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FawfulsFury

Eagly wrote:

Clone wars > rebels > bad batch > mando >>>>> Boba = obi wan

I can agree with that obi wan was a wasted opportunity

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Megas75

Iron Man 3 was great

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The star was prequels are better than the original trilogy

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skywake

@FawfulsFury
The prequels were thematically better it's just that the clunky dialogue feels more out of place for a movie of its time. Also Episode 1 is still one of the worst movies in the franchise, it just doesn't really understand what they're trying to focus on. I get that they're trying to set the stage for Palpatine to be able to overthrow the Weimar I mean Galactic Republic. But the movie itself doesn't seem to care about that, it spends way too much of its run time focusing on the Pod Race which, frankly, only exists to show off the VFX

Episode 1 could have been one of the best movies in the franchise. All it needed to do is strip out pretty much entirely the Tatooine arc, find a quicker way to get Anakin into the story. Then fill that extra tun time with more focus on that actual conflict that matters. How the Trade Federation is being manipulated, maybe extend that opening sequence

As it stands though, I'd put Phantom Menace bellow Force Awakens and above Solo. Probably even bellow the Last Jedi although it's close. My bottom three would be Solo, Rise of Skywaker and Phantom Menace although I'm tempted to just outright exclude Solo. At the top I'd probably put Rouge One, Empire and Revenge of the Sith

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"Don't stir the pot" is a nice way of saying "they're too dumb to reason with"

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@skywake I think episode one succeed in some aspects like the music and the planet design but I agree it’s down there in the rankings but personally would not put it under rise of skywalker

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@Eagly Wednesday was bad and most mcu post Infinity war was sub par

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Anti-Matter

I prefer kids cartoons from Disney Jr or Nick Jr than block buster movies for adult.
I only like kiddie stuffs.

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Ralizah

The Last Jedi is one of the better Star Wars films. Certainly, if nothing else, the best film in the Disney trilogy.

I'm still optimistic about the prospect of Denuvo copy protection being applied to games on Nintendo systems in the future. It doesn't have to tank performance, depending on how it's implemented, and this would prevent games from leaking and being available to pirates on day one, as they currently are. Actually, Denuvo has become such an obstacle to PC pirates that they're heavily reliant on Switch rips of multiplatform games to get their fix now. For PC games with copy protection, pirates are reliant on exactly one mentally-unbalanced cracker, who goes by EMPRESS, and she often demands hundreds of dollars in donations before she's even willing to begin cracking a game.

@Anti-Matter I guess that's technically an unpopular opinion, but you also repeat this stuff ad nauseum in 80%+ of your posts on here.

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jump

Eagly wrote:

I’m bout to start some flame wars

Hold my beer…

Why are people so upset about black elves and mermaids when they didn't bat an eyelid with the Batman films casting Middle Eastern and South Americans characters with white Europeans? They weren't cast for their performances as Marion Cotillard is so awful in it. In any case Superman should really be played by a non-white actor next, because it's the story about a literal illegal alien coming to 'merica and learning and upholding American exceptionalism and there's more milage from that theme from a non-white actor.

The argy bargy about Harry Potter is not needed, seriously you shouldn't be listening to grown adults who are only capable of reading poorly written children's books.

Stop calling celeb gossip and movie news political, it just highlights how little you know about actual real world events.

Metallica fans! There’s no reason to be upset that tweens are listening to them now because of Stranger Things. ‘talllica have not made anything relevant in decades (Hardwired came close until they botched it by making it a double album) so be grateful there’s a 80’s nostalgia fad going on to make them become relevant again.

Meta is not clapping your hands because you spot a cameo or understood a reference, that's more like being a trained seal. Go watch 8½!

Speaking of the legendary Federico Fellini, I have an opinion about La Dolce Vita one of the greatest and most influential movies ever made but people are too ignoramus to know what I'm talking about.

If you only watch film which are CGI cartoons or superhero films smeared with CGI but can't stomach the idea of watching a film with no CGI in it you're probably just like CGI rather than movies.

