Is Citations Needed the drug dealer or the rapper named after a drug dealer?
As the one perfect Communist, I have never enjoyed anything
I sit in a cave, eating a simple diet of grain, beans and berries and entertain myself with shadow puppetry
They're poison, so as to prevent any fleeting feelings of contentness
Oh you like shadow puppetry in caves like some kind of philosopher king, smdh :deeply-reactionary:
well most people here seem to hate Don't Look Up, which I enjoyed lol. I guess it was kind of lib with its poking fun at Trump and MAGA hogs, and the writing was cringe at times, but it at least went as far as showing that rich psychos teaming up with status quo politicians is one of the biggest hurdles towards societal progress we face, which is a lot better than most movies coming out of :amerikkka:.
One other smaller thing I liked about it: outside of leftist circles, nobody ever talks about how "the elites want us to be divided, man! we gotta team up bro" rhetoric is never a sincere attempt at unifying the proletariat and is pretty much always a coded way of saying "if you're politically on the fence, you better side with us libertarians, otherwise you're one of those overly-woke sensitive snowflake purple hair SJWs" which, with the way Americans are conditioned, would pressure most to simply fall in line with the reactionaries (to be clear I don't have a problem with people who could be described as SJWs).
my chud cousins talk about how the elites want to keep us divided, but when they say elite they mean an imaginary trans professor living in San Fransisco who teaches media studies and when they say us they mean to say everyone on the fence should unite with white small business owners who own large trucks
throwback to that redditor who said they consider members of the local school board as ruling class and elon musk as working class
I legitimately had to lie down for two hours after watching that movie because of how much climate rage it stirred up in me.
How much of the movie is full of attempts at being witty/cool? The trailer makes it look like that's 90% of the film, which is what made me bored during the Big Short. But if they tone that down then I will give it a go.
imma be honest, it's like 70% of the film. they make the jennifer lawrence character an alt girl who likes smoking big doinks and listening to 90s style hip hop(?) though they kind drop it halfway through, but bring it back again towards the end, but in a more "punk rawk" way.
Ahh that's probably gonna be something I'll find annoying. But I am alone with time off and covid cases are going up so I'll probably end up watching it anyway.
It doesn't really have the smirky asides that the director used in The Big Short and Vice, if that's what you mean.
Yeah those were probably the biggest things I found annoying. I didn't watch Vice though, because both the premise seems lib and I was expecting more of those smirky asides.
Almost anything mainstream and popular lol.
"The contrarian leftist who hates fun and only likes obscure arthouse shit no one cares about" is a stereotype with some truth to it imo.
The one true leftist is not so selfish as to experience the sensation called "pleasure" by the bourgeois.
to feel pleasure is akin to feeling satisfaction, and to be satisfied is, without any doubt, to identify with the ruling class and the greater status quo
:read-theory:
See: the whole thread on here dedicated to posting half-true/half-fake spoilers for spiderman
LOL the Spider-Man shit was hilarious because that movie did a lot to address the “complaints” many people on here had about cape movies, only they then got mad that it fixed it TOO MUCH. It was the seed bell scene from Simpsons performed by a bunch of jaded leftists.
I often wonder if I don't like a lot of the mainstream movies subconsciously just to be contrarian. I don't believe I do but I feel like something is wrong with me when everybody around loves something that I think is complete garbage.
This is bait to allow the posting NKVD to fill the Marvel fan Gulag.
I honestly think that a lot of the hate that show gets is from people who refuse to engage in self-reflection. Obviously nobody wants to be like Bojack, but I saw a lot of negatice traits in the character that were reflected to a lesser degree in myself and loved ones. I think if they were honest with themselves, most people would say the same, and that is what makes the show so uncomfortable. It makes this objectively cruel, self-centered character relatable and somewhat sympathetic - you aren't rooting for his success but for his rehabilitation. Underneath the grim plotlines, there is actually a ton of empathy and hope.
