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Woke Hollywood In a Panic As All Signs Point to a "Full-Scale Depression" in the Industry
From January: More and more customers are cancelling their streaming services.
And Hollywood bet everything on streaming services.Customers canceled their streaming subscriptions at a higher clip than last year as services like Disney+, Netflix and Hulu jacked up their prices, according to a report. Defections across premium streamers rose 6.3% in November from 5.1% a year earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Over the past two years, roughly 25% of those who subscribed to AppleTV+, Amazon's PrimeVideo, Max, Peacock, Paramount+, Nettflix, Hulu and Disney+ have canceled at least three of those options -- an increase from 15% before hikes pushed the combined tab of the ad-free monthly costs for those eight streamers to $112.42 a month, the outlet said, citing November data from analytics firm Atenna.In late March, Variety reported that few people are watching the new shows that streaming services are making. They're mostly re-watching old shows, back before the Culture-Killer known as "wokeness" infected Hollywood.
Data revealed by Variety in March confirmed that, other than the top 20 shows, pretty much no one is watching any of that woke crap on America's lousy streaming services. "As series output soared to historic heights in 2022, with nearly 1,000 original titles released on the major [streaming] platforms," the useless, far-left Variety reported without ever explaining why "viewership on most services was concentrated among fewer than two dozen shows." "Data ... shows the top 20 most-watched TV seasons" on every streaming service other than Netflix "accounted for the vast majority of original series viewership on almost all of the major U.S.-based [streaming] platforms in 2022." ... Disney+ "released 50 original series in 2022 (not counting kids' content)," and the ten most popular "seasons captured nearly 80% of original series viewing time; the next 10, just over 16%." Disney seasons that were not in the top 20 "accounted for only about 5% of viewing time." Other than Peacock's three percent, that is the worst of all the major streamers. The following is by far the most important revelation... The all-important rewatchable factor:This data also indicates that most streaming originals do not have the rewatch value offered by many older series. Whereas beloved library shows such as "Grey's Anatomy" reliably chart among the most-watched titles on streaming week after week, year after year, new originals are hard-pressed to keep viewers coming back. Looking again at Disney+, only two of the top 10 original seasons in 2022 reappeared among the top 10 the next year: "The Mandalorian" Season 2 and limited series "Andor," both "Star Wars" properties. (The former actually saw its share of viewing time rise year over year, likely bolstered by the third season's premiere.)
Deadline from March 18: Industry heading for a "major contraction," some call it a "full-scale depression."
LinkedIn is usually used by professionals for networking with people in their field, posting updates when they get a new job or congratulating friends on their promotions. These days, as one former industry type put it, "it's become a therapy site for unemployed entertainment executives" who share their frustrations over the lack of opportunities in Hollywood amid a major contraction. "I've seen lots of downturns, lots of job losses but I've never seen anything like this," one veteran top TV executive said. "This is a full-scale depression for the entertainment industry." Over the past year, there have been waves of layoffs at Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Amazon MGM Studios, Lionsgate (which acquired eOne), Netflix, Sony, Fifth Season and most talent agencies including CAA and UTA. The dire situation, "bordering on worst-case scenario," the seasoned TV executive said, was created by a perfect storm of Covid, strikes and "poor management decisions coming home to roost" driven by short-sighted moves by media companies aimed at goosing their quarterly reports to appease Wall Street. ... "I have certainly an influx of executives that reach out and say, they're looking for their next [job]," said top Hollywood executive recruiter Jamie Waldron, Senior Partner, Global Head of Sports, Media + Entertainment, at Modern Executive Solutions. His "conservative estimate" is that "a good 20%" of the VP-and-above executive workforce in media and entertainment is out of work from a year ago.That would qualify as a "depression" in the industry. At the height of the actual depression, 25% of able-bodied men were unemployed.
...Hollywood will be cutting the number of scripted shows it makes by 25% over the next few years. That means, of course, about a 25% loss in jobs.
Most of those that have met with Waldron have put on a brave face, saying they feel great about taking a break and are happy to spend time with their kids. "And some are honest, 'No, I'm scared,' " he said. ...
Things bounced back [after prior contractions]. People are divided whether the same would happen this time. "It's not even remotely coming back," a veteran TV executive said.
FX topper John Landgraf in February declared Peak TV over as the number of original English-language scripted series fell 12% to 516 from the all-time high of 600 in 2022; he projected a further slide to 400-450 series within the next few years. The year 2022 was pivotal, with the industry shifting gears to kick off the current contraction. ... There is an asterisk with that projection: potential mergers. As rumors continue to swirl about Paramount's future as a stand-alone company, there may be more media consolidation in the next year or so, with Warner Bros Discovery also a target of merger speculation.
Speaking of Paramount: Paramount is at risk of bankruptcy as their bonds take on "junk" status. (Junk bonds are bonds which are judged to have a low likelihood of actual repayment.) And experts are already forecasting that 2024 will be bust.
After a disastrous 2023 at the global box office, Hollywood's 2024 is already predicted to be even worse. "Gower Street Analytics has revised its 2024 Global box office projection to $32.3 billion," reads the press release. This is a little better than the original prediction of $31.5 billion, but still "down about 3% from the $39.9 billion grossed in 2023 based on current exchange rates." Here's the key figure: "It would also be 18% lower than the average of the global box office totals between 2017-19." Even with population and ticket price increases over the last five to seven years, the movie business is looking at nearly a 20 percent drop. Wow.
... The problem is also not a lack of brand titles or a lack of franchises. The problem is that Hollywood's woke crusade has obliterated its customer base. The problem is that Normal People know movies aren't very good anymore. The problem is a lack of appealing movie stars. The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
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I just can't stand all this good news.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 04:21 PM (DfCet)
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last
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
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ESPONJA!!1!!11!!11
ESPONJA!!1!!11!!11
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 10, 2024 04:22 PM (bEb2S)
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F*ck 'em.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:22 PM (DRSnL)
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Third!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 04:22 PM (sAmhv)
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I wonder what that will mean for California's tax income. Nothing good I hope.
Posted by: Flyguy at April 10, 2024 04:22 PM (OYxA4)
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From January: More and more customers are cancelling their streaming services.
And Hollywood bet everything on streaming services.
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It was always a false prize.
The entire model was based on continuous growth.
They essentially wanted a return to vertical integration that the studios had before the Paramount Accords. It doesn't work in streaming.
And Hollywood bet everything on streaming services.
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It was always a false prize.
The entire model was based on continuous growth.
They essentially wanted a return to vertical integration that the studios had before the Paramount Accords. It doesn't work in streaming.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
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Nope. Not third.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 04:23 PM (sAmhv)
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It is interesting how a cultural bubble could kill a multi-billon dollar industry.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2024 04:23 PM (YAtuc)
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Our only streaming service is Amazon Prime and it's getting worse by the day.* I'm not surprised all the other mainstream streaming services are failing.
I think the SmartTVs also are killing the streaming services. My Samsung TV has a cable-like service for free on it with some very good stations on it.
*Ok, we also have Curiosity Stream which seems to be improving by the day, but is only documentaries.
I think the SmartTVs also are killing the streaming services. My Samsung TV has a cable-like service for free on it with some very good stations on it.
*Ok, we also have Curiosity Stream which seems to be improving by the day, but is only documentaries.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 10, 2024 04:23 PM (JMAcK)
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Learn to choad.
Posted by: Louis CK at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (bNf8H)
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Hollywood committed suicide and the note it left behind is hilarious.
Posted by: Malicious Compliance at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (OBuuS)
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The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
Hey, I was pretty much a gay pr0n series. Of course, my directors were German so it would have been, anyway
Hey, I was pretty much a gay pr0n series. Of course, my directors were German so it would have been, anyway
Posted by: 1899 at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (hSwza)
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In late March, Variety reported that few people are watching the new shows that streaming services are making. They're mostly re-watching old shows, back before the Culture-Killer known as "wokeness" infected Hollywood.
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Disney+'s biggest hit has easily been Bluey, a show they license from Australian television.
Not the multi-billion dollar investment they've put into the content.
Also, that multi-billion dollar investment doesn't matter when it doesn't draw NEW subscribers. Wish getting 14 million views in its first 5 days doesn't mean anything if it didn't increase the subscriber base.
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Disney+'s biggest hit has easily been Bluey, a show they license from Australian television.
Not the multi-billion dollar investment they've put into the content.
Also, that multi-billion dollar investment doesn't matter when it doesn't draw NEW subscribers. Wish getting 14 million views in its first 5 days doesn't mean anything if it didn't increase the subscriber base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (GBKbO)
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Fuck you- you caused this. Go horsefuck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (di6C2)
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Good! More, please!
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (433Il)
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Quit making woke shit and sequels. Or not and die a wholly deserved death.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (Aoykm)
Posted by: cheshirecat at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (TwA+r)
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The problem is also not a lack of brand titles or a lack of franchises. The problem is that Hollywood's woke crusade has obliterated its customer base. The problem is that Normal People know movies aren't very good anymore. The problem is a lack of appealing movie stars. The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
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The funniest bit is the other analysts who blame the strikes. The writer and actor strikes affected films that should be appearing in late 2024, at the earliest, but they've been trying to blame the strikes on soft early 2024 box office.
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The funniest bit is the other analysts who blame the strikes. The writer and actor strikes affected films that should be appearing in late 2024, at the earliest, but they've been trying to blame the strikes on soft early 2024 box office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Speaking as a left-handed transgender Latinx neurodivergent woman of color, I demand more movies that tell my story!
Posted by: Hollywood! at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (YAtuc)
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They certainly ain't making anything from me going to a movie once evert 3 or 4 years
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (fwDg9)
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Paramount might soon sell control of itself to Skydance, a company run by Larry Ellison's son. The catch is that, as part of the deal, Paramount has to raise new cash equity.
That's right, "you have to pay us to buy you".
That's right, "you have to pay us to buy you".
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (8mCvv)
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Second "Woke" headline in a row!
Posted by: m at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (o3SCB)
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Burn Hollywood, burn
Posted by: Erebus-ex-killer whale at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (lAjBs)
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>>They're mostly re-watching old shows, back before the Culture-Killer known as "wokeness" infected Hollywood.
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Worse for them, the shows don't even have to be terribly old. Today you couldn't make a lot of shows or movies that were made in 2014.
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Worse for them, the shows don't even have to be terribly old. Today you couldn't make a lot of shows or movies that were made in 2014.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (wzAuc)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (XV/Pl)
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Hollywood thought the streaming service windfall they had when people were prisoners in their own homes would continue....
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (FQmDC)
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I wonder how much of the streaming customer base is returning to older shows simply as comfort food to escape the sh*tty situation in everyday life. I know that 90% of what I watch on Hulu consists of a rotation of Archer and about half the episodes of Rick & Morty when I fall asleep at night. I've probably rewatched Shoresy 3-4 times already, and that's about it.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (oCS0o)
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25 >>They're mostly re-watching old shows, back before the Culture-Killer known as "wokeness" infected Hollywood.
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Worse for them, the shows don't even have to be terribly old. Today you couldn't make a lot of shows or movies that were made in 2014.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (wzAuc)
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The biggest recent rehit was Suits, a show that went off the air in 2019.
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Worse for them, the shows don't even have to be terribly old. Today you couldn't make a lot of shows or movies that were made in 2014.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2024 04:25 PM (wzAuc)
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The biggest recent rehit was Suits, a show that went off the air in 2019.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
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Their product is consistently garbage now… and their agenda is not making money but promoting societal death.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (pP2vl)
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26 Joker 2 looks to be good, from the trailer at least.
So that should make a cool billion.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (XV/Pl)
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"OMG! It's a musical! I love how daring it is!"
"Want to watch a musical?"
"What are you? Gay?"
So that should make a cool billion.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (XV/Pl)
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"OMG! It's a musical! I love how daring it is!"
"Want to watch a musical?"
"What are you? Gay?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (GBKbO)
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Hectoring, Steveing, Joeing, Bobing....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (GkFGh)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (Q4IgG)
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The basic premise of a business is to deliver what your customer wants.
If you deliver something that your customer doesn't want, you must convince the customer (e.g., deploy the salesmen) or die.
If you fail to convince the customer, you die.
Blaming the customer for not liking your product is a poor sales strategy. If you do that, you will die.
If you deliver something that your customer doesn't want, you must convince the customer (e.g., deploy the salesmen) or die.
If you fail to convince the customer, you die.
Blaming the customer for not liking your product is a poor sales strategy. If you do that, you will die.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (HnUIn)
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Agree with that final paragraph. Sick and tired of the worst and most weasely trash in society being promoted as virtuous. Even a movie like Tulsa King has some genuine virtue in it, family and learning from mistakes and machismo. I don't need to be lectured by Karen's immature lesbian daughter and sissy son in every show. Or a bunch of BLM rejects. Piss off.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (iFMeW)
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White men are out of work.
The Woke are burning it all down
The Woke are burning it all down
Posted by: Jamaica at April 10, 2024 04:27 PM (IG7T0)
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This is really about Bob Iger, isn't it?
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)
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I know that 90% of what I watch on Hulu consists of a rotation of Archer and about half the episodes of Rick & Morty when I fall asleep at night. I've probably rewatched Shoresy 3-4 times already, and that's about it.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (oCS0o)
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Husband & I have Hulu and we watch Community, Bob's Burgers, Archer, and Scrubs. That's about it. Mom has BritBox so I've also been watching Red Dwarf.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (oCS0o)
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Husband & I have Hulu and we watch Community, Bob's Burgers, Archer, and Scrubs. That's about it. Mom has BritBox so I've also been watching Red Dwarf.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (DRSnL)
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OT but this is funny:
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
T.Becket Adams @BecketAdams
Sometimes, I feel as if Fetterman is flirting with me personally.
Igor Bobic @igorbobic
19h
Fetterman on Sotomayor: “I have no opinion on anyone else’s ability to retire unless it’s that sleazeball Menendez, he should resign.”
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
T.Becket Adams @BecketAdams
Sometimes, I feel as if Fetterman is flirting with me personally.
Igor Bobic @igorbobic
19h
Fetterman on Sotomayor: “I have no opinion on anyone else’s ability to retire unless it’s that sleazeball Menendez, he should resign.”
Posted by: m at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (o3SCB)
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So that should make a cool billion.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (XV/Pl)
So.... break even?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (XV/Pl)
So.... break even?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (GkFGh)
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Speaking of Paramount: Paramount is at risk of bankruptcy as their bonds take on "junk" status. (Junk bonds are bonds which are judged to have a low likelihood of actual repayment.)
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Apparently, WB was in talks to buy Paramount outright early in the year, but talks fell through.
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Apparently, WB was in talks to buy Paramount outright early in the year, but talks fell through.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (pP2vl)
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Good. Now someone expose every last pedo and rapist in that rotten town.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (UnA8+)
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Depressed? It's freaking gloomy!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (vtyCZ)
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Over the past two years, roughly 25% of those who subscribed to AppleTV+, Amazon's PrimeVideo, Max, Peacock, Paramount+, Nettflix, Hulu and Disney+ have canceled at least three of those options -- an increase from 15% before hikes pushed the combined tab of the ad-free monthly costs for those eight streamers to $112.42 a month, the outlet said, citing November data from analytics firm Atenna.
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Which was immediately obvious and entirely predictable when looking at the totally saturated streaming market. Nobody needs all of them. Subscribe to one or two, gorge on what whatever you want, cancel it when you get bored, switch to another, repeat.
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Which was immediately obvious and entirely predictable when looking at the totally saturated streaming market. Nobody needs all of them. Subscribe to one or two, gorge on what whatever you want, cancel it when you get bored, switch to another, repeat.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (HnUIn)
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Tubi is free and has movies I genuinely want to see.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
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"WB was in talks to buy Paramount outright early in the year, but talks fell through."
They better get to producing more Reacher episodes.
They better get to producing more Reacher episodes.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (iFMeW)
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"Not to worry, comrades -- it's only transitory!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (df90r)
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Fetterman… I bet the fascists are pissed at him…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Redenzo at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (V/pbu)
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47 Tubi is free and has movies I genuinely want to see.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
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Ad-supported, licensed streaming is probably the best way to do streaming.
Essentially, a library that pays for itself through ads.
Or, you know, glorified cable TV.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
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Ad-supported, licensed streaming is probably the best way to do streaming.
Essentially, a library that pays for itself through ads.
Or, you know, glorified cable TV.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (GBKbO)
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I admit to watching "The Resident" on Netflix, which got more and more woke as the seasons progressed. I got a big guffaw out of the episode about the UK citizen touting the NHS and then dying in the American healthcare system.
Posted by: Halfhand at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (NWTm7)
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>Woke Hollywood In a Panic As All Signs Point to a "Full-Scale Depression" in the Industry
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make a non-woke movie made solely for my entertainment
then we'll talk about ticket prices
then we'll see if I return to the movie house or not
til then, piss up a rope
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make a non-woke movie made solely for my entertainment
then we'll talk about ticket prices
then we'll see if I return to the movie house or not
til then, piss up a rope
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:30 PM (oCjPU)
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Only an idiot would watch the pure shit coming out of Hollyweird.
I would rather watch my ass hair grow.
I would rather watch my ass hair grow.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 10, 2024 04:30 PM (R/m4+)
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17 Quit making woke shit and sequels. Or not and die a wholly deserved death.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (Aoykm)
IIRC, Godzilla minus 1 was made for a tiny amount of money (something like 10-12 million.) And returned 112 million? these are shitty stats, wiki.
114 mil worldwide according to Boxofficemojo. That seems really low, considering. Still a 1 for 10 return is still gangbusters.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at April 10, 2024 04:24 PM (Aoykm)
IIRC, Godzilla minus 1 was made for a tiny amount of money (something like 10-12 million.) And returned 112 million? these are shitty stats, wiki.
114 mil worldwide according to Boxofficemojo. That seems really low, considering. Still a 1 for 10 return is still gangbusters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:30 PM (di6C2)
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Which was immediately obvious and entirely predictable when looking at the totally saturated streaming market. Nobody needs all of them. Subscribe to one or two, gorge on what whatever you want, cancel it when you get bored, switch to another, repeat.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (HnUIn)
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Or divvy up the services among siblings and share the passwords. Not that *I* do anything like that. It would be wrong.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (HnUIn)
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Or divvy up the services among siblings and share the passwords. Not that *I* do anything like that. It would be wrong.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:30 PM (DRSnL)
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47 Tubi is free and has movies I genuinely want to see.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
The Roku Channel has The Rockford Files, which I occasionally remember to watch.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
The Roku Channel has The Rockford Files, which I occasionally remember to watch.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (oCS0o)
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@32
>>"What are you? Gay?"
No, just an old person who likes musicals.
And it looks like the only musical bits are going to be fantasies that Arthur and Harley share and the rest is going to be grounded.
Think LaLa Land meets A Clockwork Orange.
It's probably going to hew very close to Batman The Animated series Joker and Harley.
The real interesting thing will be if Joaquin Phoenix can win a 2nd Oscar for playing the same character.
>>"What are you? Gay?"
No, just an old person who likes musicals.
And it looks like the only musical bits are going to be fantasies that Arthur and Harley share and the rest is going to be grounded.
Think LaLa Land meets A Clockwork Orange.
It's probably going to hew very close to Batman The Animated series Joker and Harley.
The real interesting thing will be if Joaquin Phoenix can win a 2nd Oscar for playing the same character.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)
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"Ad-supported, licensed streaming is probably the best way to do streaming."
They seem to be shaking off the fat black mama ad producers too.
They seem to be shaking off the fat black mama ad producers too.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (iFMeW)
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All I need is MeTV (and Cozi, and the other one), FeTV and a couple others.
