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If your just looking to laugh and clap, superheroes are actually pretty ok
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I prefer action movies tbqh. Give me guns, blood and swearing that's the good stuff. John Wick? Extremely my poo poo. John Wick 2? Hell yea. My favorite part was where he kung-fu threw that one dude then shot him in the head.
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Jun 6, 2017 20:44
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remember when action movies used to be about working class people in bad situations, like alien or big trouble in little china that's why logan was so good, he was just some lovely uber driver that happened to have knifehands. now it's all chosen ones and cartoon costumed lunatics and magical people and empty power fantasies about carving through goons like they're paper. even john wick 2 as good as it was was dudes running in from outside the frame to be instantly dispatched
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Jun 6, 2017 20:45
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Yes John Wick 2 was a little over the top, but still pretty good. I wouldn't call it the best action movie, but it was good.
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Jun 6, 2017 20:47
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Not a Step posted:I recall that article. I think it came to the ultimate conclusion that thousands die as collateral damage and Superman ends up snapping Zod's neck because everything sucks and there are no more heroes or something. At least some authors at DC have been saying this in comics for a while... 
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Jun 6, 2017 21:00
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Taintrunner posted:remember when action movies used to be about working class people in bad situations, like alien or big trouble in little china Die Hard was a great movie iMo
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Jun 6, 2017 21:02
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As a fan of basic optimism I gotta say Marvel Movies are my preferred super hero content, and it's too bad that nobody in hollowood is willing to tell that ol sourpuss Zack Snyder super heroes + optimism is some mega win poo poo
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Jun 6, 2017 21:06
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Taintrunner posted:remember when action movies used to be about working class people in bad situations, like alien or big trouble in little china so did you just decide to skip every single arnold and stallone flick from that timeframe? its easy to cherrypick whatever you want to support your views anyways the only good superhero movie is blade
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Jun 6, 2017 21:13
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A Gnarlacious Bro posted:Anybody else want to post an essay about how if your just looking to laugh and clap, superheroes are actually pretty ok There are essentially two ways to go about making a superhero movie. You can make a “superhero” movie, (Christopher Nolan’s Batman films or Bryan Singer’s Superman) which takes the tropes, symbols and larger-than-life characters of the comic book universe seriously, analyzing the semiotics and psychology of superheroes and the culture that produces them. Or, you can say screw that egghead stuff and make a SUPERHERO movie, (John Favreau’s Iron Man or Richard Donner’s Superman) focusing on the technicolor spectacle that is the essential justification for the genre and leave the parsing of subtext to film critics and American Studies majors. People interested in crowning a “greatest ever” superhero movie are really looking for a film that combines the two approaches to form the ultimate: a “SUPERHERO” movie. Whether such a beast is even possible is up for debate. Many people have claimed that The Dark Knight embodies the synthesis, but it really doesn’t. Are the action scenes (except for that kickass truck crash) on anyone’s list of the twenty most memorable things about that film? As great as it is, TDK is a pure “superhero” movie. Other films, like Ang Lee’s Hulk, attempt the synthesis and fail miserably. The triumph of Joss Whedon’s Avengers is that it never wavers in it’s commitment to delivering the titanic action pageantry and iconic superhero personalities that drew us all to these characters when we were not-yet-jaded youngsters. And that’s why The Avengers is the best SUPERHERO movie of all time. If The Avengers were just a string of high-octane action scenes, it would already claim the throne, but what makes this movie truly extraordinary is the attention paid to the characters. Considering that Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk have all carried entire films by themselves, the main danger of a film featuring them all is that they might just blend together into one Uberhero. But Joss Whedon masterfully avoids this pitfall by focusing on the very different ways that each of these characters views their role as a superhero. For Bruce Banner, it’s a curse. For Steve Rogers, it’s a duty. For Thor Odinson, it’s a birthright. And for Tony Stark it’s a chance to have fun and show people just how awesome he is. These divergent visions of superheroism not only help the characters stand out from one another, they also create the interpersonal friction that sparks the kind of glorious intramural smackdowns that will thrill anyone who made their action figures fight each other as a kid. By focusing on delivering core comic book thrills, by vividly representing a group of indelible superhero characters that have been painstakingly reintroduced to moviegoers over the past decade, by taking the time to shape relationships and conflicts sharply and efficiently, and by delivering a monumental finale of smashing and crashing that could have been pulled directly for a fanboy’s cream dream, Joss Whedon and company have made the finest SUPERHERO film to date. Until the sequel, at least. review by Matt Christman
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Jun 6, 2017 23:19
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I really like Corman's Fantastic Four. It was fun, didn't waste too much time establishing characters everyone already knows and stayed true to the original.
