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christmas boots posted:Almost as weird as every creation myth identifying humans as somehow special compared to other animals. Xenophanes posted:The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, flavor.flv posted:
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So, Candyman 2021 was pretty fun and had some interesting ideas, but one thing in particular really bugged me: it seemed really gratuitous and silly to make Anthony the baby from the first movie. Not only that, but seemed to run counter to the idea that it doesn't REALLY matter who Candyman IS, the meme/legend/cycle of oppression is what matters. Except when he's literally the baby kidnapped by the original movie's Candyman.
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Alhazred posted:Specifically looking for evidence that supports your hypothesis is a big academic no-no. Even I who only have a bachelor degree knows that. I feel like, especially in archeology, there's a difference between "looking for evidence that supports your hypothesis" and "ONLY looking for evidence that supports your hypothesis". Like, if you start from "we have really similar myths from a variety of cultures from this one geographical area, I wonder if there's any historicity to it?" and then do meta studies and even further digs in that area to see if anything matches, that's allowable. Saying "well, the loving ark has to be here somewhere" is bad science. I'm not sure which one biblical archeology falls under.
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Alhazred posted:Specifically looking for evidence that supports your hypothesis is a big academic no-no. Even I who only have a bachelor degree knows that. But why would I look for evidence that disproves my theory? Come on man
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oldpainless posted:But why would I look for evidence that disproves my theory? Come on man More like old..bias..less?
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FFT posted:Anyway it was hilarious when the truth came out but that's one irritating thing: it glosses over a lot and there's a motive behind it. What the gently caress happened when the truth outed?
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Samovar posted:What the gently caress happened when the truth outed?
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I watched Old last night and lmfao what are we doing here, movie? Hello I am the main character and my personality is [Insurance Actuary] how do you do. Also I was watching a trailer for another horror movie and I was like "I wonder if it will have a top down drone shot of a car driving on a forest road" and lol of course it does, they all do.
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Finally watched Malignant and liked it kind of despite the fact that it’s basically a gender-swapped and less bird-heavy beat-by-beat retelling of one of my least favorite novels of all time, The Dark Half by Stephen King
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Rockman Reserve posted:Finally watched Malignant and liked it kind of despite the fact that it’s basically a gender-swapped and less bird-heavy beat-by-beat retelling of one of my least favorite novels of all time, The Dark Half by Stephen King To me it was like Assassin's Creed mixed with Basket Case.
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Phanatic posted:To me it was like Assassin's Creed mixed with Basket Case. Yeah I love Basket Case and I got some of those vibes as well as Castle Freak but I still feel like the only notes of Malignant that worked for me were the underground Seattle location and the fact that it’s a loving TERATOMA, otherwise it was flat. Another one i just watched that I didn’t “get” - Gunpowder Milkshake. Some interesting visual styling and good music but honestly it was very stilted and awkward in the performances, especially given the quality of the actors in it. I also couldn’t quite pin down the genre. John Wick meets Oldboy meets Desperado meets 47 Ronin meets Drive? All better movies that were heavily cribbed from for this effort.
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I thought the ending of 'Squid Game' [MASSIVE SPOILERS]kind of ruined it a bit if they were trying to leave it open for a second season. It would have been MUCH better if 456 had got on the plane and gone on with his life. We already got the only answer we needed about who started the game and why, and the rest of the supposed mystery (and the guys playing evil American billionaires - but I repeat myself - were the only bad actors on the show) were by far the least interesting and most tangential part of the whole thing which was otherwise loving excellent and had infinitely more depth and better acting and characters than I ever expected.
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when people put up tents in movies, they never make sure the ropes are taut. they just hammer in a plug with a slack line from it. try camping sometime all of these tents would fall over by themself without a wind
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I've been rewatching 30 Rock and I know it's probably on purpose but you never get a sense of how successful TGS is. I know it really depended on what's funniest for the story at the time but it's still irritating to me.
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Sep 25, 2021 01:26
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End of the Lego Movie. Couldn't they have had some time just father/son for a year before immediately letting the toddler in? Dad's like 'we have to'. But they don't. They really don't.
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Carthag Tuek posted:try camping sometime
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Beachcomber posted:End of the Lego Movie. Even the simplest Lego stuff has "For ages 4-99" on it because a toddler will stick anything in their mouth.
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just basic lego rules put the comma wherever you want in that
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Of all the attention deaging tech has gotten lately the other way around could sometimes use some work too. I'm watching Midnight Mass and (major spoilers) it was super obvious that some characters were younger people in wigs and make up to make them look old/older, especially the doctor's mom. Don't just give her a (really) bad wig, make her look pale and tell her to walk around crooked. She's supposed to be an old woman that doesn't move around a lot, make her skin sag, have her wear a fat suit so she has an old woman's body. I don't know, maybe do a better job with lighting to hide it all? It's been done before in excellent ways and I'm not asking for Marvel levels of CGI aging but I really feel like they dropped the ball because like her first scene I recognized her for what she was and it kinda confirmed my suspicions that the new pastor was the old one only young again. I don't mind figuring that out before the reveal, but I'd rather not connect the dots because of bad make up, you know? Other than that I'm enjoying it a lot. Related: I really loved that in the final episode of The Cleaner they didn't even try in the flashbacks and just said gently caress it, put the actors as they are in young people clothes around young actors.
