Matt lays out his preference for squibs over CGI bullet wounds, and expands it into a larger Marxist analysis about how profit concerns increasingly strangle creativity

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Really, I'm mostly referring to this topic; I feel he really does come into it "squibs are good", then builds a framework atop it to justify what starts out as a pretty pedestrian "practical effects are good folks" take. And I don't think he's willing to recognize it's a pretty boomer level "they don't make them like they used to" beginning to his discussion.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        I don’t think he’s willing to recognize it’s a pretty boomer level “they don’t make them like they used to” beginning to his discussion.

        lol I just reminded you that he specifically addresses this

        • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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          Yes, and I don't find his address of it convincing, particularly how squibs becomes a hobbyhorse for him later in the series.

          • emizeko [they/them]
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            if they ban me for shouting about squibs i'll face god and ride that hobbyhorse backwards into hell