HIJK posted:

I once read someone describing SJWism as right wing protestantism with a gay hat. This was very accurate.

Paladinus posted:

Joss Whedon wants to gently caress Hillary CLinton dressed as Wonder Woman.

Captain Lavender posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmRs1QjHU-k&t=1768s

HIJK posted:

I once read someone describing SJWism as right wing protestantism with a gay hat. This was very accurate.

oohhboy posted:

Can we agree there are plenty of great sci-fy with some that aren't even set in space and that hardcore fans have a tendency to ruin the shows to new comers due to their evangelical zeal?

Joss has a pretty good record but he seems to do the best work under some of external restrain or adversity. He isn't that great if not terrible when given what is a near infinite budget as it lets the worse of him come through. Dollhouse sucked hard and LOL buffy with it's teenage BS.

Please enjoy what has to be one of the golden age of TV where can watch what you want, anywhere, any time, regardless of year of broadcast, on just about any device that can play video with recommendations tailored to your preferences.


Given this is one of the worse time-lines I can see what he is getting at.

reignofevil posted:

From a science fiction perspective westworld and lost both sucked sorry.

Quantum of Phallus posted:

neither

Paladinus posted:

Let me share my opinion on femenisum in the Red Letter Media thread on Something Awful Dot Com.

a bone to pick posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7S1JAnWDi8

corn in the bible posted:

Sorry but as one of the most ignored users on the site you don't actually exist

reignofevil posted:

I'm not ignoring Paladinus every one of his opinions is precious to me.

As are all RLM posters. Yes even that one.

reignofevil posted:

From a science fiction perspective westworld and lost both sucked sorry.

thoughts and prayers posted:

nope

serious post, they're *exactly* like the fundie baptists I grew up with

circular logic:
- god answering prayers is proof, god not answering prayers is a test of your faith
- women feeling oppressed is proof, women not feeling oppressed is self oppression
check

double standards:
- when you do a bad thing it's satan, when I do I'm forgiven
- when you do a bad thing it's oppressive patriarchy, when I do it's striking back
check

I could go on

but that would be even more boring

oohhboy posted:

I will fight you on West World.

LOST on the other hand is something beyond endless trash. I don't know how people got suckered by that show but it was blatantly obvious the whole thing was poo poo thrown on a wall by monkeys from the first episode.

reignofevil posted:

From a science fiction perspective westworld and lost both sucked sorry.

Schweinhund posted:

All TV is bad, same with movies and video games.

happyhippy posted:

Nah, LOST was something unique back then. It had genuine surprises and twists that are cliche now.
Sure it went to poo poo after season 2, but you were definitely wanting to see the next week to see what was the in the hatch or who was this new person that just turned up.

It did have a really loving terrible problem of people just not talking to each other.
If they just say down and each said what they saw or did that day to everyone they would have sorted out a lot of poo poo quicker.

reignofevil posted:

Westworld on the other hand I think is pretty much entirely rote garbage.

oohhboy posted:

It went to poo poo after season 2 for you because you realised how poo poo it was and how it was constantly baiting you promising that payoff that was never coming. The biggest reason for me as to why I rejected it from the first episode was that I could not come up with a satisfying solution to any of it seeing it for the BS it is. Forget having a unifying solution when you know you can't answer individual mysteries.

I mean, hell, I even watched Alias which was BS through and through but at least it wasn't up it's own rear end about it. Alias precessed LOST by 3 years. LOST was in no way unique or genuine in anyway other than the sheer level of awfulness.

I would take the unholy prequels over LOST any day.


Even if you think the plot was rote garbage you cannot deny the excellent execution and master-class acting. It is not often you want a character to show up just so they can talk with other characters or just simply monologue. That mid season reveal had me going "HOLY poo poo".

WampaLord posted:

General Dog posted:

oohhboy posted:

Even if you think the plot was rote garbage you cannot deny the excellent execution and master-class acting. It is not often you want a character to show up just so they can talk with other characters or just simply monologue. That mid season reveal had me going "HOLY poo poo".

General Dog posted:

oohhboy posted:

vermin posted:

I liked Lost. But I'm not in love with it anymore and it was pretty poo poo. It's like an ex.

You fall in love with it, you learn every little detail about it, you adore it and wonder when you're going to see it again. You're in love with it.
Then you start to notice its flaws but you give it the benefit of the doubt, you start making excuses for it, you tell yourself "it can't possibly get worse than this right" like it's all smooth sailing from here.
Finally you see it for what it is, you get sick just thinking about sticking it out with it to the bitter end, and you realize it's not going to change and really it's been like this since the beginning. You just wanted to enjoy your favorite TV show so badly you were willing to give all that time and energy when you knew they were manipulating you.
Later you can look back on the good moments and fun times you had, but it's always gonna be tainted by the sucky moments like when you realized Locke was just a puppet and the Dharma Initiative had dick all to do with anything. gently caress you Jacob. gently caress you Desmond. gently caress you Man In Black introduced at the last second piece of poo poo. Hurley's still cool. But gently caress the writers.