Who Threadglightninged 2023: The Delay of Destiny

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Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

Alan Smithee posted:

it really was proof that Zombies are too big to fail

i feel like there should be some apt metaphor available to represent something that won't die but it's just not coming to mind

# ? Jul 13, 2023 14:21

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# ? May 26, 2024 19:40

MechanicalTomPetty: Oct 30, 2011; Runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me

I will say one thing in the movie's favor, it had maybe the most... unique solution to a zombie apocalypse I've ever seen in any form of media, aside from maybe Daybrakers and its magical Vampire catapult (and I think that one turned out to be a red-herring in the end).

# ? Jul 13, 2023 15:15

Beachcomber: May 21, 2007; Another day in paradise.; Slippery Tilde

There's a short story I can never remember the name of where, like Return of the Living Dead, zombies can't be killed by any means, so they build giant blenders in quarry pits and toss them all in there where they are slowly ground into slurry.

Later it's shown that the people who do the zombie capture are becoming kind of zombie-like.

Return of the Living Dead 3 recognizes that zombies are perpetual motion machines, so while the lady wants to use them to power exo-frames, they could be used to generate power.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 16:17

Uncle Boogeyman: Jul 22, 2007

"what am i supposed to believe that zombies are magic?" yes

# ? Jul 13, 2023 16:38

Pope Corky the IX: Dec 18, 2006; What are you looking at?

Beachcomber posted:

Return of the Living Dead 3

There are a lot of good ideas in this one but it's difficult to get through between the terrible effects and the very mid-90s "humorous" racism.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 17:12

Phanatic: Mar 13, 2007; Please don't forget that I am an extremely racist idiot who also has terrible opinions about the Culture series.

Sir Kodiak posted:

To my recollection, those studies count people who, for example, manned artillery among those who never pulled the trigger. Which may be technically accurate, but creates a false impression of soldiers being unwilling to fire rather than being assigned to roles in which there was no need for them to. Extensive studies were done in Vietnam and over 90% of soldiers in a position to fire their weapon at an enemy did so.

The claim is mainly based on the work of SLA Marshall, who purported to show via interviews with combat troops that less that 15% of men in combat actually fired their weapons in WWII.

He basically made this up.

https://www.historynet.com/long-dead-hand-s-l-marshall-misleads-historians/

# ? Jul 13, 2023 17:39

joylessdivision: Jun 15, 2013

Pope Corky the IX posted:

There are a lot of good ideas in this one but it's difficult to get through between the terrible effects and the very mid-90s "humorous" racism.

Counter point: Melinda Clarke as Julie.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 18:46

Pope Corky the IX: Dec 18, 2006; What are you looking at?

I mean, you could also just google a picture of her and not sit through a minstrel show.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 18:52

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

SAG-AFTRA strike greenlighted... https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1679400852937637888?t=mrP3hfubrDef7npnQEMTRA&s=19

# ? Jul 13, 2023 19:59

Tars Tarkas: Apr 13, 2003; Rock the Mok

A nasty woman, I think you should try is, Jess.

It's all Redglightninged now

# ? Jul 13, 2023 20:33

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

Beachcomber posted:

There's a short story I can never remember the name of where, like Return of the Living Dead, zombies can't be killed by any means, so they build giant blenders in quarry pits and toss them all in there where they are slowly ground into slurry.

Later it's shown that the people who do the zombie capture are becoming kind of zombie-like.

If you think of the name pm me!

# ? Jul 13, 2023 22:38

Tars Tarkas: Apr 13, 2003; Rock the Mok

A nasty woman, I think you should try is, Jess.

quote:

Disney pulling back on making Marvel, Star Wars content, Iger says

Key Points

Disney CEO Bob Iger said there will be a pullback in content spending and creation for the Star Wars and Marvel franchises.
Earlier this year Disney said it would slash $5.5 billion in costs, including $3 billion in nonsports content costs.
Iger said the explosion in Marvel TV shows in recent years �diluted focus and attention� for the brand.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/disney-cuts-back-on-marvel-star-wars-content.html

Too much Disney so now the era of Less Disney begins.

# ? Jul 13, 2023 23:39

X-Ray Pecs: May 11, 2008; New York
Ice Cream
TV
Travel
~Good Times~

It sounds more like they�re cutting back on streaming originals like the shows because they don�t make money.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 00:55

IShallRiseAgain: Sep 12, 2008; Well ain't that precious?