Despite LucasFilm's best film clearly being Raiders Of The Lost Ark a lot of folk like Star Wars instead. Possibly because Indiana Jones treats Nazi like bad guys whilst with Star Wars people like the space Nazi Stormtroopers to the point their leader Darth Vader has to be turned into a good guy to appease them. Which is supported by why they prefer Star Wars over Star Trek as they dislike it’s philosophical talk of woke equality.

Anyone notice that people who proclaimed they were gonna boycot Marvel after Thor 4 went back to Marvel when the critically slated Ant-Man 3 came out, so they ended up just boycotting the well received black superhero movie instead...

Velma has more artistry in provoking an emotional response and relevancy than the likes of Rick & Morty, South Park and all the other sweaty toons. Like a magician who tells you how a trick works yet the audience still acts like it's magic Velma tells you upfront it’s gonna be offensive however it still upsets people whilst the likes of Rick & Morty are trying so hard to make inter-family love making a thing and South Park is asking fans to be cancelled yet both don’t have people care enough to get mad at them. I can't stand the show but kudos to good trolling.

I'm pretty sure the Bond movies contributed to Brexit. For 60 years the Brits have been bombarded with these films about a murderous toff with alcohol and sex disorders promoting an inflated worth of the UK's importance in international affairs swaying the masses into thinking good trade deals with the closest nations next to it was a bad idea as the world is desperate to deal with a small dirty island.

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FawfulsFury

All full scale liberal agenda rant was the last thing I expected to read today

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Velma was garbage I’m 99% both parties agree on that

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jump

@FawfulsFury pfft liberals are far too right wing for my taste! ;p

I’m not saying Velma isn’t garbage, just it has succeeded in making the irreverent sweary cartoon genre relevant again.

Once upon a time South Park and The Simpsons were hate watched in the millions but if someone were to say they are upset with The Simpsons or South Park nowadays they’d be laughed at yet Velma has come along and people are so outraged they watch it which has turned it into a hit show. As a social experiment it’s fascinating in just how well they have played people.

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Rambler

@jump
I prefer 8 1/2 over La Dolce Vita. Does that count as an unpopular position?
Think those are the only Fellini films I've seen, mind, although I've seen a lot of Pasolini films, speaking of iconoclastic post-war Italian film directors.

Technically Superman should be played by someone who is Jewish, I believe?

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jump

@Rambler I think the common consensus would say 8 1/2 is his best film but I prefer La Dolce Vita myself which is the unpopular opinion I had of it.

I don't think I've seen any of Pasolin films, is there a good one to start with?

Well yeah Supes creators where Jewish. Whilst my most of my post was hyperbole observations needed to spice up the thread as I felt the declaration of flame wars rather tame but I do stand firm on Super should played by an non-white actor. People have spent years complaining about Superman is boring, overpowered, been done to death etc so lets get back to the core of the character. He lands in 'merica after his parents send him there as their home is too dangerous now and says corny rubbish rubbish like "Truth, Justice And The American Way" after embracing America's way of life which is a theme that could be mined alot more if he's not white. I've had the idea float in my head for a few years now after listening to the legendary comic book guy Jim Lee talk about learning English from comics and how he found Superman being an immigrant too relatable. So I want a Mexican Superman preferably wearing a sombrero!

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@jump - I think the idea of leaving Krypton was an analogy for leaving anti-Semitic Europe? I might be wrong. But yes, your point stands - having someone who is outside the norm of how Superman is normally portrayed would be a good entry point into interrogating the character, what he represents, etc.

Start with Salo. No, that's a terrible idea - although it should be the first film that should be recommended to anyone looking for something new to watch.

Teorema with Terrence Stamp is probably a good one. It's the one that Visitor Q took its plot from, although Teorema is a lot less mental and more philosophical. Actually pretty much every film is a lot less mental than Visitor Q.
His version of the Canterbury Tales is a lot of fun, and has Tom Baker doing things that would make Dr Who blush

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jump

@Rambler hmm, possibly. I could see that being the case or a post-creation observation but the creation of Supes lore is famously messy with things like Kryptonite being created by the old timey radio show so the Superman voice actor could take time off. My knowledge of Supes is pretty weak compared to other funny books and can’t say for sure who created Krypton.

