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Neil Breen obviously sees the suffering and inequality wrought upon us by capitalism and corporate exploitation. In his earlier films, he explored this struggle and his desire to make the world a better place through direct power fantasy ("I have eliminated 300,000,000 humans from the planet today! They were harmful to other humans!") In Twisted Pair, I think the boys are right, that he splits this struggle and desire into a literal split personality. Cade is the righteous protector and his only predatory act is revealed as playful and consensual. He destroys the tools of the corruptors and tries to destabilize the greater conspiracy. Cale continues down the path of direct action, kidnapping and torturing minor corrupt officials, but that only leads to his own corruption. In The Tortured Crossing, Cade continues as a benefactor, financially supporting a mental health hospital and acting as literal super hero, and is outraged when it is revealed that the hospital is still plagued with corruption. Cale, meanwhile, has completely succumbed to his own corruption, now needing to prey on the patients at the hospital for their genetic material as his own physical form deteriorates. Breen's message in Tortured Crossing has evolved from "I am the savior that will protect you" to "you must rise up and protect yourself." His effort to support the hospital was corrupted after his involvement, but he teaches the patients to fight for themselves, and they do. He mercy kills Cale, the embodiment of his dark twin savior complex and passes the torch of fighting corruption directly to his audience. The movie itself is overlong and could probably be cut by 50%, because really it's just a post-script to the Cale/Cade dichotomy, made up of leftover scraps from Twisted Pair. It could have been more compelling if we followed Cale in his descent towards inevitable demise, as it is in fact Cale making the titular Tortured Crossing and not Cade. Cale may not be able to save us, but he will "be right here," in our hearts.
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First of May posted:Neil Breen obviously sees the suffering and inequality wrought upon us by capitalism and corporate exploitation. In his earlier films, he explored this struggle and his desire to make the world a better place through direct power fantasy ("I have eliminated 300,000,000 humans from the planet today! They were harmful to other humans!") this is such a powerful interpretation. im crying
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First of May posted:Neil Breen obviously sees the suffering and inequality wrought upon us by capitalism and corporate exploitation. In his earlier films, he explored this struggle and his desire to make the world a better place through direct power fantasy ("I have eliminated 300,000,000 humans from the planet today! They were harmful to other humans!") RealityWarCriminal posted:we sacrificed J*nny for this
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 19:48 |
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poisonpill posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xst7GbF22t0&t=718s We loving banned X JAKK for this?
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 19:58 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D--yrrQrCoo
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 19:59 |
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Mega64 posted:We loving banned X JAKK for this?
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:02 |
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I thought x jakk made a sad boy banme? Did the thread cast him out
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:05 |
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Sex Farm posted:I thought x jakk made a sad boy banme? Did the thread cast him out First the latter, then the former
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:07 |
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I watched Dirty Work last night on Laff. Awful movie, funny scenes and great guest appearances.
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:12 |
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Sex Farm posted:I thought x jakk made a sad boy banme? Did the thread cast him out He wasn’t cast out. A mod asked him not to promote his stuff in here. Instead of doing that he did the normal thing and made a ‘woe is me’ ban me thread.
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:16 |
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CaptainBeefart posted:I watched Dirty Work last night on Laff. Awful movie, funny scenes and great guest appearances. christ this movie is 26 yrs old. its classic norm but yeah some of those jokes do not play anymore nor did they ever i guess. still a pretty funny movie
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:18 |
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I would self immolate in a heartbeat to bring x jakk back from youtube nirvana into the poo poo with the rest of us. Hell any reasonable person would
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Hackers film 1995 posted:christ this movie is 26 yrs old. its classic norm but yeah some of those jokes do not play anymore nor did they ever i guess. still a pretty funny movie The 'tossed into a dumpster' and 'tossed out a window' scenes are still great.
