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Just a reminder people: Comics =/= Movies. And science in both are fictional, so there's no reason to argue about it. If the plot needs Adamantium to be poisonous, it's poisonous. If they need it to make Wolverine a better sous chef for his upcoming "Cooking with Claws" TV spin-off for the Cooking Channel, it'll do that.
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04-05-2017, 01:08 AM | #1130 |
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I was sharing Logan pictures with Yuki and I happened upon one with a tie-in from The Wolverine that utterly blew me away. Even if this was not planned ahead of time (and the director is lying when he takes credit for doing just that ), it's pretty uncanny how things ultimately lined up so perfectly:
(MAJOR SPOILERS for both Logan and The Wolverine) Spoiler: show Logan was already a 9/10 film, but man if this doesn't just add to its excellence.
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04-25-2017, 01:41 PM | #1132 |
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I know it isn't a movie, but a. we don't have a "What have you been watching" thread, and I don't think we need one - but I wanted to make a post about this without making an entire thread for it, because I'm not sure it deserves it.
Basically, being the hip, rose-tinted glasses-wearing nostalgia laden 90's kid that I am, like many of us, I decided to check out Bill Nye Saves the World on Netflix. After two or three episodes, I just can't take it. The show is not worthy of being called a sequel to, or a spiritual successor to "Bill Nye the Science Guy" in any sense. And I am totally let down by that. The old format was something like a. Bill going out somewhere to talk to people knowledgeable, and to see/explore topic b. splice in experiments/silly videos tangentially related to the topic at hand and c. conclude the adventure with some sort of really interesting event or experiment. The new format is more or less a talk show. A horrible talk show. Bill talks a little about the episode's topic on stage, brings on a guest to talk about it, maybe a video and interview of some sort plays, then SURPRISE COMEDY GUEST!, then Bill rambles angrily in a way that is supposed to be humor, and bring in a panel to talk with him, then "silly experiment", then COMEDY GUEST!, and then "in conclusion...". Also the audience is annoying as fuck. The format isn't the only problem - the show comes off as incredibly preachy even for me and for some perhaps patronizing. It feels like it was made to appeal to the "braindead masses" who are mostly unfamiliar with science-based issues, as Bill and his guests seem to talk to their audience like they are back in third-grade science, despite the show being explicitly for adults (and riddled with adult-oriented topics and language). And perhaps this is who it was made for, but for the majority of us, this show is not for us. It is insufferable, forced, """"hip"""" and laden with really bad humor that comes off as Bill Nye going "Hello, fellow kids!". This is just a major disappointment, and I don't know that there is anyone I can recommend this to aside from maybe low-brow TV humor lovers in the reddest parts of the reddest states in America. I'm glad Bill is trying to do something about some of these issues, and he has certainly done far more than I, but I have to wonder if, perhaps, this show does more harm than good, at least on certain topics (looking at you, gender identity episode/awful song). |
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I live in a red state with two blue dots for eyes. I can assure you that there are a lot of idiot adults walking around, with 3rd grade at-best decision making processes, and worst of all, some of them have college degrees.
The "true" spiritual successor to Nye was Mythbusters. Nye himself has other issues to tackle, which as you've discovered, was the point of World.
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04-27-2017, 11:19 PM | #1134 |
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So on the topic of things we've recently been watching...
