resipsaloquitur

joined 3 months ago
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

Thanks, Donold.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

There’s a felon in the Oval Office. I’d start there.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Right — that, or rehashing the hero’s origin story for the nth time. Or expecting you to be neck deep in a cinematic universe to understand why the audience is excited.

As others have pointed out, the reveal in the newer Star Trek movie that the villain’s name is Kahn means nothing if you haven’t seen a movie from the early eighties, and even then isn’t terribly interesting in and of itself.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

True, the memberberries are awful. And as much as I loved Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade screenwriters have been going back to the well of “and here’s how he got his hat, here’s how he got his whip, here’s how he got that scar…” far too often. Enough already.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

As people love to point out, some legendary movies are remakes — eg The Wizard Of Oz and John Carpenter’s The Thing. The difference is that they’re great. And even The Wizard Of Oz had a sequel and a remake that were interesting, if not as beloved.

Good things are good. Hot take, I know.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Forever and a day. Thanks, Disney, for constantly stealing from the public domain and contributing nothing back.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I like The Flophouse (or RLM’s?) idea of only remaking bad movies.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Sounds interesting.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cheese-Its or Wheat Thins?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why must you be so bigoted to Daddy Vlad? He just wants to bring peace and love to his brothers in Ukraine. And many other countries. And the peace and love travels fastest via hypersonic missiles, artillery shells, and Iranian drones.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, I’ve been hurt too many times before. 🥺

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

AI is great at doing shitty jobs.

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