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Post by Prak » Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:11 pm

I'd put it much closer to a Third Thor in terms of quality.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.

> Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.

> FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
> You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.

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Post by Shrapnel » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:53 am

Agreed. Cap'n Marvel was fantastic. Really looking forward to her appearance in Avengers.
And I'm still holding out hope that they make a Death's Head movie.
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Post by Josh_Kablack » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:58 pm

Captain Marvel did make me realize just how spoiled we are for good superhero movies nowadays. Due to some script quibbles, I don't think it even makes my top 5 MCU movie entries. And yet since those are all just quibbles, it compares favorably to all but a small handful of pre-MCU comics-based movies.
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Post by shinimasu » Tue Mar 12, 2019 6:00 pm

> Prak wrote:I'd put it much closer to a Third Thor in terms of quality.

Aside from near the end I'm not sure it had quite the same level of goofy bombast as Ragnarok. And in terms of how the plot is structured it actually resembles 1st thor quite a bit, but with more polish from nearly a decade of making these things, and with the minor detail that Carol has her powers already. They're both about reclaiming a lost sense of identity.
I will agree with anyone who says Carol was kind of really wooden at the start before she formally teams up with Nick and has someone to bounce off of. Starting your character off with amnesia is always a hard sell, it's tough to do well.
I will absolutely disagree with anyone who says she has "no" character though. Like, vanilla carol gives me "Elanor Shellstrop with her life together" vibes and she gradually regains that through the film. All the kree control was to try and sand the edges off. The ending was them failing spectacularly. I do wish OG carol got more screen time but that's what sequels are for.
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Post by Prak » Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:02 pm

Honestly "wooden" seems to be a defining trait of the Kree.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.

> Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.

> FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
> You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.

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Post by Whipstitch » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:30 pm

Yeah, I liked Captain Marvel a lot more than Thor 1 but then again I think the most memorable thing about Thor 1 was how ostentatiously they wasted Natalie Portman.
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Post by Shrapnel » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:48 pm

They wasted Natalie Portman so much that I had actually completely forgotten that she a) was in Thor and b) is real.
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Post by Maj » Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:27 am

The Good Fight is back! I have missed it so much.
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Post by Iduno » Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:57 pm

Love, Death, and Robots is very good if somtimes brutal short Sci-fi stories.
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Post by Prak » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:11 pm

I loved (most of) Love, Death and Robots. It of course is an example of why more diversity is needed behind the camera (I think all of a single story had a woman on the production crew, the yogurt one, so it's no surprise how male-gazey the stories were).
That said, a number of those shorts would be great seeds for larger works. SUITS alone would be a great series.
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.

> Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.

> FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
> You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.

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Post by phlapjackage » Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:45 am

I just watched all of Love,Death, and Robots after seeing a post about it on Reddit - loved almost all of them (Zima Blue, 3 Robots, The Witness, the hypersleep one). Very MTV Liquid Television-y. Walked a nice line between some serious sci-fi/fantasy and just some fun silly stuff (like the yogurt one).
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Post by rasmuswagner » Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:14 pm

Archer, season 9, episode 1: When I realized that this was a whole new "timeline", not a continuation of season 8 or season 7, and when I realized that the boring "Archer is in a coma" framing device from season 8 was gone.
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Post by Shrapnel » Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:51 pm

> Shrapnel wrote:SO they made a Masterpiece Megatron toy (Masterpiece is a really high-end toyline) and since Megatron in G1 was a GUN (a Walther P-38, to be exact - the one from Man from U.N.C.L.E., specifically), the Masterpiece toy does the same.
> Since America SUCKS, I can't get it without a STUPID FUCKING ORANGE SAFETY PLUG OVER THE FUCKING GUN BARREL FUCK.
> Which can be removed, but they ask you not to do it, so you probably shouldn't.
> But, it's still better than Australia!

> > BigBadToyStore wrote:Please Note: The Australian Government & Australian Customs may seize this item, please order with caution if you live in Australia.