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Jun 6, 2017 23:43
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the Marvel movies feel like their intended audience is 'people with lobotomies'
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Jun 6, 2017 23:52
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hooooly poo poo thank crap you were just c/p and aren't dumb enough to think avengers is good Lego movie was kind of a superhero movie, Emmit gains his power near the end, and it was a better done version of the "smash your toys together" plot. are legos woke? is there a rainbow flag lego?
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Jun 7, 2017 00:01
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Lego movie was surprisingly good. Lego Batman movie was surprisingly bad
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Jun 7, 2017 01:05
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microsoft cares about you, __________ latin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJxAPliK_-c blacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCS2Z78ApC8 women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-0dw7YE2aI lgbt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkHSNictbRA mbt has issued a correction as of 02:39 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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Jun 7, 2017 02:34
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Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:microsoft cares about you, __________ This, but holding an xbox controller. 
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Jun 7, 2017 05:27
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Blacks in gaming
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Jun 7, 2017 08:16
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Sebadoh Gigante posted:This, but holding an xbox controller. Trumps hands could never hold an xbox controller.
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Jun 7, 2017 09:48
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https://twitter.com/mashable/status/872395985682616320 heck ya!
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Jun 7, 2017 11:24
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can't wait till future space hsiotory majors are forced to watch harry potter and other stupid rear end superhero films, so they can get context on all the garbage pieces being written by horrible liberal rags.
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Jun 7, 2017 13:08
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how many of these "woke" companies have started up with any other intention but to make money? The FAQ on the website purposely avoids answering the question of where these t-shirts are manufactured. They must be "woke" enough to understand that slave labour is actually bad, because it might hurt sales if they were to highlight it anywhere. What sort of punishment should these sort of people deserve?
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Jun 7, 2017 13:16
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One more thing:quote:Is your packaging also eco-friendly? I see this hit all the time. What the gently caress is eco-friendly. All of a sudden you get to define what is eco-friendly and not? So what if your loving fabric is recylable, god drat it, it's a shirt, these things have been recyclable for centuries. was your container ship eco-friendly? was your truck eco-friendly? was the manufacturer of your dye eco-friendly? was your boat that you bought with your profits eco-friendly. eco-friendly. gently caress you!
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Jun 7, 2017 13:26
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Heavy_D posted:At least some authors at DC have been saying this in comics for a while... Too bad comics are inherently trash. Just kidding, they are garbage
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Jun 7, 2017 13:36
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Minge Binge posted:One more thing: working human children to death making them is p eco-friendly
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Jun 7, 2017 14:02
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:working human children to death making them is p eco-friendly that's actually a really good point. the carbon footprint of sweatshop worker is going to way be smaller than hiring someone in the developed world. I never even thought of that.