Perry Mason, Columbo, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, and some Star Treks, and I'm good for my entertainment needs. I watch nothing after 2000. Save for that last Columbo episode or two.
Oh, and Matlock. Damn, I'm getting old. Don't give a shit.
All I need is MeTV (and Cozi, and the other one), FeTV and a couple others.
Perry Mason, Columbo, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, and some Star Treks, and I'm good for my entertainment needs. I watch nothing after 2000. Save for that last Columbo episode or two.
Oh, and Matlock. Damn, I'm getting old. Don't give a shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (w6EFb)
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Needs moar Prozac.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (v0R5T)
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Make a movie about a strong, competent, deadly white man slicing his way through Antifa goons and troons, and you'll make billions.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (UnA8+)
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For 2024 there's a new Godzilla movie coming out.
And by that I mean a King Kong movie that will also have Godzilla in it.
My children will still want to watch it because it has Godzilla, but they can tell these "Kong" movies aren't as good as the Godzilla movies.
Can't wait till next year and the next Japanese Godzilla movie comes out.
With very few exceptions, foreign media is far superior to American ones now.
And by that I mean a King Kong movie that will also have Godzilla in it.
My children will still want to watch it because it has Godzilla, but they can tell these "Kong" movies aren't as good as the Godzilla movies.
Can't wait till next year and the next Japanese Godzilla movie comes out.
With very few exceptions, foreign media is far superior to American ones now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (JMAcK)
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Time was when Hollywood was staffed with good writers, as were TV studios. No longer.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (WLul0)
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Apparently, WB was in talks to buy Paramount outright early in the year, but talks fell through.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (GBKbO)
"If we can take all your crippling debt, and mush it together with all our crippling debt, and then combine all our properties that nobody gives a half-hearted pity-fuck off the middle turnbuckle about....."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (GBKbO)
"If we can take all your crippling debt, and mush it together with all our crippling debt, and then combine all our properties that nobody gives a half-hearted pity-fuck off the middle turnbuckle about....."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (GkFGh)
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Seems to coincide with more and more stories of Hollywood "stars" moving out of California for the sake of their families. Not surprised. Not all of them are stupid.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (W/lyH)
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Somebody wants to build a pumped storage unit in Southern Oregon that would store electricity (basically, a closed-cycle dam).
There's a problem, of course:
But, the project faces opposition from the local Klamath Tribes, who are concerned about damage construction poses to a culturally significant area, including possible burial sites.
At this point, it is clear that every square inch of the American West is "sacred land" to one tribe or another.
And, of course, you can't build on "sacred land" under any circumstances.
Well, maybe under one circumstance:
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has offered a $40 million compensation package to the tribe.
There's a problem, of course:
But, the project faces opposition from the local Klamath Tribes, who are concerned about damage construction poses to a culturally significant area, including possible burial sites.
At this point, it is clear that every square inch of the American West is "sacred land" to one tribe or another.
And, of course, you can't build on "sacred land" under any circumstances.
Well, maybe under one circumstance:
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has offered a $40 million compensation package to the tribe.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (YAtuc)
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Bluey is watchable.
Doc McStuffins wasn't horrid when my kid watched 5-6 years ago. It is total woke trash now.
The only content that isn't garbage is men's sports.
Doc McStuffins wasn't horrid when my kid watched 5-6 years ago. It is total woke trash now.
The only content that isn't garbage is men's sports.
Posted by: Jamaica at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (IG7T0)
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There are more movies already made years ago that I haven’t seen that I wouldn’t have time to watch in ten lifetimes.
I think the only new movie I will rent is Dune 2.
I think the only new movie I will rent is Dune 2.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (MNhXM)
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40 OT but this is funny:
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
T.Becket Adams @BecketAdams
Sometimes, I feel as if Fetterman is flirting with me personally.
Igor Bobic @igorbobic
19h
Fetterman on Sotomayor: “I have no opinion on anyone else’s ability to retire unless it’s that sleazeball Menendez, he should resign.”
Posted by: m at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (o3SCB)
Quit manipulating my mind, Kuato!
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
T.Becket Adams @BecketAdams
Sometimes, I feel as if Fetterman is flirting with me personally.
Igor Bobic @igorbobic
19h
Fetterman on Sotomayor: “I have no opinion on anyone else’s ability to retire unless it’s that sleazeball Menendez, he should resign.”
Posted by: m at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (o3SCB)
Quit manipulating my mind, Kuato!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (di6C2)
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This data also indicates that most streaming originals do not have the rewatch value offered by many older series. Whereas beloved library shows such as "Grey's Anatomy" reliably chart among the most-watched titles on streaming week after week, year after year, new originals are hard-pressed to keep viewers coming back.
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They tend to be big story arc series, more like a mini-series than an old-fashioned series.
Proper serials like sitcoms and primetime dramas are "rewatchable" because they're *also* forgettable and each episode is usually independent. You can jump in and out. People watch them for the characters and each story is a little self-contained thing. It can feel "fresh" a second time with just a bit of time elapsing.
Big arc stories are more memorable and once you know how it winds up, there's little point in rewatching. The big arc-based shows are also rewatchable, but the delay between viewings is much, much longer and you're likely to remember how it ended anyway and will skip around.
And that is the best case, when the big arc-driven mini-series is *good.* If it sucks, the "rewatch factor" is zero.
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They tend to be big story arc series, more like a mini-series than an old-fashioned series.
Proper serials like sitcoms and primetime dramas are "rewatchable" because they're *also* forgettable and each episode is usually independent. You can jump in and out. People watch them for the characters and each story is a little self-contained thing. It can feel "fresh" a second time with just a bit of time elapsing.
Big arc stories are more memorable and once you know how it winds up, there's little point in rewatching. The big arc-based shows are also rewatchable, but the delay between viewings is much, much longer and you're likely to remember how it ended anyway and will skip around.
And that is the best case, when the big arc-driven mini-series is *good.* If it sucks, the "rewatch factor" is zero.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (oCjPU)
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Saw the Joker 2 trailer.
Would you believe Lady Gaga is in it and it was more about her than him?
I think it’s gonna suck.
Saw the Joker 2 trailer.
Would you believe Lady Gaga is in it and it was more about her than him?
I think it’s gonna suck.
Posted by: Dr Huge Largemeat at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (ddDqj)
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this essay tracks with my tv routines...we watch old shit and found the wonderfully cheesy "Iron Horse" series. Like Route 66 you get to see the young versions of old actors. Anthony Zerbe, Slim Pickens, etc.
Posted by: DanMan at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (8uzBS)
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64 For 2024 there's a new Godzilla movie coming out.
And by that I mean a King Kong movie that will also have Godzilla in it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (JMAcK)
The Drinker was not pleased by Godzilla X Kong or whatever it's called, especially considering the differences in budgets between that and Godzilla -1.
And by that I mean a King Kong movie that will also have Godzilla in it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (JMAcK)
The Drinker was not pleased by Godzilla X Kong or whatever it's called, especially considering the differences in budgets between that and Godzilla -1.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (oCS0o)
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I have a broadcast antenna. I've never subscribed to cable. I get Amazon streaming with my amazon Prime membership, so that's the only thing I've ever "paid" for.
There are plenty of sites to find things for free, and if those dry up, well, then that's that. The only thing I'd ever consider paying for MIGHT be TCM, but only if it was stand-alone.
There are plenty of sites to find things for free, and if those dry up, well, then that's that. The only thing I'd ever consider paying for MIGHT be TCM, but only if it was stand-alone.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (qPw5n)
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I would rather watch my ass hair grow.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
you must be really bendy
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (oCjPU)
Never heard of mirrors and phone cameras?
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
you must be really bendy
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (oCjPU)
Never heard of mirrors and phone cameras?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (PQ4m2)
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"Rewatchability" is a key factor in making a quality television show.
I can watch episodes of Futurama again and again and again (and I do) because it's always entertaining.
Can't say the same for Amazon's Rangz of Power or Wheel of Time...
I can watch episodes of Futurama again and again and again (and I do) because it's always entertaining.
Can't say the same for Amazon's Rangz of Power or Wheel of Time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (7fElN)
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Sticks Nix Netflix Pix
Posted by: Variety at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (vtyCZ)
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>If it sucks, the "rewatch factor" is zero.
I was thinking about this the other day-
Oppenheimer bears repeat viewing
Napoleon does not
IMO
I was thinking about this the other day-
Oppenheimer bears repeat viewing
Napoleon does not
IMO
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (oCjPU)
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How can anyone still watch over-the-air TV?
Yeah, the shows are great, but the ads are insufferable. They chop all the shows way down and edit several minutes just to make you watch that asswipe joe namath 15 times an hour. Fark that!
How can anyone still watch over-the-air TV?
Yeah, the shows are great, but the ads are insufferable. They chop all the shows way down and edit several minutes just to make you watch that asswipe joe namath 15 times an hour. Fark that!
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (pP2vl)
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you must be really bendy
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (oCjPU)
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That's what mirrors are for.
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (oCjPU)
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That's what mirrors are for.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (DRSnL)
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Willowed: Now do Detroit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024
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Nobody sings about Detroit. Come on, man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024
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Bobby Bare, "Detroit City." It is a depressing song, though.
"By day I make the cars,
By night I make the bars . . ."
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024
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Nobody sings about Detroit. Come on, man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024
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Bobby Bare, "Detroit City." It is a depressing song, though.
"By day I make the cars,
By night I make the bars . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (J2vNu)
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Sixteen Candles, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Car Wash, Blazing Saddles…. there used to be a thing called “ comedy”… now we have a humorless industry that wants us to buy their product….
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:33 PM (PCK5/)
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Perry Mason and Columbo are about the two most re-watchables for me. Now, I couldn't watch the same episode over and over again, but just mix 'em up over the run of the series, and I can watch them over and over again.
Perry Mason and Columbo are about the two most re-watchables for me. Now, I couldn't watch the same episode over and over again, but just mix 'em up over the run of the series, and I can watch them over and over again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (w6EFb)
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>Woke Hollywood In a Panic As All Signs Point to a "Full-Scale Depression" in the Industry
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make a non-woke movie made solely for my entertainment
then we'll talk about ticket prices
then we'll see if I return to the movie house or not
til then, piss up a rope
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:30 PM (oCjPU)
Even the PRC is sick and tired of Hollywood sell-outs; people who'd sell their country and their kids for Beijing gold are being told that there's nothing left for them to sell.
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make a non-woke movie made solely for my entertainment
then we'll talk about ticket prices
then we'll see if I return to the movie house or not
til then, piss up a rope
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:30 PM (oCjPU)
Even the PRC is sick and tired of Hollywood sell-outs; people who'd sell their country and their kids for Beijing gold are being told that there's nothing left for them to sell.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (rj6Yv)
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The problem is also not a lack of brand titles or a lack of franchises. The problem is that Hollywood's woke crusade has obliterated its customer base. The problem is that Normal People know movies aren't very good anymore. The problem is a lack of appealing movie stars. The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
There it is, in one short paragraph, and yet, the PTB in Hollywood will find it totally incomprehensible. Fine with me. Buh-bye.
There it is, in one short paragraph, and yet, the PTB in Hollywood will find it totally incomprehensible. Fine with me. Buh-bye.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (CsUN+)
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The dire situation, "bordering on worst-case scenario," the seasoned TV executive said, was created by a perfect storm of Covid, strikes and "poor management decisions coming home to roost" driven by short-sighted moves by media companies aimed at goosing their quarterly reports to appease Wall Street.
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This is "cope," as the kids say. Quarterly earnings are probably not a factor, and neither was COVID. COVID should have seen an entertainment and sports boom because there was nothing else to do, but the audience/audience hours didn't skyrocket as they should have.
Hollywood has wrecked its own market. It has steadfastly refused to provide what the customer wants, and then harangued the customers for not liking the "right" things like they were told to.
This is on management and the erosion - at the management's direction, or at least on its watch - of creative quality and market responsiveness.
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This is "cope," as the kids say. Quarterly earnings are probably not a factor, and neither was COVID. COVID should have seen an entertainment and sports boom because there was nothing else to do, but the audience/audience hours didn't skyrocket as they should have.
Hollywood has wrecked its own market. It has steadfastly refused to provide what the customer wants, and then harangued the customers for not liking the "right" things like they were told to.
This is on management and the erosion - at the management's direction, or at least on its watch - of creative quality and market responsiveness.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (HnUIn)
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>Never heard of mirrors and phone cameras?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
it's obvious you guys have put waay more thought into this than me
Posted by: Nevergiveup
it's obvious you guys have put waay more thought into this than me
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (oCjPU)
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Lady Gaga is a pretty fantastic actress. Just saying.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (iFMeW)
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The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
What? You mean people don't want to pay for that?
What? You mean people don't want to pay for that?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (pohLc)
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59 No, just an old person who likes musicals.
And it looks like the only musical bits are going to be fantasies that Arthur and Harley share and the rest is going to be grounded.
Think LaLa Land meets A Clockwork Orange.
It's probably going to hew very close to Batman The Animated series Joker and Harley.
The real interesting thing will be if Joaquin Phoenix can win a 2nd Oscar for playing the same character.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)
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Personally, I love musicals. The faker the better. Entire streets breaking into dance in Oliver! is great.
But then again, FilmBroTwitter needs realism in their movies about supermen destroying armies of aliens.
And it looks like the only musical bits are going to be fantasies that Arthur and Harley share and the rest is going to be grounded.
Think LaLa Land meets A Clockwork Orange.
It's probably going to hew very close to Batman The Animated series Joker and Harley.
The real interesting thing will be if Joaquin Phoenix can win a 2nd Oscar for playing the same character.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)
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Personally, I love musicals. The faker the better. Entire streets breaking into dance in Oliver! is great.
But then again, FilmBroTwitter needs realism in their movies about supermen destroying armies of aliens.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (HnUIn)
Yeah I’ve been watching Monk and Psych again recently. I know there has to be an episode or two that I’ve not seen.
Yeah I’ve been watching Monk and Psych again recently. I know there has to be an episode or two that I’ve not seen.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (MNhXM)
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Two and a half hours of gay sex? Chasten, it's movie night!
Posted by: Mayo Pete at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (di6C2)
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The funniest bit is the other analysts who blame the strikes. The writer and actor strikes affected films that should be appearing in late 2024, at the earliest, but they've been trying to blame the strikes on soft early 2024 box office.
Perhaps a side effect of the strikes was a significant number of would-be customers saying "FU, you privileged candy asses" and not going to movies that they otherwise might have.
Perhaps a side effect of the strikes was a significant number of would-be customers saying "FU, you privileged candy asses" and not going to movies that they otherwise might have.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (/y8xj)
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Things bounced back [after prior contractions]. People are divided whether the same would happen this time.
"It's not even remotely coming back," a veteran TV executive said.
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No, it isn't. Not until it can compete.
And it's easier than ever to import foreign product.
"It's not even remotely coming back," a veteran TV executive said.
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No, it isn't. Not until it can compete.
And it's easier than ever to import foreign product.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (HnUIn)
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I also caught the 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, I hadn't seen it in quite some time and was struck by how light hearted and comedic it was compared to the PBS Pride and Prejudice with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, which has long been a favorite.
It was a true romantic comedy in every sense of the word.
We need more of that.
It was a true romantic comedy in every sense of the word.
We need more of that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (XV/Pl)
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I wonder how things are with over seas TV and Movies ... My wife watches regularly Korean and Filipino productions ... no woke BS. I suspect they are not feelin the pain like hollywood.
Posted by: ET at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (wDQ5o)
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Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis still more watchable than any of the new Star Wars or Star Trek series
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (iBjFa)
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Even the PRC is sick and tired of Hollywood sell-outs; people who'd sell their country and their kids for Beijing gold are being told that there's nothing left for them to sell.
And it's hard to market a movie glorifying gays and transgenders in China.
And it's hard to market a movie glorifying gays and transgenders in China.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (YAtuc)
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They're mostly re-watching old shows, back before the Culture-Killer known as "wokeness" infected Hollywood.
I’m currently watching Taxi, which surprisingly remained a good show into the second season, and a moderately obscure but wonderfully light-hearted series called “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”, based vaguely on the movie. I caught a few episodes of it several years ago just after I’d bought a DVR, and enjoyed it so much I left it in my “to record” list even though it appeared to be cluttering up the listing. It finally paid off a few months ago.
I’m currently watching Taxi, which surprisingly remained a good show into the second season, and a moderately obscure but wonderfully light-hearted series called “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”, based vaguely on the movie. I caught a few episodes of it several years ago just after I’d bought a DVR, and enjoyed it so much I left it in my “to record” list even though it appeared to be cluttering up the listing. It finally paid off a few months ago.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (EXyHK)
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Personally, I love musicals. The faker the better. Entire streets breaking into dance in Oliver! is great.
What am I, chopped liver?
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Busby Berkeley at April 10, 2024 04:36 PM (CsUN+)
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"It was a true romantic comedy in every sense of the word. We need more of that."
I think movie producers are still trying to figure out what genre people want right now and have yet to be able to figure it out. We might be heading into rom coms. I know I'm tired of all the hate and disunity.
I think movie producers are still trying to figure out what genre people want right now and have yet to be able to figure it out. We might be heading into rom coms. I know I'm tired of all the hate and disunity.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (iFMeW)
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94 Personally, I love musicals. The faker the better. Entire streets breaking into dance in Oliver! is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
You mean... white dudes don't actually do that for real?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
You mean... white dudes don't actually do that for real?
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (UnA8+)
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Even if times were great I think this crash would have happened. The writers, producers, and directors are all immature no nothings with an agenda that most people reject. Couple that with no talent and the only skill they can muster, if you can call it that, is to take a previous successful TV show or movie and put a chick in it and make it gay and lame.
Posted by: Beartooth at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (LjgPm)
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Make a movie about a strong, competent, deadly white man slicing his way through Antifa goons and troons, and you'll make billions.
Posted by: XTC
Or a slap-stick comedy Camp Antifa~! in which a lonely boy is forced to attend by his AWFL parent and finds love. The two join forces and slaughter the commie campers. Comedy! Romance! Horror!
Posted by: XTC
Or a slap-stick comedy Camp Antifa~! in which a lonely boy is forced to attend by his AWFL parent and finds love. The two join forces and slaughter the commie campers. Comedy! Romance! Horror!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (IG4Id)
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Doomcock, is that you?
The media is constantly reporting on the dire reckoning coming . . . in entertainment, in the economy in general, in blue cities in particular. But Jesus never seems to come back does he? I think this kind of reportage has become the right's version of the always imminent climate apocalypse.
The media is constantly reporting on the dire reckoning coming . . . in entertainment, in the economy in general, in blue cities in particular. But Jesus never seems to come back does he? I think this kind of reportage has become the right's version of the always imminent climate apocalypse.
Posted by: The End Is Always Nigh at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (Ao3fE)
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The Charlie Sheen Two and Half Men is a rewatchable comedy series.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (MNhXM)
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Highly Recommend the movie SISU.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (pP2vl)
Seconded. Awesome movie. Saw that in the theater.
Highly Recommend the movie SISU.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (pP2vl)
Seconded. Awesome movie. Saw that in the theater.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (WLul0)
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And it's hard to market a movie glorifying gays and transgenders in China.
I mean, you can edit the black people out of the publicity posters for a movie in China, but if the whole movie revolves around the struggles of the LBGTLSTLSMFT community against oppression, you can't really do much with that.
I mean, you can edit the black people out of the publicity posters for a movie in China, but if the whole movie revolves around the struggles of the LBGTLSTLSMFT community against oppression, you can't really do much with that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (YAtuc)
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Big arc stories are more memorable and once you know how it winds up, there's little point in rewatching. The big arc-based shows are also rewatchable, but the delay between viewings is much, much longer and you're likely to remember how it ended anyway and will skip around.