Meh, I think this is actually understandable. They are certainly making way too much star wars poo poo.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 01:20

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

How much disney star wars was good, anyway? Just Andor?

# ? Jul 14, 2023 01:45

Enos Cabell: Nov 3, 2004

Andor was great, Mandalorian was mostly good, the rest was dogshit.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 01:47

MechanicalTomPetty: Oct 30, 2011; Runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me

This has probably been a long time coming, but given what happened today and the timing of this announcement, I can't help but think this is also at least partly an attempt to control the narrative before the new release schedule really starts to taper off.

"See, we're not running out of movies, this was actually our master plan all along!"

# ? Jul 14, 2023 01:48

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

All five of those movies have maybe 40 minutes of good content between them, mostly scenes between Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 01:50

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

This has probably been a long time coming, but given what happened today and the timing of this announcement, I can't help but think this is also at least partly an attempt to control the narrative before the new release schedule really starts to taper off.

"See, we're not running out of movies, this was actually our master plan all along!"

He's also making these comments the same day as an actor's strike is called, so whatever plans they had are going to get pushed back again anyway. He's probably just getting in front of that.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 01:59

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

The best thing about Disney Star Wars is still the Phineas and Ferb crossover.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 13:39

IShallRiseAgain: Sep 12, 2008; Well ain't that precious?

lmao just lmao
https://twitter.com/WarnerBrosNFT/status/1679838164276453377

# ? Jul 14, 2023 18:11

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Can't post for 6 hours!

Remind me what that means, please. Pretend that I have no idea what a blockchain is.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 22:02

Uncle Boogeyman: Jul 22, 2007

Grendels Dad posted:

Remind me what that means, please. Pretend that I have no idea what a blockchain is.

don't worry about it

# ? Jul 14, 2023 22:06

Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

They're spending money on this instead of paying their writers and actors.

# ? Jul 14, 2023 22:15

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

Grendels Dad posted:

Remind me what that means, please. Pretend that I have no idea what a blockchain is.

That's the beauty of it; it doesn't mean anything!

# ? Jul 14, 2023 22:29

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Can't post for 6 hours!

But... blocking people or things is bad. It sounds like a chain of people or things I blocked, why would I want that?! Is the joke that they want me to add The Flash to the long line of poo poo I block? I don't even block anything!

# ? Jul 14, 2023 22:34

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

That commercial had a really early 2000�s FEATURES vibe to it

# ? Jul 14, 2023 23:53

IShallRiseAgain: Sep 12, 2008; Well ain't that precious?

Professor Shark posted:

That commercial had a really early 2000�s FEATURES vibe to it

But what if only a handful of people could get access to them and probably have to pay an extremely excessive amount of money for the privilege?

# ? Jul 14, 2023 23:57

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Grendels Dad posted:

Remind me what that means, please. Pretend that I have no idea what a blockchain is.

Blockchain means we will have a record of everyone a d everything who has bought or handled a product whether it's software or in the real world. How does this apply to a movie? Are we able to resell The Flash after we have bought it? Can we buy a digital copy of the Flash, found that the scene where Nic Cage Superman fights a giant robot spider have somehow been expanded into a 30 minute scene, and check the blockchain records to find out we bought a version that was once owned and modified by Jon Peters?

# ? Jul 15, 2023 00:18

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

It�s a good thing they put it on the blockchain or else how would anyone know it exists

They should make it an NFT because nobody wants to see it

# ? Jul 15, 2023 04:10

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

I'm going to torrent the flash movie hehe

# ? Jul 15, 2023 04:41

davidspackage: May 16, 2007; Nap Ghost

Grendels Dad posted:

Remind me what that means, please. Pretend that I have no idea what a blockchain is.

I feel like neither does anyone associated with that tweet. I tapped it to see people mock it, but it looks like they didn't allow replies, for SOME reason.

# ? Jul 15, 2023 05:45

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

Lol that even the nft bros are upset about this

# ? Jul 15, 2023 06:28

Vandar: Sep 14, 2007; Isn't That Right, Chairman?

I AM GRANDO posted:

How much disney star wars was good, anyway? Just Andor?

It's not as COMPLETELY dire as people act.

Force Awakens was decent and had its moments.
I thought the Last Jedi was great but that's contentious so.
Andor is great.
Mandalorian has like one and a half good seasons.
Rogue One is mostly good.

# ? Jul 15, 2023 07:57