The characters around bojack are flawed in more interesting ways than bojack.
I can see why people are annoyed though, bojack is a jerk and sort of self reflects and then doesn't fix it. So it is a lot of woe-is-me. I still like the show, but I can't blame people for not liking a show because they don't care for the main character.
I feel like there’s always a group that hates everything so I could really choose anything. Things that come to my mind in particular was I remember a WEIRDLY huge anger against She Ra back on the old sub for a little. Like a small but vocal group of probably stupidpols. Also remember a Lot of butt hurt over Death of Stalin mixed with a lot of approval that was weird
But if I REALLY want to cause a struggle sesh and be hated. I still enjoy watching Last Week Tonight every now and then. Its still the best late night show of its type, and I still find Oliver funny and his delivery great.
Also it is STILL the easiest show to start radicalizing with because, despite the (sadly ever growing) lib shit like trump or the growing number of China segments he still does touch on important shit no one else ever would. His video on Union busting was great and seems to have REALLY had a positive effect. I know at least ten people who’s path to socialism began with his report on trailer park homes. And I know many of you won’t admit it but your journey started with his stuff.
Better your friends and family watch him then Samantha Bee call Bernie a pedo for the thousandth time
Last Week Tonight is great, as long as it sticks to domestic US politics and environmental issues.
Agreed. Which from everything I have heard and read is what Oliver WANTS it to be. A few years ago I listened to an NPR interview where they asked him the report that he was proudest of to which he responded the chicken one. And the way he talked about it and the anger he showed over how hard they had to fight to make that the top story. You could tell THATS where his passion was.
Hell he said he started the show to talk about how lobbyists are destroying the country from both sides.
That's true, but also foreign policy is the one thing the US can still do in a functioning way. Like the Roman Empire in 400CE, the Frontiers are still mostly intact but the interior is rotten.
Well said. This is honestly where Chapo and Felix specifically helped radicalize me further. His harping on about how the one thing that is off the table no matter what is empire, you talk about unions, you can talk about medicare for all, but you cannot even mention the empire. That shit really has become the focus of my politics, not just mild criticism of how expensive our military is, but actually fighting against our military and everything it stands for.
My comrades are whoever looks at the most radical reforms Bernie offered and said "not fucking good enough" because it leaves the empire intact. We have to question 9/11 ruthlessly, and our actions as more than a mistake, but a willful crime
Honestly I kinda hate the bit personally, but god damn do I respect it. The execution gets me far more often than it should.
I hate the people (the fanbase) that took away my enjoyment of what really is a great show
It's really good, even the last season has some cool episodes. I really like Dan Harmon and his writing, but I would love to see him do something live action again.
Also hot take, the Rick and Morty fanbase isn't any worse than fans for any other popular media. They are probably better since they mostly embraced the "very high IQ" meme and are pretty pretty self conscious.
Pokemon
I like anything with monsters in it
don't judge me
Finding the world-rending dragon of legend and bludgeoning it to death with a bagpipe so I can make a funny hat from its eyelid
Pokemon are cute and fun
Monster Rancher is wacky and silly
Digimon has crazy designs
Yo-Kai Watch has a watch in it!
I was literally just playing Yo-Kai 3 a couple hours ago. Fantastic game.
anything with monsters in it
is it bad that I think of horny things when I read this
I mean... some monsters have horns, I guess :blob-no-thoughts:
This is a good opinion but I do not think it is unpopular on this site.
Yeah true, I'll pick a harder one.
I kinda like Sam Seder?
I can't judge this one because his show basically WAS my pipeline left. I'll probably always have a soft spot for him even if his show desperately needs Michael
He has better politics than the liberals.
He predicted government would use a plauge to wipe out the population to consolidate their power and look what covid is doing. Yet another win for our large wet friend. :bird-bouncy:
it feels like most media i enjoy gets a hatepost made about it :shrug-outta-hecks:
I have a very high threshold for what other people consider unwatchable trash. Like I thought the live action Cowboy Bebop wasn't that bad.
