Thanks, guy, for lecturing American women on how we don't know that sex can be pleasurable because we're all too worried about getting raped. Thanks for that.
@Salomon.Orangge: I love Sam Jackson, but Nick Fury is not a jive talkin pimp.
Holy racism, batman.
Holy racism, batman.
@lodown: I am digging your comments on this post. I just want to put a little stamp on the end of each one that says "YEAH, WHAT S/HE SAID."
@lodown: This is the best reaction to racist trolls in the entire. World.
God I miss Strangers with Candy.
God I miss Strangers with Candy.
The Hellboy movies feel like Del Toro's lovingly-crafted Mike Mignola AU fanfiction, and that's why I love them. The movies and the comics are just separate entities for me, and I have no problem enjoying them both for what they are.
Rodriguez's Sin City and Snyder's films, however, are the ones that left me cold. They are too glossy to really be comic book movies, I just felt like I was watching a two-hour long video game cutscene. It cut the deepest with Watchmen, which is a comic I actually love and admire (unlike the two Miller works... seriously, fuck Sin City and 300). I felt like Snyder's sleek 3D slow-motion masturbation fest completely lacked the gritty feeling of the comic.
Rodriguez's Sin City and Snyder's films, however, are the ones that left me cold. They are too glossy to really be comic book movies, I just felt like I was watching a two-hour long video game cutscene. It cut the deepest with Watchmen, which is a comic I actually love and admire (unlike the two Miller works... seriously, fuck Sin City and 300). I felt like Snyder's sleek 3D slow-motion masturbation fest completely lacked the gritty feeling of the comic.
Great video! However, this is my favorite sci-fi video. I love me some Janelle Monae!
@Wings of Daedalus: Regarding the movie, though? I honestly felt that it was a bit flat. Not bad, just flat.
And by that I mean: It's hard to pinpoint any particular thing about the movie that's *bad*, it just doesn't feel as fresh or as fun as it could or should.
I totally agree. This was what I have been trying to say. I didn't hate it by any means, but it was definitely lacking something.
And by that I mean: It's hard to pinpoint any particular thing about the movie that's *bad*, it just doesn't feel as fresh or as fun as it could or should.
I totally agree. This was what I have been trying to say. I didn't hate it by any means, but it was definitely lacking something.
@Craig Michael Ranapia: No, you aren't the only one getting tired of it. Believe me.
I really don't see why we can't focus on writing new stories, rather than trying to pick out the racist crap that's so ingrained in some of the stories we've already written. I'm not saying we shouldn't acknowledge them. They need to be acknowledged, both for what they did right and what they did horribly, horribly wrong. I just feel like these conversations tend to stray toward trying to excuse writers for things they really shouldn't be excused for.
So in Splice... they created Bjork?
@J_Frank_Parnell: While this is a fantasy series and there are technically no races in common with Earth races, the above characters are clearly coded Native American. What disappoints me about the casting is that M. Night did not choose Native American actors to fill those roles. This is not because I believe you HAVE to be a certain race to play a certain character. I'm disappointed because there is already such a dearth of good Native American roles in Hollywood, it seems such a shame to give those away to white actors. Especially when there are already so many opportunities for white actors in Hollywood.
@ceti: Yeah that's kind of what I was thinking.
Ohhh, it burns Jim.
@psybab: Exactly. As soon as I saw Cody's name on it, I knew I would not be watching it. #jennifersbody
All fiction, not just urban fantasy, takes place in alternate worlds. This is by no means a revelation. #fantasy
I think WTWTA was a perfect anti-fantasy. In your typical fantasy, the kind you see made for kids in the movies, you have a kingdom, and a king, and then you have the evil invaders who are different from the good guys. The king represents truth, goodness, and most of all, control. There is the idea that one person should be in charge, and that if that one person could just rule everything, then it would be alright. LOTR is this way, almost every kids fantasy movie is this way. It's just the archetype.
In this story, instead of the conflict coming from outsiders, all the conflict is (literally) inside the main character. I was expecting an attacking group of others to be the main plot, but it turned out it was just about keeping everyone together. And really, it's about Max learning that there is no kingdom, and that there can be no king. There's no way to control the chaos—you just have to survive it. That's why I was happy that the situation with the Wild Things wasn't resolved. If it had been, it would have meant that he really was a King, that he really could change things. But he couldn't. That's the point. #wherethewildthingsare
@5AMfrenchtoast: 100 A+. Seriously. #manga
Dear god when will it end. #mnightshyamalan