And that is the best case, when the big arc-driven mini-series is *good.* If it sucks, the "rewatch factor" is zero.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (HnUIn)
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This is true. I enjoy re-watching Person of Interest or Babylon 5 from time to time, even though I know how the story arcs go. Good writing, engaging characters, interesting stories, and little to no wokeness to speak of.
And that is the best case, when the big arc-driven mini-series is *good.* If it sucks, the "rewatch factor" is zero.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:32 PM (HnUIn)
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This is true. I enjoy re-watching Person of Interest or Babylon 5 from time to time, even though I know how the story arcs go. Good writing, engaging characters, interesting stories, and little to no wokeness to speak of.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (7fElN)
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Of course, this switch is probably a huge part of the impetus behind ATSC 3.0 which will apparently “allow” turning broadcast TV into a subscription service, too.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (EXyHK)
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"I think this kind of reportage has become the right's version of the always imminent climate apocalypse."
If you've seen some of the big name actors in these tiny indie productions, you know there are problems.
If you've seen some of the big name actors in these tiny indie productions, you know there are problems.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (iFMeW)
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I am buying Bluray/DVD collections of the good stuff before the are disappeared by the fascists..
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (PCK5/)
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I think movie producers are still trying to figure out what genre people want right now and have yet to be able to figure it out.
It's just not that complicated. The real problem is that we stubbornly refuse to like what they think you should like.
What, no gay diversity in medieval Scandinavia?
It's just not that complicated. The real problem is that we stubbornly refuse to like what they think you should like.
What, no gay diversity in medieval Scandinavia?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (CsUN+)
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Sincerely, Hollywood could burn to the ground and I'd celebrate its demise.
Posted by: Biergood at April 10, 2024 04:38 PM (PwgSL)
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Woke Hollywood In a Panic As All Signs Point to a "Full-Scale Depression" in the Industry
It's not a depression.
We're just not picking up what you're putting down.
Ya feel me?
It's not a depression.
We're just not picking up what you're putting down.
Ya feel me?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2024 04:39 PM (FMTLw)
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If you want to watch buttfuckin', you'll just go to any of a thousand different sites and watch some actual buttfuckin'. You're not gonna watch two hours of some fake twinks making googly eyes at each other while something completely unrelated goes on around them that may or may not involve a comic book character.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:39 PM (GkFGh)
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And the wokies have since chased all the normies out of the writing rooms... and the normies aren't gonna come back to the people who ran them off and celebrated.
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:39 PM (/uwTS)
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Womp Womp. Womp.
Posted by: Sad Trombone at April 10, 2024 04:39 PM (lZVy/)
124
I want to eventually get Psych on Blu-Ray, but my poor ass really shouldn't be spending money at all.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:39 PM (UnA8+)
125
107 94 Personally, I love musicals. The faker the better. Entire streets breaking into dance in Oliver! is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
To each their own, but when I see things like that I am practically yelling at the screen “That’s neat, TELL THE FUCKING STORY!!!” Which is why I hate musicals.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
To each their own, but when I see things like that I am practically yelling at the screen “That’s neat, TELL THE FUCKING STORY!!!” Which is why I hate musicals.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (WLul0)
126
Maybe they can make it up with merch sales.
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (ePOMS)
127
The Charlie Sheen Two and Half Men is a rewatchable comedy series.
I've probably seen every BBT 30x. I just turn it on when I want to veg.
Sure, it's not for everyone, but for those to whom it appeals, it's timeless.
I've probably seen every BBT 30x. I just turn it on when I want to veg.
Sure, it's not for everyone, but for those to whom it appeals, it's timeless.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (CsUN+)
128
Also, Disney itself reports that Disney+ loses hundreds of millions of dollars every quarter.
Disney is effectively a cruise line that funds a film business.
Disney is effectively a cruise line that funds a film business.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)
129
Lots of content today, ace! The spice is flowing.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (q177U)
130
If you want to watch buttfuckin', you'll just go to any of a thousand different sites and watch some actual buttfuckin'. You're not gonna watch two hours of some fake twinks making googly eyes at each other while something completely unrelated goes on around them that may or may not involve a comic book character.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Wut?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Wut?
Posted by: Broke-Back Hollyweird at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (lZVy/)
131
@94
>>But then again, FilmBroTwitter needs realism in their movies about supermen destroying armies of aliens.
Do you know how awesome a Noir version of Superman would be, cast someone who evokes George Reeves instead of Christopher Reeves, make Superman an ersatz detective who has to figure out what world ending plan Lex is plotting without using his Super Powers all the time.
Make an Elseworlds version of Superman similar to Joker.
You know, like use your imaginations Hollywood.
Or Alternatively...
MAKE SUPERMAN INTERESTING AGAIN!!!!
>>But then again, FilmBroTwitter needs realism in their movies about supermen destroying armies of aliens.
Do you know how awesome a Noir version of Superman would be, cast someone who evokes George Reeves instead of Christopher Reeves, make Superman an ersatz detective who has to figure out what world ending plan Lex is plotting without using his Super Powers all the time.
Make an Elseworlds version of Superman similar to Joker.
You know, like use your imaginations Hollywood.
Or Alternatively...
MAKE SUPERMAN INTERESTING AGAIN!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)
132
Kong will become the stand in for AA's
Posted by: Jamaica at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (IG7T0)
133
102 Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis still more watchable than any of the new Star Wars or Star Trek series
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (iBjFa)
Confession: my Mom, who got me in to classic star trek and Farscape (among others) LOVED SG-1.
I disliked it. I liked certain episodes. I thought they were well done. But it is a hard thing to quantify. It felt cheap to me (which is odd, considering that I am a huge fan of OG ST and Farscape.) But those shows got past the barrier and got inside the disbelief.
SG-1 never did and the... Universe(?) show just felt like thy were trying to go for the grimdark tone of Farscape without the three seasons Farscape spent building that up.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (iBjFa)
Confession: my Mom, who got me in to classic star trek and Farscape (among others) LOVED SG-1.
I disliked it. I liked certain episodes. I thought they were well done. But it is a hard thing to quantify. It felt cheap to me (which is odd, considering that I am a huge fan of OG ST and Farscape.) But those shows got past the barrier and got inside the disbelief.
SG-1 never did and the... Universe(?) show just felt like thy were trying to go for the grimdark tone of Farscape without the three seasons Farscape spent building that up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (di6C2)
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Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis still more watchable than any of the new Star Wars or Star Trek series
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (iBjFa)
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I always found Stargate SG-1 to be a solid "B+" show in that I'd usually watch it when it was on, but I didn't bother to get more than the first season on DVD...
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (iBjFa)
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I always found Stargate SG-1 to be a solid "B+" show in that I'd usually watch it when it was on, but I didn't bother to get more than the first season on DVD...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (7fElN)
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125 To each their own, but when I see things like that I am practically yelling at the screen “That’s neat, TELL THE FUCKING STORY!!!” Which is why I hate musicals.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (WLul0)
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Demanding ruthless efficiency in storytelling, you might as well just read summaries.
The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (WLul0)
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Demanding ruthless efficiency in storytelling, you might as well just read summaries.
The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
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I am buying Bluray/DVD collections of the good stuff before the are disappeared by the fascists..
Posted by: tubal
Montag and the firemen will be right over.
I am buying Bluray/DVD collections of the good stuff before the are disappeared by the fascists..
Posted by: tubal
Montag and the firemen will be right over.
Posted by: 451 F at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (63Dwl)
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110 Doomcock, is that you?
Posted by: The End Is Always Nigh at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (Ao3fE)
Nah, he did not mention Kathleen Kennedy about to be fired once.
Posted by: The End Is Always Nigh at April 10, 2024 04:37 PM (Ao3fE)
Nah, he did not mention Kathleen Kennedy about to be fired once.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (di6C2)
138
Watch crime noir films. We were F’d up morally as a country in the 40’s and 50’s too if you go by these films.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (MNhXM)
139
Ah Paramount...
I liked "Strange New Worlds" well enough its first season, but they are in the process of killing the character of Captain Kirk in season 2.
Fuck Hollywood.
I liked "Strange New Worlds" well enough its first season, but they are in the process of killing the character of Captain Kirk in season 2.
Fuck Hollywood.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (X0I7i)
140
Disney is effectively a cruise line that funds a film business.
Anecdotally, even the cruise line is probably beginning to shed customers. My brother, whose family is, or used to be, huge Disney fans, going to Disney World or Disneyland every year at least once, recently called to invite me on a Caribbean cruise next year. The second sentence was to assure me it wasn’t a Disney cruise.
Anecdotally, even the cruise line is probably beginning to shed customers. My brother, whose family is, or used to be, huge Disney fans, going to Disney World or Disneyland every year at least once, recently called to invite me on a Caribbean cruise next year. The second sentence was to assure me it wasn’t a Disney cruise.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (EXyHK)
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131 Do you know how awesome a Noir version of Superman would be, cast someone who evokes George Reeves instead of Christopher Reeves, make Superman an ersatz detective who has to figure out what world ending plan Lex is plotting without using his Super Powers all the time.
Make an Elseworlds version of Superman similar to Joker.
You know, like use your imaginations Hollywood.
Or Alternatively...
MAKE SUPERMAN INTERESTING AGAIN!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)
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Sounds interesting. I'd probably check that out eventually.
But, I'm just tired of franchises in general. I feel no excitement about anything coming up.
The Human Vapor was surprisingly really good, though.
Make an Elseworlds version of Superman similar to Joker.
You know, like use your imaginations Hollywood.
Or Alternatively...
MAKE SUPERMAN INTERESTING AGAIN!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:40 PM (XV/Pl)
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Sounds interesting. I'd probably check that out eventually.
But, I'm just tired of franchises in general. I feel no excitement about anything coming up.
The Human Vapor was surprisingly really good, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (GBKbO)
142
The United States is the only country in the world, it seems, that makes movies not for its audience, but to please everyone else. This should stop. Korean directors make their movies unabashedly for a Korean audience but I watch anyway, for as much to see what a Korean take is on a story/movie as much as anything else. (For example)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (WLul0)
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Here's the key figure: "It would also be 18% lower than the average of the global box office totals between 2017-19."
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In 2019, the all-in average movie ticket cost per NATO (National Association of Theater Owners, not the military alliance) was $9.23.
In 2022 (latest data available), it was $10.53.
Assuming it was flat into 2023 (I doubt it), that is an increase of 14.1%, so with a flat audience, gross receipts should have gone up by that much.
The audience fell by at least 28%.
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In 2019, the all-in average movie ticket cost per NATO (National Association of Theater Owners, not the military alliance) was $9.23.
In 2022 (latest data available), it was $10.53.
Assuming it was flat into 2023 (I doubt it), that is an increase of 14.1%, so with a flat audience, gross receipts should have gone up by that much.
The audience fell by at least 28%.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (HnUIn)
144
Lady Gaga is a pretty fantastic actress. Just saying.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (iFMeW)
I've dropped Queen Latifa from my list of people I'd like to have lunch with and will add Gaga. Can't figure her out but agree she is talented.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (iFMeW)
I've dropped Queen Latifa from my list of people I'd like to have lunch with and will add Gaga. Can't figure her out but agree she is talented.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (W/lyH)
145
Subscribed to Netflix for one month just to watch Formula One series "Drive To Survive".
I don't watch Amazon Prime anymore since you have to pay extra if you don't want commercial on their prime movies.
Subscribed to Netflix for one month just to watch Formula One series "Drive To Survive".
I don't watch Amazon Prime anymore since you have to pay extra if you don't want commercial on their prime movies.
Posted by: Potato Of The United States at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (t6XCL)
146
Did they ever make any real money in China, or was that just a mirage?
Maybe Ace has a handle on this, but my experience is that they rob anything that is not bolted down, and digital media probably gets a stunning amount of piracy of every type.
Maybe Ace has a handle on this, but my experience is that they rob anything that is not bolted down, and digital media probably gets a stunning amount of piracy of every type.
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (ePOMS)
147
Another confession: I hated the Battlestar Galactica remake after the first season. WAY too much adult teen drama and grimdark.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (di6C2)
148
Y'know what I'm up for? A re-mastered IMAX version of "The Sand Pebbles".
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)
149
Demanding ruthless efficiency in storytelling, you might as well just read summaries.
The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
I watched both the Chinese and Netflix versions of Three Body Problem for that exact reason. They're both very good, but tell the story in very different ways.
The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
I watched both the Chinese and Netflix versions of Three Body Problem for that exact reason. They're both very good, but tell the story in very different ways.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (CsUN+)
Posted by: Spike Lee at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (lZVy/)
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Streaming? $$$ I don't want to spare. My TV watching is usually Grit for Westerns, Heroes & Icons for crime series and Trek, Comet for SF/fantasy, and various things on MeTV like Svengoolie and his Saturday-night horror-SF films. All free, over-the-air. And then there are DVDs from the library.
Yes, I pay for Internet, but I rarely use YooToob on the TV, or Tubi or the other services. They all want me to create an account even though they swear it's free to use them. I prefer to call up a classic film on YooToob on my laptop and watch it there, like one of those mini-TVs we used to have decades ago.
Yes, I pay for Internet, but I rarely use YooToob on the TV, or Tubi or the other services. They all want me to create an account even though they swear it's free to use them. I prefer to call up a classic film on YooToob on my laptop and watch it there, like one of those mini-TVs we used to have decades ago.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (J2vNu)
152
Nah, he did not mention Kathleen Kennedy about to be fired once.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (di6C2)
HER FIRING IS IMMINENT!!!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (di6C2)
HER FIRING IS IMMINENT!!!
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (WLul0)
153
Perry Mason and Columbo are about the two most re-watchables for me. Now, I couldn't watch the same episode over and over again, but just mix 'em up over the run of the series, and I can watch them over and over again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (w6EFb)
I have not gotten into Perry Mason yet, but I watch Columbo a lot. I am also watching ER.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (w6EFb)
I have not gotten into Perry Mason yet, but I watch Columbo a lot. I am also watching ER.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (PQ4m2)
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135 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
A lot of "entertainment" is barely worth reading the summary, or as I mock it "the plot synapse."
Musicals can be hit or miss at the best of times, you know before the woke sermonizing?
A lot of "entertainment" is barely worth reading the summary, or as I mock it "the plot synapse."
Musicals can be hit or miss at the best of times, you know before the woke sermonizing?
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (PisyI)
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146 Did they ever make any real money in China, or was that just a mirage?
Maybe Ace has a handle on this, but my experience is that they rob anything that is not bolted down, and digital media probably gets a stunning amount of piracy of every type.
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (ePOMS)
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They used to. Some films still do (Fast and Furious and Avatar are really the only two major examples).
But, China developed its own film industry that can tell Chinese stories to Chinese people without Americans in it.
Much more better.
Maybe Ace has a handle on this, but my experience is that they rob anything that is not bolted down, and digital media probably gets a stunning amount of piracy of every type.
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 04:42 PM (ePOMS)
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They used to. Some films still do (Fast and Furious and Avatar are really the only two major examples).
But, China developed its own film industry that can tell Chinese stories to Chinese people without Americans in it.
Much more better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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135 The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
Maybe, but the flavor of a musical is "flouncing soy jizz"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
Maybe, but the flavor of a musical is "flouncing soy jizz"
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (UnA8+)
158
It all went to hell when they canned The Marlboro Man.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (W/lyH)
159
Fringe… good series, also Elementary…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (PCK5/)
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153 Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (PQ4m2)
Columbo is awesome, I got my wife hooked on them in the 90s.
We also watch "Cannon" when we can, a fascinating thing to ponder when you watch those two and Adam-12 is that for the most part law enforcement was portrayed as Kennedy democrats.
Columbo is awesome, I got my wife hooked on them in the 90s.
We also watch "Cannon" when we can, a fascinating thing to ponder when you watch those two and Adam-12 is that for the most part law enforcement was portrayed as Kennedy democrats.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (X0I7i)
161
But, the project faces opposition from the local Klamath Tribes, who are concerned about damage construction poses to a culturally significant area, including possible burial sites..
"We have no clue if anyone's buried here, and no one from our tribe has ever paid any attention to it until you brought it up, but we're pretty sure it's sacred and so you can't do anything with it."
Makes sense.
"We have no clue if anyone's buried here, and no one from our tribe has ever paid any attention to it until you brought it up, but we're pretty sure it's sacred and so you can't do anything with it."
Makes sense.
Posted by: spindrift at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (OguvZ)
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154 A lot of "entertainment" is barely worth reading the summary, or as I mock it "the plot synapse."
Musicals can be hit or miss at the best of times, you know before the woke sermonizing?
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (X0I7i)
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Not a whole lot of woke sermonizing in Oliver!
Musicals can be hit or miss at the best of times, you know before the woke sermonizing?
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:43 PM (X0I7i)
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Not a whole lot of woke sermonizing in Oliver!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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58 47 Tubi is free and has movies I genuinely want to see.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
The Roku Channel has The Rockford Files, which I occasionally remember to watch.
Posted by: Octochicken
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The Roku Channel also has the Classic Dr. Who channel.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (iFMeW)
The Roku Channel has The Rockford Files, which I occasionally remember to watch.
Posted by: Octochicken
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The Roku Channel also has the Classic Dr. Who channel.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (sAmhv)
164
Now someone expose every last pedo and rapist in that rotten town
*sweats*
Oh... that town. Phew
*sweats*
Oh... that town. Phew
Posted by: Hon. Sen. Menendez (NJ+DR) at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (hSwza)
165
The problem with Joker 2 is Joker 1. The first Joker film was nearly perfect in every way except it had absolutely no redeeming value.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (q177U)
166
My theory is this:
the universe of writers, directors, actors, producers, backers and critics is a closed universe-
that universe exits for its own sake, and makes movies/TV shows for its own edification
the audience is an afterthought
the universe of writers, directors, actors, producers, backers and critics is a closed universe-
that universe exits for its own sake, and makes movies/TV shows for its own edification
the audience is an afterthought
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (oCjPU)
167
159 Fringe… good series, also Elementary…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (PCK5/)
Fringe, yes. Until it got too weird. Even then it still had some good episodes in there.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (PCK5/)
Fringe, yes. Until it got too weird. Even then it still had some good episodes in there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (di6C2)
168
I’ve commented before but I like that in the Noir films the cops will yell at suspects running away .
“Stop or I’ll shoot ! Bam Bam Bam “
and no one raised an eyebrow in the film or in the audience.
“Stop or I’ll shoot ! Bam Bam Bam “
and no one raised an eyebrow in the film or in the audience.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (MNhXM)
169
Again, these are layoffs of people not in my country, so I don't give a shit.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (woPEM)
170
Demanding ruthless efficiency in storytelling, you might as well just read summaries.
The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah, but music numbers in my stories aren’t flavoring. They are vastly annoying. If I want flavoring, we have these things called “adjectives” and “adverbs”.
The appeal of stories is in the flavoring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah, but music numbers in my stories aren’t flavoring. They are vastly annoying. If I want flavoring, we have these things called “adjectives” and “adverbs”.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (WLul0)
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165 The problem with Joker 2 is Joker 1. The first Joker film was nearly perfect in every way except it had absolutely no redeeming value.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (q177U)
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I kind of hated its first half.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (q177U)
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I kind of hated its first half.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (GBKbO)
172
The Bideneconomy is spending jobs overseas and increasing inflation on the basics everyone needs to buy.
At the same time Hollywood is mostly making woke crap making it even easier then it would otherwise be for someone to cut out some streaming service so they can afford dinner.
Oh and the proliferation of streaming services is producing a stupid business model. I have to buy service X to see one show I want, the Y for another, and Z for a third? At that point why wouldn't I just pirate them all?