I know Vicious wasn't the best character, but I enjoyed Julia having more agency as more than just an object for Spike to strive towards. They also did a lot more fleshing out the characters than the original ever did, and I thought the episode with Faye's "mom" was a lot of fun.
Not specific to this place but basically all media just gets shit on for a month after it's out. I'll watch a super hero movie or whatever idc. It's fine. I'm not expecting a life changing experience from a movie or a show. I'll just play the "oh what we're they in" game if I get bored. I guess cowboy bebop is the most recent one that comes to mind
i will never surrender my critic brain you will have to take it by force and pickle it
i don't think that's a bad thing. ruining enjoyment from cowboy films about shooting indians is good. ruining enjoyment from misogynist & creepy treatments of sex in film is good. ruining enjoyment from advertisement & propaganda is good.
that we do it all the time is an expression of how ineffectual we are but :shrug-outta-hecks:
evaluating the movie on criteria that have nothing to do with how enjoyable it is to watch
Being a critic means evaluating a piece of media based on all criteria, including enjoyability. Part of the reason why people are more "negative" about films these days is because they are often viewed through streaming services/based piracy at home, detached from the inherently enjoyable communal buzz and the enhanced audiovisual experience of seeing a film in theatre on the big screen.
Or you could not gamify your viewing habits. Optimizing the quality of what you are going to watch can make sense, but also is not what I would call healthy. You are creating expectations of your downtime
Media habits are not the same as eating healthy. Watching shlock is not going to give you diabetes. Media is media, you don't need to pressure yourself to view everything you consume as a missed opportunity to consume something else. That goes for life in general, don't treat failures or imperfect experiences as a mistake and psych yourself out. Watching Iron Man when you could watch Godfather is not a waste of time, you cannot calculate if you would have enjoyed one instead of the other in that moment. just enjoy what you feel like in that 2 hours and dont fret about it. You would enjoy very little if you considered each tv episode you watched or film based on if objectively there is a more enjoyable or "better" classic you could be watching instead.
Decisions around recreational activates can be done spur of the moment or without much consideration or pressure from what is "better". Your logic is not how everyone else approaches recreation, if they enjoy what they enjoy then so be it. Nothing wrong with watching dumbshit instead of superior classics if thats what you want to do.
I think that was my advantage i really didn't remember most of the original other than it was a thing I enjoyed. People who were really unto it seemed mad. I don't think I could've handled an Ed season 2 like they wanted. that character was rough in the live action
They set it up for season 2 being the Ed season so you mostly got the spike and faye storyline this season with a little Ed towards the end
deadpan to camera
my sister turned it on recently for the Christmas episodes and it is actually pretty funny for the most part. I imagine people here just get annoyed when people make it their whole personality, which, to be fair, is annoying for pretty much any media
The office was funny the first 3 time I saw it, after that the cracks start to show
The US one is popular so the US one is probably the one disliked here
I find it weird how much people love Jim and Pam, even though they're easily the most boring characters on the show. All of the other characters are what really drive the show.
The Office is good. The US one is better than the UK one, but the UK one is excellent too just much more painful.
For me, Steve Carell > Ricky Gervais, but Martin Freeman > John Krasinski.
I'll go you one step further - Gervais did it better too. But the US show really takes it a step further, the show has a lot more heart. Like it becomes more about family, and how you can learn to love people who are also fucked up, like it's really nice honestly.
can i do the opposite and say i hated snowpiercer. it sucked donkey dick. very on the nose. very boring. main character was cardboard. saw the ending coming from a mile away. plus side is it gave me a nice nap
There were some parts where I think they used the setting of being on a train in an interesting way, but for the most part it felt too unreal and obviously metaphorical to be that engaging.
Snowpiercer is way too blatant but I also appreciate its existence considering that even things this on the nose about their meaning are still not understood by many.