It turns out I have seen one of his films Pigsty, I saw it as a teenager because it had a cannibal in it which is how high my bar was then.

I’ve added both Teorema and Sol to my watchlist but it’s a tough choice in which one is first. Terrance Stamp sways me but on the other hand a film based on a Marquis de Sade book sounds fun.

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jump

After watching The Bear (great show btw) I miss people smoking in films and TV. Like in real life when you're up in da club the best conversations happen in the smoking area, not the club itself partly because it's outside so you can hear the other person but also smoking is often a break moment so you're more relaxed and less guarded so a more realz conversation can take place which is something if art mirrors real life should use more.

The Joker is...never mind that is low hanging fruit.

Hollywood really needs to make more teen sex comedies like American Pie, Porkys etc. They were like a rite of passage for the yoof and it seems like a lost genre especially since they have been replaced with the CW tween dramas like Wednesday, Arrow, Riverdale etc which is the sort of melodrama that rots the mind. I also read an article recently about how American chastity belt states have seen an up rise in newly married couples going to the doctor because they can't get pregnant due to trying to put in the bellybutton or something silly like that so we need Hollywood teach the young people how things work!

I've been turned around on the Marvel is ruining movies argument. Before I had the take of it's safe and solid family popcorn movies which serves its purpose as there are good non-marvel flicks out there if you want them and like a diabetic gorging themselves on chocolate it's their choice so it's on them. However with a gen now raised on Marvel they are rejecting any big action films that don't follow the Marvel formula, they want every other line to be a quip because they got bored otherwise, the movie has to be overly explained to make sure it's understood by the lower common denominator, it needs to be spectacle over personal so it's lots of CGI army sky beam nonsense etc so yeah, movies are ruined for ever now. Thanks @KevinFeige!

I don't think people appreciate how nuanced and subtle the storytelling in wrestling can be. Forget Hulk Hogan shouting or John Cena waving his hand because you can't see him as I'm talking about the actual matches themselves when done right. Like you watch a wily veteran fighting a younger upcomer so they vet slows down the fight and provokes the upcomer into a mistake, you're watching a submission specialists target certain spots so when they apply their submission move so it works better or how someone has decided instead of winning the match with a technical prowess they are just out to hurt the other wrestler. Now compare that to a fight scene in the average CGI action movie rasslin' is doing a lot better and smarter action.

Streaming has definitely weakened the arts. One part through making it disposable so instead of listening to an album over and over again folk will ignore the deep cuts in favour for one track on it as well as there's less curation going on. With infinite options people instead of looking for challenging quality movies they watch low rent rubbish for it's ease as well as algorithms pushing crud which is different to people who had to watch whatever movie was on the TV so they ended up seeing arty, classic and different films they normally wouldn't try.

People needing to agree with the movie to say it's good is so boring like half the fun is debate, thinking it over and making fun of films. Two films of similar ilk Demolition Man and Idiocracy are both about a man frozen and wakes up in a hellish future where the right/left worst nightmare comes true. Both are firm favourites of mine and it's fun to poke holes in both films as well as agreeing with their conflicting messages.

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Megas75

jump wrote:

I don't think people appreciate how nuanced and subtle the storytelling in wrestling can be. Forget Hulk Hogan shouting or John Cena waving his hand because you can't see him as I'm talking about the actual matches themselves when done right. Like you watch a wily veteran fighting a younger upcomer so they vet slows down the fight and provokes the upcomer into a mistake, you're watching a submission specialists target certain spots so when they apply their submission move so it works better or how someone has decided instead of winning the match with a technical prowess they are just out to hurt the other wrestler. Now compare that to a fight scene in the average CGI action movie rasslin' is doing a lot better and smarter action.

Yeah, there's plenty of great and emotional matches with storytelling. I still remember the Ric Flair retirement match in WM24, or Shawn Michaels' retirement match in 26, end of the Undertaker's streak in 30, and those are just WWE examples. You can find plenty of emotional wrestling in Japanese wrestling. As dumb as wrestling can get it's clear the people involve really care about their craft

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