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Trumble posted...

Lol this was only generally true for the more obscure titles. Major ones found their way onto the internet very quickly - my guess is stolen (or perhaps even just borrowed) discs from the theaters?

very rare. Even top movies like Avengers, Harry Potter etc. only had webrips upon thearitical release. Those that were touted as DVD-quality are likely trojans or people deemed it too unbelievable to be trustworthy for downloading

unnamedsoldier posted...

Pirate sites are shady as fuck

only people who's never used them think that lol

99% of the torrents there are safe. Especially if you go for top-seeded downloads (TPB marks trusted uploaders with a pirate icon)

Mr Hangman posted...

Pirates typically would find a way to get movies well before DVD releases. Guessing TC has never bothered to look. And of course Hollywood is aware of piracy. You think they'll make more money if they go back to restricting releases to theaters when no one is going to theaters? You've thought 0 steps ahead.

no they don't. The most they can get is a webcam version, which still suffers from hard-coded subs or bad video quality.

I have a feeling you haven't tried pirating before

El Mexicano Texano posted...

No thanks I like paying for my stuff it's just $10 anyways or $15 I don't keep track I just let them take my money away.

that's how you slowly fall for their ploy. One day subscription prices will increase and you wont even notice it

wonder if Hollywood realises this.

whereas in pre-covid, pirates would have to wait months for a movie's DVD release to get a HD ripped version, they can now get one instantly due to streaming services delivered straight to their laptops.
at this point, why even bother subscribing to HBO Max or Disney Plus when you can board the pirate ship, amirite

ITT, people who dont know that the Bible is a collection of stories from various authors of complete separate relations and backgrounds.

Dorfmann_ posted...

Reminder that Marvel movies aren't cinema

so why do the movies consistently get 70-80+ on RT

let alone ever nominated for one at the Oscars or Academy Awards?

we see MCU movies always get 80%+ RT ratings from critics.

spikethedevil posted...

Why would the leader of a huge organisation go onto the front lines? Also half the Avengers turned on Shield during the civil war so whats your point?

that black widow is useless

brestugo posted...

You never read the comics. She was a Russian spy who defected to SHIELD. SHIELD and Nick Fury often directed missions for the Avengers so she became a liason between the two.

It was the 1970's and the character gave them a James Bondish-spy angle, a Russian angle, a Cold War angle and a SHIELD link.

It still doesn't make sense, especially considering she herself turned against SHIELD during Civil War lmao.

Also if you wanna talk about comics, the original Nick Fury was an elite soldier himself. He might as well serve the very liaison and join the Avengers

spikethedevil posted...

Captain Marvel.
Ms Marvel.
Scarlet Witch.

Nice try on that bait though.

before that though... there wasn't any female Avenger on the team

serious question.

People like to mock Batman for being in the JL but at least he has crazy genius level intellect and is the Tony Stark on the DC universe.

Meanwhile what does Black Widow offer? Everytime I watch that first Avengers movie scene where they do a circling camera shot of all the superheroes, I cant help but laugh when I see Black Widow. Here you have a supersoldier, a tech supreme, a giant green hulk, an expert marksmen aaaaaand this woman holding a glock pistol.

ChocoboMogALT posted...

Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: Ragnaros had no creative input and were just hack jobs >_>

I found Thor Ragnarok still pretty dumb at near the end. But granted, yes, these movies were at least more enjoyable only due to the refreshing premise in outer space.

I tell you though, it's like directors are held at gunpoint or something to only make movies that dont affect the over-arching storyline (villain must be dumb and defeatable)

ArianaGrandSlam posted...

I consider a statistical probability of me being one of only 0.00000000001% of people in the world who feel this way, so yes, I believe I'm the only one

nothanks1 posted...

It was a key goal in making them. They were literally meant to be able to be viewed by anyone with little knowledge of the previous ones. There are constant fucking 'hey Loki, the brother of Thor!' kinda style shit.

Compare them to the DC movies were you're not 100% sure what's happening
the Marvel ones were 100% clear on how the plot is going to go the moment a new thing is introduced

dude I have no idea what universe you're on. I've lost count on the number of times the MCU indiv. movies makes so many references to the Avengers it's ridiculous.