So I finally got Masterpiece Megatron (yay!) from BBTS, which means it came with a stupid plug that was a nauseating shade of orange that Frank would probably approve of (boo!). Fortunately, due to the magic of the so-called "World Wide Web", I was able to find a solution... and remove it! (YAY!)
I have successfully violated American Toy/Imitation Gun laws and given US Cutsoms the middle finger! THE INTERNET IS THE BEST PLACE EVER! FUCK YOU, US GOVERNMENT!
I know you are all as excited about this as I am.
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:43 pm

Tigtone was a weird show, but it really grew on me. Hot Streets is my favorite Adult Swim show at this moment.
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Post by Longes » Sun Apr 07, 2019 6:57 pm

Shazam is the purest thing and I love it. It is my favorite superhero movie, followed by Dark Knight and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
My main criticisms of the movie:
The fighting is padded sumo until the final battle where there are hostages at stake. Captain Marvel is invincible and the only win condition the villain has is breaking him down morally, which he already failed to do by this point. The villain is equally invincible, but at least Captain Marvel has a win condition of weakening the villain by luring out the demons and then pulling out the eye. At least for most of the movie, the fights are just there for gags.
The villain's kinda meh. He's very mediocre yet functional. His setup is incredible - being a child rejected by Shazam he becomes the hero's antithesis, but then that potential never goes anywhere. It's too early for the Anti-Hero. Reverse Flash and Nega Superman and Dark Link need to come after you have established a hero so that we know what the villain is mirroring. And this dude isn't even that. He just has the setup and then he's an evil dude.
I wish Billy had a more defined arc and a more visible process of gathering the resolve to step into the heroism. The moment where Billy should be at his lowest (he learns that his mom didn't want him) is immediately followed by him becoming the Hero.
And in the spoilers - Superman showing up for lunch was great.
And wow Wizard Shazam is a dick. No wonder he's a black mage now.
I can't get over how much Captain Marvel looks like Adam Sandler after a good reincarnation.
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Post by Josh_Kablack » Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:34 am

Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay's cameo on SNL got a really good laugh out of me.
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Post by angelfromanotherpin » Mon Apr 15, 2019 6:24 pm

Astro Boy is the Watership Down of science fiction. The presentation is almost a perfect blend of Mickey Mouse and the Fleischer Superman cartoons, but the actual content is mostly Shakespearean drama, existential conundrums, and deconstructing action-fiction violence.
Except that kids don't really grasp most of that, so while Watership Down traumatizes children, Astro Boy traumatizes adults.
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Post by rasmuswagner » Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:09 pm

I wish I could say Game of Thrones, S8E1. Instead, I am going to go with "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which I watched afterwards. I'm going to go with "the play of light and shadow as Indy enters the idol chamber" as my moment. But seriously, it was an utter, absolute joy to rewatch after I don't know how long. 20 years, maybe?
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Post by Username17 » Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:00 am

Finally saw Sorry To Bother You. It's a disturbing surrealistic journey through a nightmarish near future dystopia that is very funny. It's like if Repo Man and Office Space had a baby, but it offers a deeper and less nihilistic critique of society. It's the best movie I've seen all year, and I'm still thinking about it right now.
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Post by fbmf » Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:46 pm

> rasmuswagner wrote:I wish I could say Game of Thrones, S8E1. Instead, I am going to go with "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which I watched afterwards. I'm going to go with "the play of light and shadow as Indy enters the idol chamber" as my moment. But seriously, it was an utter, absolute joy to rewatch after I don't know how long. 20 years, maybe?

Episode 2 was in every way better than Episode 1. It felt like a return to old GoT (i.e.-before 2017).
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Post by ...You Lost Me » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:21 am

Episode 2 was amazing. Spoilers for favorite moment
When Jaime knights Brienne I was honestly tearing up. What a beautiful moment.

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Post by Hiram McDaniels » Mon Apr 29, 2019 3:45 am

> FrankTrollman wrote:Finally saw Sorry To Bother You. It's a disturbing surrealistic journey through a nightmarish near future dystopia that is very funny. It's like if Repo Man and Office Space had a baby, but it offers a deeper and less nihilistic critique of society. It's the best movie I've seen all year, and I'm still thinking about it right now.
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Nice to see I'm not the only one who was reminded of Repo Man; also reminded me of Bamboozled.
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Post by maglag » Mon May 13, 2019 6:52 am

If nothing else, the destruction of King's Landing was extremely impressive. I don't think I've ever seen a dragon animated so well in TV/cinema.

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Post by Username17 » Tue May 21, 2019 5:43 am

Eurovision happened. In all honesty the Italian Muslim guy should have won, but they gave the nod to an interchangeable Dutch crooner. Whatever. As expected: the UK came in last place in the final voting, collecting phone-in votes only from Moldova. The real breakout was Hatari from Iceland:
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Post by Maj » Sat May 25, 2019 6:20 pm

I loved Lucifer Season 4!! Nice closure. Great story. If they make more, it would be welcome. If they don't, it ended on a perfect note.
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