Wait is this for shows that you used to love when you were a kid but don’t anymore, used to love as a kid and still do, or have recently loved as an adult?
man, staring at someone and looking at the direction someone’s in is very clearly and very noticeably different.
How would you quantify that legally?
Who is talking about legal definitions? Wasn’t this 5-second-rule just part of a guideline to provide a rule of thumb? Why is everyone talking like this is a proposal for an actual law?
People love getting offended.
Especially by people staring at them.
If it’s a dispute between someone staring and someone being stared at, I’m definitely falling down on the side of the person being stared at. Didn’t know this was a controversial position to have. I thought everyone knew that staring is a weird and rude thing to do but guess not.
I’m pretty sure TLJ has had about as much hate as the Prequels.
I’d love to know how you can be pretty sure about that.
With my age group at least, I’m fairly certain it does. Most people I talk to don’t mind the prequels and dislike TLJ.
Ever heard of the concept of small sample size or anecdotal evidence?
Your scientifically credible evidence for backing your position consists of…?
Come on man. My position is that you can’t make a statistically relevant data set from talking to your friends. What position do you think I was presenting?
I have no real data, but I would not be surprised at all if the 15-20 year-olds are largely not offended by the prequels.
I know a lot of people in my circle that don’t like TLJ and I don’t actually know anyone that likes it. My sample-size is only about 10, so I’m not saying that means much of anything, but I think it would be a fair assumption that TLJ at least has had a mixed reception.
That’s stupid though. I don’t know anyone in my real life who dislikes TLJ, but I’m not gonna sit here and pretend that TLJ is universally loved (and based on your posts about interacting with other humans, I think it’s safe to say my sample size is larger). You can’t base a film’s overall reception just off your friends and colleagues.
man, staring at someone and looking at the direction someone’s in is very clearly and very noticeably different.
How would you quantify that legally?
Who is talking about legal definitions? Wasn’t this 5-second-rule just part of a guideline to provide a rule of thumb? Why is everyone talking like this is a proposal for an actual law?
People love getting offended.
I had a strange dream involving this forum. We found out a long-time poster here had died, and we somehow got his address, got a group together, and went to pay our respects. The widow was there and told us the poster had mentioned us, but then went back inside. My grandmother was there too. I have no idea what to make of this.
Who was the poster?
I guess my question is ‘who decides what staring at someone is?’ Could someone conceivably get in trouble for staring at something behind someone else? What if someone’s just staring into space, but someone else thinks they’re being stared at?
As with most rules I’m sure it’s more like a guideline. And also I’m not sure this is even a rule that actually exists in reality?
When I was first dating my now wife, we used to go to something called a mall to people watch. We’d sit up on the upper level and watch people down below to see what they were doing, what stores they stopped at, the weird things they were wearing, etc. It was a nice way to spend no money while having some fun conversation and learning about each other.
I think it’s hilarious that anyone would equate this with staring at the secretary all day.
Yep. And even though I enjoy people watching as much as the next guy, it’s not exactly polite behavior to begin with.
I would definitely consider anyone who stares at someone for more than five seconds to be “socially inept.”
I’m pretty sure TLJ has had about as much hate as the Prequels.
I’d love to know how you can be pretty sure about that.
With my age group at least, I’m fairly certain it does. Most people I talk to don’t mind the prequels and dislike TLJ.
Ever heard of the concept of small sample size or anecdotal evidence?
Your scientifically credible evidence for backing your position consists of…?
Isn’t his position literally just that one can’t be sure of one’s position?
Is that Rey and Chewbacca?
The movie is fine. Not bad, not good. Just fine.
Worst movie ever? Worse than the Holiday Special? You’re insane.
At least I can derive some entertainment from the Holiday Special.
I don’t understand this. I’ve never in my life wanted to gouge my own eyes out, except for the one time I tried to watch that putrid piece of shit.
Yes. It’s not so bad it’s good, it’s so boring it’s bad.
There’s nothing entertaining about watching it.
The movie is fine. Not bad, not good. Just fine.
Worst movie ever? Worse than the Holiday Special? You’re insane.
At least I can derive some entertainment from the Holiday Special.
