wanted"
819
« on: May 06, 2020, 07:42:23 PM »
Okay, but I'm sure that you'd admit that your sentiments are the result of spite on your part?
I liked tlj on release, but in hindsight I don't find it to be a narratively satisfying film.
not entirely, because i did thoroughly enjoy the film, and thought several of the more "controversial" writing decisions were genuinely brilliant, relative to what we've come to expect from star wars—the fact that fanboys were blown the fuck out is just icing on the cake adam driver and mark hamill, no matter what you think of their characters, gave genuinely amazing performances and are a delight to watch in every scene that they're in snoke's death (and the whole build-up to it) was fucking awesome, and the single best climax in the series i also enjoyed how the whole ben solo incident was told, with the three flashbacks from differing perspectives that only give bits and pieces of the full story before the whole truth is revealed—each version of the story adds context, but doesn't invalidate the previous one, because you can see where the misunderstanding happened it's like the people who thought luke's character was butchered only took ben's side of the story to heart, when it's obvious that by the time the full story is told, luke only momentarily thought to kill ben because of his PTSD, which should be perfectly understandable even if you think a younger luke wouldn't have done that (despite RotJ painting some obvious shades of grey into his moral compass anyway, so you can't even argue that it's un-luke) i find that star wars fans literally only care about story when there's so much more about to appreciate about movies—TLJ in particular treats us to some of the most visually interesting scenes in the whole series, and i'm not just talking about lightsaber battles; what about the mirror cave sequence? find me a scene in the original trilogy that dared to go in a weird artsy direction like that (you can't because the original star wars movie was a hackjob that was saved in editing) TLJ was also very funny, which is refreshing because star wars has always been incredibly sterile when it comes to humor there's more to appreciate but that's just off the top of my head i don't know what "narratively satisfying" means if you weren't satisfied by TLJ honestly
820
« on: May 06, 2020, 02:02:17 PM »
I'm not implying anything. I'm saying the groundwork that was established in FA was completely 180'd in TLJ, making the movie and the trilogy as a whole one big incoherent disconnect.
the most i can agree with this statement is that rian johnson's desire to stick it to the fanboys was markedly transparent over the course of the movie, but that's ultimately the main reason why i like it in the first place beyond that, i'm not terribly interested in how the films cohere—i'm just glad that johnson did what he did, even if TRoS suffered for it, because star wars fans are so insufferable that they had this middle finger coming for decades (besides, i think tragic stuff like the unfortunate passing of carrie fisher ultimately did more damage to the film than johnson's writing ever could)
821
« on: May 05, 2020, 09:33:54 PM »
But don't worry guys real communism has never been tried
you've also never tried reading a book
822
« on: May 05, 2020, 09:28:51 PM »
The fact that Kylo was being built up to be Vader 2.0 but instead turned into some Linkin Park tier rage autist.
The fact that Finn was, well I don't even fucking know what he was meant to be in that movie. If it was comic relief then it was executed abysmally. He ended up just being a non entity character.
And yeah, the fact that Lukes characterisation was essentially intergalactic Tom Hanks in Castaway that does absolutely nothing throughout the film with the exception of being a lame bait and switch "gotcha" moment for Kylo in the climax.
PTSD Luke as a concept could've been done really well too.
i personally don't enjoy it when characters are written with cookiecutters, much less under the auspices of fanboys on how characters "should" act and are you seriously implying that Darth Vader 2.0 wouldn't have been the lamest and most uninteresting route they could've taken with kylo ren's character
823
« on: May 05, 2020, 07:04:03 PM »
yeah but where do tomboys fit in to all of this
like many of the words we've been using, i feel like the concept of "tomboy" is strictly colloquial, and doesn't really have a concrete or workable definition—"girl who likes guy stuff" is extremely vague, because then we have to define what "guy stuff" is, and that's dangerous territory i feel like the attraction to the idea of tomboyism in particular just comes from the desire to have a number of shared interests with your partner, which is not atypical, and says virtually nothing about your sexuality that said, i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that at least 99% of male attraction towards tomboys comes from a decidedly heterosexual place
824
« on: May 05, 2020, 04:55:06 PM »
capitalism, on the other hand, has never killed anybody ever
everyone knows that
825
« on: May 05, 2020, 04:48:23 PM »
Nah, The Last Jedi was dope af.
You're damned if you subvert expectations and you're damned if you give the fans what they want.
Personally, I don't care what the fans want. All that matters is the artist's vision for the film; Artists with integrity ignore the opinions and wants of their fans.
There's having an artistic vision and then there's being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.
If you're trying to argue that the meandering mess of TLJ and its contradictory character development is an artistic vision, then sorry to say, it's not a very good one.
still the best one in the film franchise
Nope.
what do you mean by "contradictory character development" anyway i swear to god, if you're talking about how luke was written
826
« on: May 05, 2020, 04:43:24 PM »
Nah, The Last Jedi was dope af.
You're damned if you subvert expectations and you're damned if you give the fans what they want.
Personally, I don't care what the fans want. All that matters is the artist's vision for the film; Artists with integrity ignore the opinions and wants of their fans.
There's having an artistic vision and then there's being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.