The Handmaid's Tale Saw an ad for this on YT a couple days ago; having read the book in high school, the trailer caught my eye and piqued my curiosity. It's a Hulu mini-series based on said book by Margaret Atwood. If you haven't heard of it, it's a dystopian novel centered on subjugation of women, in a manner that's both hamfistedly brutal yet repulsive in its subtle roots in realism. While I'm not normally one for overtly hyper-feminist thematic agendas (although there's no denying the subject matter seems "scarily relevant" today), the book resonated with me mostly for how it's written. (I even agreed to take home a copy as reference when my teacher offered it to me to keep afterwards; though I think I've since given it away at my mom's behest since it was old and beat-up.) I admire Atwood's style and it's heavily influenced my own - mainly in which the main character makes plays on words and loose meaning associations. Which is why I'm glad to see some snatches of prose being kept in the form of voiceover narration - although our protagonist is certainly a lot more snarky and rebellious than her novel counterpart. As with any adaptation, there are other divergences here and there, some maybe necessary for television, others out of desire to be "contemporary" rather than dated. There's a lot more racial and LGBT representation, for one. (...Does it say something about me that from the opening sequence when the MC was carrying a little girl through the woods, I thought it wasn't her daughter bc the girl was black? ^^;;; Even when she kept saying "mommy" I assumed she was calling out for her "real" mom... OTL) I knew from the trailer and comments that they were including people of color in the cast bc they wanted to deal with racism without making a "racist" show - whatever that means - but I just wasn't prepared for the MC's husband to be cast as African American too. ._. I think it's a cute little update to fit with the times though, once I realized what was happening. I also like their interpretation of the MC's best friend Moira - although personally I always pictured her looking like this. *shot* (Although really, if they're gonna go to such lengths for the sake of "diversity": Can we get some Asians in there too? *double-shot*) One change that didn't jive well with me at first was the de-aging of the Commander's and Wife's characters, as they look much more conventionally attractive now and kinda takes away from the "squickiness" of the "Ceremony" scenes (plus the physical shift in power dynamics). Although I suppose the latter lends a sort of added sympathy to her desperation for wanting a child in her own prime years. While I haven't seen the original 1990 movie adaptation (which reviews indicate wasn't very good so I have no desire to now), I watched a few scenes from the film featuring Serena Joy's character on YT in preparation - and I kinda prefer the older actress's nuanced performance, but the new one is growing on me. Overall, there are some solid, moving scenes that are well portrayed by the cast and direction. (Apparently there's even a cameo from the author herself in the first episode, in what is perhaps one of the most sadly hilarious meta moments ever.) You really feel the pain and subversive sense of solidarity between the females, but also from everyone forced to put up with this world's carefully crafted horrors - even slowly revealing some shaded glimpses of it on the other, supposedly "higher" side of the fence. It is, all around, a "terrible" situation that no one can escape from. All said, it is a severely depressing story with lots of unsettling imagery, hammering in even more heavy messages than the source material, which was constrained to first person narrative. Some have suggested watching one episode at a time (though I binged all that are out since they released the first three at once yesterday). But yeah. Trigger warning for rape, violence, etc. that may make it difficult to sit through. There was one scene in particular in episode 03 I was warned about being particularly disturbing - even if what's depicted onscreen isn't especially intense or gruesome. (Although personally I found the payoff to be a bit unintentionally amusing, since it's an addition that wasn't in the book and from the way it's shot/the score it felt like it had really reached a "forced" point of trying to be dramatic for dramatics' sake. XP The music choices still feel a bit jarring and out of place to me, but I suppose it's another way to try to connect to our own time. The musical build-up to episode 02's final reveal was pretty funny in a deliberate way.) I do appreciate how they're taking Ofglen in a different direction and expanding on her story; although I wish it didn't come at the expense of one revelation from a scene that took place in episode 01, but in the book doesn't come until much later: Spoiler: show Maybe it will be touched upon later, who knows. The writers seem interested in carrying on the series for multiple seasons, so it's possible they will explore territory beyond even the book itself. On a related note, I also watched Life of Pi recently, which is another book I read in high school and enjoyed for its ending. Although the actor interacting with only CGI animals throughout almost the entirety of the film was rather distracting lol. Kinda makes me want to watch The Jungle Book to compare.
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Saw Guardians 2:
I quite enjoyed it, i feel like it is better than the first but the two films are quite on par with each other. Although i have to say Marvel has done a great job with the Villain side of this movie
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It was very meh at best. Half the time I felt like it could've been two different movies considering the mess of a plot it had. The humour was super hit or miss and it was WAY more prominent than it was in the first movie. The soundtrack was great, not as good as the first movie's but still really great. The plot kinda jumped the gun. It went from having a focus on this one thing to this entirely different thing. The movie also focused on like how "omg so cuuttttte!!!" that baby Groot was. But frankly by the end of it all I was just annoyed. I found myself liking Drax a lot more in this movie, and Yondu was also a big highlight. Overall like... 6/10. It was okay, kinda mad I spent a lot of money to see it tho.
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So I saw Wonder Woman...
Spoiler: show I hope DCEU can keep this up. Please don't let this be a "One Hit Wonder Woman". *crosses fingers*
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Surprised no one has talked about Spider-Man Homecoming. It's actually good. And everyone should probably watch it.
