Things You Just Don't Care About

All superheroes and films about superheroes.

― A Fifth Beatle Dies (Tom D.), Wednesday, March 23, 2016 6:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Thursday, March 24, 2016 12:26 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That actually Easter was actually a Pagan festival actually I think you'll find actually.

lolotm

something receiving a "dark" adaptation. amazed that inner desires of an Alice in Wonderland-loving 90s Hot Topic teen are now the aesthetic marks of authenticity for millions of "adults".

Are you referring to Batman Loves Superman, or the wave of new Disney fairy tale adaptations (Maleficent et al)? Cause I dunno if adults are necessarily the audiences for those. Or for Zach Snyder flicks either, for that matter.

Still, "that inner desires of an Alice in Wonderland-loving 90s Hot Topic teen" describes this whole aesthetic quite beautifully.

BvS mostly but yeah can be applied to the rest as well.

You may have a point about the audience. But one of the appeals of the dark adaptation was that it hadn't been done before! There was "Return to Oz" and that's about it. It was kind of a subversion of the familiar way to portray modern fantasy. But now it seems like the default, not an alternative. This was a large part of the appeal.

Then again it does seem like the audience is adults. Does "dark adaptation" sound particularly interesting to kids, who are growing up with that being the default? Or is it a way to cheaply spin material as grown-up and mature to the 30-something adults that need to feel secure in their consumer choices?

Isn't BvsS just book 4 of the dark knight returns from '86 or so?

no, they made it dumber

panama papers

u and the rest of america

most things tbh

NYC

the private and civic lives of 'important' mayors

Johnny Manziel

That new synth record that's tearing ILM apart

Other ppls clothing

Myself

NYC is a good answer tbh. Although it's still the financial and cultural capital it's always been, it has all but completely lost its mystique, its cachet as "the place to be" etc

I feel the same way about London but can't separate from my own bitterness tbh

kobe bryant

People's bitching and moaning about being exposed to dancers and musicians on the subways. New Yorkers act like their personal space is luxury real estate.

― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, March 21, 2016 6:25 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no come on those people are always one inch away from kicking someone's face

marcos otm about john oliver. i am skeptical of the liberal truthtellers of cable tv. they are always flattering their audience, making things too easy

Extended social interaction that isn't 100% voluntary and desired on the part of all parties concerned.

they are always flattering their audience

and vice versa to be sure. it's nauseating.

The worst thing about this is the way internet "news" outlets publish many pieces every day recapping the totally awesome thing this or that talk show host said last night

cnn.com loves snl impersonations

fuck 'showtime'

new yorkers -- and subway riders in particular -- put up with far more personal-space violation than anyone else in america, even apart from performers

most of them don't complain that the elevators aren't reserved for parents with strollers either

fuck 'cinemax' too

a woman went off on me once on the train for personal-space violation (trust me, groundlessly). i told her to move to Kansas City.

I don't know how I'd previously failed to realize that I'm super mindful and touchy about my personal space in most contexts at least in part because I spend two hours of every weekday with my body pressed against those of total strangers.

There are totally instances of needless personal space violation on the trains, though. My fave is when someone in a standing room only car decides they need to read a book or the paper and that you would make a lovely bookstand.

those are some broad shoulders there, Mr. Lunch
*opens up WSJ on top of you*

fuck 'encore' for real

h8 starz

some celebrities being in a music video: oh but get this it's totally wacky and off the cuff and somewhat ironic!

thank god we have all these hollywood actors with lots of free time otherwise the video would have to feature musicians

'The Movie Channel' is some straight bullshit.

superheroes, superhero movies, who's the new batman, booooooring

anyone who is described as an "art world prankster".

also, robert crumb is not an art world prankster:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/t-magazine/art/r-crumb-art-show-david-zwirner-london.html?hpw&rref=t-magazine&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

so don't call him that.

prank-world artster

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Currently done with Tony Bennett. Duets, tributes, documentaries, visual-art dabbling, filmic cameos. No more, please; thanks, I'm all set.

Yo, Tony, baby: sorry you were not as popular as certain other singers (who shall not be named) back in the day. Glad you lived. Glad you have kept working. No, that does not mean you are entitled to dominate the conversation about popular song forevermore. You can keep doing your thing but I personally have heard enough from you to last for quite a while, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINjTBLJMbo

Why have I never seen that film?

2000's era Patti Smith : love 70s Patti but contemporary Patti Smith is this boring old hippie who seemingly really wants to be up there in the Poet's Pantheon. Kinda gross.

Drake

'the status quo'

pssst PS was always a boring hippie

i only know the patti smiths basics, but i was watching a thing on mapplethorpe the other day and she seemed pretty badass when they first met in the 60s

People Got the Power is her We Built This City

Does anyone know if she listened to Humble Pie back in the day?