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Superhost: I can't overstate just how stupid this couple is. I get they are desperate for subscribers, but come on. Do not follow the crazy lady that has been spying on/stalking you the whole trip into the woods after deciding it's too creepy to stay at her place. And if you do, when she does a murder prank and seemingly gives you an opportunity to leave, just shut up and get out of there, who cares about your camera. Do not just randomly imply that she killed the previous owner, prompting her to go into full-on murder mode. And if you did all that, when you run away, maybe go back to your car instead of back into the crazy lady's house. most irrationally irritating part: wondering why there's no landline phone in the house especially in a place with really bad cell phone coverage. I guess if it was a rustic cabin or something where the idea is to "get away from it all" it'd fit the theme, but while this place is remote it has a ton of modern conveniences so I'd expect at least a backup connection to the outside world.
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Why would anyone anywhere have a landline now, unless they just really want to pay a few bucks a month to get robocalls about their car's warranty and political bullshit. I'm not even sure if there is such a thing as a landline in the traditional sense anymore, even as a backup. They're all VOIP everywhere AFAIK, even if they're pretending otherwise.
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Well just watch that movie to find out what happens when you don't have one  e: well technically since it was the killer's house (kind of), not having one was beneficial. But the couple could have found a place with one if they didn't want to get murdered with no way to call for help aside from filming and uploading a youtube video yeah I eat ass has a new favorite as of 01:25 on Sep 26, 2021 |
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Imagined posted:Why would anyone anywhere have a landline now, unless they just really want to pay a few bucks a month to get robocalls about their car's warranty and political bullshit. Proper copper lines to the POP do exist, they just turn to digital farther up the pipeline in the telco these days. Many businesses have them for security\fire with a cellular backup.
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Imagined posted:Why would anyone anywhere have a landline now, unless they just really want to pay a few bucks a month to get robocalls about their car's warranty and political bullshit. This is very much an edge case, but I know someone who has a medicalert necklace which connects to a landline and has some sort of setup under her mattress for measuring heartbeat or something. Literally all the equipment is designed around being used with a landline. Beyond that, unless you're still living in a reception blackspot, the only people still using them are going to be old people who are terrified of the idea of even the simplest smartphones.
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My parents and aunts/uncles still have one despite all owning hte newest iphones. But really, my complaint is that you shouldn't rely on just your cell phone if you're going to be staying in a remote area with a potentially murderous airbnb host. At least bring a satellite phone like they did in the jurassic park sequels
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Beyond that, unless you're still living in a reception blackspot, the only people still using them are going to be old people who are terrified of the idea of even the simplest smartphones.
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Imagined posted:Why would anyone anywhere have a landline now, unless they just really want to pay a few bucks a month to get robocalls about their car's warranty and political bullshit. Basically every business uses landlines extensively.
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Ogmius815 posted:Basically every business uses landlines extensively. Must be a US thing.
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Biplane posted:Must be a US thing. Almost every call I make in my work is to a landline if it isn't to a patient. I'd be surprised to see a mobile number listed for a doctor, for example.
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Biplane posted:Must be a US thing. Okay, so let’s say in whatever non-us country you are familiar with, you want to call a restaurant to ask a question about their menu, or make sure their hours aren’t affected by a holiday, or make a reservation. You look up a phone number and call. What kind of phone line does that number go to? It’s probably a landline.
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HopperUK posted:Almost every call I make in my work is to a landline if it isn't to a patient. I'd be surprised to see a mobile number listed for a doctor, for example. A lot of what appear to be landlines are actually VOIP these days. My work switched away from desk phones a year or two before COVID and now we all have numbers on a single exchange no matter where we work. The chief drawback is that if your Internet goes down you've got no way to tell ICT that there's a problem.
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Jedit posted:A lot of what appear to be landlines are actually VOIP these days. My work switched away from desk phones a year or two before COVID and now we all have numbers on a single exchange no matter where we work. The chief drawback is that if your Internet goes down you've got no way to tell ICT that there's a problem. Yeah this is what I was saying.
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Ah. I think I was thinking of mobile/landline as a split rather than traditional phoneline/data. In that case I see what you mean. We're VOIP now too. It loving sucks.
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The first MiB movie is almost flawless, except for the first scene where they drive the car to the squidbirth scene. It's so obviously sped up footage that it looks like something from the Benny Hill show.
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Jedit posted:A lot of what appear to be landlines are actually VOIP these days. My work switched away from desk phones a year or two before COVID and now we all have numbers on a single exchange no matter where we work. The chief drawback is that if your Internet goes down you've got no way to tell ICT that there's a problem. we went VOIP a few years back, except nobody thought to increase our internet to compensate and the first two weeks were full of static and dropped calls until they got the equipment upgraded
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Alhazred posted:The first MiB movie is almost flawless, except for the first scene where they drive the car to the squidbirth scene. It's so obviously sped up footage that it looks like something from the Benny Hill show. I like it up until the end where the movie forgets all the stuff it showed you earlier to do a big dumb shootout.
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muscles like this! posted:I like it up until the end where the movie forgets all the stuff it showed you earlier to do a big dumb shootout. It makes a lot of sense that the ending was apparently studio mandated.
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