chitoryu12 posted:

Lazyfire's LP of Wolfenstein: The New Order also got attention from some MachineGames developers. I think one of them had an account and posted info and concept art, and they sent him some Wolfenstein swag as a thank-you for covering the game so well. A number of viewers (myself included) purchased the game based on his LP so good LPs can actually boost sales somewhat depending on the player's viewer base.

A Spider Covets posted:

I always wondered what the big deal with SMG was, because I only read the horror thread in CineD, and all he does in there on the rare occasion he shows up is post really out-there interpretations of films/scenes. I don't remember the stuff he said in there being offensive, just weird poo poo.

Was he the one behind that thread about The Brave Little Toaster being a tremendously sad hosed up movie, or was that someone else?

A Spider Covets posted:

I always wondered what the big deal with SMG was, because I only read the horror thread in CineD, and all he does in there on the rare occasion he shows up is post really out-there interpretations of films/scenes. I don't remember the stuff he said in there being offensive, just weird poo poo.

Was he the one behind that thread about The Brave Little Toaster being a tremendously sad hosed up movie, or was that someone else?

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

I'm pretty sure Pick did the brave little toaster thread but I could be wrong.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

is it really that unfair to say that the existence of the joose saga (for example) is an incredibly goddamn strong deterrent to ever trying phenazepam

like, that's the sort of thing i'm referring to; forums like TCC basically mean that when people do decide to do really dumb poo poo with drugs or try esoteric drugs with lovely effects, the consequences get broadcast to the world instead of only one idiot learning from it. i wouldn't call it the absolute most important angle of the subject, but it's not like it's totally useless.

Inescapable Duck posted:

Don't forget Helldump being quite the trendsetter too.

purple death ray posted:

Pick did the bee movie thread, I think the brave little toaster was older than that, but I could be wrong too

Rough Lobster posted:

How are people still being shocked that SMG is awful? I mean, the man almost singlehandedly poisoned a movie discussion forum and it mutated into the tortured, braying beast that Cinema Discusso is today. His posts are like polonium.

duncan posted:

The sound of metal chains whipping against bare flesh hang heavy in the air, like a bird flying into a headwind. The room is damp and sparsely lit. SUPERMECHAGODZILLA’s scarred jowls are illuminated by a desk lamp laying sideways on the floor

SUPERMECHAGODZILA
Which reading is true? Which reading is true? WHICH READING IS TRUE!?

KOOS
[Spits mouthful of blood] The words are used specifically for their literal intention, the events are straightforward so as to be easily understood by an audience of children.

The beating begins again, with a furious vigour, until SUPERMECHAGODZILLA can barely stand. He rests one hand against a dirty wall, sweat marring his 1993 Nebraska Film Festival hypercolor t-shirt.

SUPERMECHAGODZILA
The opposite reading is true… The opposite reading is true. I’ve been to college.

KOOS straightens his posture, his pride and dignity unscathed by the days long assault of a fat, stupid man.

KOOS
Any perceived allusions to facism in A Goofy Movie are a wholesale invention of a misguided viewer.

SUPERMECHAGODZILLA adopts the look of a man who has been defeated. Wearily, he grabs a shotgun that had been resting in the corner, and cocks it loudly.

KOOS
Goofy simply wishes to bond with his son through fishing, a traditional pastime, as he had done with his own father. It is neither parable nor allegory. Neither dog was molested, the material does not support this.

SuperMechaGodzilla posted:

The appeal here is understandable: the basic narrative is of an college-educated man inflicting violence against an innocent. The narrative is an exaggerated version of the familiar chain e-mail, where a precocious young child (or United States Marine) stands up before a sputtering liberal college professor to tell him that abortion (or terrorism) is actually wrong, causing the whole class to applaud.

However, there is a more familiar narrative here. The conflation of writing with torture bears an unmistakable resemblance to the phenomenon of 'triggering', popularized by Tumblr, where certain words are alleged to 'trigger' latent traumas from abuse, rape, etc. SJWs effectively claim to be 'raped by words', and consequently hold uncareful speech to be an absolutely unacceptable harassment. In this sense, the story is accurate; I am not tolerant or respectful of others' opinions 'by default'. Standing for truth is by nature violent, intolerant.

'"Harassment" is another of those words which, although it seems to refer to a clearly defined fact, functions in a deeply ambiguous way and perpetrates an ideological mystification. At its most elementary, the term designates brutal facts of rape, beating, and other modes of social violence which, of course, should be ruthlessly condemned. However, in the predominant use of the term "harassment," this elementary meaning imperceptibly slips into the condemnation of any excessive proximity of another real human being, with his or her desires, fears and pleasures. Two topics determine today's liberal tolerant attitude towards others: the respect of otherness, openness towards it, and the obsessive fear of harassment. The other is OK insofar as his presence is not intrusive, insofar as the other is not really other. Tolerance coincides with its opposite: my duty to be tolerant towards the other effectively means that I should not get too close to him, not to intrude into his/her space - in short, that I should respect his/her intolerance towards my over-proximity. This is what is more and more emerging as the central 'human right' in late-capitalist society: the right not to be harassed, i.e., to be kept at a safe distance from the others.'
-Slavoj Zizek, "God is Dead, but He Doesn't Know It"

Despite the Koos character's claims to stand for 'aw shucks' traditionalism , family values and whatnot, the ideological universe of the story is wholly liberal-capitalist.