At the same time Hollywood is mostly making woke crap making it even easier then it would otherwise be for someone to cut out some streaming service so they can afford dinner.
Oh and the proliferation of streaming services is producing a stupid business model. I have to buy service X to see one show I want, the Y for another, and Z for a third? At that point why wouldn't I just pirate them all?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (ibTVg)
173
53 I admit to watching "The Resident" on Netflix, which got more and more woke as the seasons progressed. I got a big guffaw out of the episode about the UK citizen touting the NHS and then dying in the American healthcare system.
Posted by: Halfhand at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (NWTm7)
My wife used to watch that. I love busting on her love of medical shows by constantly asking which one is the one who plays by their own rules.
However, The Resident did have an episode where they disregarded the hospital directors demand and treated an illegal they knew couldn't pay. The director told them what it cost the hospital in terms of money and other people they couldn't treat. I was kind of shocked by that.
Posted by: Halfhand at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (NWTm7)
My wife used to watch that. I love busting on her love of medical shows by constantly asking which one is the one who plays by their own rules.
However, The Resident did have an episode where they disregarded the hospital directors demand and treated an illegal they knew couldn't pay. The director told them what it cost the hospital in terms of money and other people they couldn't treat. I was kind of shocked by that.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (KbCG3)
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We have no clue if anyone's buried here, and no one from our tribe has ever paid any attention to it until you brought it up, but we're pretty sure it's sacred and so you can't do anything with it."
Makes sense.
Posted by: spindrift at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (OguvZ)
It's also the 43,659th holiest site in Islam on every third Wednesday of the month.
Makes sense.
Posted by: spindrift at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (OguvZ)
It's also the 43,659th holiest site in Islam on every third Wednesday of the month.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (GkFGh)
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Do you know how awesome a Noir version of Superman would be, cast someone who evokes George Reeves instead of Christopher Reeves, make Superman an ersatz detective who has to figure out what world ending plan Lex is plotting without using his Super Powers all the time.
Make an Elseworlds version of Superman similar to Joker.
You know, like use your imaginations Hollywood.
Or Alternatively...
MAKE SUPERMAN INTERESTING AGAIN!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024
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I'd like that too. Superman and Batman were supposed to be of way above average intelligence; Batman was a masked, cloaked Sherlock Holmes. I want to see them pull an old-style "Mission: Impossible" or The Sting-type scam on the villain, then spring the trap on him -- and it could be just as much a surprise for the audience.
Make an Elseworlds version of Superman similar to Joker.
You know, like use your imaginations Hollywood.
Or Alternatively...
MAKE SUPERMAN INTERESTING AGAIN!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024
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I'd like that too. Superman and Batman were supposed to be of way above average intelligence; Batman was a masked, cloaked Sherlock Holmes. I want to see them pull an old-style "Mission: Impossible" or The Sting-type scam on the villain, then spring the trap on him -- and it could be just as much a surprise for the audience.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (J2vNu)
176
Pakistan truck repair on YouTube is more interesting.
Pakistan truck repair on YouTube is more interesting.
Posted by: Potato Of The United States at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (t6XCL)
177
Making money by selling a product the public wants to buy is no longer a top priority for these corporations. Urinating on the public is most important. Any attempt to salvage the company is intended to continue the urination.
Making money by selling a product the public wants to buy is no longer a top priority for these corporations. Urinating on the public is most important. Any attempt to salvage the company is intended to continue the urination.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (dtlw7)
178
I miss the analog days. Maybe if Norm Abram would start up another "This Old House" series I could be persuaded. Or is he dead now?
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (dIske)
179
For something “ newer” The Blacklist is really good.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (PCK5/)
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One other Joker comment: the imaginary girlfriend thing was interesting as I watched the movie, but in hindsight it was kind of dumb.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (q177U)
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Not a whole lot of woke sermonizing in Oliver!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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Has anyone made a woke version of "Oliver!"?
I'm a little surprised if they haven't.
Seems like it would be easy to do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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Has anyone made a woke version of "Oliver!"?
I'm a little surprised if they haven't.
Seems like it would be easy to do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (7fElN)
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156 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
The Chinese HATE the soiboi "hectortainment" it makes little sense to them, and does not appeal to their culture at all. What fascinates me is the group of cocksuckers who SWEAR they are "cosmopolitans" do not understand the sub-cultures of Asia or even the limits the Chinese Communist Party faced in trying to reprogram its citizenry on cultural matters. Why if I didn't know better I'd say the leftoids are projecting when they call people like me "xenophobe."
The Chinese HATE the soiboi "hectortainment" it makes little sense to them, and does not appeal to their culture at all. What fascinates me is the group of cocksuckers who SWEAR they are "cosmopolitans" do not understand the sub-cultures of Asia or even the limits the Chinese Communist Party faced in trying to reprogram its citizenry on cultural matters. Why if I didn't know better I'd say the leftoids are projecting when they call people like me "xenophobe."
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (X0I7i)
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165 The problem with Joker 2 is Joker 1. The first Joker film was nearly perfect in every way except it had absolutely no redeeming value.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (q177U)
Sounds like the Platonic ideal.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (q177U)
Sounds like the Platonic ideal.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (YwyqV)
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Not a whole lot of woke sermonizing in Oliver!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
Bill Sykes was down for the struggle, but eventually, even his dog ratted him out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
Bill Sykes was down for the struggle, but eventually, even his dog ratted him out.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (rj6Yv)
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178 I miss the analog days. Maybe if Norm Abram would start up another "This Old House" series I could be persuaded. Or is he dead now?
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (dIske)
That is the second time Norm from This Old House has been mentioned in the comments today.
Weird.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (dIske)
That is the second time Norm from This Old House has been mentioned in the comments today.
Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (di6C2)
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My favorite streaming shows:
Only Murders in the Building-HULU
Derry Girls- Netflix
Ted Lasso- AppleTV
Chuck-HBO MAX
Most everything else I watch is on PBS Passport and I just have to make a $60 donation each year.
Only Murders in the Building-HULU
Derry Girls- Netflix
Ted Lasso- AppleTV
Chuck-HBO MAX
Most everything else I watch is on PBS Passport and I just have to make a $60 donation each year.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (rbKZ6)
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180 Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2024 04:46 PM (q177U)
She was a real person, he just imagined every interaction but invading her house.
She was a real person, he just imagined every interaction but invading her house.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (X0I7i)
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182 The Chinese HATE the soiboi "hectortainment" it makes little sense to them, and does not appeal to their culture at all. What fascinates me is the group of cocksuckers who SWEAR they are "cosmopolitans" do not understand the sub-cultures of Asia or even the limits the Chinese Communist Party faced in trying to reprogram its citizenry on cultural matters. Why if I didn't know better I'd say the leftoids are projecting when they call people like me "xenophobe."
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (X0I7i)
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Cosmopolitan really just means oikophobe.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (X0I7i)
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Cosmopolitan really just means oikophobe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (GBKbO)
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Maybe they should do an unwoke Hee Haw reboot? I know it's asking a lot for them to make shows people want to watch.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (yeEu9)
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168 I’ve commented before but I like that in the Noir films the cops will yell at suspects running away .
“Stop or I’ll shoot ! Bam Bam Bam “
and no one raised an eyebrow in the film or in the audience.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (MNhXM)
I love it. And they'll shoot them no matter where they are. Middle of the street? In a crowd? Sure!
“Stop or I’ll shoot ! Bam Bam Bam “
and no one raised an eyebrow in the film or in the audience.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (MNhXM)
I love it. And they'll shoot them no matter where they are. Middle of the street? In a crowd? Sure!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (KbCG3)
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182 The Chinese HATE the soiboi "hectortainment" it makes little sense to them, and does not appeal to their culture at all. What fascinates me is the group of cocksuckers who SWEAR they are "cosmopolitans" do not understand the sub-cultures of Asia or even the limits the Chinese Communist Party faced in trying to reprogram its citizenry on cultural matters. Why if I didn't know better I'd say the leftoids are projecting when they call people like me "xenophobe."
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (X0I7i)
Leftists would say that it's fine for non-white cultures to be Warriors. But ONLY them.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (X0I7i)
Leftists would say that it's fine for non-white cultures to be Warriors. But ONLY them.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (iFMeW)
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that universe exits for its own sake, and makes movies/TV shows for its own edification
the audience is an afterthought
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (oCjPU)
They make movies for the Twitter bots they pay to like their movies.
It is the circlest of jerks.
the audience is an afterthought
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:45 PM (oCjPU)
They make movies for the Twitter bots they pay to like their movies.
It is the circlest of jerks.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (GkFGh)
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My favorite rom-com/musical is Unforgiven, with Eastwood.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (pohLc)
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190 I love it. And they'll shoot them no matter where they are. Middle of the street? In a crowd? Sure!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (KbCG3)
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The Japanese military (or, defense force) is super trigger happy in kaiju movies.
Like, don't care what it is: just fire things at it until it dies.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (KbCG3)
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The Japanese military (or, defense force) is super trigger happy in kaiju movies.
Like, don't care what it is: just fire things at it until it dies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
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Not a whole lot of woke sermonizing in Oliver!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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I watched that as a kid and remember being horrified when Oliver Reed beat that lady to death with his cane.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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I watched that as a kid and remember being horrified when Oliver Reed beat that lady to death with his cane.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (DRSnL)
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Bitch set me up.
Posted by: Fatty Arbuckle at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (woPEM)
198
I detest musicals, who other than me goes through life singing and dancing 🕺
Oh wait, I don't either
Oh wait, I don't either
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (fwDg9)
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Anyone watching "Sugar" the Colin Farrell detective series on Apple? Just wondered if it was good enough to consider resubscribing to Apple TV.
Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (oaGWv)
200
For something “ newer” The Blacklist is really good.
The Blacklist was fascinating in its first few seasons. Real (if probably unworkable) ideas like monitoring the post office for hold mail requests to have a pool of hideouts. Then it took a hard turn into weird science fiction technologies.
The Blacklist was fascinating in its first few seasons. Real (if probably unworkable) ideas like monitoring the post office for hold mail requests to have a pool of hideouts. Then it took a hard turn into weird science fiction technologies.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (EXyHK)
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193 They make movies for the Twitter bots they pay to like their movies.
It is the circlest of jerks.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (GkFGh)
To get a high critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
It is the circlest of jerks.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (GkFGh)
To get a high critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (UnA8+)
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Once in a while, TV makes something like Shogun.
Once in a while, TV makes something like Shogun.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (ANeHG)
203
Maybe if Norm Abram would start up another 'This Old House'"
He's on Pluto. All day.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (iFMeW)
Made a spaceship out of 3/8" dowel, two sheets of plywood, and a dado blade?
He's on Pluto. All day.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (iFMeW)
Made a spaceship out of 3/8" dowel, two sheets of plywood, and a dado blade?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (GkFGh)
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Leftists would say that it's fine for non-white cultures to be Warriors. But ONLY them.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (UnA8+)
This.
Plus, Individuality (retarded individuality that is actually conformity) is also the rule in western media. Rebels.
That does not quite play as well in commie cuntries.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (UnA8+)
This.
Plus, Individuality (retarded individuality that is actually conformity) is also the rule in western media. Rebels.
That does not quite play as well in commie cuntries.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (di6C2)
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196 I watched that as a kid and remember being horrified when Oliver Reed beat that lady to death with his cane.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (DRSnL)
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Fun fact:
The film was directed by Reed's uncle, Carol Reed, and Oliver still had to try out for the role.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (DRSnL)
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Fun fact:
The film was directed by Reed's uncle, Carol Reed, and Oliver still had to try out for the role.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (GBKbO)
206
Nobody sings about Detroit. Come on, man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024
There's fryers, broilers, and Detroit barbecue ribs
But the treat of the treat
Is when they serve up those fine egg beats
You wanna spend the rest of your brights
Down at the house, the house of blue lights..
Anyone ever had Detroit barbecue ribs?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024
There's fryers, broilers, and Detroit barbecue ribs
But the treat of the treat
Is when they serve up those fine egg beats
You wanna spend the rest of your brights
Down at the house, the house of blue lights..
Anyone ever had Detroit barbecue ribs?
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (R/m4+)
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“is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.”
Are you talking about Hollywood or Congress?
Are you talking about Hollywood or Congress?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (JTwsP)
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@141
>>But, I'm just tired of franchises in general. I feel no excitement about anything coming up.
Here is an idea, a film set in the pandemic and about the supply chain and truckers having to race to the coasts to pickup loads and deliver them as quickly as possible, to get bounties and bonuses, make it a sort of Convoy meets CannonBall Run, meets It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Meets Smokey and The Bandit.
No CGI, just car chases and trucks smashing sh*t, cops chasing trucks, there could be lot lizards story lines and about being on the road far from home and missing your wife or loved one.
You know, like they used to make films in the 70's and 80's.
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
>>But, I'm just tired of franchises in general. I feel no excitement about anything coming up.
Here is an idea, a film set in the pandemic and about the supply chain and truckers having to race to the coasts to pickup loads and deliver them as quickly as possible, to get bounties and bonuses, make it a sort of Convoy meets CannonBall Run, meets It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Meets Smokey and The Bandit.
No CGI, just car chases and trucks smashing sh*t, cops chasing trucks, there could be lot lizards story lines and about being on the road far from home and missing your wife or loved one.
You know, like they used to make films in the 70's and 80's.
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (XV/Pl)
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Like, don't care what it is: just fire things at it until it dies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
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MOAR DAKKA!
**BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!**
"Is it dead yet? No? Reload and try again!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
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MOAR DAKKA!
**BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!**
"Is it dead yet? No? Reload and try again!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (7fElN)
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198 I detest musicals, who other than me goes through life singing and dancing 🕺
Oh wait, I don't either
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (fwDg9)
I like 1776.
Oh wait, I don't either
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (fwDg9)
I like 1776.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (di6C2)
211
Pluto the streaming app.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (iFMeW)
212
Hollywood should make another feelgood romp like Taxi Driver
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (oCjPU)
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208 No CGI, just car chases and trucks smashing sh*t, cops chasing trucks, there could be lot lizards story lines and about being on the road far from home and missing your wife or loved one.
You know, like they used to make films in the 70's and 80's.
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'd watch that. Eventually.
Everything is on hold until Japanese monster movies from the 50s and 60s are done.
You know, like they used to make films in the 70's and 80's.
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'd watch that. Eventually.
Everything is on hold until Japanese monster movies from the 50s and 60s are done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (EXyHK)
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195 190 I love it. And they'll shoot them no matter where they are. Middle of the street? In a crowd? Sure!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (KbCG3)
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The Japanese military (or, defense force) is super trigger happy in kaiju movies.
Like, don't care what it is: just fire things at it until it dies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
Was one of the more hilarious parts of Animal House. Kevin Bacon* shooting at Flounder on a crowded street and nobody seems to care that much that he just attempted murder and likely killed an innocent bystander or two.
*May not have been Bacon
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (KbCG3)
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The Japanese military (or, defense force) is super trigger happy in kaiju movies.
Like, don't care what it is: just fire things at it until it dies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (GBKbO)
Was one of the more hilarious parts of Animal House. Kevin Bacon* shooting at Flounder on a crowded street and nobody seems to care that much that he just attempted murder and likely killed an innocent bystander or two.
*May not have been Bacon
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
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200 For something “ newer” The Blacklist is really good.
The Blacklist was fascinating in its first few seasons. Real (if probably unworkable) ideas like monitoring the post office for hold mail requests to have a pool of hideouts. Then it took a hard turn into weird science fiction technologies.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (EXyHK)
Out on a limb here, but I imagine you were not fond of the XFiles….
The Blacklist was fascinating in its first few seasons. Real (if probably unworkable) ideas like monitoring the post office for hold mail requests to have a pool of hideouts. Then it took a hard turn into weird science fiction technologies.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (EXyHK)
Out on a limb here, but I imagine you were not fond of the XFiles….
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (PCK5/)
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209 MOAR DAKKA!
**BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!**
"Is it dead yet? No? Reload and try again!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (7fElN)
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"Well, that didn't work."
"I have developed a new weapon, but it's definitely not nuclear powered."
"Good. Wouldn't want to use nukes in any sort of positive light."
**BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!**
"Is it dead yet? No? Reload and try again!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:50 PM (7fElN)
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"Well, that didn't work."
"I have developed a new weapon, but it's definitely not nuclear powered."
"Good. Wouldn't want to use nukes in any sort of positive light."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
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We also watch "Cannon" when we can, a fascinating thing to ponder when you watch those two and Adam-12 is that for the most part law enforcement was portrayed as Kennedy democrats.
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So, Neo-Nazi MAGAts!
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So, Neo-Nazi MAGAts!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (vtyCZ)
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That is the second time Norm from This Old House has been mentioned in the comments today.
Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (di6C2)
_________________
Heh ...missed whomever posted the other one. Never was a Bob Vila fan...but Norm rocked. Bob Vila was to Norm Abram as Marlin Perkins was to Jim Fowler.
Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:47 PM (di6C2)
_________________
Heh ...missed whomever posted the other one. Never was a Bob Vila fan...but Norm rocked. Bob Vila was to Norm Abram as Marlin Perkins was to Jim Fowler.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (dIske)
220
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black VPN, and begin filling his NAS with movies, TV, and music.
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
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Good. Now someone expose every last pedo and rapist in that rotten town.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (UnA8+)
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"We're gonna need a bigger quote ..."
-- Hollywood Cockroach Exterminators, LLC
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:28 PM (UnA8+)
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"We're gonna need a bigger quote ..."
-- Hollywood Cockroach Exterminators, LLC
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (lFJm1)
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220 Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black VPN, and begin filling his NAS with movies, TV, and music.
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
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VPN? That thing that the FBI has encryption keys to?
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
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VPN? That thing that the FBI has encryption keys to?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (UnA8+)
224
>You know, like they used to make films in the 70's and 80's.
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (oCjPU)
225
We watch mostly Korean tv shows, mostly for the lack of Wokism and their Detective shows are usually really good and vert gritty,
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (dKiJG)
226
Amadeus… as in Rock Me…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (PCK5/)
227
Sit down, Aetius.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (EXyHK)
QUIET!
One useless man is a disgrace.
Two are now a law firm.
And three or more are a CONGRESS!
And BY GOD I have had this congress!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (EXyHK)
QUIET!
One useless man is a disgrace.
Two are now a law firm.
And three or more are a CONGRESS!
And BY GOD I have had this congress!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (di6C2)
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Once in a while, TV makes something like Shogun.
Between Shogun and Tokyo Vice, I've been heavily into the Japanese / western interface stuff lately.
Between Shogun and Tokyo Vice, I've been heavily into the Japanese / western interface stuff lately.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (CsUN+)
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First they alienate half of their audience by spitting on conservatives and Republicans. Then they alienate most of the remaining audience by only offering degenerate rainbow storylines. Yep, it's a mystery how they Hollywood could be failing.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (unUNN)
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Re Perry Mason and Svengoolie.
Raymond Burr was in the first Godzilla movie before he was Perry Mason. Svengoolie played that one night, and did parody lyrics to the Perry Mason theme:
https://tinyurl.com/28ame495
The quality there isn't too good, but I found it.
Re Perry Mason and Svengoolie.
Raymond Burr was in the first Godzilla movie before he was Perry Mason. Svengoolie played that one night, and did parody lyrics to the Perry Mason theme:
https://tinyurl.com/28ame495
The quality there isn't too good, but I found it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (w6EFb)
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Everything is on hold until Japanese monster movies from the 50s and 60s are done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
That’s a lot of movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
That’s a lot of movies.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (YwyqV)
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LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL!
Posted by: Mutnodjmet at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (duHLz)
233
I don't watch any shows or movies.
None.
None of it is worth my time. It's all ghey, woke, regurgitated, lazy garbage. To boot, it's preachy and most of it is blatantly anti-white and anti-male.
