chyron8472

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Possessed said:

Why do you find specifically Disney’s treatment of star wars so bad compared to before? We didn’t have the oot then either, so yes that’s bad but it’s not something Disney put in place. And I understand you don’t like the sequel trilogy and while I do I understand people not liking it but I don’t see how anybody could rationally say they aren’t better than the prequels. Even if they are less original than the prequels, they are way more competently made.

I can appreciate that the prequels at least came from somewhere that wasn’t a corporate board-room meeting. Rogue One being almost entirely reshot is an example of the soulless corporate meddling and the lack of any real vision.

I swear, some people see “Disney” anywhere on the product and just automatically assume the corporate suits made the whole thing while the actual filmmakers were locked in the janitor’s closet.

This.

I think it’s unfair to blanketly label anything remotely under the umbrella of Disney as soulless. And it overlooks a lot to give the Prequels a pass simply because their particular board room meetings had George Lucas and what amounted to a collection of yes-men.

Giving George all the artistic credit for the OT vastly overlooks the many people on staff at the time who overrode ideas of his that would have ruined the films.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I hate modern Disney.

I think Disney knows. As a child I got excited by the castle opening of their movies. Classic Disney was great. If Disney was still held in such regard, it would have been proud to start TFA and TLJ with its Disney castle in lieu of the necessarily omitted Fox fanfare.

Disney often makes movies that they don’t use the Disney logo for. They didn’t even use it for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? but used their Touchstone Pictures brand instead.

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m going to go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and scream at the animatronics like I have schizophrenia. It’s my form of protest.

Don’t forget to make a video of it. And also to film vertically.

Actually you shouldn’t film vertically. it might seem easier to hold your phone that way, but it is actually quite annoying to watch things that were filmed that way. There is a thing referred to as Vertical Video Syndrome and i fear you have it.

=p

I think you knew I was being non-serious, but answered as though I was.

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m going to go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and scream at the animatronics like I have schizophrenia. It’s my form of protest.

Don’t forget to make a video of it. And also to film vertically.

Frank your Majesty said:

Theme parks were a lot better before they removed the guns.

Guns were a lot better before they removed the theme parks.

My hair is brown, but increasingly grey.

Mrebo said:

Only most of us prefer to remain safely anonymous.

Most but not all. There are other people around here whose names are known.

Pepperoni is on the second pizza. And nope, no bubble.

Well, turns out the Papa Murphy’s Pizza place near my house closed. So that will drop from my go-to pizza places pretty quickly.

In the meantime…

Mrebo said:

CatBus said:

So for those watching the Mueller witness show (making inferences from minor public announcements, because that damn ship doesn’t leak), there’s the carrots (Flynn, Gates, etc) and the sticks (Manafort). But Mueller just handed out an unusually large carrot. Complete immunity, granted to a nasty piece of work who could easily go down for a lot of unsavory shit. I’m hoping he got something equally large in return. And I hope Nader has a security detail, because he could be ratting on any or all of about four different organizations that like to assassinate people for fun and profit.

Questions I have include:

1. What is your name?
2. What is your quest?
3. What is your favorite color?

FTFY

moviefreakedmind said:

There’s worse things in real life for them to see.

Yes. And life is what you make it.

My policy on children is to show them quality art that won’t disturb them too much (but will at least disturb them a little).

It really depends on the child. Some children are more sensitive to certain things than others. Children are also very impressionable, and subjecting them to disturbing imagery for its own sake isn’t necessarily a good call.

Now, that being said, I have already shown my 3 year old daughter every one of the Disney animated feature films (some of which are pretty dark for a toddler). She was really worried about Ariel when Ursula gained power near the end of The Little Mermaid, but all I had to say was that “Eric has to fight the boss. Ursula is the boss.” because she has watched me play games as well as watched Let’s Plays so she understands the concept of the Big Bad in a story.

She’s not old enough for The Dark Crystal, though.

My position is that there is a middle ground between sheltering one’s kids and subjecting them to things. Life is certainly brutal, but what we subject ourselves to influences our outlook and attitudes, and one’s outlook and attitudes matter.

JEDIT: I know I said I wish media from streaming services was held to a similar censorship standard as TV, but the truth is I really just wish I could watch a show or have my family watch a show without wondering what sort of content it has. An expectation of having to do research on every show and movie is really annoying.

Back to the topic though, I really don’t understand why people are apologist or have blinders on for Trump. They’ve decided they like the man, and it therefore makes him infallible.

I’m not aware that poking the bear has to be relevant to the current topic.

Doesn’t invalidate my point, though. And yes, I did explain.

But you still don’t understand, so I guess that answers that.

You can be an ass, and you either don’t understand or don’t care. Or both.

I would say you probably just don’t care, but since I have to explain it to you…

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Unfortunately Trump either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the consequences of anything he does, and it seems neither do you.

Pot, meet kettle? 😉

That doesn’t even make any sense.

Sure it does.

You probably better explain it then

You don’t care. At least not around here you don’t.

Well if you’re happy that no one knows what the hell you’re talking about, I guess that’s your call.

Case in point.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Unfortunately Trump either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the consequences of anything he does, and it seems neither do you.

Pot, meet kettle? 😉

That doesn’t even make any sense.

Sure it does.

You probably better explain it then

You don’t care. At least not around here you don’t.

Plus a wink for only being half-serious.

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Unfortunately Trump either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the consequences of anything he does, and it seems neither do you.

