Star Wars is a blight upon our culture
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
xp there were a couple really bad incidents a very long time ago when I was out drinking and then went with a group of friends or new acquaintances to a dance club and did some ill-advised attempted making out that was either cringeworthy or quickly declined
tbh I deserved a shove
― mh, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
i am definitely not proud of me from ages 18-25, though more for my manipulative needy behavior
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 2:54 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Controversial only inasmuch as you trained your focus on such a specific source of cultural blight.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
It's a fairly large blight
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
bit strong picking on a bunch of kids' movies
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Not a fan, but even I’ll admit “a bunch of kids movies” is a little reductive to describe Star Wars.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
More like manbaby movies
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
(xp) A bunch of shit movies then?
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
without Star Warses men would be forced to fixate on Shakespeare or something
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Chewbacca was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me...
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
Exactly
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
yes, if only for creating blockbuster culture along with Jaws― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:24 (thirty seconds ago)Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Read that as, 'yes, if only for creating blockbuster culture along with Jews'
O_O
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
Adults who are super into Harry Potter are weird
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Also extremely otm
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Οὖτις, you were still a top poster in the star wars 7 thread that time I counted
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
Whiney is a top poster in the pitchfork thread.
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
well, it is the pitchfork is dumb thread
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
you were still a top poster in the star wars 7 thread that time I counted
it's a never-ending battle
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
yes, if only for creating blockbuster culture along with Jaws― flappy bird, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4
This is the producer's faults, not Spielberg's. But I assume you don't buy Biskind bullshit.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
i really liked that new star wars one that ends with the princess giving the robot the secret message. so now i can just watch that and star wars and empire and its the perfect trilogy and i can ignore the rest! i don't care about extracurricular star wars junk. i'm really good at avoiding stuff i don't care about though in my old age.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
Wasn't King Kong '33 a bit of a formulaic blockbuster type movie as well?
― calzino, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
Speilberg refined the art of Blockbuster filmmaking. A movie like Jaws is streamlined and immersive like a ride. The perfect commodity.
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
idk did King Kong have a merchandising tie-in deal with Professor Dinglemart's Revivifying Hair Tonic?
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
what is going on here?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, December 5, 2017 6:50 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
big movies in the 60s could be even more of a drag. with their insane cast lists that were like proto-love boat in length. ever try to sit through The Sand Pebbles? it's like 4 hours long. actually, Ship Of Fools would be the proto-love boat. 400 stars and it feels like its about 8 hours long. it almost feels as long as The Longest Day which was 24 hours long and had 800 stars in it.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
It's a Long, Long, Long, Long, Long, Long Movie
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
substitute Harry Potter above with literally anything
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
40 year-old dudes don't constantly reference The Sand Pebbles as the pinnacle of human culture tho tbf
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
― ur-oik (rip van wanko),
Now we’re talking
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4:39 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love Jaws, it's imo an undeniably fantastic movie, & I wasn't blaming Spielberg necessarily- like you said, the moneymen saw an opportunity and a market for tentpoles with, as shakey said, endless product tie-ins and toys aimed at children and some very sad men. even if it was inadvertent, they remain a blight on the culture for what they created
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
Gasoline Power Washer and the Chamber Of SecretsLate Character Actor Harry Dean Stanton and the Goblet Of Fire
― .oO (silby), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
Fentanyl is Killing Our Children and the Deathly Hallows
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
fuckin dogs and the Prisoner of Azkaban
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Wow guys yr shocking the retirement home with these savage controps
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
Prince Harry and the... nevermind
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
what biting opinion is next, "Taco Bell isn't authentic Mexican food"?
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
Ironically this'll be the second christmas in a row where I'll pretend to care about Star Wars because of a woman I'm dating...
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
Nice
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
Just as long as you don't buy any Sleater-Kinney albums or books by Janet Malcolm you're probably fine
― didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
lol
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
I've read Karen Barad's Meeting the Universe Halfways twice.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:46 (six years ago) link
Which is probably meeting someone way more than halfway. It's a good book, though.
I'll bend on Star Trek (at least the original series) but I draw a line at Star Wars.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
you've just made the opposite of a controversial opinion
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCqjR1gHyIQ
Horses are horrible animals, and they are ugly and mean.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
lmao
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Potatoes are awful and everyone just pretends to like them out of feigned respect for the Irish
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link