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Jun 7, 2017 14:40
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Minge Binge posted:that's actually a really good point. the carbon footprint of sweatshop worker is going to way be smaller than hiring someone in the developed world. I never even thought of that. nah real upside is both sweatshop worker and unemployed developed world worker die of preventable health issues due to being broke! capitalism is the earth's immune system working its way through a disease
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Jun 7, 2017 15:18
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Sebadoh Gigante posted:There are essentially two ways to go about making a superhero movie. You can make a “superhero” movie, (Christopher Nolan’s Batman films or Bryan Singer’s Superman) which takes the tropes, symbols and larger-than-life characters of the comic book universe seriously, analyzing the semiotics and psychology of superheroes and the culture that produces them. Or, you can say screw that egghead stuff and make a SUPERHERO movie, (John Favreau’s Iron Man or Richard Donner’s Superman) focusing on the technicolor spectacle that is the essential justification for the genre and leave the parsing of subtext to film critics and American Studies majors. Christ, man
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Jun 7, 2017 16:15
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Sebadoh Gigante posted:There are essentially two ways to go about making a superhero movie. You can make a “superhero” movie, (Christopher Nolan’s Batman films or Bryan Singer’s Superman) which takes the tropes, symbols and larger-than-life characters of the comic book universe seriously, analyzing the semiotics and psychology of superheroes and the culture that produces them. Or, you can say screw that egghead stuff and make a SUPERHERO movie, (John Favreau’s Iron Man or Richard Donner’s Superman) focusing on the technicolor spectacle that is the essential justification for the genre and leave the parsing of subtext to film critics and American Studies majors. Hell yeah
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Jun 7, 2017 16:30
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Reposting this: Amazon fights poverty with Prime discount for those on food stamps
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Jun 7, 2017 17:15
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Minge Binge posted:how many of these "woke" companies have started up with any other intention but to make money? The FAQ on the website purposely avoids answering the question of where these t-shirts are manufactured. They must be "woke" enough to understand that slave labour is actually bad, because it might hurt sales if they were to highlight it anywhere.
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Jun 7, 2017 17:43
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get that OUT of my face posted:reminder that beyonce's clothing line was made by impoverished, worked-to-death women in sri lanka in the 90s kathy griffin was exiled from public stage for using child labor. today she would be a woke role model
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Jun 7, 2017 19:35
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you know. once climate change has passed over and society rebuilds. The history books covering late stage capitalism would be so loving poetic. They'll have to devote so much time on the irony and hypocrisy of capitalists, because otherwise it would just be so difficult for people to believe what's going on without experiencing it.
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Jun 7, 2017 19:37
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get that OUT of my face posted:reminder that beyonce's clothing line was made by impoverished, worked-to-death women in sri lanka and the koch brothers defended beyonce for this
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Jun 7, 2017 19:40
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Minge Binge posted:you know. once climate change has passed over and society rebuilds. The history books covering late stage capitalism would be so loving poetic. They'll have to devote so much time on the irony and hypocrisy of capitalists, because otherwise it would just be so difficult for people to believe what's going on without experiencing it. every generation fantasizes that they will be the last one, but there's no such luck. this is hell and things will always get worse and the rest of infinity doesn't care about human suffering in any way
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Jun 7, 2017 20:03
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https://twitter.com/samswey/status/872151657626443776 https://twitter.com/davidminpdx/status/872190975732363264
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Jun 7, 2017 21:06
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Nice title change, ty R. Guyovich
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Jun 7, 2017 22:07
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https://twitter.com/katiedrumm/status/872567094071762945
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Jun 7, 2017 22:34
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Minge Binge posted:and society rebuilds. Lol
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Jun 7, 2017 22:53
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the lactation rooms at MCO have a shelf for you to put a laptop on right next to an outlet so they're clearly intended to be private jackoff huts as well
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Jun 7, 2017 23:00
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Yes John Wick 2 was a little over the top, but still pretty good. I wouldn't call it the best action movie, but it was good. John wick 2 isn't the best action movie because the best action movie is a toss up between john wick 1 and con air
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knowing how women are treated at uber, i bet that kalanick has unlimited access to the breastfeeding room in case he gets horny and wants to see a titty, and nobody has recourse against him
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