Movies are four fucking hours now? Who the hell has time to go spend an ENTIRE AFTERNOON watching a movie that, at BEST, you walk away going "That was okay I guess."?
None.
None of it is worth my time. It's all ghey, woke, regurgitated, lazy garbage. To boot, it's preachy and most of it is blatantly anti-white and anti-male.
Movies are four fucking hours now? Who the hell has time to go spend an ENTIRE AFTERNOON watching a movie that, at BEST, you walk away going "That was okay I guess."?
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (oqH4h)
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226 Amadeus… as in Rock Me…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (PCK5/)
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They're remaking Amadeus, by the way.
Paul Bettany is going to play Salieri, but, because modern day: it will be a streaming show.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (PCK5/)
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They're remaking Amadeus, by the way.
Paul Bettany is going to play Salieri, but, because modern day: it will be a streaming show.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
235
every movie should have a scene where a few guys go to a strip club to have a beer and plan their next move
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (oCjPU)
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You know, like they used to make films in the 70's and 80's.
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (oCjPU)
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With ideas like this, you'll never be able to find work in this town...
THIS COULD WORK PEOPLE!!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (oCjPU)
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With ideas like this, you'll never be able to find work in this town...
Posted by: Hollywood Producers at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (7fElN)
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Was one of the more hilarious parts of Animal House. Kevin Bacon* shooting at Flounder on a crowded street and nobody seems to care that much that he just attempted murder and likely killed an innocent bystander or two.
*May not have been Bacon
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
That was Neidemyer.
Bacon was ‘ Stay Calm . All is Well ! ‘
*May not have been Bacon
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
That was Neidemyer.
Bacon was ‘ Stay Calm . All is Well ! ‘
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (MNhXM)
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We watch mostly Korean tv shows, mostly for the lack of Wokism and their Detective shows are usually really good and vert gritty,
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (dKiJG)
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It's creeping in. The moment I see it, I bail from the show and try another.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (dKiJG)
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It's creeping in. The moment I see it, I bail from the show and try another.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (HnUIn)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (ANeHG)
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229 First they alienate half of their audience by spitting on conservatives and Republicans. Then they alienate most of the remaining audience by only offering degenerate rainbow storylines. Yep, it's a mystery how they Hollywood could be failing.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (unUNN)
The biggest trouble for them is that they made it easy to walk away. I don't feel like I'm missing out if I don't go see some movie everyone is talking about.
However, I do feel like I'm selling out if I do.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (unUNN)
The biggest trouble for them is that they made it easy to walk away. I don't feel like I'm missing out if I don't go see some movie everyone is talking about.
However, I do feel like I'm selling out if I do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
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Paul Bettany is going to play Salieri, but, because modern day: it will be a streaming show.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
AND GAY! (I assume)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
AND GAY! (I assume)
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (YwyqV)
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throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (oCjPU)
They did that with John Wick.
Then they made a series out of it.
Or maybe they did. I have learned not to watch sequels of really great, self contained movies. Thanks Matrix!
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (oCjPU)
They did that with John Wick.
Then they made a series out of it.
Or maybe they did. I have learned not to watch sequels of really great, self contained movies. Thanks Matrix!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (di6C2)
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Here's a tip to Hollywood types, during your awards ceremonies don't insult the audience by pushing your twisted political views.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (unUNN)
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Everything is on hold until Japanese monster movies from the 50s and 60s are done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
That’s a lot of movies.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (YwyqV)
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His next Movie Thread won't be released until Christmas, but it WILL be epic!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
That’s a lot of movies.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (YwyqV)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (7fElN)
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Once in a while, TV makes something like Shogun.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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The book it's based on is good, the original miniseries was good for it's time, and yes, this current version of Shogun is very watchable.
Once in a while, TV makes something like Shogun.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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The book it's based on is good, the original miniseries was good for it's time, and yes, this current version of Shogun is very watchable.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (vtyCZ)
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234 226 Amadeus… as in Rock Me…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (PCK5/)
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They're remaking Amadeus, by the way.
Paul Bettany is going to play Salieri, but, because modern day: it will be a streaming show.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
I imagine the Suck will be great…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (PCK5/)
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They're remaking Amadeus, by the way.
Paul Bettany is going to play Salieri, but, because modern day: it will be a streaming show.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
I imagine the Suck will be great…
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Pluto the streaming app.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (iFMeW)
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Pluto has a lot of good stuff.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (iFMeW)
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Pluto has a lot of good stuff.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (DRSnL)
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220 Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black VPN, and begin filling his NAS with movies, TV, and music.
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
STREAMFAB lets you download shows and movies you bought from Amazon and well you can download Netflix, and others then cancel the subscription and upload them to your NAS or so I have heard
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
STREAMFAB lets you download shows and movies you bought from Amazon and well you can download Netflix, and others then cancel the subscription and upload them to your NAS or so I have heard
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (dKiJG)
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240 However, I do feel like I'm selling out if I do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
I basically think about everything anymore : "The Horde would never put up with this shit."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
I basically think about everything anymore : "The Horde would never put up with this shit."
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (UnA8+)
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Me, around 1983: I hate musicals. It's ridiculous how everyone just breaks into song and dance at random.
My 1983 friend: I know! That's what I love about them!
My 1983 friend: I know! That's what I love about them!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (OX9vb)
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237 Was one of the more hilarious parts of Animal House. Kevin Bacon* shooting at Flounder on a crowded street and nobody seems to care that much that he just attempted murder and likely killed an innocent bystander or two.
*May not have been Bacon
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
That was Neidemyer.
Bacon was ‘ Stay Calm . All is Well ! ‘
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (MNhXM)
This is why God gave us asterisks.
Still cracks me up, though. What justification for him shooting at him like that?
*May not have been Bacon
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
That was Neidemyer.
Bacon was ‘ Stay Calm . All is Well ! ‘
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (MNhXM)
This is why God gave us asterisks.
Still cracks me up, though. What justification for him shooting at him like that?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
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Hollywood should make another feelgood romp like Taxi Driver
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (oCjPU)
I love the brothel shoot up scene near the end. The doorman's hand get's shot, stabbed then shot before his head gets blown off. His hand never stood a chance.
https://tinyurl.com/34mfz62n
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (oCjPU)
I love the brothel shoot up scene near the end. The doorman's hand get's shot, stabbed then shot before his head gets blown off. His hand never stood a chance.
https://tinyurl.com/34mfz62n
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (R/m4+)
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Sweet; I can enjoy this obliteration without any downside for me personally, since the shows I watch are from the 60s and 70s and on physical media that I own.
Posted by: Bud Norton at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (6cOMd)
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I should mention that China always had an effective film industry.
I remember in CA in the 90s a lot of Asians (Korean and VN) that I knew watched Chinese historical movies on DVD.
So China was pumping out these dramas that appealed massively to young asian women, even nationals that really hated China, and the shows were so popular back home that they sent them to expats in USA. I was impressed. I assume they were pure propaganda, but effective. One VN boat-girl (ie, her parents escaped VN on boat when the reds took over) I knew admired China. In the 90s. Made no sense to me but she saw China as Westerners see Rome.
I remember in CA in the 90s a lot of Asians (Korean and VN) that I knew watched Chinese historical movies on DVD.
So China was pumping out these dramas that appealed massively to young asian women, even nationals that really hated China, and the shows were so popular back home that they sent them to expats in USA. I was impressed. I assume they were pure propaganda, but effective. One VN boat-girl (ie, her parents escaped VN on boat when the reds took over) I knew admired China. In the 90s. Made no sense to me but she saw China as Westerners see Rome.
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (ePOMS)
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"Pluto has a lot of good stuff."
Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up.
Pluto runs crappy and has some annoying ads, but does have some good shows.
Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up.
Pluto runs crappy and has some annoying ads, but does have some good shows.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (iFMeW)
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234 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (HnUIn)
Also South Korea is so happy the women have gone B4 and are refusing to breed.
Japan was nuked twice to get that fucked up, I can't wrap my head around the Happy Hanguls descent into madness.
Also South Korea is so happy the women have gone B4 and are refusing to breed.
Japan was nuked twice to get that fucked up, I can't wrap my head around the Happy Hanguls descent into madness.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (X0I7i)
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And yet.... even with fans saying they WOULD go see it... they cancellated Coyote vs. Road Runner..
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (xaFKb)
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196 Not a whole lot of woke sermonizing in Oliver!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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I watched that as a kid and remember being horrified when Oliver Reed beat that lady to death with his cane.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (DRSnL)
I think the murder is even more chilling in the 1948 version, Oliver Twist, with Alec Guinness as an outrageously slimy Fagin.
The murder isn't seen, just heard, but the little dog cowering and trying to hide at the sight of it is heartbreaking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)
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I watched that as a kid and remember being horrified when Oliver Reed beat that lady to death with his cane.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM (DRSnL)
I think the murder is even more chilling in the 1948 version, Oliver Twist, with Alec Guinness as an outrageously slimy Fagin.
The murder isn't seen, just heard, but the little dog cowering and trying to hide at the sight of it is heartbreaking.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (i9ffA)
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Hollywood is made up mostly of gases.
Posted by: Let gp Sink In at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (MvF+J)
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black VPN, and begin filling his NAS with movies, TV, and music.
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
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"Blacks are too stupid to figure out how to procure ID to vote OR how to use VPNs, h8r!"
Posted by: weew at April 10, 2024 04:52 PM (/uwTS)
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"Blacks are too stupid to figure out how to procure ID to vote OR how to use VPNs, h8r!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (lFJm1)
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225 We watch mostly Korean tv shows, mostly for the lack of Wokism and their Detective shows are usually really good and vert gritty,
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and the actresses!!! .. can you say smoke show?
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and the actresses!!! .. can you say smoke show?
Posted by: ET at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (wDQ5o)
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A woke remake of Prometheus could be exactly what Doogie Howser ordered to turn this ship around!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (a3Q+t)
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199 Anyone watching "Sugar" the Colin Farrell detective series on Apple? Just wondered if it was good enough to consider resubscribing to Apple TV.
Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM
I haven’t started it yet but I’m planning to check it out. The trailer looks interesting. Another great show on AppleTV is “The Afterparty”. Pretty funny and clever premise.
Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM
I haven’t started it yet but I’m planning to check it out. The trailer looks interesting. Another great show on AppleTV is “The Afterparty”. Pretty funny and clever premise.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (rbKZ6)
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250 240 However, I do feel like I'm selling out if I do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
I basically think about everything anymore : "The Horde would never put up with this shit."
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (UnA8+)
It's good company.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)
I basically think about everything anymore : "The Horde would never put up with this shit."
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (UnA8+)
It's good company.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (KbCG3)
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>>throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
And you somehow get Daniel Day Lewis to take on the Kris Christopherson role, you get Tom Cruise to play the crazy dispatcher with fat hands who dances, you put Emma Stone in it as a Lot Lizard so she can get her third Oscar, etc, etc.
I could be my own one man writing room.
>>throw in a couple seconds of gratuitous nudity and I think we have a hit!
And you somehow get Daniel Day Lewis to take on the Kris Christopherson role, you get Tom Cruise to play the crazy dispatcher with fat hands who dances, you put Emma Stone in it as a Lot Lizard so she can get her third Oscar, etc, etc.
I could be my own one man writing room.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (XV/Pl)
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246 He's on Pluto. All day.
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Better than fucking Goofy.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (vtyCZ)
Should have used a Minnie sock.
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Better than fucking Goofy.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (vtyCZ)
Should have used a Minnie sock.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (di6C2)
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255 Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (ePOMS)
One of Mao's great sins was destroying two generations of Chinese cinema on a lark once in power.
There was a 1905 silent rendition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms I would pay a 1000 bucks to watch but it is gone.
One of Mao's great sins was destroying two generations of Chinese cinema on a lark once in power.
There was a 1905 silent rendition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms I would pay a 1000 bucks to watch but it is gone.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (X0I7i)
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I got yer sreamin' right here.
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Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
None . I like the end where they gave snippets of what became of their characters,
Neidemeyer was shot in the back by his own troops
None . I like the end where they gave snippets of what became of their characters,
Neidemeyer was shot in the back by his own troops
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (MNhXM)
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We watch a lot of pre-woke shows.
I added the opening theme music from Get Smart as a ringtone on my phone. Fourteen y/o granddaughter said, "That's cool!"
I added the opening theme music from Get Smart as a ringtone on my phone. Fourteen y/o granddaughter said, "That's cool!"
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (991eG)
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Some of the Chinese movies are really top drawer.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (pohLc)
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one veteran top TV executive said. "This is a full-scale depression for the entertainment industry."
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You created it so now you own it. Surely, clever people like you have gamed the effect of producing offensive, ugly programs. Obviously finding out what conservatives and Christians like never occurred to you.
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You created it so now you own it. Surely, clever people like you have gamed the effect of producing offensive, ugly programs. Obviously finding out what conservatives and Christians like never occurred to you.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (unUNN)
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Hollywood will be cutting the number of scripted shows it makes by 25% over the next few years.
That means, of course, about a 25% loss in jobs.
No math, I know. However, I think this will be a geometric progression of job losses. Like in the gazillions.
That means, of course, about a 25% loss in jobs.
No math, I know. However, I think this will be a geometric progression of job losses. Like in the gazillions.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (ju2Fy)
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Hollywood is made up mostly of gases.
Posted by: Let gp Sink In at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (MvF+J)
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... and black hos, but mostly black hos.
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... and black hos, but mostly black hos.
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (lFJm1)
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... Japan was nuked twice to get that fucked up, I can't wrap my head around the Happy Hanguls descent into madness.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (X0I7i)
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Korea is finished. It won't survive. Reconquest by the north or by China has my bet, but it's long odds all around at the moment. It's not defensible enough to survive what has happened. It's demography is firmly into "death spiral" territory. No future. It has committed suicide. It's not dead yet, but it will be.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (X0I7i)
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Korea is finished. It won't survive. Reconquest by the north or by China has my bet, but it's long odds all around at the moment. It's not defensible enough to survive what has happened. It's demography is firmly into "death spiral" territory. No future. It has committed suicide. It's not dead yet, but it will be.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (HnUIn)
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269 Casting is an art. A lost art.
I've had vacumm cleaners with more star power, and charisma.
Posted by: DOYLE at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (Z8Yh2)
So... are you rating casting like Weinstein? Based on how well they suck?
I've had vacumm cleaners with more star power, and charisma.
Posted by: DOYLE at April 10, 2024 04:57 PM (Z8Yh2)
So... are you rating casting like Weinstein? Based on how well they suck?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (di6C2)
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I told her Maxwell Smart had a cordless shoe phone and she was impressed with that too.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (991eG)
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HBO is filming something or other in my hood. All the menopausal women are aflutter over Mark Rufalo coming to film some scenes
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (OyWsB)
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227 Sit down, Aetius.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (EXyHK)
QUIET!
One useless man is a disgrace.
Two are now a law firm.
And three or more are a CONGRESS!
And BY GOD I have had this congress!
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1776 is amazing.
So OFC they did a remake with transholes. https://tinyurl.com/bdd33cwv
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2024 04:51 PM (EXyHK)
QUIET!
One useless man is a disgrace.
Two are now a law firm.
And three or more are a CONGRESS!
And BY GOD I have had this congress!
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1776 is amazing.
So OFC they did a remake with transholes. https://tinyurl.com/bdd33cwv
Posted by: Ryan Frank at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (fgmuN)
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196- I watched that as a kid and remember being horrified when Oliver Reed beat that lady to death with his cane.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM
Same here!
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 04:49 PM
Same here!
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (rbKZ6)
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Great, all TV will become all trash reality shows. Probably with unemployed Hollywood types.
Posted by: TC at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (cHOHf)
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Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Doctor Who, Marvel, etc. - the list of historically successful IPs destroyed by Hollywoke’s message keeps growing.
Posted by: diceydeuce at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (MdEsl)
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The film was directed by Reed's uncle, Carol Reed, and Oliver still had to try out for the role.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024
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Oliver was related to Carol Reed??? I didn't know that!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024
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Oliver was related to Carol Reed??? I didn't know that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (J2vNu)
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279 I told her Maxwell Smart had a cordless shoe phone and she was impressed with that too.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (991eG)
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News today that Get Smart is getting another movie reboot.
This time made by David O. Russell who must be completely unable to raise any money from anyone for anything he actually wants to make.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (991eG)
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News today that Get Smart is getting another movie reboot.
This time made by David O. Russell who must be completely unable to raise any money from anyone for anything he actually wants to make.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)
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Korea is finished. It won't survive. Reconquest by the north or by China has my bet, but it's long odds all around at the moment. It's not defensible enough to survive what has happened. It's demography is firmly into "death spiral" territory. No future. It has committed suicide. It's not dead yet, but it will be.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (HnUIn)
Don’t suppose you or someone else here has the cliff notes version of what’s happening over there? Why aren’t they breeding?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (HnUIn)
Don’t suppose you or someone else here has the cliff notes version of what’s happening over there? Why aren’t they breeding?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (YwyqV)
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".. and black hos, but mostly black hos."
You say that like it's a bad thing, which implies to me you haven't spent a lot of time in Mississippi or Louisiana.
You say that like it's a bad thing, which implies to me you haven't spent a lot of time in Mississippi or Louisiana.
Posted by: Ribbed at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (iFMeW)
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The cost of internet service is always excluded from these monthly streaming costs -- it should be included if we're still comparing to the cost of cable or satellite TV. I figure $50/month is about the average for broadband service.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO, Bird Law Expert at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (snyZJ)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (aD39U)
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285 The film was directed by Reed's uncle, Carol Reed, and Oliver still had to try out for the role.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024
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Oliver was related to Carol Reed??? I didn't know that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (J2vNu)
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The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024
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Oliver was related to Carol Reed??? I didn't know that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (J2vNu)
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The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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HBO is filming something or other in my hood. All the menopausal women are aflutter over Mark Rufalo coming to film some scenes
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (OyWsB)
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Ew. He's not my idea of dreamy.
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (OyWsB)
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Ew. He's not my idea of dreamy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (DRSnL)
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Grump, did you watch Sisu, yet?
Grump, did you watch Sisu, yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (ANeHG)
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280 HBO is filming something or other in my hood. All the menopausal women are aflutter over Mark Rufalo coming to film some scenes
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM
I will never watch anything with that jackass in it.
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM
I will never watch anything with that jackass in it.
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (rbKZ6)
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I added the opening theme music from Get Smart as a ringtone on my phone. Fourteen y/o granddaughter said, "That's cool!"
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2024
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My ringtone is the communicator whistle/beep from The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 10, 2024
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My ringtone is the communicator whistle/beep from The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (J2vNu)
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The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
So I'm not the only one who does this?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
So I'm not the only one who does this?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (KbCG3)
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287 Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (YwyqV)
Asian feminism is insane, as they get more prosperous they lose all perspective on propagation of the culture.
Within 50 years the North will walk into a dying South.
Asian feminism is insane, as they get more prosperous they lose all perspective on propagation of the culture.
Within 50 years the North will walk into a dying South.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (X0I7i)
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HBO tried a Perry Mason revival, an "origin" story type series. They maybe Hamilton Burger gay and Della Street a lesbo.
Perry himself was all sorts of fucked up.
It was cancelled after two seasons. Abomination, it was.
HBO tried a Perry Mason revival, an "origin" story type series. They maybe Hamilton Burger gay and Della Street a lesbo.
Perry himself was all sorts of fucked up.
It was cancelled after two seasons. Abomination, it was.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (w6EFb)
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The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I like to do that, but the "_____ was originally considered for the role of _____" stuff is super annoying.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I like to do that, but the "_____ was originally considered for the role of _____" stuff is super annoying.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (DRSnL)
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I have no idea who Mark Rufalo is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (XkYcA)
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I suspect the Amadeus remake will have too many notes.
