TV's Frink

Look at the avatar.

First they came for the punctuation, and I did not speak out—
Because I was lazy.

Then they came for the capital letters, and I did not speak out—
Because I was lazy.

Then they came for the consonants, and I am speaking out—
Because if I don’t, they will come for me next.

Mrebo said:

Handman said:

I don’t think it’s shocking for me to say that I am a total dumbass when it comes to this kind of thing, but since I have the opportunity, I’ll ask. Why is requiring surgery to declare yourself a male or female a bad thing? From my perspective, it seems like the logical thing to do, if a man is defined as being, you know, biologically a man, and a woman the same. I don’t mean to be provocative, I’m just genuinely curious.

Curiosity killed the cow in the clouds and it rained hamburgers and people said they were delicious so they petitioned for more cows to be sent up notwithstanding protesters.

Is this your elevator pitch for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3?

Collipso said:

GotG’s cast released a letter asking for gunn to be rehired.

chris pratt posted it on instagram.

Are they threatening to walk?

Seems like the only thing would work, and that’s doubtful anyway.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Lol.

I don’t think we’re supposed to laugh at that.

Awaiting further guidance…

Supposed to has nothing to do with it. It’s an amusing story to me and it strikes me as a tad bit funny. In the past, my willingness to giggle at insane news stories has been cited as examples of how I’m pure evil, but I don’t care. Some guy changing his gender for insurance reasons is so crazy that it’s funny.

Weren’t you specifically laughing at chyron’s post? My post was facetious, as I smiled at his post. Admitting to it would mean I’m on the wrong side of history or whatever.

Some day we’ll all admit that putting cows on clouds was a barbaric practice.

Can’t read it.

The answer is never Tennessee.

Actors aren’t characters.

Unless they’re character actors, of course.

Jay said:

TV’s Frink said:

Jay said:

You can count me among those who enjoy TPM more than TLJ, by the way.

I understand this must be a low bar for you, but what do you enjoy about TPM?

• Qui-Gon (my favorite Jedi)
• Palpatine (my favorite character in the whole saga)
• 3PO (unlike his terrible jokes from AotC, I think his humor works pretty well in TPM)
• The pod race (and the Tusken Raiders in particular…biggest laugh by far when I saw it in the theater)
• Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon vs. Darth Maul
• John Williams doing some of his best work
• Interesting plot (some people hate all the exposition and politics, but being a fan of Palpatine, I find the maneuvering and manipulation entertaining and TPM does a good job of setting up exactly how he came to power)
• Feels like Star Wars to me (totally subjective, of course)

There’s plenty technically wrong with TPM (wooden acting, sometimes questionable dialog, pacing issues, etc.), any scene with a Gungan ranges from weak to annoying, and midi-chlorians should have been left on the cutting room floor, but it managed not to ruin characters I care about while at the same time introducing me to new ones I like. And more than anything else, it reinforces the idea that training, dedication, and mindfulness are essential to gaining insight into the Force and expanding your powers, even if you’re Space Jesus.

TLJ is a great technical achievement that trashes the characters and lore I care about while failing to advance the new characters that TFA couldn’t get me to care about in the first place. And it throws a couple new terribly written characters in the mix just for fun.

The bottom line is I can ignore what I don’t like about TPM and enjoy the rest. TLJ doesn’t allow me to do that because the parts I don’t like involve main plot points and main characters, and the rest isn’t interesting enough to hold my attention.

I started to write up a bunch of stuff but it got too long. I’ll just say that I agree there’s good stuff in TPM, I consider it the best prequel. And I’ll leave it there.

NeverarGreat said:

yotsuya said:

Jay said:

darthrush said:

NeverarGreat is bringing up some great points. I think the very fact that so many people (at least that I have talked to) thought that Rose crashing into Finn made no sense proves this. Because they felt (as well as I) that the movie set them up for Finn making a successful sacrifice.

That’s just how they interpreted the scene, as well as how I did. Doesn’t make it more right than an alternate interpretation, but that is kind of how movies work. They are meant to provoke different opinions from people and readings of the same material.

The Last Jedi in my opinion, for that scene, presented it in a manner that set us up to be angry and puzzled with Rose’s decision. Just my reading of the scene.

I think most disagreements over TLJ originate from people presenting their interpretations of certain scenes as the only valid—and therefore obvious—interpretations, with any interpretations running counter to theirs being completely wrongheaded.

I’m not trying to say every scene has only one proper interpretation, but rather that your preconceptions of how the story should go color how you interpret a scene. Knowing this is Star Wars and the heroes don’t die, Finn’s life is never at risk and there is not chance of him destroying the weapon because he has to live for the next film. That is a Star Wars Trope.

Someone seems to be conveniently forgetting The Phantom Menace.

Sounds like the right move to me. 😉

LordZerome1080 said:

paja said:

Here’s a another one.

Beautiful girl gets ogled by men then gets captured and shaved as a sort of punishment sex.

I take it back, this is a bad thread idea.

The Freedom Caucus is the new Republican Party.

Did you know about this guy?

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/Jeebus/id/25884

9.2/10.0

Although it still doesn’t answer my question.

Lol I’d watch Hair Police.

paja, this is one of the best things you’ve done here. Seriously, make a separate thread for it, it’s too good for just a random thoughts thread.

Someone made a personal attack?

Someone better tell Jeebus.

Why would Handman give Anthony Michael Hall his panties?

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Handman said:

I don’t know, watching porn when I want a story isn’t really for me, especially underage porn.

Why should I take posts like this seriously?

You don’t though.

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t have time to make serious posts.

Do you have time to bookmark posts like that or something?

Anyway, that didn’t answer my question.

Queries are for computers, impulsive decisions are the mark of humanity.

Oh hai mark of humanity.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

DominicCobb said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

If they get too big they can become a real nuisance. I’d at least do a warm compress for a little while.

Sounds like a lot of work.

Have fun getting puss in boots

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Handman said:

I don’t know, watching porn when I want a story isn’t really for me, especially underage porn.

Why should I take posts like this seriously?

You don’t though.

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t have time to make serious posts.

Do you have time to bookmark posts like that or something?

Anyway, that didn’t answer my question.

Jay said:

You can count me among those who enjoy TPM more than TLJ, by the way.

I understand this must be a low bar for you, but what do you enjoy about TPM?

Collipso said:

ytttt said:

Like Ben Kenobi ran off to a desert planet when everything went to hell?

maybe watch rots again?

Hard pass.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Although you like Freddy Got Fingered so maybe that explains it.

Yeah, 'cause 4/10 = like.

When you give Freddy Got Fingered a 4/10, yes, you like it. That’s 4 too high, at minimum.

DuracellEnergizer said:

LOL, this thread is great entertainment.

It’s pretty much the same over and over again so I’m not sure why you enjoy that.

Although you like Freddy Got Fingered so maybe that explains it.

I put 200% gin in my tonic. Win-2xwin.