I don’t understand this. I’ve never in my life wanted to gouge my own eyes out, except for the one time I tried to watch that putrid piece of shit.
The movie is fine. Not bad, not good. Just fine.
Worst movie ever? Worse than the Holiday Special? You’re insane.
Was it worse than Cars 2?
No.
The movie is fine. Not bad, not good. Just fine.
Worst movie ever? Worse than the Holiday Special? You’re insane.
TOS has the best tone/feel of all the Trek series’, but I’m not keen on the Technicolor sets/costumes, the episodic storytelling, or the steadfast focus on Kirk/Spock/McCoy. TNG & especially DS9 did better jobs utilizing and developing their characters.
The Kirk/Spock/McCoy dynamic is the show!
I love 'em, but it would’ve been nice if there’d been some Scotty/Sulu/Uhura/etc.-centric episodes in the mix.
And they’re far more complex than they’re given credit for! Especially Kirk.
Complex, yes, but they don’t evolve. Real character growth and change only took place once they transitioned to film.
It’s not a problem if the only way you watch Star Trek is a single episode every once in a while when it’s on TV.
Luckily I saw it on an airplane, and didn’t pay money to see it in a theater. Of course I am referring to “Wrinkle in Time”, which may now have garnered my coveted spot as Worst Movie Ever Ever. Its one redeeming feature?.. there are times when it looks eerily similar to the beloved Star Wars Holiday Special! And I mean the worst parts. Life Day would have fit right in - the music too!
Weirdest take I’ve read so far today.
If the prequels are memorable, it’s not for the right reasons.
Will update when I have something to update haha. Workprint no.5 is still the most recent. I stress workprint because I still wouldn’t consider ROTS officially done and released. I mean, it is just about basically done. Just a few minor revisions, give or take whatever feedback I may or may not receive from those who’ve yet to watch. But I think I’d like to get AOTC and TPM in preview condition first, and, well, I haven’t really done much on that front recently either (been busy).
I’ll probably try to get back to it this weekend. Maybe I’ll post an AOTC clip or something.
Good to hear about Order 66 too, I hoped that’d be the case.
The last third is much much better than anything in 2.
This is the only thing you said that was right.
Maybe part of it is that I don’t find 2 to be awful, just incredibly boring and uninteresting. That’s basically how I feel about most of 3 too.
MU was average. Better than Cars 2 (low bar) not as good as Cars 3 or Finding Dory.
Please. MU was a lot of fun. Cars 3 was barely better than 2 for most of its runtime.
Ok.
Yes.
Cars 3 was barely better than 2 for most of its runtime.
That’s… a take.
I’m not sure how controversial that is. Most people would agree 3 isn’t all that great and is towards the bottom of the Pixar barrel.
Sure. All the Cars movies are lesser Pixar. 3 is still better than 2 by a country mile.
I agree it’s better, but probably more by like a normal mile. Also my point was that for most of it it’s only kinda better. The last third is much much better than anything in 2.
MU was average. Better than Cars 2 (low bar) not as good as Cars 3 or Finding Dory.
Please. MU was a lot of fun. Cars 3 was barely better than 2 for most of its runtime.
Ok.
Yes.
Cars 3 was barely better than 2 for most of its runtime.
That’s… a take.
I’m not sure how controversial that is. Most people would agree 3 isn’t all that great and is towards the bottom of the Pixar barrel.
MU was average. Better than Cars 2 (low bar) not as good as Cars 3 or Finding Dory.
Please. MU was a lot of fun. Cars 3 was barely better than 2 for most of its runtime.
When I was very young, I ordered a cheeseburger with just cheese. They gave me a slice of cheese between two buns. It was cold.
I was once given that at McDonald’s but I hadn’t made any sort of misunderstood request like you did. My only mistake there was going to McDonald’s in the first place.
You can dislike it sure, but terrible/ugly? Nah
Yeah but the cover doesn’t look like that shot. The flowers are ugly and his face isn’t straight up green in the actual shot. Also the red background isn’t visually compelling without the lines in the shot.
The green is much more exaggerated on the cover but his face does turn greenish. The flowers are also from the sequence. The red is fine. You’re very wrong.