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Doe posted...

you mean there's no realistic story about a rebellion with mass pop culture appeal

even that isn't true. Les Mis is one of the most popular musicals, period

Tenlaar posted...

Cloud Atlas

like a lot of the wachowskis' work, I would call it a "beautiful mess"

I did like it, but I think it would have been cooler if it followed the structure of the book

greenjeans posted...

Are you sure you understand english?

yes. I am 100% confident that I understand English better than most people on this board.

Vampire_Chicken posted...

She'd prefer it if the other girl didn't have a bird?

I don't think so

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

While the plot of the John Wick movies may be bare bones and just a vehicle for him to kill people the actual filmmaking techniques are phenomenal. The cinematography and directing is extremely high quality and the stunt work is some of the best since the Hong Kong action films of the 90s.

yeah. the fight scenes are pretty great, and everything is really visually interesting. I rewatched the first three before seeing 4 in theatres. one thing that really stood out to me was how colourful they manage to be despite being (for the most part) very dark.

Keanu Reeves is great at movement and physical acting, though his line delivery is rather weak and stilted for the most part. fortunately there are supporting actors like Laurence Fishburne (who I would legitimately love to see as like, King Lear or something) to balance it out.

the long bird's-eye shot near the end of 4 might be my favourite single shot in the whole series

I don't think my girlfriend would like it if I did that

hockeybub89 posted...

You're reminding me of anti-vaxxers and bigots who get answers over and over for years, yet continue to wonder out loud when anyone will actually give them a good answer instead of insults and deflection.

you've done nothing but insults and deflection!

FortuneCookie posted...

"At this time, I would like to take a moment to thank President Barack Hussein Obama, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Denzel Washington, Lex Luthor, Billy Dee Williams, Pam Greer, Piccolo, Rick James, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, ...and Knuckles."

you forgot Bill Cosby

WBC_Injury posted...

You haven't been engaging honestly this whole time. You keep repeating the same shit over and over again, despite multiple people pointing out the flaw in your argument. Then you say "I really don't care" but feel the need to keep responding with the same point that was addressed with an argument you keep saying you don't care about.

it wasn't addressed though; it was sidestepped. you kept trying to have a really dumb conversation that I wasn't interested in participating in

WBC_Injury posted...

Do you just like to argue even without making a point?

sorry for pointing out a few of the indications that you're not engaging honestly. if you don't want me to point them out, start engaging honestly.

WBC_Injury posted...

What is not a good idea and what is not a realistic idea are two totally separate things.

okay.

When was the last time you saw an author do this as such to describe a character solely to explain that they were white?

again, I don't know and I don't care. the inclusion of the word "solely" is quite disingenuous though; since "white face" very clearly has more than one connotation.

WBC_Injury posted...

This isn't hard to understand. White authors have the habit of not describing their characters skin color or race unless they specifically are non-white. It's a tendency to default to the majority race of where they came from. If you read a book written by a white author from the western hemisphere, and they do not describe a character's skin color, there's a good chance the author intended for them to be white. Doubly so if they describe other characters as a minority.

I care even less what the author intended. you can't actually know what someone else intended; it's almost always more fruitful to ignore it. I'm talking about the actual words that are present in the text, and their implications. that's what I care about in this context.

to reiterate:

1. if a character is not specified to be white, it is generally not a good idea to assume they are.
2. referring to a character's "white face", while generally used to indicate fear, does, in fact, carry connotations beyond fear.

WBC_Injury posted...

Do you just assume a blank face?

you're turning this conversation into one about an individual's subjective experiences of reading a book. feel free to have it with someone else; I'm completely uninterested in it in this context. I'm talking about the words that are objectively in the book, and the connotations that those words objectively have.

WBC_Injury posted...

Right, with fear. When was the last time you read a book where a character who was white had to be described as such?

weird question. I don't know and I don't care. generally, if a character isn't described as being white, it's probably not a good idea to assume they're white.

WBC_Injury posted...

Why would she be described as white

When was the last time you read a book authored by a white person that described a character assumed to be white as white

it is generally used to indicate fear. but, as I said, describing someone's face as "white" has significant connotations beyond that

Ivynn posted...

I misremembered. But the point is Hermione is described as white in the books so JKR's claim that she never did was dumb and her main thing before the TERF stuff.

there's just... so much stuff in the books (and the movies) that absolutely would not fly today, and I cannot see this adaptation being anything other than a gigantic flop

hockeybub89 posted...

Which one was that? I try to answer all questions directly

any of them, really. you have certainly done an extremely poor job answering any of my questions directly

landlord is not a job; it's a position. it doesn't require them to do anything; only that they own the building.

barista, meanwhile, is an actual job.

I will say that, on the whole, I don't think tipping should be a thing -- it's the employer's responsibility to pay their employees enough to live on; not the clientele.

I'll also say that which jobs receive tips is also quite arbitrary. but again, "barista" is a job and "landlord" isn't

hockeybub89 posted...

Is pretending to be unable to read a hobby of yours?

no.

now please attempt to answer my question directly

Revelation34 posted...

The original post said she was described as having "white-faced with fear". That was the literal quote. That's a different context than just being described as "white".

I don't care what the original post said. you agree with my original assessment

Revelation34 posted...

It just says white which in a general context would be about skin color.

so you agree, then, that describing someone's face as "white" has implications other than fear

Revelation34 posted...