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No Mods No Masters posted:I would self immolate in a heartbeat to bring x jakk back from youtube nirvana into the poo poo with the rest of us. Hell any reasonable person would you gotta stop settin yourself on fire brother. x jakk if you're reading this do a video addressing the points that guy who set himself on fire in NY made in his manifesto about the Simpsons
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:32 |
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Wherever X jakk is I hope he’s happy and living his best life
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:35 |
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xjakk is flaily his arms wildly (dancing) in a closed up storefront in my heart
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:41 |
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dang, now I realize who the guy who lit himself on fire in Manhattan outside the trump trial reminds me of.
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:42 |
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This is xjakk's mother and I won't let him out of his lair in the basement until he stops watching cartoons and agrees to take out the trash
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:46 |
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CaptainBeefart posted:I watched Dirty Work last night on Laff. Awful movie, funny scenes and great guest appearances. https://youtu.be/3jluTLx9Kuc?si=FGpB8kSIecPjnwM4
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 20:50 |
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Lol they nearly killed Don Rickles with this
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 21:01 |
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can someone remind me which video has that super short auction tape
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 21:13 |
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Jon Irenicus posted:can someone remind me which video has that super short auction tape That's the last Junka with Milwaukee Culkin
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 21:26 |
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saw the good the bad and the ugly at the alamo after seeing the greatest comedy of all time, part 2 of birthday weekend is seeing the greatest "western" of all time ("western" in quotes because insert explanation here). I've actually never watched the third part of the dollars "trilogy" before ("trilogy" in quotes because insert explanation here 2), I watched the first two about a year apart in college and just never got around the last. I agree with jay/colin that this is the best one, although the hat shooting scene in for a few dollars more is one of my favorites in any movie of any genre ever filmed. eli wallach and lee van cleef give amazing performances, every shot where the frame is filled with one of their faces is a whole scene unto itself
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 21:28 |
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kalel posted:saw the good the bad and the ugly at the alamo drat man you’re putting Tim League’s kids through college
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 21:33 |
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KakerMix posted:Star Wars? The fan SW4K restoration project just dropped v1 of the Empire resto after working on it for years, lot of film grain in there so probably best on a projector; they will no doubt follow the ANH and Jedi releases and put out a DNR version sometime soon.
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 21:52 |
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cant remember if ive posted about this before but its my 2nd run through of the Warrior tv show about san fran’s chinatown in the 19th century and it is just so good. i had only watched the 1st two seasons created by skinemax, but the 3rd season made by hbo is just as good so far. the sets are great, the acting is good to great, and the fight choreography is easily the best ive seen for a tv show. check it out
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First of May posted:Neil Breen obviously sees the suffering and inequality wrought upon us by capitalism and corporate exploitation. Oh word? Was it Cade or Cale that bought Breen’s Ferrari?
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No Mods No Masters posted:I would self immolate in a heartbeat to bring x jakk back Start now.
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lmao
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Still watching that Constellation show on AppleTV and I still can’t decide if it is worth it, it seems like they’ve done in 7 episodes so far what should really have taken no more than 4.
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Jose Oquendo posted:He wasn’t cast out. A mod asked him not to promote his stuff in here. Instead of doing that he did the normal thing and made a ‘woe is me’ ban me thread. I don’t even remember a mod being involved. He just posted early in the morning and a few of the morning crew grumps got upset and were kinda personal in their attacks on him and his content. He’d already auto-banned by the time most of the thread regulars had woken up.
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# ? Apr 21, 2024 23:08 |
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kalel posted:the good the bad and the ugly Rich, Jay, Mike
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reignofevil posted:This is xjakk's mother and I won't let him out of his lair in the basement until he stops watching cartoons and agrees to take out the trash Bring him a Pepsi.
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# ? Apr 22, 2024 00:40 |
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kalel posted:saw the good the bad and the ugly at the alamo wow freakin davey crocket over here
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# ? Apr 22, 2024 00:41 |
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly is wayyyyyy better than the other two. Those two aren't even in the same league as it.
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I watched the dollars films in reverse order and they're all good and have great climactic endings that are all distinctly different yet in the same wheelhouse.
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