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Judakel: Jul 29, 2004; Can't post for 9 years!

gradenko_2000 posted:

Starro was the most effective cape movie big-bad I've seen in a while. There was something primally uncomfortable about how it looked and behaved. Lovecraftian, even.

___

Suicide Squad was also very slick American imperial propaganda:

* the beach scene is just The Bay of Pigs... except this time it works because there's another one

* the whole island in general is just Cuba, loving come on, right down to the need for "free and fair elections"

* the movie explicitly states that "anti-Americanism" is bad and wrong and dangerous

* the Squad kills off the camp full of resistance fighters because they're too stupid to verify their intel, which is a thing that actually happens, but not only does the movie presume that there's enough of them to still be able to do a coup, the movie also brushes it off with the rebels still working with the Squad anyway just because "our interests are [still] aligned"

* yes, America wants to do all sorts of war crimey experiments, and it even off-shores it just so that they have plausible deniability, but boo-hoo some people feel real bad about it and want to stop it, so that makes it okay

* but the movie doesn't even make it okay either! in the end, Bloodsport STILL doesn't spill the means on the lab, and rationalizes it by saying "well, we need this to stay alive, and we already did violate orders and save the city, you can't have everything!"

I loved it, I laughed very hard at it, and Nanaue owns. I'm just really also Epstein-brained.

gunn really tries to have it both ways where it shits on us imperialism but also asks you to ultimately accept it because it is the best we can do

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indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

Judakel posted:

gunn really tries to have it both ways where it shits on us imperialism but also asks you to ultimately accept it because it is the best we can do

it doesn�t even poo poo on US imperialism; not really. it�s very much a �we need the Right People in charge instead of a Few Bad Apples� take. the implication is that the US should have intervened in Corte Maltese sooner to take down the Herrera family

# ? Aug 11, 2021 04:23

Judakel: Jul 29, 2004; Can't post for 9 years!

indigi posted:

it doesn�t even poo poo on US imperialism; not really. it�s very much a �we need the Right People in charge instead of a Few Bad Apples� take. the implication is that the US should have intervened in Corte Maltese sooner to take down the Herrera family

but the liberal's "right people" is just someone who doesn't do imperialism while doing imperialism still (just quietly and bloodlessly). That still means it shits on it as it exists and creates some utopian version of it which never will exist

Judakel has issued a correction as of 07:48 on Aug 11, 2021

# ? Aug 11, 2021 04:54

Tubgoat: Jun 30, 2013; by sebmojo

There's no such thing as bloodless imperialism.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 07:12

Judakel: Jul 29, 2004; Can't post for 9 years!

Tubgoat posted:

There's no such thing as bloodless imperialism.

almost like i said that

# ? Aug 11, 2021 07:48

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

lol zahn's monologue in the latest white lotus

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Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

it should be illegal to name your show that and not have it be about pai mei

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LIVE AMMO COSPLAY: Feb 3, 2006

Tubgoat posted:

There's no such thing as bloodless imperialism.

I bet there's a bomb that can handle that.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 09:16

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

Stairmaster posted:

How the gently caress are all if Jackie Chans films pre 1999 so amazing

He was raised by a drama school that taught him how to do crazy stunts and kung fu but not to read.

Same thing with Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, except the latter broke his leg and got chubby from all the ice cream the hospital let him have. He just made that his gimmick.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 09:49

Tubgoat: Jun 30, 2013; by sebmojo

Judakel posted:

almost like i said that

Almost, but not quite, unless it said that pre-edit.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 09:53

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

Tubgoat posted:

There's no such thing as bloodless imperialism.

Incendiary weapons can surely prevent any blood from being spilled.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 10:58

Tubgoat: Jun 30, 2013; by sebmojo

Powdered, incinerated blood is still blood.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 11:13

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

Tubgoat posted:

Powdered, incinerated blood is still blood.

Is car exhaust gasoline?

# ? Aug 11, 2021 11:36

ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

Mantis42 posted:

it should be illegal to name your show that and not have it be about pai mei

who?

# ? Aug 11, 2021 12:13

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

ArmZ posted:

who?

