suspiciouscoffee

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

It did actually. It defended him and showed the white-trash Roseanne character accepting him. Either way, I don’t care if a show is progressive or not. I’m opposed to cancelling them because of stupid shit said by the stupid people behind the show. I was even opposed to cancelling Laura Ingraham for the same reason. Even though she actually is a propaganda outlet, it sets a precedent that anything associated with anything offensive needs to get cancelled which can only lead to two outcomes: safer entertainment or entertainment produced by safer people, both of which suck shit.

I’ll try to get to your other stuff, but hey we agree on this. Increasingly there are stories of the major internet companies cutting off ad revenue to people (particularly on the right). It’s a dangerous level of sensitivity by people with enormous power.

These seem like two very different issues to me, but perhaps I misread.

The Original Invasion!

moviefreakedmind said:

It did actually. It defended him and showed the white-trash Roseanne character accepting him. Either way, I don’t care if a show is progressive or not. I’m opposed to cancelling them because of stupid shit said by the stupid people behind the show. I was even opposed to cancelling Laura Ingraham for the same reason. Even though she actually is a propaganda outlet, it sets a precedent that anything associated with anything offensive needs to get cancelled which can only lead to two outcomes: safer entertainment or entertainment produced by safer people, both of which suck shit.

But then the show, by definition, was safe, as it was an outlet made, at least in part, to defend the establishment.

The one episode I saw of New Roseanne seemed to stop everything to give the audience a defense of Trump, and made a joke of the lib’ral response by another character, so it’s not like the revived show was doing anything progressive anyway except for the grandson that wore a skirt or whatever.

Possessed said:

a strange hybrid of Jimmy page (led zeppelin), stevie ray vaughan

I was eating breakfast and generally minding my own business when I suddenly was transported to an alternate future in which the moon didn’t exist and no one knew it ever did.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 10/10

Utterly breathtaking.

[from a Solo spoiler thread]

DominicCobb said:

Seems weird to compare the droids in Star Wars to coffee

Idk, I figure somewhere out there is a droid that acts kinda like me.

Why not have both? Die, and then be at a cannibal bbq!

Frank your Majesty said:

Nerd³

FTFF (fixed that for Fincher)

DuracellEnergizer said:

I hate the name “Qi’ra”.

I thought “Rio” was worse because it reminded me of
-the place
-the Duran Duran song
-the CG bird movie from a few years ago
so I was taken out of the movie three times at once.

I first saw The Matrix on DVD at a friend’s house. We planned to stay up late and watch all three movies. I fell asleep at some point, but I don’t remember if I at least even finished the first movie or not.

as far as i can tell, cinemascore is “does it draw in crowds in some places?”

allol

Top tier
SW
ESB
TLJ

High tier
TFA
ROTJ
R1

Mid tier
Solo

Crap tier
TPM
ROTS

hell
AOTC

DominicCobb said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Han……………SOLO: A Star Wars Story - 5/10

I disagree but will respect your opinion.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7/10

Oh, to hell with you!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I used to like it a lot more, but I just wasn’t feeling it this time. I’m fickle, I could like it more again next time I watch it.

moviefreakedmind said:

suspiciouscoffee said:
I’m glad many of you seem to like it so much.

Why is that? I usually get angry when people like things I don’t like or dislike things that I like.

Idk, I’m glad that something harmless like a space adventure flick gave people some amount of enjoyment or happiness.

DominicCobb said:

Hardcore Legend said:

I think I was the only person who laughed outloud at Lando’s “Mining colonies are the worst” line. Even my brother thought I was nuts.

My theater loved that one. Actually I almost missed the humor of that but the reaction keyed me into the joke.

Oddly enough there also seemed to be a lot of hardcore EU fans at my screening, some of the references got a couple gasps.

Teras Kasi made me laugh, but if we’re gonna reference bad video games, I want a Gambino cover of the Solo song from the awful Star Wars Kinect Xbox game. 😤

My whole theater clapped and laughed frequently, my brother and I were actually outliers.

TV’s Frink said:

Ryan-SWI said:

Rio is a man.

He’s a male, but not a man.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ardennian

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15cpQD5qEzI

Han……………SOLO: A Star Wars Story - 5/10

Thought it dragged more than it should, and often felt to me like a checklist of questions that had to be answered even though no one asked them? Like, I’m not complaining “durr the movie was unnecessary” because I could say that about a lot of movies, it just didn’t seem like they did anything very interesting with what they had. I’m glad many of you seem to like it so much.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7/10

Haven’t watched this in years. It mostly holds up, even if I think the protagonist goes too crazy (like, throwing all the stuff in the window and refusing to answer his family’s justified fear with anything beyond "I’m not crazy!).

Ryan-SWI said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Ryan-SWI said:

Oh, okay.

Don’t get why them being women is relevant at all though.

It’s relevant to the history of the trope, as it’s typically women dying to advance the man plot/character arc. Val died so Woody could… punch Han I guess? And L3 died so they could cannibalize her for parts.

And plenty of men die in the film to advance the plot and character arcs as well?

Hell, Dryden - the main villain - (a man) dies to advance the character arc of Qi’ra (a woman).

Fair.

You’re also forgetting that Rio died in the very same scene as Val. Rio is a man.
What are you even on about?

Lol, honestly forgot about that guy. Movie dragged.

It’s not a gender issue at all, there’s no need to make it one.

It just seemed to be a step back after the steps forward from the previous movies. I don’t mean to say that the writers are actively sexist or anything, I just thought it was… well idk what word I’m looking for.

TV’s Frink said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Ryan-SWI said:

Oh, okay.

Don’t get why them being women is relevant at all though.

It’s relevant to the history of the trope, as it’s typically women dying to advance the man plot/character arc. Val died so Woody could… punch Han I guess? And L3 died so they could cannibalize her for parts.

I think you’ve missed the point of both deaths by a wide mark, but I’ll let someone else explain. It’s too tiring.

That’s fair.

Ryan-SWI said:

Oh, okay.

Don’t get why them being women is relevant at all though.

It’s relevant to the history of the trope, as it’s typically women dying to advance the man plot/character arc. Val died so Woody could… punch Han I guess? And L3 died so they could cannibalize her for parts.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge

And L3! They fridged the damn droid! That one really pissed me off.