Just cut a few and it'll be perfect.
Ironically, I saw the Amadeus director's cut and much prefer the original edited version.
Just cut a few and it'll be perfect.
Ironically, I saw the Amadeus director's cut and much prefer the original edited version.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (YIxO9)
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Ew. He's not my idea of dreamy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (DRSnL)
The term Leftist fascist came to mind…
Ew. He's not my idea of dreamy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (DRSnL)
The term Leftist fascist came to mind…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (PCK5/)
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If we are giving movie recommendations of underrated movies with not a big box office I would recommend Black 47.
Guy Pearce is in a lot of underrated , not big box office movies for some reason.
Guy Pearce is in a lot of underrated , not big box office movies for some reason.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (MNhXM)
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296 The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
So I'm not the only one who does this?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (KbCG3)
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Apparently not!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
So I'm not the only one who does this?
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Apparently not!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (GBKbO)
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300 I have no idea who Mark Rufalo is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (XkYcA)
Bruce Banner in the Marvel movies, Fen. Beyond that, I can't think of anything.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (XkYcA)
Bruce Banner in the Marvel movies, Fen. Beyond that, I can't think of anything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (di6C2)
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299 The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I like to do that, but the "_____ was originally considered for the role of _____" stuff is super annoying.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (DRSnL)
_____ initially hated this movie but later revealed it to be his favorite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I like to do that, but the "_____ was originally considered for the role of _____" stuff is super annoying.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (DRSnL)
_____ initially hated this movie but later revealed it to be his favorite.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (KbCG3)
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Don’t suppose you or someone else here has the cliff notes version of what’s happening over there? Why aren’t they breeding?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
"P*ssy is nasty. Anal is where it's at!"
Yeah. Go figure.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
"P*ssy is nasty. Anal is where it's at!"
Yeah. Go figure.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (FMTLw)
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"So... are you rating casting like Weinstein? Based on how well they suck?"
I thought about it, and excepted the risk. Nice.
I thought about it, and excepted the risk. Nice.
Posted by: DOYLE at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (Z8Yh2)
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>>I suspect the Amadeus remake will have too many notes.
One does not remake a Milos Foreman movie.
SACRALIGE!!!1
>>I suspect the Amadeus remake will have too many notes.
One does not remake a Milos Foreman movie.
SACRALIGE!!!1
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Harun at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (c2WeP)
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299 I like to do that, but the "_____ was originally considered for the role of _____" stuff is super annoying.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (DRSnL)
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The flavor I hate is:
"This is the second time ___ and ___ worked together. They previous appeared together in ___."
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (DRSnL)
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The flavor I hate is:
"This is the second time ___ and ___ worked together. They previous appeared together in ___."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (GBKbO)
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Like the cable and OTA newz stations, entertainment is going to be mostly, if not entirely AI in the next couple years. Some of the newz or entertainment giants are already hemorrhaging money, and their "talent" (such that it is) is a huge drain.
The C-Suites will want to remain, shareholders will demand a ROI so that money drain is going to be addressed in whatever way safeguards the company's value and bottom line.
People are expendable. Money, not so much.
The C-Suites will want to remain, shareholders will demand a ROI so that money drain is going to be addressed in whatever way safeguards the company's value and bottom line.
People are expendable. Money, not so much.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (Q4IgG)
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Don’t suppose you or someone else here has the cliff notes version of what’s happening over there? Why aren’t they breeding?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (YwyqV)
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If you could answer that question, you'd win a Nobel Prize because it's not just a Korea problem, it's just that Korea is the most severe.
It is surely a *lot* of factors. Feminism is a part of it, but I suspect - but, of course, do not know - that the Oriental approach to breakneck speed, ultra-high-density urbanization and associated residential design was hugely detrimental to birth rates. If you're only *ever* going to be able to afford ~800 sq. ft. of living space and you have no outdoor space that's yours, you're not going to have many kids even if you can find a wife.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (YwyqV)
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If you could answer that question, you'd win a Nobel Prize because it's not just a Korea problem, it's just that Korea is the most severe.
It is surely a *lot* of factors. Feminism is a part of it, but I suspect - but, of course, do not know - that the Oriental approach to breakneck speed, ultra-high-density urbanization and associated residential design was hugely detrimental to birth rates. If you're only *ever* going to be able to afford ~800 sq. ft. of living space and you have no outdoor space that's yours, you're not going to have many kids even if you can find a wife.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (HnUIn)
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No math, I know. However, I think this will be a geometric progression of job losses. Like in the gazillions.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (ju2Fy)
No worries. Newsom and the CA legislators will simply wave their magic wands and end filmdom's troubles by passing a law making all studios profitable. Look at what they did to the Golden State's gig industry.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2024 04:58 PM (ju2Fy)
No worries. Newsom and the CA legislators will simply wave their magic wands and end filmdom's troubles by passing a law making all studios profitable. Look at what they did to the Golden State's gig industry.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (rj6Yv)
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Within 50 years the North will walk into a dying South.
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Assuming the North hasn't starved to death by then.
Within 50 years the North will walk into a dying South.
Posted by: sven
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Assuming the North hasn't starved to death by then.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (sAmhv)
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303 If we are giving movie recommendations of underrated movies with not a big box office I would recommend Black 47.
Guy Pearce is in a lot of underrated , not big box office movies for some reason.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (MNhXM)
Memento…. excellent.
Guy Pearce is in a lot of underrated , not big box office movies for some reason.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (MNhXM)
Memento…. excellent.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (PCK5/)
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309 One does not remake a Milos Foreman movie.
SACRALIGE!!!1
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (XV/Pl)
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Man on the Moon could probably use a remake.
SACRALIGE!!!1
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (XV/Pl)
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Man on the Moon could probably use a remake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (GBKbO)
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This is why God gave us asterisks.
Still cracks me up, though. What justification for him shooting at him like that?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
Niedermayer probably could have just claimed that Flounder was committing a crime of some sort and gotten away with it. Seems like he'd have had something of a positive rep in the local community.
Still cracks me up, though. What justification for him shooting at him like that?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 10, 2024 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
Niedermayer probably could have just claimed that Flounder was committing a crime of some sort and gotten away with it. Seems like he'd have had something of a positive rep in the local community.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (oCS0o)
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Oliver was related to Carol Reed??? I didn't know that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024
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I always do, TJM. But I hadn't seen Oliver! since it came out. Odd that I didn't know this, since I was focusing on Carol Reed's movies during the Sniffle Scare -- Odd Man Out, for instance -- and read about him at the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024
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The things you learn from reading the IMDB trivia page of every movie after you watch them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024
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I always do, TJM. But I hadn't seen Oliver! since it came out. Odd that I didn't know this, since I was focusing on Carol Reed's movies during the Sniffle Scare -- Odd Man Out, for instance -- and read about him at the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (J2vNu)
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I thought about it, and excepted the risk. Nice.
Posted by: DOYLE at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (Z8Yh2)
Hah!
Posted by: DOYLE at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (Z8Yh2)
Hah!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (di6C2)
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Paul Bettany is going to play Salieri, but, because modern day: it will be a streaming show.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda
The actor playing Mozart is half Japanese. More woke casing I presume. When I saw that I said "Nope. Another one I won't watch."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda
The actor playing Mozart is half Japanese. More woke casing I presume. When I saw that I said "Nope. Another one I won't watch."
Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (oaGWv)
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319 I always do, TJM. But I hadn't seen Oliver! since it came out. Odd that I didn't know this, since I was focusing on Carol Reed's movies during the Sniffle Scare -- Odd Man Out, for instance -- and read about him at the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (J2vNu)
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Perfect time to revisit Oliver!
Oom-pah-pah!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (J2vNu)
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Perfect time to revisit Oliver!
Oom-pah-pah!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (GBKbO)
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will never watch anything with that jackass in it.
The name is familiar but I can’t place him. My only interest or engagement in this project is that some local businesses will get a boost because of these chuckleheads
The name is familiar but I can’t place him. My only interest or engagement in this project is that some local businesses will get a boost because of these chuckleheads
Posted by: kallisto at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (OyWsB)
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News today that Get Smart is getting another movie reboot.
This time made by David O. Russell who must be completely unable to raise any money from anyone for anything he actually wants to make.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)
I thought the Steve Carrell Get Smart was pretty funny.
This time made by David O. Russell who must be completely unable to raise any money from anyone for anything he actually wants to make.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)
I thought the Steve Carrell Get Smart was pretty funny.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (MNhXM)
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Bruce Banner in the Marvel movies, Fen. Beyond that, I can't think of anything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (di6C2)
He did Rom-Coms when he was younger. One that comes to mind was w/ Reese Witherspoon and she’s in a coma, but he can see her spriit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:02 PM (di6C2)
He did Rom-Coms when he was younger. One that comes to mind was w/ Reese Witherspoon and she’s in a coma, but he can see her spriit.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (YwyqV)
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I'm cautiously optimistic about Fallout, notwithstanding the absolute trashfire that Westworld became after S1. Hopefully, lessons were learned.
Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (0SXBv)
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I don't care for much of the old stuff, like pre- sixties or so. Acting is too much like stage acting and it annoys me.
But I was telling Mr. Dmlw! about the 87th precinct books I like, and he found and purchased a tv series of it on dvd from late 50s or early 60s.
We've been enjoying it.
And the opening music is killer xylophone!
But I was telling Mr. Dmlw! about the 87th precinct books I like, and he found and purchased a tv series of it on dvd from late 50s or early 60s.
We've been enjoying it.
And the opening music is killer xylophone!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (OX9vb)
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I thought the Steve Carrell Get Smart was pretty funny.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (MNhXM)
Anne Hathaway may be a nut, but hot.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:04 PM (MNhXM)
Anne Hathaway may be a nut, but hot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (di6C2)
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@317
>>Man on the Moon could probably use a remake.
Or we could just conveniently forget that it ever existed and move, move, move on down the road.
>>Man on the Moon could probably use a remake.
Or we could just conveniently forget that it ever existed and move, move, move on down the road.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (XV/Pl)
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His "conservative estimate" is that "a good 20%" of the VP-and-above executive workforce in media and entertainment is out of work from a year ago.
Learn to code, mofos! Or learn to mow lawns and rake leaves.
I am certain that you'd be equally useless at either one.
Your previous jobs were purely fantastical from the get go.
His "conservative estimate" is that "a good 20%" of the VP-and-above executive workforce in media and entertainment is out of work from a year ago.
Learn to code, mofos! Or learn to mow lawns and rake leaves.
I am certain that you'd be equally useless at either one.
Your previous jobs were purely fantastical from the get go.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (CK+db)
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I would be so sad if lightning started a fire in Hollywood and burned down most if not all of the studios.
Very sad.
Very sad.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (llON8)
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329 @317
>>Man on the Moon could probably use a remake.
Or we could just conveniently forget that it ever existed and move, move, move on down the road.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'm gonna do a Forman run at some point. There are just so many directors!
>>Man on the Moon could probably use a remake.
Or we could just conveniently forget that it ever existed and move, move, move on down the road.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'm gonna do a Forman run at some point. There are just so many directors!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 05:06 PM (GBKbO)
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326 I'm cautiously optimistic about Fallout, notwithstanding the absolute trashfire that Westworld became after S1. Hopefully, lessons were learned.
Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (0SXBv)
I have heard very bad things. To be fair, I do not see how you do Fallout without getting into a Castaway situation.
Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (0SXBv)
I have heard very bad things. To be fair, I do not see how you do Fallout without getting into a Castaway situation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:06 PM (di6C2)
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Two a Half Men. Loved it, then again, it wasn't a sitcom, it was a docudrama.
Mom, how did Charlie's DNA end up splattered on the ceiling?
Mom, how did Charlie's DNA end up splattered on the ceiling?
Posted by: 13times at April 10, 2024 05:06 PM (KRlMN)
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313 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 10, 2024 05:03 PM (HnUIn)
In the past "life found a way."
On a lark I went to my grandmother's house in Troy Ohio after my sister's funeral a few months back.
Grandma and Grandpa raised 3 sons, a daughter, and kept Great Grandma in a house that was 825 square feet in the 40s.
People and I am being damned near ALL inclusive have very hedonistic and fucked up ideas and standards and wildly overvalue their own happiness versus their line's long-term survival...
I am sick thinking on it.
In the past "life found a way."
On a lark I went to my grandmother's house in Troy Ohio after my sister's funeral a few months back.
Grandma and Grandpa raised 3 sons, a daughter, and kept Great Grandma in a house that was 825 square feet in the 40s.
People and I am being damned near ALL inclusive have very hedonistic and fucked up ideas and standards and wildly overvalue their own happiness versus their line's long-term survival...
I am sick thinking on it.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:06 PM (X0I7i)
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301 I suspect the Amadeus remake will have too many notes.
Just cut a few and it'll be perfect.
Ironically, I saw the Amadeus director's cut and much prefer the original edited version.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (YIxO9)
Amadeus will be a black woman who writes hip-hop.
Just cut a few and it'll be perfect.
Ironically, I saw the Amadeus director's cut and much prefer the original edited version.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 10, 2024 05:01 PM (YIxO9)
Amadeus will be a black woman who writes hip-hop.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (i9ffA)
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Paramount might soon sell control of itself to Skydance, a company run by Larry Ellison's son.
That would actually be good for Paramount, given Skydance has quietly made several things that are decent and minimally woke (the amusing Mark Wahlberg movie The Family Plan, and Terminal List and Reacher).
That would actually be good for Paramount, given Skydance has quietly made several things that are decent and minimally woke (the amusing Mark Wahlberg movie The Family Plan, and Terminal List and Reacher).
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (2ocoG)
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I thought the Steve Carrell Get Smart was pretty funny.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024
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Nobody else in H'wood at the time, or now, could have played Maxwell Smart even half as well. He even looks like Don Adams, a little. (I still think his star supporting-actor turn was as "Uncle Arthur" in the Bewitched flick with Nicole Kidman.)
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024
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Nobody else in H'wood at the time, or now, could have played Maxwell Smart even half as well. He even looks like Don Adams, a little. (I still think his star supporting-actor turn was as "Uncle Arthur" in the Bewitched flick with Nicole Kidman.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (J2vNu)
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Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 04:35 PM (XV/Pl)
Pride and Prejudice is a hilarious book. One of my all time favorites.
Pride and Prejudice is a hilarious book. One of my all time favorites.
Posted by: Ann at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (ibHcO)
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I would be so sad if lightning started a fire in Hollywood and burned down most if not all of the studios.
Very sad.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (llON
All that space could be used to house the illegals that they all love so much.
Very sad.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (llON
All that space could be used to house the illegals that they all love so much.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (W/lyH)
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Just to clarify Guy Pearce not in Black 47.
My mind was just doing a run on thought of underrated movies.
My mind was just doing a run on thought of underrated movies.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (MNhXM)
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Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (MeWNy)
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Don’t suppose you or someone else here has the cliff notes version of what’s happening over there? Why aren’t they breeding?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
They created a society where the only purpose in life is work and then go home to your flat. Their birthrate is lowest in the world (I think what, 0.9 birth per woman? )
The whole society is fucked. They used to live like most Asians, but then in the 90s their economy exploded. They all moved to these tower blocks that are fucking prison cells. No contact with anyone outside of work. No community. Just job. (and video games, online life, and plastic surgery)
To fix this they need to rebuild their entire cities and economy. They need to raze every last one of those high density tower blocks where you leave your car and get into elevator and go straight to flat without ever seeing another soul. With no retail, no parks, no lobby, no nothing. It is soul destroying and the result is a population dropping in half with each generation.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric
They created a society where the only purpose in life is work and then go home to your flat. Their birthrate is lowest in the world (I think what, 0.9 birth per woman? )
The whole society is fucked. They used to live like most Asians, but then in the 90s their economy exploded. They all moved to these tower blocks that are fucking prison cells. No contact with anyone outside of work. No community. Just job. (and video games, online life, and plastic surgery)
To fix this they need to rebuild their entire cities and economy. They need to raze every last one of those high density tower blocks where you leave your car and get into elevator and go straight to flat without ever seeing another soul. With no retail, no parks, no lobby, no nothing. It is soul destroying and the result is a population dropping in half with each generation.
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (ePOMS)
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I'm cautiously optimistic about Fallout, notwithstanding the absolute trashfire that Westworld became after S1. Hopefully, lessons were learned.
Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM
It's got Boyd Crowder in it, haven't seen anything bad with him in it.
Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM
It's got Boyd Crowder in it, haven't seen anything bad with him in it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (QNSds)
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326 Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:05 PM (0SXBv)
Wife made up her mind we are watching it, I am damned near certain it will be a constant set of barbs aimed at us....
BUT
wife and lad are Vault Dwellers at heart....show looks more like it is a Black Isle property than Bethesda thank God.
Wife made up her mind we are watching it, I am damned near certain it will be a constant set of barbs aimed at us....
BUT
wife and lad are Vault Dwellers at heart....show looks more like it is a Black Isle property than Bethesda thank God.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (X0I7i)
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Learn to coal.
Posted by: And be diverse at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (Uc7KK)
Posted by: Mr. Ed at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (jbnUc)
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@332
>>I'm gonna do a Forman run at some point. There are just so many directors!
I would say the two films that bring up the rear of film career are Man On The Moon and The People Vs Larry Flynt, otherwise a stellar Oeuvre.
>>I'm gonna do a Forman run at some point. There are just so many directors!
I would say the two films that bring up the rear of film career are Man On The Moon and The People Vs Larry Flynt, otherwise a stellar Oeuvre.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (XV/Pl)
349
Purely by accident we started watching "For All Mankind", the "alternate reality" version of the race to the Moon where the Soviets got there first.
Once I grasped what it was (inside of the first three minutes), I insisted that we find something else as there was no way that I intended to watch such revisionist horseshit.
Purely by accident we started watching "For All Mankind", the "alternate reality" version of the race to the Moon where the Soviets got there first.
Once I grasped what it was (inside of the first three minutes), I insisted that we find something else as there was no way that I intended to watch such revisionist horseshit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (CK+db)
350
Guilty pleasure… Buffy the Vampire Slayer…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
351
The joys of shitty search engines, looking for whether the dog Target was killed by Sykes in Oliver! as I recall, defending the barmaid.
DDG: oliver! target killed
How Did Venetia Die in Saltburn ? She Was Oliver's First Target
Dec 27, 2023 Venetia dies by an apparent suicide after her brother Felix's shocking death. But let's backtrack a bit because there's a lot to unpack. Oliver develops an unhealthy obsession with Felix ...
Why Did Oliver Kill Everyone in Saltburn? Find out Here - Distractify
Jan 5, 2024 Sadly, that answer remains a mystery — but one thing's crystal clear: Oliver emerges victorious and celebrates his takeover of Saltburn by dancing naked around the estate to Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor." Saltburn is now streaming on Prime Video. Latest Movies News
DDG: oliver! target killed
How Did Venetia Die in Saltburn ? She Was Oliver's First Target
Dec 27, 2023 Venetia dies by an apparent suicide after her brother Felix's shocking death. But let's backtrack a bit because there's a lot to unpack. Oliver develops an unhealthy obsession with Felix ...
Why Did Oliver Kill Everyone in Saltburn? Find out Here - Distractify
Jan 5, 2024 Sadly, that answer remains a mystery — but one thing's crystal clear: Oliver emerges victorious and celebrates his takeover of Saltburn by dancing naked around the estate to Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor." Saltburn is now streaming on Prime Video. Latest Movies News
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vtyCZ)
352
Super power activated. Ace. Post a new thread.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (MeWNy)
353
Actual CNN headline
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
354
I have heard very bad things. To be fair, I do not see how you do Fallout without getting into a Castaway situation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:06 PM (di6C2)
you mean like with Tom Hanks and his best friend Wilson?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:06 PM (di6C2)
you mean like with Tom Hanks and his best friend Wilson?