Pot, meet kettle? 😉

That doesn’t even make any sense.

Sure it does.

TV’s Frink said:

Unfortunately Trump either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the consequences of anything he does, and it seems neither do you.

Pot, meet kettle? 😉

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

No. Papa Johns is bad too.

And overpriced.

double post.

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

DominicCobb said:

I’m trying to understand this Papa Murphy’s pizza, at first I thought it was a pizza chain restaurant, but now it sounds more like a Digiorno frozen pizza at the supermarket kinda deal?

It’s not frozen. And the ingredients are better. And there are more of them.

And them preparing the pizza takes less time, so you’re in and out of the store in no time even if you don’t call ahead.

Wait, it’s not frozen? First time I’m hearing that.

https://hub.papamurphys.com/

We don’t have freezers. We don’t pour cheese pellets from a bag. Instead, we make dough from scratch, shred cheese from blocks, and chop veggies by hand. It’s how you’d want to make a pizza if you had all day to do it.

Is this the part where I said it was a joke and you say you know but you responded literally anyway?

You know what would make that blurb even better? If they also cooked it for you. I really don’t understand what’s so great about having all the benefits of a pizzeria but just not cooking it.

I suppose it’s cheaper, it’s faster to pick up, you don’t have to eat it right when you bought it, and you can eat it at home right after you cook it instead of it cooling off during travel time. Also, pizzerias with ovens spend more on overhead, so either they could then spend the money saved on better ingredients and/or on offering a lower price.

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

DominicCobb said:

I’m trying to understand this Papa Murphy’s pizza, at first I thought it was a pizza chain restaurant, but now it sounds more like a Digiorno frozen pizza at the supermarket kinda deal?

It’s not frozen. And the ingredients are better. And there are more of them.

And them preparing the pizza takes less time, so you’re in and out of the store in no time even if you don’t call ahead.

Wait, it’s not frozen? First time I’m hearing that.

https://hub.papamurphys.com/

We don’t have freezers. We don’t pour cheese pellets from a bag. Instead, we make dough from scratch, shred cheese from blocks, and chop veggies by hand. It’s how you’d want to make a pizza if you had all day to do it.

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

ray_afraid said:

TV’s Frink said:

Handman said:

I watched both when they were in theaters. I enjoyed both, but expected Boyhood to swamp all the awards, so rooted for Birdman because I felt it was the underdog and more entertaining. Boyhood was an experience, but one I wouldn’t really want to revisit.

Dek Rollins said:

Handman said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Everything is a product of its time.

But some more than others. I once again point to how Superman, although made 10 years earlier, ends up being much more timeless.

I mean, you may not be wrong, but you can’t tell me that Superman doesn’t ooze the seventies at some moments as well.

Fair enough. I guess what I’m trying to say is Batman feels like a movie of its time rather than a Batman movie, while Superman feels more faithful to the character. Superman is the first thing I’d point to if someone wanted me to explain the character, while Batman isn’t. It’s still a solid movie and I really enjoy it to this day.

Well as I’ve said multiple times already, it’s a Burton movie. And by extension it’s not a Batman movie.

Batman isn’t a Batman movie? I don’t quite follow what you’re saying here.

Have you seen it?

It’s not a Batman movie, it’s a Burton movie that happens to have Batman and happens to star The Joker.

It’s technically a Batman movie but presumably you get my point now.

Which (live action) Batman movies then are actually Batman movies and not just Martinson/Burton/Schumacher/Nolan films that happen to have Batman?

DominicCobb said:

I’m trying to understand this Papa Murphy’s pizza, at first I thought it was a pizza chain restaurant, but now it sounds more like a Digiorno frozen pizza at the supermarket kinda deal?

It’s not frozen. And the ingredients are better. And there are more of them.

And them preparing the pizza takes less time, so you’re in and out of the store in no time even if you don’t call ahead.

TV’s Frink said:

ray_afraid said:

TV’s Frink said:

Handman said:

I watched both when they were in theaters. I enjoyed both, but expected Boyhood to swamp all the awards, so rooted for Birdman because I felt it was the underdog and more entertaining. Boyhood was an experience, but one I wouldn’t really want to revisit.

Dek Rollins said:

Handman said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Everything is a product of its time.

But some more than others. I once again point to how Superman, although made 10 years earlier, ends up being much more timeless.

I mean, you may not be wrong, but you can’t tell me that Superman doesn’t ooze the seventies at some moments as well.

Fair enough. I guess what I’m trying to say is Batman feels like a movie of its time rather than a Batman movie, while Superman feels more faithful to the character. Superman is the first thing I’d point to if someone wanted me to explain the character, while Batman isn’t. It’s still a solid movie and I really enjoy it to this day.

Well as I’ve said multiple times already, it’s a Burton movie. And by extension it’s not a Batman movie.

Batman isn’t a Batman movie? I don’t quite follow what you’re saying here.

Have you seen it?

It’s not a Batman movie, it’s a Burton movie that happens to have Batman and happens to star The Joker.

It’s technically a Batman movie but presumably you get my point now.

Which (live action) Batman movies then are actually Batman movies and not just Martinson/Burton/Schumacher/Nolan films that happen to have Batman?

You might as well say Superman: The Movie was not a Superman movie but a Donner movie that happened to have Superman. Every director flavors their movies with their own style, so I’m not sure what the point is of Burton’s Batman not really being Batman.

If anything, you should say that about Shumacher’s films and not Burton’s.