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chitoryu12 posted:Film Crit Hulk did a really good essay on the problem with JJ Abrams' writing. He's obsessed with the "Mystery Box" theory, where he believes that the mystery is infinitely more compelling than actually knowing the answer, so he crafts interesting mysteries without really thinking about what they're about. When he made Lost, it was literally nothing but the pilot; he just created a bunch of random poo poo that he thought would make for an interesting setup and filmed it. Mission Impossible 3 was his first big shot at a franchise. He literally named the McGuffin "The Rabbits Foot" and made it so obviously nothing that the movie loses all sense of tension and realism despite having the best series villain in Philip Seymour Hoffman. It's a skill that Tarantino has that JJ can't quite emulate.
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I remember when I saw "Into Darkness" with all of the really awkward "doesn't quite get it" fanservice and thought that Abrams was just contemptuous of Trekkies (understandable, tbh). Then I saw Rise of Skywalker--a franchise he demonstrably gives way more of a gently caress about--and realized that he's so broken and marketing-oriented that he's "just that way" in all the worst senses of the word.
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I think JJ just watched Ronin too many times and loves the mystery box.
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Aramoro posted:I think JJ just watched Ronin too many times and loves the mystery box. 
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Is no thread safe from the scourge of Star Wars arguing
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drat she's incredibly on point.
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Memento posted:drat she's incredibly on point. I've said it before and I'll say it again-- if a casting director thinks you're good enough to work with Robin Williams and Danny DeVito in their prime, you're probably a cut above
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mind the walrus posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again-- if a casting director thinks you're good enough to work with Robin Williams and Danny DeVito in their prime, you're probably a cut above This mostly checks out, except she's retired from acting, and Danny DeVito's prime is the period between 1970 and today.
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Danny Devito can never be out of his prime. He's the one man on the planet that's 100% comfortable with his body.
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Memento posted:drat she's incredibly on point. Would be nicer to punch up at him instead of down at the young girl, though.
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We had to drop classes by handing the course professor a card for them to sign, it sucked
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The most depressing thing about this is that there's enough young adults who were 7-11 years old when the last book came out still haven't read another book for that to be a successful class. Haven't young people latched onto some other dumbass thing yet?
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Subjunctive posted:Would be nicer to punch up at him instead of down at the young girl, though. She actually had a very nice exchange with someone in the comments to that tweet where someone pointed that out and she acknowledged it without being a shithead.
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Skwirl posted:The most depressing thing about this is that there's enough young adults who were 7-11 years old when the last book came out still haven't read another book for that to be a successful class. I hear opiates are pretty popular.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I hear opiates are pretty popular. 
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zoux posted:We had to drop classes by handing the course professor a card for them to sign, it sucked I had to do that for a stats unit where somehow it let me take it without having done the prerequisite. I went up at the start of class and just went "yeah I'm actually too dumb to be here, sorry boss, it's not you it's me". And yeah, it sucked.
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Skwirl posted:The most depressing thing about this is that there's enough young adults who were 7-11 years old when the last book came out still haven't read another book for that to be a successful class. They have. Potter just has uncommon staying power. But there have been other popular YA series like Hunger Games.
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Jan 15, 2020 05:19
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At least rich people die in that one
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christmas boots posted:At least rich people die in that one Oh god, this world would be so much better if everyone got their politics from Hunger Games instead of Harry Potter. Edit: Content https://twitter.com/GetDisneyPrime/status/1217293748587171841?s=19
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Subjunctive posted:Would be nicer to punch up at him instead of down at the young girl, though. Camila Morrone is a Vogue model and celebrity. Mara Wilson is incapable of “punching down” at her.
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chitoryu12 posted:Camila Morrone is a Vogue model and celebrity. Mara Wilson is incapable of “punching down” at her. Also Morrone was born in 1997, which makes me feel so very very old.
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Because I know how everyone on this forum loves spiders so much https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1217357939360460800?s=20
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Katt posted:Danny Devito can never be out of his prime. He's the one man on the planet that's 100% comfortable with his body. He's not the only one https://twitter.com/HadleyFreeman/status/1217079929738797056
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