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (i9ffA)
355
350 Guilty pleasure… Buffy the Vampire Slayer…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
Yes, at least for the first few seasons.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
Yes, at least for the first few seasons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (di6C2)
356
I watched both the Chinese and Netflix versions of Three Body Problem for that exact reason. They're both very good, but tell the story in very different ways.
Posted by: Archimedes
I have avoided any programs made in 2022+ because of the woke garbage... but maybe I will try Three Body Problem
Netflix did keep me on the hook for a few Korean and Japanese shows I liked by plugging "New Season Coming Soon"... then... not so much.
Alice in Borderland is one of them. Lot's of violence. Ridiculous amounts of violence.
I watched both the Chinese and Netflix versions of Three Body Problem for that exact reason. They're both very good, but tell the story in very different ways.
Posted by: Archimedes
I have avoided any programs made in 2022+ because of the woke garbage... but maybe I will try Three Body Problem
Netflix did keep me on the hook for a few Korean and Japanese shows I liked by plugging "New Season Coming Soon"... then... not so much.
Alice in Borderland is one of them. Lot's of violence. Ridiculous amounts of violence.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (cOq4q)
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (vtyCZ)
358
I'll try watching Fallout, and I'm sure I'll be amazed by just how much joyful homosexuality there is in a futuristic dystopia.
Posted by: WILSON! at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (Ao3fE)
359
Hollywood: burn it down, scatter the stones.
Posted by: scottst at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (ojBxe)
360
you mean like with Tom Hanks and his best friend Wilson?
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (i9ffA)
Yes. I think Fallout works best when it has a sense of isolation (one reason 76 was a horrible idea on it's face.)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (i9ffA)
Yes. I think Fallout works best when it has a sense of isolation (one reason 76 was a horrible idea on it's face.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:11 PM (di6C2)
361
Buffy is a solid 1.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 10, 2024 05:11 PM (R4t5M)
362
I think the murder is even more chilling in the 1948 version, Oliver Twist, with Alec Guinness as an outrageously slimy Fagin.
The murder isn't seen, just heard, but the little dog cowering and trying to hide at the sight of it is heartbreaking.
Posted by: Tom Servo
I've seen it once. David Lean production IIRC. I remember Robert Newton as Bill Sykes.
The murder isn't seen, just heard, but the little dog cowering and trying to hide at the sight of it is heartbreaking.
Posted by: Tom Servo
I've seen it once. David Lean production IIRC. I remember Robert Newton as Bill Sykes.
Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 05:11 PM (oaGWv)
363
We've been watching The Chosen. Pretty darned good.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 05:11 PM (W/lyH)
364
352 Super power activated. Ace. Post a new thread.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (MeWNy)
I hate arriving at the tail end of a thread, too.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (MeWNy)
I hate arriving at the tail end of a thread, too.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 05:12 PM (OX9vb)
365
349
Purely by accident we started watching "For All Mankind", the "alternate reality" version of the race to the Moon where the Soviets got there first.
Once I grasped what it was (inside of the first three minutes), I insisted that we find something else as there was no way that I intended to watch such revisionist horseshit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (CK+db)
I watched b/c my brother loved it. 1st season was okay...2nd season was unwatchable b/c I hated all the people and I quit about 3-4 episodes in.
I have another free 6 months of Apple TV, but I'm not going back. Had the same problem with Hello Tomorrow - I couldn't do more than 5 episodes, even though I didn't hate the atmosphere...it was impossible to like the protagonist or the main characters...
Purely by accident we started watching "For All Mankind", the "alternate reality" version of the race to the Moon where the Soviets got there first.
Once I grasped what it was (inside of the first three minutes), I insisted that we find something else as there was no way that I intended to watch such revisionist horseshit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (CK+db)
I watched b/c my brother loved it. 1st season was okay...2nd season was unwatchable b/c I hated all the people and I quit about 3-4 episodes in.
I have another free 6 months of Apple TV, but I'm not going back. Had the same problem with Hello Tomorrow - I couldn't do more than 5 episodes, even though I didn't hate the atmosphere...it was impossible to like the protagonist or the main characters...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 10, 2024 05:12 PM (exHjb)
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Super power activated. Ace. Post a new thread.
Posted by: thathalfrican
There are more than a few morons that possess that super power.
Posted by: thathalfrican
There are more than a few morons that possess that super power.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 05:12 PM (DfCet)
367
The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
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I appreciate their commitment to forcing everyone to accept the gays that they always put the fags or lesbos kissing in the trailer.
Was watching some trailer the other day, thought it looked interesting. Then two dudes kissing.
Nope.
Not because of the homos--because I now know that's going to be too much of the focus and the plot will be shit.
You're not shocking the normies, you're boring the shit out of us.
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I appreciate their commitment to forcing everyone to accept the gays that they always put the fags or lesbos kissing in the trailer.
Was watching some trailer the other day, thought it looked interesting. Then two dudes kissing.
Nope.
Not because of the homos--because I now know that's going to be too much of the focus and the plot will be shit.
You're not shocking the normies, you're boring the shit out of us.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (yikga)
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358 I'll try watching Fallout, and I'm sure I'll be amazed by just how much joyful homosexuality there is in a futuristic dystopia.
Posted by: WILSON! at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (Ao3fE)
Fallout, I would argue, is not really a dystopia per se. It is post-apocalyptic. You could make the argument it is post-dystopia.
Posted by: WILSON! at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (Ao3fE)
Fallout, I would argue, is not really a dystopia per se. It is post-apocalyptic. You could make the argument it is post-dystopia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (di6C2)
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>>> 353 Actual CNN headline
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
Let's send *all* of them over to show the locals how to beat OMG Russia Russia Russia.
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
Let's send *all* of them over to show the locals how to beat OMG Russia Russia Russia.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (llON8)
370
350 Guilty pleasure… Buffy the Vampire Slayer…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
Excluding season 7...that's unwatchable...
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
Excluding season 7...that's unwatchable...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (exHjb)
371
I've watched part of the new 3 Body Problem series, and that's my only familiarity with it. It's convinced me that the books might be worth reading. A lot of the characters on the show seem pretty fucking stupid in general, and I'm hoping that this is an artifact of dumb Millennial writing for the series that won't be present in the books.
Posted by: Hipster Urbanite Saviors as Protagonists at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (Ao3fE)
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361 Buffy is a solid 1.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 10, 2024 05:11 PM (R4t5M)
Cordellia: 1
Fred: 1
Willow: 1
MS. Calendar: HARD 1
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 10, 2024 05:11 PM (R4t5M)
Cordellia: 1
Fred: 1
Willow: 1
MS. Calendar: HARD 1
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (di6C2)
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I remember a few days ago that "The Man In The White Suit" was a topic of discussion. Evergreen. Alec Guiness was superb in the role.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (rj6Yv)
374
Super power activated. Ace. Post a new thread.
Posted by: thathalfrican
There are more than a few morons that possess that super power.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 05:12 PM (DfCet)
Shouldn't there be a Mannix Babe after 200 first?
Posted by: thathalfrican
There are more than a few morons that possess that super power.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 05:12 PM (DfCet)
Shouldn't there be a Mannix Babe after 200 first?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (W/lyH)
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Islamic State Suspects Held in Germany for Enslaving Yazidi Children
… The pair was married under Islamic law and were members of IS in Iraq and Syria from 2015 to 2017. During this time, they held two Yazidi girls, aged five and 12, as slaves, according to prosecutors.
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking group hailing from northern Iraq. They have for years been persecuted by IS terrorists, who have killed hundreds of men, raped women, and forcibly recruited children as fighters.
Twana H. S. repeatedly raped both children, with the help of Asia R. A., who prepared a room and put make-up on one of the girls, they said.
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Knife Attack Leaves One Victim Dead In Bordeaux France – Stabby Muslim Eliminated
Knife attack in Bordeaux: an Algerian in a djellaba allegedly reproached a group of people of North African origin for “having a drink”; the assailant shot dead by the police
Red on red!
𝕏𝕔hi𝘭𝘭iຖ໐iˢ @chiIIum
Stabbing attack reported in Bordeaux, France; suspect eliminated.
https://tinyurl.com/ymjacbsk
12 seconds
… The pair was married under Islamic law and were members of IS in Iraq and Syria from 2015 to 2017. During this time, they held two Yazidi girls, aged five and 12, as slaves, according to prosecutors.
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking group hailing from northern Iraq. They have for years been persecuted by IS terrorists, who have killed hundreds of men, raped women, and forcibly recruited children as fighters.
Twana H. S. repeatedly raped both children, with the help of Asia R. A., who prepared a room and put make-up on one of the girls, they said.
======
Knife Attack Leaves One Victim Dead In Bordeaux France – Stabby Muslim Eliminated
Knife attack in Bordeaux: an Algerian in a djellaba allegedly reproached a group of people of North African origin for “having a drink”; the assailant shot dead by the police
Red on red!
𝕏𝕔hi𝘭𝘭iຖ໐iˢ @chiIIum
Stabbing attack reported in Bordeaux, France; suspect eliminated.
https://tinyurl.com/ymjacbsk
12 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (vtyCZ)
376
I would like a shot-for-shot remake of the first 7 seasons of The Office (US version)
only change: every episode now includes a scene where Michael Scott gets punched in the face
only change: every episode now includes a scene where Michael Scott gets punched in the face
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (oCjPU)
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369 >>> 353 Actual CNN headline
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
Let's send *all* of them over to show the locals how to beat OMG Russia Russia Russia.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (llON
To the last drop of Ukrainian blood.
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
Let's send *all* of them over to show the locals how to beat OMG Russia Russia Russia.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (llON
To the last drop of Ukrainian blood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (di6C2)
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As series output soared to historic heights in 2022, with nearly 1,000 original titles released on the major [streaming] platforms
You'd really think that hiring the 1000 top writers would be 100 times as good as just the 10 top writers we needed in the 70's.
Must be something wrong with our customers.
You'd really think that hiring the 1000 top writers would be 100 times as good as just the 10 top writers we needed in the 70's.
Must be something wrong with our customers.
Posted by: Hollywood MBA's at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (kD8q1)
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368 Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (di6C2)
Depends on timeline, remember the Vaults open at different times-add in that they are for the most part fucked up sadistic science experiments the Feds authorized Vault-Tec to engage in and the fun begins.
A story at "Bombs + 6 months" is very different than "Bombs plus 100 years."
Depends on timeline, remember the Vaults open at different times-add in that they are for the most part fucked up sadistic science experiments the Feds authorized Vault-Tec to engage in and the fun begins.
A story at "Bombs + 6 months" is very different than "Bombs plus 100 years."
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (X0I7i)
380
Guy Pearce not big box office movie that are excellent.
Memento
LA Confidential
The Rover
Count of Monte Cristo
Animal Kingdom ( big in Australia)
The Proposition
Memento
LA Confidential
The Rover
Count of Monte Cristo
Animal Kingdom ( big in Australia)
The Proposition
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (MNhXM)
381
Who am i to judge the love between a supermutant and a ghoul?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (GkFGh)
382
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 05:12 PM (DfCet)
True
True
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (MeWNy)
383
"Woke Hollywood In a Panic As All Signs Point to a "Full-Scale Depression" in the Industry"
Oh no! Our precious celebrities getting a taste of what they've been dishing out to the rest of us?!!
Okay, let'r rip!
Oh no! Our precious celebrities getting a taste of what they've been dishing out to the rest of us?!!
Okay, let'r rip!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (fvaUq)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (P/CyZ)
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368 358 I'll try watching Fallout, and I'm sure I'll be amazed by just how much joyful homosexuality there is in a futuristic dystopia.
Posted by: WILSON! at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (Ao3fE)
Fallout, I would argue, is not really a dystopia per se. It is post-apocalyptic. You could make the argument it is post-dystopia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (di6C2)
I'm sure you're right. (My familiarity with the whole shebang is playing a single session of the TTRPG.)
Posted by: WILSON! at April 10, 2024 05:10 PM (Ao3fE)
Fallout, I would argue, is not really a dystopia per se. It is post-apocalyptic. You could make the argument it is post-dystopia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (di6C2)
I'm sure you're right. (My familiarity with the whole shebang is playing a single session of the TTRPG.)
Posted by: I was a wasteland hobo at April 10, 2024 05:16 PM (Ao3fE)
386
The flavor I hate is:
Babbling super dumb fucks in videos who "break down the ending of _____" for numpties who cannot pour themselves a bowl of cereal without scattering it all over the table.
The flavor I hate is:
Babbling super dumb fucks in videos who "break down the ending of _____" for numpties who cannot pour themselves a bowl of cereal without scattering it all over the table.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:16 PM (CK+db)
387
Shouldn't there be a Mannix Babe after 200 first?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (W/lyH)
https://tinyurl.com/4cvr27mb
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (W/lyH)
https://tinyurl.com/4cvr27mb
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:16 PM (di6C2)
388
It's about representation, man. If I don't see a fat* white** old*** straight**** balding***** nerd****** in the title picture I'm not clicking.
* gainzzing but still...
** not to WASPs but yes in the grievance hierarchy
*** 29
**** 8 on the Garrett(0) to Chuck Norris(10) scale
***** the minoxi ain't dilling
****** of course, just look at this comment
* gainzzing but still...
** not to WASPs but yes in the grievance hierarchy
*** 29
**** 8 on the Garrett(0) to Chuck Norris(10) scale
***** the minoxi ain't dilling
****** of course, just look at this comment
Posted by: Candidus at April 10, 2024 05:16 PM (3Yefj)
389
Hollywood- oh so movie attendance is down. I know lets make the same woke bullshit movies and charge people to stream them right into the home.
People- Fuck you Hollywood....
People- Fuck you Hollywood....
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn it! at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (yDGNp)
390
Sorry, I was reliably informed that shows aren't woke, it's my imagination because I'm a bigot, misogynist and a racist.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (P/CyZ)
391
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (MNhXM)
"Lawless" is underrated, and Pierce was wonderful in it.
"Lawless" is underrated, and Pierce was wonderful in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (gSZYf)
392
381 Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (GkFGh)
I think the chick in Fallout 2 that was in love with the Sex Toy protectron was awesome...
essentially one nice thing about the FO universe is depending on when you set it it can be one of several things.
I would be happier if the first season had been set almost entirely in the Vault, but we'll see.
I think the chick in Fallout 2 that was in love with the Sex Toy protectron was awesome...
essentially one nice thing about the FO universe is depending on when you set it it can be one of several things.
I would be happier if the first season had been set almost entirely in the Vault, but we'll see.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (X0I7i)
393
Speaking of Paramount: Paramount is at risk of bankruptcy as their bonds take on "junk" status. (Junk bonds are bonds which are judged to have a low likelihood of actual repayment.)
++++++++++++++++
About 2% to 3% of Junk (High Yield) bonds defaulted in 2023. So not really a "low likelihood" of actual repayment.
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About 2% to 3% of Junk (High Yield) bonds defaulted in 2023. So not really a "low likelihood" of actual repayment.
Posted by: Hal at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (dlTub)
394
I saw somewhere they're trying to claim "Damsel" is a big hit.
I guess.
Relative to what, though?
I guess.
Relative to what, though?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (yikga)
395
Depends on timeline, remember the Vaults open at different times-add in that they are for the most part fucked up sadistic science experiments the Feds authorized Vault-Tec to engage in and the fun begins.
A story at "Bombs + 6 months" is very different than "Bombs plus 100 years."
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (X0I7i)
BUT, the player has agency to make the story as fair or foul as they want. THEY decide whether it is a tragedy or a triumph. That freedom makes all the difference in story terms.
A story at "Bombs + 6 months" is very different than "Bombs plus 100 years."
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (X0I7i)
BUT, the player has agency to make the story as fair or foul as they want. THEY decide whether it is a tragedy or a triumph. That freedom makes all the difference in story terms.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (di6C2)
396
"new originals are hard-pressed to keep viewers coming back"
Because they're crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!
Because they're crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap!
Posted by: a Scotsman, somewhere at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (w6EFb)
397
I mostly watch golf and racing. I have been watching Shogun. I'm a couple of episodes behind. Probably catch up tonight. I still need to begin watching Season 6 of The Expanse. This week? The Masters. Round 1 is tomorrow. It's supposed to rain and then Fri-Sat-Sun will be nice.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (sAmhv)
398
I'm just sad I won't have any way to be exposed to gay or trans ideas or people until their next "Day of Visibility" which has got to be at least two or three days away.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (P/CyZ)
399
It's got Boyd Crowder in it, haven't seen anything bad with him in it.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (QNSds)
He was the lead bad guy in the Mel Gibson Santa movie. Lots of people raved about it, frankly I thought it was too silly to take seriously, and too serious to take as a farce.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2024 05:08 PM (QNSds)
He was the lead bad guy in the Mel Gibson Santa movie. Lots of people raved about it, frankly I thought it was too silly to take seriously, and too serious to take as a farce.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (dGCAG)
400
I wonder how much of the streaming customer base is returning to older shows simply as comfort food to escape the sh*tty situation in everyday life. I know that 90% of what I watch on Hulu consists of a rotation of Archer and about half the episodes of Rick & Morty when I fall asleep at night. I've probably rewatched Shoresy 3-4 times already, and that's about it.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (oCS0o)
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I've got Flintstones and Rocky and Bullwinkle on DVDs, might rewatch them for some entertainment and nostalgia.
Posted by: Octochicken at April 10, 2024 04:26 PM (oCS0o)
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I've got Flintstones and Rocky and Bullwinkle on DVDs, might rewatch them for some entertainment and nostalgia.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (unUNN)
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Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:15 PM (MNhXM)
"Lawless" is underrated, and Pierce was wonderful in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (gSZYf)
Never saw that one. Will check it out.
"Lawless" is underrated, and Pierce was wonderful in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (gSZYf)
Never saw that one. Will check it out.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (MNhXM)
402
The flavor I hate is:
Secondly, and nearly as intensely, super dumb fucks who post videos that purport to show them viewing, seeing, or hearing any pretty well known cultural touchstone media event "for the first time".
Of course that was, sport-o. I completely believe you.
The flavor I hate is:
Secondly, and nearly as intensely, super dumb fucks who post videos that purport to show them viewing, seeing, or hearing any pretty well known cultural touchstone media event "for the first time".
Of course that was, sport-o. I completely believe you.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:19 PM (CK+db)
403
Guilty pleasure… Buffy the Vampire Slayer…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024
***
No reason to feel guilty. Buffy was, and is, good TV.
Try the fantasy series co-created by one of the long-time BtVS writers, Grimm. Bits of humor are sprinkled in there, but it is not as light-hearted as Buffy was in its early seasons.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024
***
No reason to feel guilty. Buffy was, and is, good TV.
Try the fantasy series co-created by one of the long-time BtVS writers, Grimm. Bits of humor are sprinkled in there, but it is not as light-hearted as Buffy was in its early seasons.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:19 PM (J2vNu)
404
Re: Korea/Japan birthrates
I'm a fairly average American white dude. Not super buff, not Bradley Cooper in the looks department. I also don't drive a Ferrari.
On my trip to Japan a few years back I got an absolutely unreal amount of attention from the women there. With my WIFE standing RIGHT THERE. The women in Japan are dick-starved. American men should take it upon ourselves to save their cultures, if you know what I mean.
I'm a fairly average American white dude. Not super buff, not Bradley Cooper in the looks department. I also don't drive a Ferrari.
