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darthrush

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#1080392
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Blu-Ray Buys (NOT Collections!)
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Tobar said:

Last night’s theatrical viewing inspired the following today:

After placing them on the shelf, I realized these are the first Disney films I’ve bought on blu-ray.

Cool buy! I don’t understand the flak for the second and third movie. I still like the first the most but I think they all make for a good trilogy. Stranger Tides on the other hand…

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#1079486
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Alderaan said:

Warbler said:

He is also bigoted against Christians(and any other religion for that matter).

I think that’s why Darthrush said he liked him. Apparently it’s not cool to be prejudice against black people, or hispanic people, or gay people, or Muslims (indeed it isn’t), but **** all those Christians we don’t want their kind around here.

Absolutely not how I feel. After reading up on what Frink linked about Maher, my opinion of him as a person has definitely changed. What I liked about Maher when it came to religion is when Maher would elaborate upon why he thought religion was not good for the world. I don’t condone when he is an asshole, and as I said before, after doing more reading on him, I don’t put him up on that pedestal of my favorite liberals from a conservative perceptive (that now belongs just to Dave Rubin and Sam Harris) And I heavily prefer Christianity to Islam like one of my favorite atheists, Sam Harris. Islam inherently contains basic and clear principles that are violent and oppressive to women. I’m not attacking Muslims when I say that, I’m attacking Islamic beliefs/ideals that are seen in the Qur’an.

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#1079312
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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DominicCobb said:

Unfortunately the problem with the right is they refuse to understand why the left acts the way it does, and then puts the dumbest shits from the left on their programs so that they can make it seem like we’re all a bunch of loonies. I don’t have the time right now to look into that video/transcript specifically, but realize that Fox News purposefully cultivates an uninformed and distorted view of complex issues.

I don’t need to understand someone’s philosophy behind using violence as a way to get your point across to know that is a fascist based ideology that makes zero sense and is for idiots who would rather use their fists than words. I do not deny however that Fox News cherrypicks certain incidents to support their agenda. I’m with you for the most part on Fox News. Especially Sean Hannity. I can’t stand the self-righteous, fact denying prick.

I simply find this is a recurring theme at major leftist universities to shut down discussion. The liberals I am most fond of are Sam Harris, Bill Maher, and Dave Rubin because they still stand up for free speech and blatantly will call out how idiotic much of the left has become. Sam Harris makes it clear that supporting Islam is inherently an attack on feminism, Maher consistently laughs at how politically correct and snowflakeish his leftist peers have become, and Dave Rubin has publicly said he is leaving the “left” because they longer correspond with classical liberal ideas about free speech and he constantly has on guests who he disagrees with on MANY topics but he has no problem discussing these issues without resorting to just yelling “White privilege! Bullshit! You racist bigot!”.

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#1079308
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Here is the transcript of the letter sent by the professor that inspired students to protest for his firing:

“Dear Rashida,
When you first described the new structure for Day of Absence / Day of Presence at a past faculty meeting (where no room was left for questions), I thought I must have misunderstood what you said. Later emails seemed to muddy the waters further, while inviting commitments to participate. I now see from the boldfaced text in this email that I had indeed understood your words correctly.
There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and under-appreciated roles (the theme of the Douglas Turner Ward play Day of Absence, as well as the recent Women’s Day walkout), and a group or coalition encouraging another group to go away. The first is a forceful call to consciousness which is, of course, crippling to the logic of oppression. The second is a show of force, and an act of oppression in and of itself.
You may take this letter as a formal protest of this year’s structure, and you may assume I will be on campus on the Day of Absence. I would encourage others to put phenotype aside and reject this new formulation, whether they have ‘registered’ for it already or not. On a college campus, one’s right to speak — or to be — must never be based on skin color.
If there was interest in a public presentation and discussion of race through a scientific / evolutionary lens, I would be quite willing to organize such an event (it is material I have taught in my own programs, and guest lectured on at Evergreen and elsewhere). Everyone would be equally welcome and encouraged to attend such a forum, irrespective of ethnicity, belief structure, native language, political leanings, or position at the college. My only requirement would be that people attend with an open mind, and a willingness to act in good faith.
If there is interest in such a event, please let me know …”

Absolutely insane that he is getting so much crap for this. In this day and age, the left attacks people who want to judge people on merit rather than race/identity. This is precisely why I found affirmative action in college admissions to be one of the stupidest policies I think I have ever heard of. Fighting racism with racism is not smart. The fact that someone is disadvantaged to another person because they were born with a certain skin color is racist. Plain and simple. I always have advocated for judgement purely on merit, because that is how it should be. That is how you fight racism. Not by oppressing the other race.

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#1079307
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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DominicCobb said:

Tucker Carlson’s a massive dipshit. I’d take anything he bitches about with a truckload of salt.

Watch the interview with the teacher. Carlson has every right to lose his shit. I think he defends Trump too much but he is on point for a lot of things.

I agree with Ben Shapiro on mostly everything else besides religion. Find me bullcrap on Shapiro. The guy is pretty punctual and calculated so he is a nice person I like to refer to when it comes to political talking figures.

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#1077705
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Last movie seen
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Dek Rollins said:

darthrush said:

Possessed said:

^

I concur. Much better than the “amazing” reboot from a few years ago. Totally don’t get the hate for toby as Peter Parker. I thought both of those movies were very well done.

I disagree. Garfield was far better than Toby for me. The first of the Amazing reboots was quite good. The only one from the Raimi trilogy that impressed me all that much was the second. Never understand the mass amount of love for the first one. I still think it is a pretty mediocre flick.

Well, first off, you’re just plain wrong. 😛

But really, the first two Raimi films are what I consider masterpieces of modern cinema, and they are among the most perfect comic book films ever made.

Not only is Raimi an amazing director, but he was pretty much the perfect director they could’ve gotten. He’s a fan of the comics, he enjoys and understands the characters, and he’s just plain fun. Everything he brought to those films blows Marc Webb out of the water. Who wants a “dark and gritty” Spider-Man film? I’d rather have some comic book optimism.

And the hate for Tobey Maguire as Peter has no legs to stand on. He was perfectly cast (along with everyone else, actually). People seem to complain about a few things in general; he makes weird faces at times/is just goofy looking, he cries too much (understandable and well performed every time save for the third film), and he’s supposedly not “transformed” enough under the mask. None of these complaints that I’ve read/heard make any sense. Andrew Garfield is just awful as Peter IMO. He’s not a genius nerd who gets picked on by bullies, he’s a genius hot guy who protects those who are bullied and he’s just kind of a jerk sometimes, and his performances are just bad most of the time.

J.K. Simmons is J. Jonah Jameson.

Cliff Robertson is Uncle Ben.

Rosemary Harris is Aunt May.

Willem Dafoe is Norman Osborn.

The only complaint about those films that I understand is that Maryjane is underdeveloped. This is somewhat valid, but even this I don’t feel is really that valid either, because she is developed as much as she needs to be, and though she may be a primary character, the films aren’t really about her. I’m fine with what they did, because she does have a developed character, despite being weaker than some others. And Kirsten Dunst does a great job with her.

If you’re interested in wasting an hour of your life, this shows a lot about why people love the first two Raimi films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3h_bT0Mfg

Also this, this and this.

I have similar thoughts to Doug Walker when it comes to the spider man films. His review of the first Amazing Spider-Man is on point.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YqFJWG0USuQ

He talks about the older films and what he thought that Webb’s version did better. And you should also note that my main defense here is of the first ASM.

P.S. I also heavily prefer the uncle and aunt in the new ones.