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Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

RedneckwithGuns posted:

All the engineers (and coincidentally chemists?) I've ever known have been the biggest conspiracy theory InfoWars dipshits, so agreed

I've never met an engineer or STEM professional that was like that but apparently engineers are predisposed towards extremism.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/magazine/12FOB-IdeaLab-t.html

Tatum Girlparts posted:

ah yes, the abused lackey named 'the fool', THIS is the gay icon we needed

Smithers is a gay icon.

The Brown Menace posted:

back in my day we stopped time, loving millennials too lazy to perform the arcane arts of chronomancy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1tv-hFjg3A

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Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Wanting to have a diverse cast that provide characters a wide range of viewers can identify with is a good thing. It's only when it reaches the point of, say, complaining about the lack of qenderqueer mixed-race bilateral amputees in a show set in the Old West that it becomes terminally stupid.

You've clearly never seen El Topo.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

What's the etymology of uberetto?

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

I Love Loosies posted:

So which one is the LGBT kid?

They're all bi and poly.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Latest Google Doodle https://www.google.com/#q=Esther+Afua+Ocloo&oi=ddle&hl=en

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0OowNXWTQ

It's ironic that the way they justify not objectifying women is with a literal patriarch.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Business Gorillas posted:

they carpetbombed the "MY poo poo MILLENIAL FAILSON RUINED MY COMPANY" ad on adult swim so ymmv

Epic Bacon Chuck Norris EVISCERATES Millenial Shkreli Failson

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

salty fries make me cry posted:

I worked in fast food for five years and worked my way up to almost assistant manager, and it turned me into a near suicidal alcoholic. I'm working as a floating cashier/deli guy for a regional convenience store chain and make several dollars an hour more doing next to nothing most of the time than I did managing a bunch of teenagers for just over min. wage. I even get dental now.

I just turned 27 and need to get a real job soon but holy poo poo is this better than fast food.

Fast food is the loving worst.

Assistant TO the regional manager.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008


Clickhole got scooped.

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Jun 28, 2008

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/FrackFeed/status/858108576354652160

https://twitter.com/hooter009/status/858126260320563200

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/StalinGamergate/status/870416207714934784

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/871563815162449920

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rapeman

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

A Gnarlacious Bro posted:

Anybody else want to post an essay about how if your just looking to laugh and clap, superheroes are actually pretty ok

There are essentially two ways to go about making a superhero movie. You can make a “superhero” movie, (Christopher Nolan’s Batman films or Bryan Singer’s Superman) which takes the tropes, symbols and larger-than-life characters of the comic book universe seriously, analyzing the semiotics and psychology of superheroes and the culture that produces them. Or, you can say screw that egghead stuff and make a SUPERHERO movie, (John Favreau’s Iron Man or Richard Donner’s Superman) focusing on the technicolor spectacle that is the essential justification for the genre and leave the parsing of subtext to film critics and American Studies majors.

People interested in crowning a “greatest ever” superhero movie are really looking for a film that combines the two approaches to form the ultimate: a “SUPERHERO” movie. Whether such a beast is even possible is up for debate. Many people have claimed that The Dark Knight embodies the synthesis, but it really doesn’t. Are the action scenes (except for that kickass truck crash) on anyone’s list of the twenty most memorable things about that film? As great as it is, TDK is a pure “superhero” movie. Other films, like Ang Lee’s Hulk, attempt the synthesis and fail miserably.

The triumph of Joss Whedon’s Avengers is that it never wavers in it’s commitment to delivering the titanic action pageantry and iconic superhero personalities that drew us all to these characters when we were not-yet-jaded youngsters. And that’s why The Avengers is the best SUPERHERO movie of all time.

If The Avengers were just a string of high-octane action scenes, it would already claim the throne, but what makes this movie truly extraordinary is the attention paid to the characters. Considering that Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk have all carried entire films by themselves, the main danger of a film featuring them all is that they might just blend together into one Uberhero. But Joss Whedon masterfully avoids this pitfall by focusing on the very different ways that each of these characters views their role as a superhero. For Bruce Banner, it’s a curse. For Steve Rogers, it’s a duty. For Thor Odinson, it’s a birthright. And for Tony Stark it’s a chance to have fun and show people just how awesome he is. These divergent visions of superheroism not only help the characters stand out from one another, they also create the interpersonal friction that sparks the kind of glorious intramural smackdowns that will thrill anyone who made their action figures fight each other as a kid.

By focusing on delivering core comic book thrills, by vividly representing a group of indelible superhero characters that have been painstakingly reintroduced to moviegoers over the past decade, by taking the time to shape relationships and conflicts sharply and efficiently, and by delivering a monumental finale of smashing and crashing that could have been pulled directly for a fanboy’s cream dream, Joss Whedon and company have made the finest SUPERHERO film to date. Until the sequel, at least.

review by Matt Christman

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008


This, but holding an xbox controller.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Maybe even amazon's warehouse employees can afford to buy from there now!

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Dreddout posted:

Service guarantees Prime membership

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Jun 28, 2008



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Jun 28, 2008

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Jun 28, 2008

WampaLord posted:

Extra Credits is the most puerile thing I've ever seen. They claim to be educational, informative, and entertaining and they never reach the goal of even being one of those things.

"Let's describe a concept, then show you a couple basic examples of that concept. Let's ask a bunch of questions that might have interesting answers if we actually wanted to dive into this concept beyond a surface level. Aren't those neat sounding questions? Sure would be great if we had answers for them! See ya next week!"

All while speeding up the main dude's voice because...I really don't know why.

Do you think the person who does Extra Credits could be trans or non-binary and speeds up their voice to conceal their identity? That's just a theory (A GAME THEORY!) but I figured they wanted to avoid harassment because it doesn't seem like anyone would favor the sped up voice as an aesthetic choice.

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Taintrunner posted:

it's not, it's just people who don't feel if the strict gender roles of male or female align with their identity. it says a lot more about the people who get mad about it than the people who feel that way when people make posts like this.

Remember when people freaked out about Garfield being non-binary? (This is canon btw)

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

Dapper_Swindler posted:

yeah. like i could understand if they were mad at the analogues parts.


Lumpy the Cook posted:



uhhh guys... Lol...

Pomplamoose
Jun 28, 2008

I don't know how often Penzey's Spices has been posted itt but they've more or less appointed themselves the official spice supplier of the #Resistance.





And they just came out with a seasoning in honor of John McCain



https://www.facebook.com/Penzeys/

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Jun 28, 2008

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