[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 5 points 13 hours ago

I don't want to know about Sam Neill's controveries.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

This is one of those movies that I feel like I've already seen because I watched a trailer in a theatre that one time. Genuinely, my first reaction to this post was, "Didn't I just watch that movie, how can it be releasing in November?"

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago

I think you mean, "if the grass was even more over grown and had a diversity of wildflowers to support a thriving biodiverse meadow ecology and the light was broken so that we might see some fireflies while we ball by the full moon light this might be perfect."

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago

This is a non-sensical question. On a social media service YOU are the product. You're characterizing the content as the product. But the content is merely the advertisement or bait for users, who are the real product, being sold to advertisers and countless other organizations. Why do you think reddit started charging for API access? Same goes for ads on Facebook, Google services, Instagram, TikTok, etc.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 4 days ago

I mostly go to cinemas to see films that look and feel better in a theatre. Comedy can also be great in a theatre with a good crowd. Laughing along with other people is cathartic. For me comedy is embedded in good writing and editing, but not always fully there is comedy for comedy's sake. In other words, I find myself laughing more, and harder, at funny moments in movies that don't label themselves comedy. I get bored with action movies that take themselves too seriously the same way a movie that a comedy without anything else going for it can wear thin. And the crowds are thin, so going out to laugh with others is often better done at a comedy club or casino than a movie theatre.

I don't think comedy is dying. It's just that, for modern audiences that can watch anything that was ever distributed on-demand, all the low hanging fruit has been plucked. The same old slapstick, schmaltzy rom-coms, and body humor may still bring in some, but it's far from unique or compelling enough to bring in the crowds to what is an increasingly overpriced and underwhelming experience at the theatre. Action, adventure, sci-fi, etc. will always benefit from advances in technology, so that old stories and cliche writing feels shiny and new. Dramas are a showcase of directing and acting skills, so old scripts can come back to life. But the writing of comedy and wit stands alone, benefiting very little from advances in tech or trending celebrities.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 6 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_(1926_film)

Kind of ironic that a flim that fictionalized several scenes (mostly anachronistic clothing and traditions), would inspire the first use of the word documentary via one of its reviews.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 65 points 11 months ago

Air frying a frozen chicken is like the perfect way to burn the outside while keeping the inside raw.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 67 points 2 years ago

More like working class traitor.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 75 points 2 years ago

They may have used the word wrong, but getting parodied by Weird Al is actually more prestigious than winning a Grammy. Not because Weird Al parodies are rare, but because he only parodies songs that are actually pretty good. I have trouble believing that if the song were actually bad, playing it on accordion with jokey lyrics would be an improvement. There's no Weird Al parody of a Nickelback song, that I know of.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 150 points 2 years ago

Give em The Harkness Test The Harkness Test

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 97 points 2 years ago

If I was about to go on tour with my best friend and he said something stupid that put us in danger from real life lunatics with guns, I'd fucking cancel the tour too because I cared about us both and our relationship. Besides, if you can't tell your friends they're wrong when they're wrong, they're not really your friend. This isn't necessarily the act of betrayal you're making it out to be.

I'm betting that making this statement publicly makes it easier to break the tour contracts, rather than backing out of the tour without saying why.

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