Black Widow for example takes place right after Civil War and yet the movie doesnt even recap or explain what happened prior

Derwood posted...

They really tie the hands of the directors. All of the action sequences are designed by Marvel and planned out before the director is even hired

Yeah I dont even know what the directors are needed for. Literally every single MCU superhero movie that isnt the Avengers shares the exact. same. plot. structure.

Like jeez, even Fast and Furious movies or Transformers movies have more plot progression going on compared to the MCU. Literally no one in present ever dies in the MCU and it must must be... a happy ending 24/7 all the way.

I can imagine in the MCU boardroom, the executives must be like

Exec: 'Nope nope nope, you cant kill this character'
Director: 'Oh come on, even this super minor character they'll likely never appear ever again?"
Exec: "Nope! Nope! Nope! Only villains can die!! Death from superheroes make kiddies cry!"
Director: "Can I make the villain smart or powerful at least?"
Exec: "But how can the hero defeat villain then?"
Director: "You see, villains dont always have to be defeated?"
Exec: "Nope Nope! Must defeat villain! Villain always bad. Baaaaad."
Director: "Can I make some scenes gloomy and dark and maybe show some character sacrifices?"
Exec: "Nope Nope! Need more jokes! Need more sunny faces and also be sure to mention the word 'Avengers' at least three times throughout the movie, OK?"

Jabodie posted...

Being predictable is a big part of their appeal. A lot of media genres share this.

No it's not. Being unpredictable AND with good story-telling of course, is what defines a good story.

Since when in the world was predictability ever a thing of appeal? The very essence of any good plot is this term, I'm pretty sure you've heard of called 'climax'.

I'm pretty sure you arent going to tell me you ever sat through a MCU movie and ever thought "oh man, I dont think they're gonna make it!"

Forgive my profanity but I really really really am completely puzzled how people are actually enjoying the MCU movies.

The human brain is not even meant to process enjoyment out of such immense predictable repetitiveness. Not to mention the cheesiness, the forced comedic banter between the characters that is necessary to make every single MCU superhero a second-tier joke cracking Spider-man for some reason and how there are NEVER any threatening villains in the series ever since they all get defeated/killed the moment they're introduced in the very same movie (save Thanos, who obviously gets defeated anyway by the Infinity Gauntlet (like wowwww, who could have seen that coming?!!)

I used to be a fan of Captain America, Winter Soldier and the first Iron Man, but these are the few exceptions.

Literally every movie since I've come to realize, is just a rehash over rehash. Like my god, do these directors all have "Always make the movie repetitive as f****" stated in their contracts or something?

I just watched Black Widow and the amt. of stupidity is absurd. Like why the hell did Dreykov just tell all of the Red Room's secrets to Nathasa just like that? I mean, yea I get it you have her under your spell, but you cant even be the least bit a skeptic of what's really going on? Also what kind of idiot keeps access to everything all within one small central console sitting so nicely in the middle of an open wide room?

Secondly, with all the flying vehicles shenanigans going on, you're telling me no one ever detected the Red Room? Not even SHIELD with god knows how many flying vehicles they have hovering everywhere?

Also as per usual MCU habit, the movie MUST have a good ending of course, which is not like I couldnt see it coming from the moment the movie was announced. That's how damn predictable every single MCU movie is. Even Infinity War was predictable as hell. Like wow, Thanos wins. WHO KNEW. Why else is there a part 2 obviously? duh?

gunplagirl posted...

"ugly bastards" is an entire tag for a reason

go look at any JAV in general. It's either ugly men, ugly fat men, old men or ugly fat old men

CoolMaskGuy posted...

Would I bang a JAV star? Definitely yes. Would I want them to film it and sell it so people I know could possibly see it? Definitely not. I'm relatively liberal, now imagine how a very conservative society like Japan would see it.

I bet you if I do a poll here asking would you bang a JAV star if you agreed to be filmed too, 90% of this board will f***ing say yes without hesitation

maybe you're an oddball. You sound more conservative than ever my great-grandpa

tremain07 posted...

