casper tries to be a little milo yiannopoulos

I know and sort of agree with what you're getting at, but I don't think cartoon is the right word. I think "campy" is a better term. Star Wars is very cliche and campy but I think when it is done well, it can be endearing and fun.

i guess i just don't understand where the newer movies failed to do that well

there's certainly a difference in tone--later in that stuckmann review, he used the term "Marvel-y" to describe certain scenes in TRoS, which is something i actually agree with a lot

but at the same time, i don't dislike that the three trilogies do not all feel the same, because this is a new era, and if i want to watch the OT, i'll watch the OT (although i never want to watch the OT)

the biggest criticism of the new trilogy that i can accept right now is that the three films do not cohere as well as the previous two trilogies did

Quote from: Verbatim on December 20, 2019, 04:17:26 PM

TLJ is the only good star wars movie

cringe

i choose to say soda even though everyone in my region calls it pop

Jet force Gemini is a fantastic game, you get around to playing it?

i've had my hands full lately, so nah, but i'll be sure to check it out eventually

Interesting, I assumed people mostly sleep on a side, and least on a stomach. Since you mentioned that all positions have downsides, can you tell me what do you think they are? Asking because I'm trying to figure what is best for me.

sleeping on your side is all right i guess, i just personally don't find it very comfortable

sleeping on your stomach can (apparently) lead to back/neck pain, since your head has to be turned, so your spine won't be in a neutral position--i've slept this way for my whole life, though, and i've never had an issue

if this position is impossible, or if i just wanna mix it up (or going through a depressive episode), the fetal position has proven to be remarkably comfortable as well, but if your joints aren't perfectly relaxed, it can lead to soreness

sleeping on your back is EXTREMELY uncomfortable, makes snoring worse, exacerbates sleep apnea if you have it, and is more likely to induce sleep paralysis, which i happen to suffer from regularly, so it's an absolute 100% no-go for me

if we could just float in a bubble or a puffy cloud while suspended in midair or something, that would be ideal

beds suck

because god designed humans very intelligently, there is no optimal sleeping position

they all have their downsides, so you get to pick your poison

personally, i sleep on my stomach because it's the most comfortable for me--it's probably the most unhealthy position, but i don't give a singular fuck

sleeping on your back has to be some dumb christian shit because that doesn't work for me at all

crown shy tree species are tsundere

did you change your avatar or am i just now realizing what it is

Yours allows you access to the internet? Lucky.

come to think of it, none of them probably should

that's unfortunate

even from an artistic standpoint, TLJ is multiple cuts above any of the others


which of the other movies dared to have weird and unique scenes like this? not one of them

there's only one perfectly legitimate reason anyone could dislike this film, and that's if you're not a star wars fan

TLJ is the only good star wars movie

i'm actually very excited, if only because i've never had a star wars opinion that wasn't completely against the grain before (except for rogue one, i think we can all agree that rogue one sucked)

so i can only imagine what i'll be getting out of this one now that both critics and fans seem to be disappointed

miyazaki had nothing to do with this one, i guess

i was honestly grossed out instantly by the game feel and i never touched it again, but maybe some day

Quote from: Verbatim on December 19, 2019, 01:59:51 PM

The absolute grind involved with mastering an art form is definitely very daunting but I guess I just want what's at the end of that grind so much that I can't bring myself to give up (even though external factors are creating some serious roadblocks).

You didn't just start out as a great writer I would assume, so did you not feel the same way when you were developing that skill or is it just something you managed to get through and don't want to have to experience again?

i guess writing is probably the closest thing to a natural talent that i have, although it does come from a lifetime of desperately wanting to be understood by people, so it was something that i had to get better at almost by necessity

it has gotten to a point where it's become rewarding for me, though, because the strength of your rhetoric gives you the power to change how people think about stuff, so there's certainly value to me in continuing to hone that skill

other things in the art world just frustrate me, because there's no sense of progression or improvement, since the final product doesn't have a practical function beyond the ephemeral entertainment value, and it's also very subjective—there's no rules for what "good" and "bad" art is, which i find discouraging, because i believe in doing things right

if there isn't a right way to do something, sure, that's "freeing" and all, but i also don't know what to do with that

there's potential there to create something of greater value, obviously, but that's a task i'm comfortable leaving to those who actually have talent in those areas

i fundamentally dislike work and effort, partly because i'm lazy, but mostly because i don't feel like i owe the universe anything (people usually phrase it the other way around, but i've always felt that the opposite was true)

i can see myself having a change of heart about this, though—maybe some day, i'll become super inspired and motivated to create something i never thought to create before, like music

but that time is not now