If you're trying to argue that the meandering mess of TLJ and its contradictory character development is an artistic vision, then sorry to say, it's not a very good one.
still the best one in the film franchise
827
« on: May 05, 2020, 03:35:40 PM »
he liked guns too much and that's my only problem with him
828
« on: May 05, 2020, 11:55:00 AM »
i will never understand this website's turnaround on this obnoxious fuckhead
829
« on: May 05, 2020, 12:26:34 AM »
okay, it's over
here's a quick little write-up, because this game hurt me:
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
This game fucking sucks, and I'm super glad to be done with it. I would have much preferred to play the sprite-based original, just so that I didn't have to put up with the recycled assets and the subpar voice acting, but those are the VERY least of this game's problems.
While the story, characters, and themes did end up surprising me quite a bit, and have me intrigued with what the rest of the series has to offer from a narrative standpoint alone, I won't allow those things to tint my perception of the overall experience, because as much as I enjoyed those aspects, I believe video games should be rated as video games.
That being said, this is a miserable video game. The card-based combat mechanics (which I was initially excited for, because I love card games) are actually just basic numbes-game dogshit comprised entirely of braindead gimmicks and laughable RNG-fueled fuckery; the sort of tedium I might have expected (and perhaps forgiven) from an NES title, but certainly not something made in the 2000s. Combine this shit with the oh-so prescient gacha-based card collecting system, and you have one hell of an unsatisfying gameplay loop that feeds primarily into your most reptilian instincts.
The worlds are not only rehashed from KH1, but are also heavily homogenized, to a point where if they were stripped of their specific Disney-themed coats of paint, you simply wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Nothing interesting or memorable happens in any of these worlds. Just a mindless and watered down version of the Disney movies they're based on. KH1's worlds sucked in similar ways, but at least they weren't so woefully bereft of Disney charm.
I can appreciate that they tried experimenting with this one, because that's admirable in its own right, but this was an unequivocal failure. I feel like there's a decent game hiding in here somewhere, but it was lost in an array of disconnected and rearranged memories (or something). As a result, this is probably the worst game I've ever finished--or at least, the most unhappy I've ever been over the course of a video game playthrough.
So yeah, bad game. Shame that it wasn't just made into a movie like 358/2 Days was.
3/10
now, onto more pressing matters
830
« on: May 03, 2020, 08:27:22 PM »
this is one of the shittiest games i've ever played in my entire life
831
« on: May 03, 2020, 05:58:34 PM »
Pretty sure Verbatim has said he wouldn’t date a trans woman. I’m too lazy to find the post, though.
i know the posts you're talking about, but i've had a lot of time since then to ponder my feelings about this
in the end, i've decided that i would be okay with it—as long as i'm attracted to you, it doesn't matter
So, when is your first date with Carmen?
nevuary 32nd
832
« on: May 03, 2020, 05:28:03 PM »
Pretty sure Verbatim has said he wouldn’t date a trans woman. I’m too lazy to find the post, though.
i know the posts you're talking about, but i've had a lot of time since then to ponder my feelings about this in the end, i've decided that i would be okay with it—as long as i'm attracted to you, it doesn't matter
833
« on: May 03, 2020, 12:13:49 PM »
Don’t you think it’s useful for words to have solid definitions? Of course all definitions have some flexibility but if it becomes too subjective, you lose the ability to convey meaning. Like we been discussing in this thread you could take a dick up the ass and there’ll be be debates as to whether that’s gay or not
yeah but stuff like this only matters when the debate isn't a complete meme like this one is you were asking why i'm so "passionate" earlier, but i haven't actually been taking it that seriously at all; i just think it's fun (even though i'm definitely right)
834
« on: May 03, 2020, 12:09:56 PM »
You don't have to be sexually attracted to the person in you ass bro
therefore, receiving anal is entirely separate from the hetero/homo binary.
anal is just about g spot stimulation tbh
Also approaching sexuality in terms of labels generalizes a lot of subjects, forcing them into presorted categories that they typically don't entirely belong to. Hetero and homo are ends of a spectrum to which people describe themselves and the connection between parties involved, not a spectrum of actions.
Also also a relationship, as based upon this premise, relies on the identities of every involved. Relationships ought to be founded on trust and mutual comfort; whatever they decide to call it is their choice, not that of someone from without the matter.
when the fuck did you get so based
835
« on: May 03, 2020, 01:13:58 AM »
date me verbatim
you are THE last person on the list
836
« on: May 03, 2020, 12:36:49 AM »
i don't actually know who you're talking about
837
« on: May 03, 2020, 12:01:13 AM »
*is
and no
838
« on: May 02, 2020, 11:54:26 PM »
the "authentic experience" meme only applies to video games for me
when it comes to movies idgaf, they should put literally everything on vod
839
« on: May 02, 2020, 06:13:21 PM »
You don't have to be sexually attracted to the person in you ass bro
therefore, receiving anal is entirely separate from the hetero/homo binary.
i guess maybe i'm just biased because i'm not into that at all
840
« on: May 02, 2020, 05:26:12 PM »
so by that logic it's gay to get pegged by your gf?
kind of depends on how/why you're getting off to it, i suppose
if it's straight, the pleasure would have to come solely from knowing that your gf is into it
but if a man finds getting pegged enjoyable in and of itself, then i'd struggle to call that straight
There's nothing inherently gay about getting your prostate massaged.
i said the same thing earlier "i don't think it's incontrovertibly gay for a male to derive pleasure from anal stimulation, but i think there's a difference between something like a rimjob and full-on penetration" a prostate massage doesn't necessarily have to involve a dick
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