JAV is ripe with illegal, those girls are most likely kidnapped or debt victims forced to do this to pay off the debt

uh dude ,most female JAV porn stars are hugely famous names, you realise that?

ultimate reaver posted...

ugly dudes with hot girls is really big in japanese porn in general, even the drawn stuff.

Yes but HOW do they select which ugly dudes get to star?

that's my question people, jjeeeez

CoolMaskGuy posted...

Probably to make it seem somewhat relatable for the guys watching.

Also having sex on camera and having it be sold to the public isn't exactly a respectable job in the eyes of most societies. I mean the average guy would definitely want to have sex with JAV girls but ask if they'd be willing to do it on camera and have it be sold? Most respectable guys who care about their image and/or have families and careers would say no. That probably leaves weird outcast men who are willing to do it. I think this might be part of why.

yes I would. Wouldnt you?

edit: also your logic doesnt apply since Japan seems to be the only one doing it with JAV. You'd never see ugly men in porno in other countries. Even Korea has at least handsome enough dudes on their softcore porn most of the time

Veggeta_MAX posted...

I can relate to an ugly person. I can't relate to a Chad.

yes. I get that they may do that to appeal to their target audience.

But it still doesn't answer this glowing question i cant seme to find an answer to anywhere on the INTERNET and no one's asking!!

HOW do these ugly AF dudes get to star in porno and bang 10/10 women? Are they getting paid or what. I'm sure if it was that easy, there'd be millions of other guys lining up to take up this kind dream job man

indica posted...

Are you bisexual?

dude I'm pretty sure the idea of how ugly a guy looks is pretty universal

In western porn, I get it. The male actors are usually guys with 12 inch dicks and have six pack abs.

But in Japanese porn, the guys look like the most ugliest nerds I've seen ever. And they're somehow being paid to f*** all these hot Japanese girls? WTF gives?? How do these scrawny, ugly, balding, obese 1/10 looking guys get to be so damn lucky to get to bang the most beautiful women and pussies in the world??

Kobe Bryant posted...

60 in one time with good form

Used to do 70 as a younger lad

Those are rookie numbers,bro.

Avg. one arm pushups for a male is 100 reps in 1 minute

unnamedsoldier posted...

As in "dude, that kicks ass!"

Was it just a 90's thing?

isn't the word 'sick!' now

well?

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

I've never met anyone who didn't like pizza that I liked,

I just dont like ANY pizza in general. I think I can give a soft pass to an extremely cheesy pizza though since i love all things dairy.

Still, I just have no interest in pizza. I also love fried meat and pizza happens to have very little of those

berlyman101 posted...

yep

I'm gonna put this on my resume

it's not the ingredients but like, the pizza itself. Am I the only one?

I just dont understand WTF is so great about taking a bite from a hard stiff over-stuffed crust of wheat dough.

I do like bread though.

imagine being an adult and still playing video games.

LAME

Nacen posted...

I legit want to see this

Here ya go

https://www.quora.com/What-is-1+1

I don't know why google shows this site so much everytime I type some inquisitive question but really I cant stress how garbage it is.

Every answer is like some textbook essay or something. Also for some reason the people answering always take the question like some kind of stupid debate and their answers become intentional disagreements at every question.

You can literally ask 'Is 1+1=2?' and you'll get some annoying a-hole giving you an answer about how maths is subjective and then sprout philo nonsense about how 1+1 could be equals 11 or some nonsensical s*** that spans into a 1000-word essay with HD pictures

I just tried it one day and realized I can do one-arm pushups lol

TerraSeeker posted...

I could have done that with ease when I was in high school. I used to be able to do over a hundred in a row.

I could probably still do it. It's only 20 per minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzo_O9MpKL4
this dude did 210 reps in 10 minutes and he was already struggling like mad past 150 reps.

100 more reps in 3 minutes is simply impossible (for most people).Who knows, maybe some other random russian out there can do it

MrDrMan posted...

Somebodys angry because they cant bench 215

since when I said I cant? :)

trappedunderice posted...