I think they're related to Uncle Iroh.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 13:26

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

im annoyed that the island country in suicide squad is called corto maltese because its an aggressively pointless reference it doesnt sound like the name of a country and the tone of the movie doesnt even remotely resemble that of the old corto maltese comics which were always much more straightforwardly antiimperialist

# ? Aug 11, 2021 13:47

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Mantis42 posted:

it should be illegal to name your show that and not have it be about pai mei

or willie wagtails

or pai mei as a willie wagtail

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Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

https://mobile.twitter.com/AngryKavanaugh/status/1425435828050821122

# ? Aug 11, 2021 16:49

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

yo dawg, i heard you liked colonizers

# ? Aug 11, 2021 17:01

Judakel: Jul 29, 2004; Can't post for 9 years!

Tubgoat posted:

Almost, but not quite, unless it said that pre-edit.

the edit just changed an apostrophe. i said it: "creates some utopian version of it which never will exist"

# ? Aug 11, 2021 17:13

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

Some Guy TT posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AngryKavanaugh/status/1425435828050821122

lol

# ? Aug 11, 2021 17:48

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

kkkolonizer$$$

# ? Aug 11, 2021 17:49

Toph Bei Fong: Feb 29, 2008

# ? Aug 11, 2021 17:55

indigi: Jul 20, 2004; ^{how can we not talk about family

when family's all that we got?}

I totally understand wanting credit but if you put a dance on tiktok you�re legally obligated to not Be Mad when a white lady with a billion followers does the dance and gets 390m views/likes. that�s what the app is like ???? don�t post there then

# ? Aug 11, 2021 18:08

ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

can dance routines be covered by intellectual property laws?

# ? Aug 11, 2021 18:21

Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

yeah it's like early 2010s twitter when people were complaining about their jokes getting stolen by comedians and show writers, which seems a bit more egregious to me than stealing dance moves but that all has really faded from the convo

Wraith of J.O.I. has issued a correction as of 18:24 on Aug 11, 2021

# ? Aug 11, 2021 18:22

Judakel: Jul 29, 2004; Can't post for 9 years!

at least the dance routines are original. that lady getting pissed at the instagram account seems to just be a lecturer

# ? Aug 11, 2021 18:23

Dr. Killjoy: Oct 9, 2012

Toph Bei Fong posted:

I�m still not clear on whether she is a writer, speaker, and internet yeller or not.

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Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

boooooooooo

https://twitter.com/clairemcnear/status/1425497980149321732

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:02

Bideo James: Oct 21, 2020; you'll have to ask someone else about the size of her cans

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

boooooooooo

https://twitter.com/clairemcnear/status/1425497980149321732

that dude straight up put himself in power lmao that owns

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:06

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

backpack kid sued fortnite for stealing the floss

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/696413611/backpack-kid-sues-fortnite-for-stealing-the-floss-dance

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:07

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

Bideo James posted:

that dude straight up put himself in power lmao that owns

yeah, i'm thinking i'm the new host. "advanced negotiations?" gently caress u. lmao. what? no one knows who the gently caress i am? who cares, eat poo poo.

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:13

Bideo James: Oct 21, 2020; you'll have to ask someone else about the size of her cans

uber_stoat posted:

yeah, i'm thinking i'm the new host. "advanced negotiations?" gently caress u. lmao. what? no one knows who the gently caress i am? who cares, eat poo poo.

he's a TV Elon Musk

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:20

Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

oh my god lmao

https://twitter.com/kickinson/status/1425491589137420292?s=21

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:50

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

oh my god lmao

https://twitter.com/kickinson/status/1425491589137420292?s=21

that rules, the av club reviewer called them red scare listeners after the first ep

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:51

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

oh my god lmao

https://twitter.com/kickinson/status/1425491589137420292?s=21

lmfao

# ? Aug 11, 2021 19:52

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

got that "perpetual k-hole" look down.

https://twitter.com/kickinson/status/1425496828087345155?s=20

# ? Aug 11, 2021 20:02

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

their banter really is good

# ? Aug 11, 2021 20:05

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

ArmZ posted:

can dance routines be covered by intellectual property laws?

Yes, but it has to be an actual routine, sorta like with music. You can't copyright the individual pieces, only the thing as a whole. A lot of tiktok dances are probably not complex enough, even if made up of entirely novel moves.

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Aglet56: Sep 1, 2011

indigi posted:

I totally understand wanting credit but if you put a dance on tiktok you�re legally obligated to not Be Mad when a white lady with a billion followers does the dance and gets 390m views/likes. that�s what the app is like ???? don�t post there then

we could advocate for dismantling social media and fixing the toxic attention economy that advantages white voices over poc in every arena. alternately, we could post angry messages about the symptoms of social media on social media and Have an Important Conversation

# ? Aug 11, 2021 20:30

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