On my trip to Japan a few years back I got an absolutely unreal amount of attention from the women there. With my WIFE standing RIGHT THERE. The women in Japan are dick-starved. American men should take it upon ourselves to save their cultures, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2024 05:19 PM (oqH4h)
405
I read and enjoyed the Three-Body Problem series (but could never bring myself to read them a second time). I found the Netflix show to be boring as hell and fast forwarded to the action.
Posted by: Xander Crews at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (0SXBv)
406
"Lawless" is underrated, and Pierce was wonderful in it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (gSZYf)
Lucy Lawless is not. And hot as a firecracker as a blond and using her native accent.
https://tinyurl.com/bf9vn5em
sidenote: forgot to turn safesearch back on. There was a hell of a lot of nudity in that Spartacus series, huh?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (gSZYf)
Lucy Lawless is not. And hot as a firecracker as a blond and using her native accent.
https://tinyurl.com/bf9vn5em
sidenote: forgot to turn safesearch back on. There was a hell of a lot of nudity in that Spartacus series, huh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (di6C2)
407
I am hard pressed to name 10 great movies produced this century. Aside from Up and Bubba Ho Tep.
When the best Holly wood has to offer in nearly 25 years are a cartoon and cult movie featuring an Elvis impersonator, you got problems.
When the best Holly wood has to offer in nearly 25 years are a cartoon and cult movie featuring an Elvis impersonator, you got problems.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (wBaIH)
408
https://tinyurl.com/4cvr27mb
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:16 PM (di6C2)
Wow!
This AND a muzzie.getting wacked.
And here I was gonna take a nap.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:16 PM (di6C2)
Wow!
This AND a muzzie.getting wacked.
And here I was gonna take a nap.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (W/lyH)
409
Fetterman… I bet the fascists are pissed at him…
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (PCK5/)
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Fetterman has really transformed into a rational person and senator. Just wondering whether the rest of congresscritters wouldn't benefit from a stroke.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2024 04:29 PM (PCK5/)
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Fetterman has really transformed into a rational person and senator. Just wondering whether the rest of congresscritters wouldn't benefit from a stroke.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (unUNN)
410
Freevee
Tubi
Pluto
Crackle
and many others app are free and have great movies and shows..
Pluto even has all 31 seasons of Bob Ross!! heh
Tubi
Pluto
Crackle
and many others app are free and have great movies and shows..
Pluto even has all 31 seasons of Bob Ross!! heh
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn it! at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (yDGNp)
411
Had the 2022 Branagh version of "Death on the Nile" on earlier.
Dark, as in bad lighting, clumsy exposition, re-written characters, anachronistic casting. Just no.
The other is so much better. Ditto his "Murder on the Orient Express" vs. the Finney version.
Dark, as in bad lighting, clumsy exposition, re-written characters, anachronistic casting. Just no.
The other is so much better. Ditto his "Murder on the Orient Express" vs. the Finney version.
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (jN2/U)
412
Amadeus will be a black woman who writes hip-hop.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (i9ffA)
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"Come on now, be honest! Which one of you wouldn't rather listen to his drug dealer than Notorious B.I.G.? Or Nipsey Hussel, or Tupac Shakur ... people so lowly they sound as if they shit bullets!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2024 05:07 PM (i9ffA)
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"Come on now, be honest! Which one of you wouldn't rather listen to his drug dealer than Notorious B.I.G.? Or Nipsey Hussel, or Tupac Shakur ... people so lowly they sound as if they shit bullets!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (lFJm1)
413
395 Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (di6C2)
Bethesda fucks that up, and I say that as someone who logeed ~ 2750 hours in FO4. Todd Howard makes sandbox rail riders compared to the old games.
My character invariably is a ruthless, raider killing murder hobo who wants the old world back.
Bethesda fucks that up, and I say that as someone who logeed ~ 2750 hours in FO4. Todd Howard makes sandbox rail riders compared to the old games.
My character invariably is a ruthless, raider killing murder hobo who wants the old world back.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (X0I7i)
414
They intentionally made sure black Juliet was ugly as sin so as to maximize the outcry so they can call more people racist.
Did the same with the latest Justified re-whatever. Took the female lawyer love interest from the book whose literal entire point was how molten hot she is, and made her not only black, but also of course fat and ugly.
Then they had our hero, who is one of the world's hottest men, give her a fucking sponge bath. It was gross but they got what they wanted. Complaints.
Did the same with the latest Justified re-whatever. Took the female lawyer love interest from the book whose literal entire point was how molten hot she is, and made her not only black, but also of course fat and ugly.
Then they had our hero, who is one of the world's hottest men, give her a fucking sponge bath. It was gross but they got what they wanted. Complaints.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (P/CyZ)
415
MS. Calendar: HARD 1
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024
***
I have to agree . . . despite her almost boyish figure and nearly flat feet, she is still exotic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024
***
I have to agree . . . despite her almost boyish figure and nearly flat feet, she is still exotic.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (J2vNu)
416
Relative to what, though?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (yikga)
A steel toe in the grundle.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 10, 2024 05:17 PM (yikga)
A steel toe in the grundle.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (GkFGh)
417
Nood.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (a3Q+t)
418
404 Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2024 05:19 PM (oqH4h)
Enter Xenophobia, on the micro they are happy to breed with American men in the Macro they would never accept our moving there.
Enter Xenophobia, on the micro they are happy to breed with American men in the Macro they would never accept our moving there.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (X0I7i)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (DfCet)
420
Congress must let Ukraine win, say Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Imagine Dragons, Timothy Snyder and other luminaries
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
Let's send *all* of them over to show the locals how to beat OMG Russia Russia Russia.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (llON
To the last drop of Ukrainian blood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (di6C2)
Ukraine has already lost, there's no way they can win...
Unless Nato conducts a full scale invasion. Not an exaggeration, that's the only way this could possibly be reversed, and the idiots who keep saying "if we don't send more money, Ukraine will lose" are completely delusional. Or lying.
Or both.
Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 10, 2024 05:09 PM (vR+X6)
Let's send *all* of them over to show the locals how to beat OMG Russia Russia Russia.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2024 05:13 PM (llON
To the last drop of Ukrainian blood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:14 PM (di6C2)
Ukraine has already lost, there's no way they can win...
Unless Nato conducts a full scale invasion. Not an exaggeration, that's the only way this could possibly be reversed, and the idiots who keep saying "if we don't send more money, Ukraine will lose" are completely delusional. Or lying.
Or both.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (dGCAG)
421
I've always said that there is only so much money a family can pay for entertainment in a month and given the evasion of subscriptions even NetFlix was over that limit. To collect the most a service would need to easily have access to many forms possibly from other companies so a way for a subscriber on one service to get something from another would work out best.
Instead every company is trying to fund an overbloated centrally organized media production company on this income stream. This won't work, even if the product on it was good. It especially won't work now.
Instead every company is trying to fund an overbloated centrally organized media production company on this income stream. This won't work, even if the product on it was good. It especially won't work now.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (eoQWY)
422
My character invariably is a ruthless, raider killing murder hobo who wants the old world back.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (X0I7i)
I always play as a boy scout. I always mean to do an evil play through to get the story there and I just hate/do not enjoy it. It never fails. Even Mass Effect (which is not really 'evil' per se, but more Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter anti-hero.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (X0I7i)
I always play as a boy scout. I always mean to do an evil play through to get the story there and I just hate/do not enjoy it. It never fails. Even Mass Effect (which is not really 'evil' per se, but more Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter anti-hero.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:23 PM (di6C2)
423
When the best Holly wood has to offer in nearly 25 years are a cartoon and cult movie featuring an Elvis impersonator, you got problems.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (wBaIH)
How could you not like Death of Stalin with that nic.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2024 05:20 PM (wBaIH)
How could you not like Death of Stalin with that nic.
Posted by: polynikes at April 10, 2024 05:24 PM (MNhXM)
424
I have been watching Shogun.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (sAmhv)
I remember when I was reading the book (this was probably in 1980). When I got to the end, it was as if a world had ended. I felt sad.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 05:18 PM (sAmhv)
I remember when I was reading the book (this was probably in 1980). When I got to the end, it was as if a world had ended. I felt sad.
Posted by: a Scotsman, somewhere at April 10, 2024 05:24 PM (w6EFb)
425
I have to agree . . . despite her almost boyish figure and nearly flat feet, she is still exotic.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (J2vNu)
She was one of the women around Prince. Dude had taste... for women.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2024 05:21 PM (J2vNu)
She was one of the women around Prince. Dude had taste... for women.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 05:24 PM (di6C2)
426
Grump, did you watch Sisu, yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (ANeHG)
Oh yeah, I borrowed it as soon as I could.
It was like John Wick crossed with The Patriot.
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 10, 2024 05:00 PM (ANeHG)
Oh yeah, I borrowed it as soon as I could.
It was like John Wick crossed with The Patriot.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2024 05:24 PM (aD39U)
427
But in Finnish.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2024 05:25 PM (aD39U)
428
I'm just sad I won't have any way to be exposed to gay or trans ideas or people until their next "Day of Visibility" which has got to be at least two or three days away.
Posted by: ...
Lemme see ...
"I'm gay, gay, gay! And I'm fascinating!"
"I'm twisted, twisted, twisted! And I'm fascinating!"
"I'm trans, trans, trans! And I'm fascinating!"
You may be all those things, but there is one thing you are not, you Johnny and Janey One Notes ... and that is "fascinating". Now kindly STFU and STFD.
I'm just sad I won't have any way to be exposed to gay or trans ideas or people until their next "Day of Visibility" which has got to be at least two or three days away.
Posted by: ...
Lemme see ...
"I'm gay, gay, gay! And I'm fascinating!"
"I'm twisted, twisted, twisted! And I'm fascinating!"
"I'm trans, trans, trans! And I'm fascinating!"
You may be all those things, but there is one thing you are not, you Johnny and Janey One Notes ... and that is "fascinating". Now kindly STFU and STFD.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 05:25 PM (CK+db)
429
/off Scotsman sock
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 10, 2024 05:25 PM (w6EFb)
430
Film Threat has run a series of reports on how Disney is cratering due to going woke. They hired lots of AWFLs and made an effort to get the white guys (you know, the people with decades of experience) to quit.
Overlord DVD has run rumor reports saying the same thing about Hollywood generally. AWFLs have been allowed to run riot, making decisions that turn off the non-woke.
Most of the people making decisions in Hollywood now were hired for reasons other than talent or experience. It's starting to show.
Overlord DVD has run rumor reports saying the same thing about Hollywood generally. AWFLs have been allowed to run riot, making decisions that turn off the non-woke.
Most of the people making decisions in Hollywood now were hired for reasons other than talent or experience. It's starting to show.
Posted by: mr_jack at April 10, 2024 05:26 PM (7VrcY)
431
I have been watching _Reacher_ season 2 and so far it has been solid. I think almost all Morons would like both seasons of the show.
Posted by: mr_jack at April 10, 2024 05:28 PM (7VrcY)
432
I'm gonna get me a Shogun and kill all the whiteys I see.
Posted by: Garrett Morris at April 10, 2024 05:30 PM (63Dwl)
433
431 Posted by: mr_jack at April 10, 2024 05:28 PM (7VrcY)
Season 2 is weaker, and Whore E Wood cannot make the stories true to the novels for the most part.
It looks like they are trying to make the show about the one chick who worked for him.
Season 2 is weaker, and Whore E Wood cannot make the stories true to the novels for the most part.
It looks like they are trying to make the show about the one chick who worked for him.
Posted by: sven at April 10, 2024 05:32 PM (X0I7i)
434
Cosmopolitan really just means oikophobe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (GBKbO)
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There's even a more succinct word: snob.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 10, 2024 04:48 PM (GBKbO)
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There's even a more succinct word: snob.
Posted by: Decaf at April 10, 2024 05:35 PM (unUNN)
435
6 My favorite streaming shows:
Only Murders in the Building-HULU
Derry Girls- Netflix
Ted Lasso- AppleTV
Chuck-HBO MAX
Most everything else I watch is on PBS Passport and I just have to make a $60 donation each year.
Murders in the building is God awful
Only Murders in the Building-HULU
Derry Girls- Netflix
Ted Lasso- AppleTV
Chuck-HBO MAX
Most everything else I watch is on PBS Passport and I just have to make a $60 donation each year.
Murders in the building is God awful
Posted by: Gonzotx at April 10, 2024 05:36 PM (T6H4P)
436
The problems is that what had once been two hours of escapism is now 2.5 hours of lectures, insults, hectoring, and gay sex.
What? You mean people don't want to pay for that?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (pohLc)
Gays don't even want to pay for gay sex. That's why they go to such contortions to get it free.
What? You mean people don't want to pay for that?
Posted by: Xipe Totec at April 10, 2024 04:34 PM (pohLc)
Gays don't even want to pay for gay sex. That's why they go to such contortions to get it free.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 05:38 PM (eoQWY)
437
Unless Nato conducts a full scale invasion. Not an exaggeration, that's the only way this could possibly be reversed, and the idiots who keep saying "if we don't send more money, Ukraine will lose" are completely delusional. Or lying.
Or both.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (dGCAG)
Not even then. A division holds only a few miles of line, Ukraine has thousands of miles of possible front. The UK doesn't even have a division, Poland has a weak one. We don't have the industry to trade shots with the Russians for long any more, and neither does any NATO country.
Or both.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 10, 2024 05:22 PM (dGCAG)
Not even then. A division holds only a few miles of line, Ukraine has thousands of miles of possible front. The UK doesn't even have a division, Poland has a weak one. We don't have the industry to trade shots with the Russians for long any more, and neither does any NATO country.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 05:44 PM (eoQWY)
438
The stuff they choose to greenlight and the stuff they reject is so ridiculously out of touch with viewers' sensibilities, it's amazing they're still in business at all.
Remember the complete wonderment Hollywood expressed after Top Gun: Maverick came out? "What?? A feel-good/Americana/good guy movie with traditional morals and gender roles? Who wants that??" And then they shat all over the human trafficking Caveziel movie, which did really well. They just don't get it.
I literally cannot think of a single tv drama or comedy out there (or coming soon) that plays to normalcy. It's all more and more violent, more and more prurient, more and more psychologically twisted. Or woke AF.
The Terminal List was good (hated by reviewers, natch.) The most recent thing I was excited to see was Masters of the Air, and it was solidly 'meh.' Resident Alien is good (mostly) but I've missed too much of the timeline to jump back in. I end up watching The Repair Shop more often than anything else.
Remember the complete wonderment Hollywood expressed after Top Gun: Maverick came out? "What?? A feel-good/Americana/good guy movie with traditional morals and gender roles? Who wants that??" And then they shat all over the human trafficking Caveziel movie, which did really well. They just don't get it.
I literally cannot think of a single tv drama or comedy out there (or coming soon) that plays to normalcy. It's all more and more violent, more and more prurient, more and more psychologically twisted. Or woke AF.
The Terminal List was good (hated by reviewers, natch.) The most recent thing I was excited to see was Masters of the Air, and it was solidly 'meh.' Resident Alien is good (mostly) but I've missed too much of the timeline to jump back in. I end up watching The Repair Shop more often than anything else.
Posted by: red speck at April 10, 2024 05:45 PM (0Id0S)
439
I don't watch any shows or movies.
None.
Movies are four fucking hours now? Who the hell has time to go spend an ENTIRE AFTERNOON watching a movie that, at BEST, you walk away going "That was okay I guess."?
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (oqH4h)
Even without the bad content, the bloat of movie run length shows the decline in moviemaking skill. Part of the skill in making a movie is putting in enough, and cutting what you don't need. You can survive a long movie if that is well done - the re-enactor show in TNT's Gettysburg was long, but it had a lot to show. Also LOTR trilogy.
But the Hobbit had too little content for the time it ran, and the hour long Rings of Power were worse from the long reviews I watched.
None.
Movies are four fucking hours now? Who the hell has time to go spend an ENTIRE AFTERNOON watching a movie that, at BEST, you walk away going "That was okay I guess."?
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2024 04:53 PM (oqH4h)
Even without the bad content, the bloat of movie run length shows the decline in moviemaking skill. Part of the skill in making a movie is putting in enough, and cutting what you don't need. You can survive a long movie if that is well done - the re-enactor show in TNT's Gettysburg was long, but it had a lot to show. Also LOTR trilogy.
But the Hobbit had too little content for the time it ran, and the hour long Rings of Power were worse from the long reviews I watched.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 06:03 PM (eoQWY)
440
"The Mandalorian" Season 2 and limited series "Andor," both "Star Wars" properties.
The only two things that were remotely good on Disney+. The rest was just trash. Secret Invasion was the biggest load of crap I've ever seen. And the marvels - forget "woke" it just didn't make any sense at all. It was boring.
Apple TV isn't half bad (Masters of the Air was excellent). I get prime free. Peacock is surprisingly worth it - every month they seem to have one big Universal movie worth watching, which covers the $5.99 cost. Outside of that I wouldn't watch it. I had Hulu and dumped it - way too expensive. I'm willing to drop about $30 a mo. for my entertainment. that means up to 3 services, 4 with free prime.
The only two things that were remotely good on Disney+. The rest was just trash. Secret Invasion was the biggest load of crap I've ever seen. And the marvels - forget "woke" it just didn't make any sense at all. It was boring.
Apple TV isn't half bad (Masters of the Air was excellent). I get prime free. Peacock is surprisingly worth it - every month they seem to have one big Universal movie worth watching, which covers the $5.99 cost. Outside of that I wouldn't watch it. I had Hulu and dumped it - way too expensive. I'm willing to drop about $30 a mo. for my entertainment. that means up to 3 services, 4 with free prime.
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at April 10, 2024 06:23 PM (nLFEI)
441
Look, just make shows that are fun to watch. Not preachy, or political. Stop trying so hard to subvert expectations.
I'm watching "Sugar" on Apple TV - great stuff. Film Noir updated. Interesting mystery. people behave like normal humans, with normal humans' thoughts and desires. The Normal human downfalls- sex, drugs, criminal thinking. So far, no trans person who is actually the best and wisest person of all. It actually has a flawed hero.
I'm watching "Sugar" on Apple TV - great stuff. Film Noir updated. Interesting mystery. people behave like normal humans, with normal humans' thoughts and desires. The Normal human downfalls- sex, drugs, criminal thinking. So far, no trans person who is actually the best and wisest person of all. It actually has a flawed hero.
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at April 10, 2024 06:27 PM (nLFEI)
442
HaHa.
Posted by: Nelson Muntz at April 10, 2024 08:11 PM (92ekx)
443
and the actresses!!! .. can you say smoke show?
Posted by: ET at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (wDQ5o)
No. Not Asian women, anyway. They do not do it for me. I don’t know why.
Posted by: ET at April 10, 2024 04:56 PM (wDQ5o)
No. Not Asian women, anyway. They do not do it for me. I don’t know why.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 08:17 PM (9isyS)
444
We don't have the industry to trade shots with the Russians for long any more, and neither does any NATO country.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 05:44 PM (eoQWY)
We do. We just don’t want one.
Maybe Americans can figure out that their intense hatred of, and absolute hostility to, business, creates a lot of problems. (But no; Americans love running off its businesses and when it takes jobs with them, Americans bitch about how unpatriotic they are. Sort of like a husband who constantly beats the crap out of his wife and is shocked and offended one day when she leaves, screaming at her about her disloyalty,)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 05:44 PM (eoQWY)
We do. We just don’t want one.
Maybe Americans can figure out that their intense hatred of, and absolute hostility to, business, creates a lot of problems. (But no; Americans love running off its businesses and when it takes jobs with them, Americans bitch about how unpatriotic they are. Sort of like a husband who constantly beats the crap out of his wife and is shocked and offended one day when she leaves, screaming at her about her disloyalty,)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 08:22 PM (9isyS)
445
I’m in the movie business and hope every single one of them goes broke.
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Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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