They says nothing about fear.

so what information do you think is being conveyed in this context by describing her face as white

hockeybub89 posted...

Also, it being transphobic to give Warner Bros money once this show comes out. Honestly, it's probably transphobic now. You can't call yourself a trans ally if you care more about Batman than denying JK Rowling money.

why are you going on about this instead of engaging with the things that I actually said

Revelation34 posted...

Not in that context.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/1/AAUjppAAEWj1.jpg
really?

Revelation34 posted...

White faced with fear is an expression, LMAO.

describing someone's face as white has implications beyond fear though

hockeybub89 posted...

Well then I better watch TLOU before this HP show comes out so I cancel my sub and boycott all Warner Bros properties.

Heck, the show might not even come out if the GOP wins in 2024. They'll have no need for a loudmouth feminist once they establish their Christofascist theocracy. LGBTQ people will all be suffering or dead, so they'll abandon Rowling and ban the show for being Satanic.

each conversation with you gets more and more insane. what are you even talking about

Revelation34 posted...

What did she do for Hermione?

not 100% sure what that person was talking about, but there was a Harry Potter stage production in which a black woman was cast as Hermione. Rowling basically said that she didn't have an issue with it.

there's a fair bit of stuff in the books that is... significantly more troubling if Hermione is black though. like Malfoy calling her a mudblood.

Chicken posted...

Hes not even that big. If anything, thats just average

it's small imo

scar_the_1 posted...

In theory, yeah. But often times I feel like consumer influence is extremely overstated.

I get the feeling that I should put "Manufacturing Consent" on my reading list

hockeybub89 posted...

You say that like I'm some Potterhead or whatever they call themselves. I haven't even watched The Last of Us yet and I will loudly defend the second game to the grave. Guess I have a couple years to watch TLOU before doing so becomes transphobic.

so you don't even like harry potter, but you still decided that hogwarts legacy was more important than your solidarity with trans people

mypenis

hockeybub89 posted...

Guess I have to cancel my HBO Max subscription to be an ally

this is pathetic dude

Compsognathus posted...

Also every music class needs to effectively a participation class. If the student put forth a good faith effort, they get an A. Giving someone who is trying, but just isn't particularly gifted a B or less feels cruel.

my high school music classes had performance tests. they weren't super difficult, but it was definitely possible to do poorly on them

Body and Soul (1925)

eynjel18 posted...

City Lights

I think Chaplin's films in general have aged quite well

sutree posted...

Progressives say this but the "Believe all women!!" rhetoric sure died down quickly when sexual assault allegations were made against Biden rather than Kavanaugh

correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the people who shut down the (as far as I can remember) credible allegations against biden were largely establishment dems; i.e. not progressives

coolcono posted...

Yeah, but about did you really enjoy participating in those Christmas concerts?

at my elementary school each class sang a song at the christmas concert and the spring concert at the end of the year -- granted, it was a tiny rural school with split classes, so they still weren't all that long.

from middle school onward, concerts like that were pretty much just for band/choir, and sometimes for other people who wanted to do a solo act or something. my high school generally had a variety show in the auditorium on the last day of classes in december where people just signed up.

I guess for the most part, I was rather neutral on the experience as a whole.

but also, education is still important whether or not any individual person enjoys one specific aspect of it

TheMikh posted...

marketing nfts as something you can buy or speculate on, rather than as intermediary-less custodial/gating infrastructure for developers, is where they went wrong. but as with most things crypto, there's too much temptation to gore integrity in the name of fast money.

in short, 99% of the nft industry is a mistake.

can you elaborate on what you think the remaining 1% is

music education is important!

Heineken14 posted...

I literally cannot think of anything from the right that benefits even a small fraction of people, let alone most. MAYBE some of the things they SAY they believe, but absolutely not any of the things they ACTUALLY DO.

preying on people's fears to stoke individual-level bigotry benefits the ruling class

I forgot it was april fools and this topic shook me to my core

hockeybub89 posted...

It is not nebulous. People distort reality to make it nebulous, but I don't care about their delusions.

okay then. define "politics"

the thing is that the definition of "politics" is really nebulous, and people's views on what constitutes "politics" is extremely subjective. for the most part it's just... not really a useful term.

Drive97 posted...

Why is it silly if the borders are open and a bunch of weak wealthy people are easy to conquer its easy to assume it will happen.

Open borders only work in fairytales, not real life.

borders are a relatively recent invention. they did not exist for most of human history

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there are very few scenarios where you actually have to use someone's name when talking directly to them. it's fairly common to greet someone with "hi Alice" or whatever but you can just as easily leave out their name because the name is implied.

similar to how someone's pronouns (he, she, they, etc.) are only relevant when you're talking to other people about that person; not when talking directly to that person. because "you" is generally used when talking directly to them

MedeaLysistrata posted...

but Trump isn't in power and is probably going to jail... great... i take back everything i said

i am still wondering where the loss of land part comes into play though, if people are set on making this a 1:1 analogy then you need to explain everything (which is what people always say to me when i morb out and try to make analogies).

no one is claiming it's a 1:1 analogy

you generally use someone's name when talking to other people about them; not when talking directly to them

MedeaLysistrata posted...

My girlfriend is begging me to do this

I am happy for her and you

I don't think my girlfriend would like it if I did that