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Old Kentucky Shark posted:
This is my new favorite description of RPO
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Wow, you guys weren't kidding about Ready Player One. It's like Neal Stephenson if Neal Stephenson had been kicked in the head as a young child. It's like a little boy raised by a single mother who desperately believes a famous celebrity is his absent father, only the celebrity in question is Pac-Man. It is the eating lead paint chips of books. Mate, I can't count how many times loving GOTG2 made me tear up. I'm a sucker for family storylines and that goddamn movie wrecked me. Logan too, but at least I walked into that knowing I'd be hosed up.
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Dec 27, 2017 22:53
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I was sobbing. And not just because Yondu was my boy.
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Dec 27, 2017 23:15
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I may have gotten some dust in my eye at "he may be your father, but he ain't your papa" but you can't prove anything
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Dec 27, 2017 23:22
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Even if you were to somehow set aside all the stuff with Yondu and his relationships/interactions with the other Ravagers, Peter, Rocket, or Gamora and Nebula, or Drax talking about his daughter, Guardians 2 is a movie where the lovable immature manchild protagonist isn't gifted with hot smooches and/or Requisite Hollywood Sex with the love interest despite his lovely behavior at various points throughout the movie, which makes it more sincere than like 90% of movies with similar protagonists.
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Dec 27, 2017 23:45
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Yea, even Rangarok has some really serious character moments even tough the movie is pretty silly.
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Dec 28, 2017 00:01
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Wow, you guys weren't kidding about Ready Player One. It's like Neal Stephenson if Neal Stephenson had been kicked in the head as a young child. It's like a little boy raised by a single mother who desperately believes a famous celebrity is his absent father, only the celebrity in question is Pac-Man. It is the eating lead paint chips of books. You haven't lived until you've listened to the audiobook read by Wil Wheaton
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Dec 28, 2017 00:06
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Goffer posted:You haven't lived until you've listened to the audiobook read by Wil Wheaton That's what he's doing actually. I tried to warn him but, well.
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Dec 28, 2017 00:07
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twistedmentat posted:Yea, even Rangarok has some really serious character moments even tough the movie is pretty silly. It’s the only one thus far that’s sold me on the idea that there really is some affection between Thor and Loki.
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Dec 28, 2017 00:16
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Goffer posted:You haven't lived until you've listened to the audiobook read by Wil Wheaton You mean Vice President, Wil Wheaton.
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Dec 28, 2017 00:17
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twistedmentat posted:Yea, even Rangarok has some really serious character moments even tough the movie is pretty silly. "Let's have a tender sibling moment in this elevator, the first one we've had in pretty much ever. Now I'll throw you at some guys!"
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Dec 28, 2017 01:10
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Bruceski posted:"Let's have a tender sibling moment in this elevator, the first one we've had in pretty much ever. Now I'll throw you at some guys!" Get Help is the best game ever and I fully expect Thor to teach it to the Avengers.
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Dec 28, 2017 01:15
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Please God let that Zune have Teenage Dirtbag on it.
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Dec 28, 2017 01:20
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fruit on the bottom posted:It’s the only one thus far that’s sold me on the idea that there really is some affection between Thor and Loki. Yep, beside the scene in the elevator, the scene with Odin's death is great too. I feel like Quill would totally get into Cock Rock.
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Dec 28, 2017 01:22
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Bruceski posted:"Let's have a tender sibling moment in this elevator, the first one we've had in pretty much ever. Now I'll throw you at some guys!" This is pretty true to actual familial relationships in my experience.
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Dec 28, 2017 01:38
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I didn't feel like the humor took away from any emotional impact in Thor 3, but the pacing sure did. Especially the first half of the movie. Still liked it though.
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Dec 28, 2017 01:57
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The joke near the end of Thor 3 about foundations didn't really work with the mood of the scene and wasn't funny or clever enough to justify that.