The choice of the Goofy Movie as the subject for the fictional debate is quite revealing. Any viewer of A Goofy Movie knows that although Goofy feels threatened by the pop artist Powerline (a black 'afrofuturist' artist with a hitop fade and astronaut costume, hailing from LA), the harmony in his family is actually disrupted by the intrusion of a girl. A Goofy Movie is essentially a gender-swapped Forbidden Planet, where Max's encounter with the woman as Object disturbs he and his father's incestuous peace. Find explanation here for why a literal Bigfoot monster appears. Max and Goofy are each trying to make sense of an impossible antagonism, so that Max blames the loss of harmony on the rednecks, and Goofy blames 'rap music'. The moral is, of course, that these are both false targets. The harmony they seek is an impossible fantasy.

This is relevant because the story depicts the SuperMechagodzilla character as a 'terrorist' threat trying to 'destroy our way of life' (despite my consistently voicing support for 'conservative values' in actuality) - an abject creature to be eliminated so that a harmonious, capitalist society can be guaranteed. As in Tumblr, the language of authentic emancipatory movements is appropriated for personal empowerment, divorced from actual class struggle. Imagery of martyrdom is abused.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Both of them were her. This one stops halfway through though. She got her life together (sic) and doesn't write massive movie reviews any more.
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3572938

exploded mummy posted:

My favorite type of LP is for the game that is often overlooked or never really got world wide release where the author spends some time stripping and deconstructing how it works and was developed.

It's like watching engineering stripdowns of cars or stuff...just with video games.

Solice Kirsk posted:

The Brave Little Toaster was (and is) one of my hands down favorite Disney movies. Dying car song, best song. The one where the guy takes apart all the appliances is also pretty good.

ToxicFrog posted:

Those are the best songs in the movie, IMO. (It's not a Disney movie, though, and rewatching it as an adult with my kid, wow, it is weird as gently caress, although Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars is definitely weirder.)

Syd Midnight posted:

Mein Kampf Enthusiast posted:

Has anyone done a New Colossus LP where they highlight exactly how that game is worse than its predecessor in virtually every way possible?

A Spider Covets posted:

I always wondered what the big deal with SMG was, because I only read the horror thread in CineD, and all he does in there on the rare occasion he shows up is post really out-there interpretations of films/scenes. I don't remember the stuff he said in there being offensive, just weird poo poo.

Was he the one behind that thread about The Brave Little Toaster being a tremendously sad hosed up movie, or was that someone else?

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

jesus, I know SMG was garbage, but when did Armond White go from "dumb Hot Takes that bad movies are good and good movies are bad" to "murder children, also black people are garbage"?

oldpainless posted:

He’s black like Barry white not white like frank black is

chitoryu12 posted:

Lazyfire's LP of Wolfenstein: The New Order also got attention from some MachineGames developers. I think one of them had an account and posted info and concept art, and they sent him some Wolfenstein swag as a thank-you for covering the game so well. A number of viewers (myself included) purchased the game based on his LP so good LPs can actually boost sales somewhat depending on the player's viewer base.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Oh, the old "he's not a heinous excuse for a human being, he's just trolling" defense. Look how well that worked out for /pol.

Syd Midnight posted:

SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:

SMG was always aggravating to scroll past but when he tried to claim Pacific Rim was fascist that was all I needed to know about him. If he’s being openly racist that’s completely unsurprising.

oldpainless posted:

He’s black like Barry white not white like frank black is

Untrustable posted:

But what of Frank Ocean?

poptart_fairy posted:

The gimmick was cute at first, but then a bunch of other posters started writing ten page creeds about which character was Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit regardless of film and it just got tedious.

Inescapable Duck posted:

American racial politics are nearly inescapable and yet still manage to be confusing. Is Armond White an Uncle Ruckus then?

Solice Kirsk posted:

What the gently caress?! I've been thinking it was Disney since.....well since forever. This changes everything.

Korremar posted:

neither is Feivel Goes West
neither is Fern Gully
neither is Anastasia
neither is Secret of Nimh
neither is All Dogs Go To Heaven

Top comment for this video posted:

GlaciusTS
1 year ago
Feels weird watching this now having known about the fate of Judith Barsi before the movie came out. If you close your eyes it's like Burt Reynolds is saying goodbye to Judith, and she doesn't know she's dead.

exquisite tea posted:

That sounds like a line of bullshit Don Bluth probably made up to keep terrifying millions of children, and I'm glad of it.

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

e: Bluth was especially influential on Pixar; Toy Story 3 is basically a love letter to his style of filmmaking, and The Good Dinosaur might as well be their attempt at making a good Land Before Time sequel.

oldpainless posted:

He’s black like Barry white not white like frank black is