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Rai_Jin posted...

it's fiction. I think Kingpin is just super strong without special powers?

It is funny how "I'm with them" is a valid excuse for super powers. You have a person who's part robot, an alien, a mutant, and then, "Come on, you don't expect ME not to have hella strength, do you? I'm one of the group."

It's really funny when you see Spider-Man pick up a car, then struggle to break Kingpin's bearhug.

thisworld posted...

A bullet to brain/throat/heart will stop a regular non-powered 'human' hero. That would be the limit of 'human' durability in action movie. For example: Last Action Hero movie.

What is this, some kind of a joke? I wouldn't even call this a flesh wound.

The limit of 'human' strength is probably breaking chain/padlock barehanded to gain entry, and the limit of 'human' speed is probably outrunning a car on foot. I believe such feats are depicted as impossible for mere 'human' but cmiiw. Endurance or stamina has no limit.

I always think about Horror of Dracula (1958) when it comes to plot-convenient stamina. A fifty-something Professor Van Helsing goes two days without sleep (or on-screen eating), yet still has the stamina to go hand to hand with a supernatural vampire count.

Full moon last night. You didn't run into any werewolves did you?

Action heroes frequently go beyond human limitation. Cops, soldiers, and everyday tough guys in movies engage in lengthy, uninterrupted fights that professional boxers and MMA fighters would be too exhausted to see the end of.

If you look at a film like Die Hard, John McClane can't even walk down the stairs without injuring himself on the railing. If that film had been real, if McClane had never been struck, shot, or otherwise physically hurt, on nerves alone, he would be out of commission before the night was through. He even has a bit of a breakdown during one of the explosions. But, naturally, he's fine just seconds later.

I watched Marvel's Werewolf By Night. I assumed the characters had superhuman strength, so I didn't think anything of it when a woman shrugged off having her head slammed twice into a concrete wall by a man three times her size. When it turned out she wasn't superhuman, it triggered my bullshit meter a bit. Then I asked myself, "Why did that bother you if Black Widow beating up robots was okay?"

It made me wonder about the limits of "human" characters in superhero media and just action heroes in general. Could the world's greatest assassin kick somebody with such force that they fly across the street and smash a car door? Could somebody pick up that car and throw it just because they spend all of their time in the gym?

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Before you say there is no cutoff point, remember the opening scenes of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I'm pretty sure that's a baboon.

It's a pity those were omitted in the English language version.

Elliot Page as Neo

I have no one to root for in this contest. It's censorship vs a white supremacist and his social media platform. I hate them both.

A rare win for the FTC.

DnDer posted...

That is oddly and remarkably specific compared to your other examples.

Best I could come up with on short notice.

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America's future is in Bitcoin.

hockeybabe89 posted...

So are homeless people just supposed to die or something

Yes. People who aren't economically viable are supposed to die off. And their deaths are supposed to serve as a warning of what happen can happen if people don't toe the line.

(And, no, that's not sarcasm. That's corporate endgame.)

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I don't care if it's a ban on scatological pics, gore pics, feet pics, clown pics, dogs dressed as nun pics, or whatever else could be considered the most disgusting. The idea of telling grown-ass adults in any nation what DRAWINGS they're allowed to view is fucked up.

I understand a host not wanting certain content on their site. But an external ban? In the name of morality or avoiding what's icky? Those deviants are still gonna have deviant urges. If you eliminate the fake stuff, they're more likely to act on the real stuff. They're not going to stop being creeps because you say that they should.

If Super Mario RPG is your first RPG, you will get wrecked by Yaridovich/Speardovich the first time around.

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Sorry to jump the gun and assume the worst. I haven't felt well the last two days and work has been frustrating.

<___<

There's a full moon, so I thought it would be fun to watch. It just dawned on me how impossible it is to find a movie on Disney+. I don't know if they want you to use the search feature so that they can keep tabs on what you're looking for, or if they're just too lazy to provide a proper catalog, but it's basically a big game of Go Fish. You click the box and see if they have it.

But, anyway. When I saw the 54 minute runtime, I thought that I had clicked on some making of special by mistake. I had to run to Google to verify that, yes, it is only a special and not a full movie. It's kind of funny because the story and title card pay homage to films like The Beast Must Die and Werewolf of London. The Hammer Horror films were usually around the 80-minute mark and some of the old Universal films barely go an hour. I feel like they could have extended it another 17 minutes or so and it would have really captured the length of an old black and white Universal horror film.

Anyway, I'm going to wait and watch it later. I feel like watching a movie now. Even if it's something stupid.

Edit: And, yes, I know that feature length technically means 40 minutes or more. Those standards came about before television was a thing and it should be updated to reflect on an hour in length or more.

If Disney makes it canon that Jar Jar is a sith, I would create a super company and destroy them. That is my villain overlord origin story.

I've had it with this crap. Sometimes, a character just stinks. Not every film is going to be Scooby Doo and vindicate your hate-wank by turning someone evil unnecessarily. It's okay to dislike an obnoxious character. They don't have to secretly be Hitler just because you don't like them.

Wrath of the Black Manta:

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Manta telling the scum how dumb they are.

There are other prudes in the English-speaking world besides American censors?

tremain07 posted...

Who keeps doing this shit

The ones who say that censorship isn't actually a thing. :/

SaikyoStyle posted...

Of course you can.

Well, I couldn't before!

The_Wheelman1 posted...

Oh ok i was expecting big kong dong swinging around.

He has a reasonably detailed posterior when climbing vines.

The "We should have banned you" badge

Seconding this.

It'll be interesting to see him running for office while the trials are going on.

There is no climate change, only Chuck Norris telling the weather what it should be.

Kami_no_Kami posted...

The cruel irony is that Alex Jones treating Hitler is bad as some kind of ridiculous hot take would be hilarious if his fans hadnt somehow also treated it that way

Damn. Alex Jones is the bad guy from the latest Indiana Jones movie.

It's in the museum level. You see male penis, male buttocks, and female breasts with nipples. I can't post uncensored pics, obviously, but I'm surprised they were able to slip that past the censors.

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I know it's "art," but these are made up statues. I don't know what Goku is doing in the game though. Mods, you have my word of honor that is his staff and not his... y'know.

gigageek1500 posted...

I don't know how it all adds up or doesn't, but the people you're thinking of were Germans too

Many of them were, but not all of them.

You know, I've never seen the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

I've no desire to see the George Lucas approved version which edits out 90-year-old Indy. If I'm going to watch it, I want to see it as it was originally aired. If that's unavailable, then I can live without it and stick to the movies. They've done me just fine. (Sans the fourth film.)

For me, it goes as follows:

Raiders > Temple > Crusade > Dial of Destiny > two hours of staring at a wall > Crystal Skull

I feel like there's an omission when he lists the people killed because of Hitler.

Black Scorpion (1995)

Are you allowed to hornypost in YouTube comments?

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BalanceLost posted...

Eye candy in FFVII Rebirth <.<

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Yummy.

Executive: "We can't make action cartoons anymore. They're too expensive. They require toy sales to make them turn a profit."

Fan: "Why can't we have a toy line?"

Executive: "Young people don't play with toys anymore. They want video games."

Fan: "Why can't we have a video game?"

Executive: "People don't buy games based off of licensed properties. They have a reputation for being crap."

Fan: "Why cant w-"

Executive: "We're not taking risks and we're gonna give you what we're gonna give you. Now go watch the ironic, self-aware CalArts-animated deconstruction of the show you wish you were watching."

I mean, yeah, if you own a home, you can watch whatever you want.

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