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Dec 28, 2017 02:19
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Bruceski posted:"Let's have a tender sibling moment in this elevator, the first one we've had in pretty much ever. Now I'll throw you at some guys!" It perfectly fits the characters! Also loved the retelling of the snake story, especially how much Loki was fondly remembering it.
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Dec 28, 2017 02:28
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There are a lot of MCU moments that are effective in sincerity to me. Cap's speech in Winter Soldier. Drax thinking about his daughter.
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Dec 28, 2017 03:05
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Doctor Spaceman posted:The joke near the end of Thor 3 about foundations didn't really work with the mood of the scene and wasn't funny or clever enough to justify that. Yeah, this is one of the few instances where you could point to something and go "actually this bit is too quippy" and I'd agree with it.
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Dec 28, 2017 03:09
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I would argue that the genuine sincerity Chris Evans brings to his performance as Captain America is the single biggest reason why the character wasn't laughed off the screen. I know I was extremely skeptical of the First Avenger until I walked out of the theater, and then I was completely on board.
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Dec 28, 2017 03:16
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Eh, even though I like movie Cap, I feel like they greatly toned down the "corny" aspects of the character. He doesn't really give many speeches and his beliefs aren't as strongly held or well defined. He's a slightly Peter Parkerized version of Steve Rogers. An obvious example is how comic Cap reacted to the registration act vs how movie Cap did.
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Dec 28, 2017 03:19
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Lurdiak posted:Eh, even though I like movie Cap, I feel like they greatly toned down the "corny" aspects of the character. He doesn't really give many speeches and his beliefs aren't as strongly held or well defined. He's a slightly Peter Parkerized version of Steve Rogers. An obvious example is how comic Cap reacted to the registration act vs how movie Cap did. Could you please express this opinion in the form of someone else’s vague tweet instead?
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Dec 28, 2017 07:05
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I very much enjoyed Thor 3, also the only thor movie worth actually seeing. It was like a metal album come to life. It was a better sequel to Guardians of the galaxy than guardians 2 was. That said, it also refused to take itself seriously on any level. The elevator scene was probably the one genuine moment it actually allowed itself, and even then it follows it up with the get help thing. Cool if that floats your boat, but I didn't like that. Lurdiak posted:Eh, even though I like movie Cap, I feel like they greatly toned down the "corny" aspects of the character. He doesn't really give many speeches and his beliefs aren't as strongly held or well defined. He's a slightly Peter Parkerized version of Steve Rogers. An obvious example is how comic Cap reacted to the registration act vs how movie Cap did. I feel like this cap is just so..boring? Morose? I don't really get "inspirational" from him, more like a weariness of having to do a job he doesn't want to do, but he doesn't know how to do anything else. And like you said, his beliefs seem ill-defined. It's like he's there always being stoic and glum or vaguely concerned.
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Dec 28, 2017 10:32
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Odin's death is largely quip free too, from memory.
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Dec 28, 2017 11:18
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McCloud posted:I feel like this Superman is just so..boring? Morose? I don't really get "inspirational" from him, more like a weariness of having to do a job he doesn't want to do, but he doesn't know how to do anything else. And like you said, his beliefs seem ill-defined. It's like he's there always being stoic and glum or vaguely concerned.
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Dec 28, 2017 16:24
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ImpAtom posted:This is my new favorite description of RPO I will add that Ready Player One is also the never having touched a woman’s breast of books.
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Dec 28, 2017 16:27
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I feel like I wouldn't have hated RPO nearly as much if it'd just been a random book I picked up. I feel I would have read it, said "meh" and forgot about it. But then I had a friend who told me it was the second coming of Christ and I HAD TO READ IT, which made me angry at them and angrier at the book. I'm very glad to see these opinions expressed about the book, as I no longer feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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Dec 28, 2017 16:47
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I think that was why I didn't really hate it at first, it was years ago and before this whole thing blew up. It was just "Oh, a book about videogames, cool. "
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Dec 28, 2017 18:06
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Samuringa posted:I think that was why I didn't really hate it at first, it was years ago and before this whole thing blew up. It was just "Oh, a book about videogames, cool. " I remember rave reviews and poo poo everywhere when it came out. I had so much other poo poo to read since I had just gotten my kindle that by the time I had figured I should check it out I read enough excerpts that I knew it was hot garbage.