Easy. I bench 215 so 300 pushups in 15 minutes is doable. Wouldn't expect most of ce to, bunch of overweight slobs.

Your benching strength records does NOT translate into pushup reps AT ALL.

This many pushup reps depends more on your bodyweight fitness and endurance relying on Type 1 muscle fibres than Type 2 fibres. It's less to do with strength than it does with body conditioning

Go look at the world's strongest men. Brian Shaw can deadlift a cow or smth I dont care. But I highly doubt even he can do a 100 pushups in 5 minutes

Whoever says they can are a bunch of delusional egoists who has likely never tried doing as many pushups before.

I can do 60 pushups max in a minute. Give or take 3 minutes rest time and I can do 30 more. Then 20 more in another 2 minutes rest time.
That's 7 minutes total.

So in 15 minutes, probably 200 pushups max. As much as I'd like to say yes, no I can't. And honestly almost no one, even the most fittest person, can do 300 in 15 minutes. It's just effin dumb

I just made one satire post and it blew up to over 100+.

I didnt know this board was so easy to trigger LMAO.

EmbraceOfDeath posted...

I wouldn't say it's much to do with Netflix. For comedies, I think it was much more to do with the movies coming out in the 2000s that pushed the envelope, like Judd Apatow's movies. For more gore and violence becoming mainstream, that is definitely heavily to do with Game of Thrones.

but most comedies are never blockbusters so they're given a low enough budget to work with. The same happens for horror movies if you didnt realize. These producers can only work with a low budget, which is also how studios like Blumhouse managed to make a killing producing crappy s*** like Paranormal Activities

For more gore and violence becoming mainstream, that is definitely heavily to do with Game of Thrones.

which is y'know... on a TV service called HBO? Not theatres?

bsp77 posted...

Yeah, most Netflix movies and shows are R rated. Falcon and Winter Soldier is not though

Falcon and Winter Soldier IS R-rated. The amount of gore in there far exceeds everything we saw in all cinematic MCU movies lmao. One scene even showed a person getting point blank pierced in the shoulder dude

In MCU movies, there's hardly a single drop of human blood. Enemies get mowed down by invisible bullets. Just look at that scene from Civil War where Black Widow even shot someone and he just turned away and dropped to the floor after getting hit. It's so dumb.

bsp77 posted...

For the last 20 or so years, the vast majority of biggest earners are PG-13. Tons of articles about how stuff like Deadpool broke the typical trend

Even then, FOX gave Deadpool a crappy low budget for the first movie due to them being skeptical

Giant_Aspirin posted...

uh, no. most big movies are rated R because the people who see the most movies are old enough to see R-rated movies. yeah, the MCU and etc are PG-13, but that's a somewhat new trend. i remember when i was a kid, i hated how everything that looked cool was rated R and the PG-13 movies looked so kiddie.

edit: i looked this up and im just flat out wrong here. the 'big movies' WRT gross have largely been PG or PG-13 as TC said.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW

i think i confused "most big movies" with "most movies"

You see what I mean?

Movie producers dont dare take risks. And they still dont today.

Netflix just allowed for them to take one risk now on R-ratings.

Before Netflix (or streaming services in general...), almost all Hollywood blockbusters had to be produced as PG or PG-13. Any higher and the movie studios would fear losing audiences since cinemas actively bar underaged kids. We see this so often. If they went too far, movie producers would be told to tame their films down just to obtain a PG rating, or make censors to their films if the country labelled otherwise. So we had action movies where villians get shot and stabbed without a single drop of blood or just a super tiny bullet hole or something. It was stupid as hell.

But with Netflix and the trend of movie exclusives on streaming services, movie producers no longer have to worry about this. And suddenly we're seeing an influx of blockbuster movies that can now go hell loose regardless of mature ratings.

Snyder's Cut for example, just became R-rated because why not. All the Marvel shows like Daredevil, Punisher and even the latest Falcon and Winter Soldier also became R-rated and daring to push the level of gore.

I just dont care. If I get infected then so be it. Anyway since everyone else is getting vacc'ed, I'll just have herd immunity built around me lol

or at least they usually turn out to be assholes.

modest people would follow back whoever follows them