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Anyway, I digress. I did see Homecoming with friends at a drive-in for my Birthday. (I was actually hoping to go see WW again, but the timeslot got pushed to 11:30PM thanks to Spidey. =3=) It's... cute. Almost overwhelmingly so. Honestly that's pretty much the word to describe it. XP Personally I had a lot of weird feels throughout the film for the fact it is a teenage superhero story. Maybe it's bc I have such mixed feelings on the matter thanks to RotJ, but my mind kept flipping back and forth between "THIS IS SO COOL" and "THIS IS SO DANGEROUS" (and then internally crying over the fact Tim would never get to experience the former emotion again OTL). I literally felt like Aunt May would during several scenes where I'm like "Peter Parker you are CHILD you should be STUDYING not GETTING SHOT AT". Like for example: Spoiler: show I did like the villain, and how the title actually tied into the story. No comment on the other "twist(s)". Having not seen the other Spiderman movies/being unfamiliar with the continuity I don't really have an opinion on it. Also the final battle was kinda dark and hard to see. Wasn't sure if it was just because I saw it at a drive-in, but it seems I'm not the only one. (At least according to NC's review. I found it funny he and his brother also agreed that it's "cute". XP Also lol at all their fanrants.) Speaking of NC, loved his Wonder Woman review. He brought up an interesting observation regarding DC vs. Marvel: "If Marvel is humans becoming gods, then DC is gods becoming human." Obviously a generalization, but it's interesting to think about. On a related note: New Justice League trailer dropped at Comic-Con, and Flash is a cutie newbie patootie. <3 (Still subscribing to the theory that he's going to die at some point. ;() I'd really love to see him have a similar relationship to Batfleck like Peter and Tony Stark (or even a solo Robin film like Homecoming *shot*). I was honestly expecting Flash's movie to be like Homecoming as well, but it seems like they're adapting Flashpoint instead (great more timeline shenanigans), and that it's being pushed back due to lack of director (joy) in favor of Shazam. (Man these superheroes just keep getting younger. .-.) An actual kid superhero would be cute though. If Shazam is considered to join the League I'd like to see a similar scene to YJ where they debate whether he should even be allowed to join on grounds of his real age. I actually wonder if Batfleck might be more against it at this point considering he's already lost a Robin, and tbf Diana wanted to learn swordtraining as a child... (Imagine Flash being all like: "You guys let me join! =D"/wanting a "little brother" figure and the others being all "quiet the grownups are talking" and making him sit with Cyborg and Billy in the kiddie corner. *shot*) ...Oh god I've really become a total nerd fangirl haven't I. *cough* Back on the subject of movies I recently saw, I did try watching Birdman the other day just because the synopsis seemed to suit the Comic-Con setting. (It's funny 'cuz the main guy is apparently also played by Michael Keaton.) Couldn't really get into it though and quit halfway through, although at that point my brother did point out how it was interesting that the whole movie seemed to have been shot in one take, which I completely hadn't noticed. ^^;
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I didn't see Wonder Woman. I don't doubt it's the best DCMU film, but between my work schedule and nerd friends, I kind of lost interest. I actually had to take some a vacation day just to to see Spider-Man Homecoming. I would have seen WW the same day, but movie ticket prices are insane in NYC.
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The whole superhero/god thing makes me want to throw up.
Wonder Woman is too politically charged. It's like Zootopia 3.0, which is actually Moana 2.0. I'm shocked Spiderman Homecoming is actually a movie. I've seen the hoodie. I've seen the kiddie. I assumed it was a back-to-school brand thing. It's actually a motion picture thing. What the fudge. I tried watching Guardians of the Galaxy because Shingeki no Kyojin's author Ishiyama said he was "inspired" by it (meaning the new arc of SnK is going to take cues from it). Couldn't take it. Too politically charged and silly. It's also basically a cartoon. I sound like Marvin the Paranoid Android. This is definitely not an insomina-induced delirium.
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I JUST WANT TO DEFEND MY CHILDREN OKAY *picks up all the kid "sidekicks" and places them in a protective basket* <3
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Haha. I was expecting much less from Spider-Man Homecoming since this is our third reboot of the character. I came out quite surprised.
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It's ingrained in my head that, unlike what Star Trek would suggest, aliens are not going to look humanoid or be attractive to humans. Comes across as fake to me. One of the reasons I dropped Shikoku no Sharnoth was there was an android said to be identical to a human girl. So then, isn't she actually a human girl, and the author is BSing me into thinking it's a robot? Think about that trap in Fate Apocrypha: draw a girl, give her a girlish personality, short skirt and feminine mannerisms, but call her a guy. It's old. It's not funny anymore. It's groan worthy, and men stop caring, because a cat is fine too.
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There's actually some interesting ideas as to why aliens might take humanoid form. In one book, it explains that there's something called the "God form," which essentially is convergent evolution across the universe in which the humanoid form is the best design for an advanced society to take in order to achieve interstellar travel.
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