LomBren
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@actuallyhypatia @kingjacaeryss thinking about classical epics in terms of IP... yeah you're already too far gone
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@kingjacaeryss The whole Athena thing pissed me off. It would be great for a new IP or something, but Athena literally favours Odysseus because of his cunning, tricky ways. His great-grandfather is LITERALLY HERMES!!! Felt like a Greek version of a 2009 war propaganda movie where we're-
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@lord_slugg @BLUET0NES @mysteri_meat Yeah, but the same sentiments and themes should still remain.....
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we cant have odyssey adaptations written by men anymore because they all wanna turn odysseus into a self insert which means he cant actually be himself because odysseus doesnt fit modern standards of morality or masculinity so they have to change him to feel good abt it
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@bizarrebaboon @regularaugust when you actually watch both these movies you will realize how shallow these comparisons are. the hallway scenes in particular couldn't be more different.
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@regularaugust This is originally a gif from tumblr, but i can't figure out how to put all that here.
The "so what" is always the same thing. It's that a more popular less creative creator who stole from a less popular more creative artist.
People want credit where credit is due. That's all.
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@ashdiariees @vezerion1 @Retr0_224 @thhouseofblack A totally normal thing to do in an adaptation of a 2000 yr old story that's already been done a hundred times. Terminal Fandom brain
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@vezerion1 @Retr0_224 @thhouseofblack “he’s just a different character in this movie and the story has a different message too” then it shouldn’t be called the fucking odyssey??? it’s supposed to be an adaptation for a reason 😭
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This is just straight up poorly executed if you want to make it unambiguous. Probably due to Kings terrible/non existent scripting. Geriatric man gets hit with a spray of blood and writhes around before his hand drops to his side. Looks like a death to me
Darren Mooney@Darren_Mooney
This is what so much pop culture discourse looks like these days. The comic does not end like this. It ends with the prisoner being released, getting bonked on the head by the daughter of the man he killed, and being left on the ground recovering, still moving. (Watch his hand)
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@Pierre_Chanliau @Darren_Mooney He made the series where Mr Miracle gives up escaping and decides to live in the anti-life suburbia delusion. Krem dying isn't out of line for him
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@Darren_Mooney "B-but it was still too vague! Tom King even had to clarify later!"
Ah, yes, King decided to end the story with her *not* learning the big lesson, as Supergirl stood there and let her club the reformed Krem to death, yup, that makes *just* as much sense as her just hitting him.
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This is what so much pop culture discourse looks like these days.
The comic does not end like this. It ends with the prisoner being released, getting bonked on the head by the daughter of the man he killed, and being left on the ground recovering, still moving.
(Watch his hand)
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Sam Witwer has an amazing theory “that the Sith names were mockeries of who they once were.”
“For example, Count Dooku is this refined man. He’s a political leader and he says that he wants everything to work out for his people and all this stuff. And Palpatine goes, ‘No, you’re Darth Tyrannus. You’re a tyrant actually. Screw you.
Darth Maul wishes to be this sophisticated, ‘I’m well read, I’m very smart, I’m educated.’ And [Palpatine] is like, ‘You’re a maul. You’re a weapon. Go and go be a weapon.’
Darth Vader is the saddest one. [Palpatine] goes, ‘You’re the dark father and you have no children, because your wife died…You’re the childless father and you live with that. That’s going to give you the sadness, the anger that you need to do my bidding.’”
(Source: youtu.be/6gVP3KdXB_8?is…)
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@TheHatalwayswin This bit really stuck with me when i read it. The way John just cannot handle what happens to this guy. He's still vulnerable this early on
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Watchmen 2019 is a bad follow up to the original.
Which is what makes the fact it’s so good so frustrating.
TripleAAAkers 🔻@TripleAAAkers7
Watchmen (2019)
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@BrndnStrssng But imagine getting to, idk, baywatch and realizing if you picked Pratt you'd be done by now
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It’s crazy to not pick The Rock here. Pain & Gain, Fast Five and Southland tales are miles better than anything the other 3 are done.
ltm@legotrillermoth
if you had to watch every single film one of the following actors had been in, in release order, while not looking at your phone or doing anything else to divide your attention, and without watching any other films until you’re done… whose catalog are you picking?
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Saying the billionaire with white privilege is less draped in american metaphors than the immigrants is certainly a take
Like, The Batman (2022) even makes it a point that Bruce's higher standings leave him lacking certain perspectives when he talks with Officer Martinez
Joyce ★@illjoy_
Batman is the best character in the trinity for many reasons including because he’s the only one of them not draped in the American flag
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@Not_KazzyHart @FakeNightskin "The American way" was only officially retired in the big 2021 btw. no one cares that he fought the government in action comics #803 or whatever. this sounds like when punisher fans complain about cops not reading comics like that matters at all to a characters cultural image
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@bren_lom @FakeNightskin Superman used to be a symbol for America especially during WW2. Since the almost century hes existed he has fundamentally changed to represent more things than just "The American Way" Especially since hes fought against the American government numerous times.
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@FakeNightskin Both are false comparisons. Superman and Wonder woman do NOT represent america. They represent at most what human beings should live for/fight for. Where as Sabras inherit existence is based on the displacement and cruelty of Palestinians there is no "what Israel should be"
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@hernandy_s It's not really illiteracy when the book is poorly written
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I can’t tell if Ana Nogueira’s comments on Woman of Tomorrow’s ending are the result of media illiteracy or larping
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@NathanJRobinson We should talk about why it is the responsibility of the United States (who is massively in debt) to pay for third world poverty. Printing money devalues the purchasing power of working class people. Let’s protect the working people in this country first.
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Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries
currentaffairs.org/news/how-elon-…
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@Avenger85438 @DJNottingham1 @predator467 @derekespo In Andor People don't just state factoids about their world like a video game. You're actually supposed to pay attention to pick up on the details
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@DJNottingham1 @predator467 @derekespo And I couldn't tell you a thing about it because nobody explains anything about their community in any detail.
It's grimy and dirty, they chime an anvil for time and inturn their dead by smelting their ashes into bricks. That's pretty much it.
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I'm being told everything is supposed to look boring and dull to symbolize the Empire taking over. If only Tony Gilroy had been there to tell George Lucas what an Imperial ruled Coruscant would look like while he was working on Underworld!
Pred@predator467
With Andor Tony Gilroy boldly asked "what if we made Coruscant look as bland as possible."
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@A_sunny_boy @JazzMazza @nov4rocket5 @gojichronic I suspect that, given it contradicts the series many times, it's still actually referring to the time stopping
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@bren_lom @JazzMazza @nov4rocket5 @gojichronic No. Moving faster than light is an attribute of Star Platinum's speed itself and the ability to stop time is a separate subject
あまりにスゴイスピードのため、光の速度を超え、
"Its speed is so incredible that it surpasses the speed of light."
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This Point makes literally no sense do these people think Mike Tyson can run as fast as he can punch?
虎@KashimoCT
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