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Dec 28, 2017 18:27
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I think it’s partly that it takes a fairly good premise — Willy Wonka and the Internet Factory — and then proceeds to make every wrong choice. And also, the book that peeps out between the pages of the book, about a fat incel hiding in an abandoned bus masturbating to visions of Reagan’s America while western civilization collapses around him, would be a really good satire if the author could conceive of it being satirical. Old Kentucky Shark fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Dec 28, 2017 |
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Dec 28, 2017 18:46
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Odin's death is largely quip free too, from memory. That's because it happened so fast that there was no time for quips.
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Dec 29, 2017 01:43
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McCloud posted:I feel like this cap is just so..boring? Morose? I don't really get "inspirational" from him, more like a weariness of having to do a job he doesn't want to do, but he doesn't know how to do anything else. And like you said, his beliefs seem ill-defined. It's like he's there always being stoic and glum or vaguely concerned. I wouldn't quite go that far, but I definitely wouldn't say he's right off the page either. I mean I like Winter Soldier and most of the First Avenger, and he works well with the versions of Tony and Nick Fury in the film universe, but it just doesn't quite feel like the same character to me. I can't picture Chris Evans telling people about how awesome the democratic process is or whatever. The character is usually focused much more on personal issues and "getting the bad guys" than standing for a particular ideal. Ojjeorago posted:Could you please express this opinion in the form of someone else’s vague tweet instead? youmad.gif
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Dec 29, 2017 02:45
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That meme isn’t animated, that’s an inefficient use of data.
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Dec 29, 2017 02:49
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Lurdiak posted:I wouldn't quite go that far, but I definitely wouldn't say he's right off the page either. I mean I like Winter Soldier and most of the First Avenger, and he works well with the versions of Tony and Nick Fury in the film universe, but it just doesn't quite feel like the same character to me. I can't picture Chris Evans telling people about how awesome the democratic process is or whatever. The character is usually focused much more on personal issues and "getting the bad guys" than standing for a particular ideal. I don't think you've read many Captain America comics
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Dec 29, 2017 03:20
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Tbh I think expecting movie cap to go on a two page screed about the ideal of democracy is barking up the wrong tree cuz that shits never gonna fly in terms of making a watchable film where a speech only works if it's 45 seconds or less
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Dec 29, 2017 03:20
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Unmature posted:I don't think you've read many Captain America comics Yeah I only read about 40 years worth of them, and 40 years worth of Avengers comics, plus a bunch published over the last decade.  site posted:Tbh I think expecting movie cap to go on a two page screed about the ideal of democracy is barking up the wrong tree cuz that shits never gonna fly in terms of making a watchable film where a speech only works if it's 45 seconds or less Yeah I understand. It's not like I dislike movie Cap, which I'm pretty sure I already said. This is a very mild criticism of an enjoyable version of the character.
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Dec 29, 2017 03:34
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site posted:Tbh I think expecting movie cap to go on a two page screed about the ideal of democracy is barking up the wrong tree cuz that shits never gonna fly in terms of making a watchable film where a speech only works if it's 45 seconds or less Excuse me, speechs in watchable films can be at least 1 minute and 28 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLywiaM6PA
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Dec 29, 2017 03:37
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Lol
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site posted:Tbh I think expecting movie cap to go on a two page screed about the ideal of democracy is barking up the wrong tree cuz that shits never gonna fly in terms of making a watchable film where a speech only works if it's 45 seconds or less Someone hasnt watched atlas shrugged.
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