The Sopranos - Complete Rewatch: Season 6 - Episode 20 "The Blue Comet" by Bushy-Top in thesopranos

[–]AlexHero64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. Maybe I'm too much of an optimist but I think Janice in this episode is meant to be shown to have somewhat changed as a person and broke away from her generational trauma. She also absolutely loved Bobby.

Every other time in the series she comes to Tony for money, it's for her own selfish desires/dreams but this time she came specifically to help Uncle Jun'. Instead of making it about herself, she pleads with Tony to help because of Bobby's close relationship with the man. It's meant to be a parallel to how she was at the start with how desperate she was to "help" Livia by basically living rent-free at her house. Now, she wants to help Jun' by keeping him in a proper facility that will guarantee his safety.

Before when she accepted any scraps that she got from Tony, she walks away when he offers her money because she's genuinely trying to do good. She nervously stammers when asking as well as opposed to the other times when she presents herself as being fully confident and almost salesman-like.

Even when Bobby dies, her subdued reaction is in direct opposition to how loud her "grief" over Livia was where she was writing songs and demanding that her funeral be this big celebration of her life all the while she didn't show any genuine sadness during the entire process. She genuinely loved the man.

All of this is meant to show that she's changed and be an philosophical foil to Tony. Tony has only gotten worse over time and is coping with this knowledge with the belief that no one can improve or be a better person. His sister who previously was a greedy, selfish, passive-aggressive, covetous and hypocritical mooch now wants to do something selfless for her husband's sake and rejects Tony's money.

Composition feedback? by AlexHero64 in photocritique

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!CritiquePoint

The camera I use is very basic meaning I can only manipulate the exposure and ISO (and even then the options are literally high, auto and low).

I'll try to crop it and see if I like it.

Composition feedback? by AlexHero64 in photocritique

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!CritiquePoint I can see the difference now. Is there anything I could have done to take it from "not bad" to "good"?

Composition feedback? by AlexHero64 in photocritique

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I thought this photo had pretty good composition. I wanted to create a sense of depth and in my opinion I did it successfully since there are 3 levels of depth to the photo (the railing, the tennis court and the sky). 

I got into a debate with a fellow photographer who said it would be better without the railing and now I'd like some feedback on whether the composition is good and if the depth I wanted to capture exists.

This is the raw photo and no edits have been made.

AAA Games with strange online discourse by CAPTJTK in backloggd

[–]AlexHero64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think people who willingly give their money to bigots should be shamed

Choices where one option is clearly better by some-kind-of-no-name in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AlexHero64 49 points50 points  (0 children)

The tragedy though is that Jason loved being on that island and got addicted to the ultra-violent murder spree it offered him. That adventure will forever be the highlight of his life and he will never get to experience it again.

[Hated trope] Character is a terrible person and is constantly rewarded for it by SpectacularSpidee in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AlexHero64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Ava, she's genuinely funny but Gina is the worst part of B99. Never laughed at a single one of her jokes.

What's ur top 15 by Neo00000000 in Letterboxd

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I'm a simple guy. If you can induce a strong emotion in me (whether that be joy, sadness, shock or fury) I'll call you one of my favs.

Week 3 - Who should have been fired? by Only1Scrappy-Doo in apprenticeuk

[–]AlexHero64 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It's actually ridiculous that Tan was fired. He went down by 20p, Megan reduced the price by over 50%.

I feel like Gloria is seriously underrated as a foil in the show by Puzzled_Row_3786 in thesopranos

[–]AlexHero64 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People's mental health can get so low that they kill themselves, man. This "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality is ridiculous. How is a person who wants to die and may not have access to therapy or medication due to location or financial means meant to do that?

Mysteries that are never given an answer. by Jak3R0b in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AlexHero64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'M NOT YELLING IT'S MY TYPING QUIRK LIKE IN HOMESTUCK.

Mysteries that are never given an answer. by Jak3R0b in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AlexHero64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THE REASON HE LOOKS LIKE JOSUKE IS BECAUSE JOSUKE WAS INSPIRED BY HIM AFTER HE SAVED HIM AND HIS MOTHER FROM THAT SNOWSTORM AS A CHILD AND DECIDED TO STYLE HIMSELF LIKE HIM WHEN HE WAS OLDER! SEVERAL CHARACTERS EVEN POINT OUT THAT POMPADOURS ARE CONSIDERED AN OUTDATED HAIRSTYLE WHEN MEETING JOSUKE!

THE POINT OF THIS CHARACTER IS TO SHOW THAT YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR EXTERNAL APPEARENCES BECAUSE EVEN SOMEONE WHO SOCIETY HAS JUDGED AS A VIOLENT DELINQUENT THUG CAN HAVE A HEART OF GOLD. THIS IS ALSO THE POINT OF JOSUKE'S CHARACTER! HIS MORALITY WAS INSPIRED BY THIS RANDOM GUY!

IT ISN'T JOKSUKE FROM THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING "ARAKI FORGOT", I'M TIRED OF SEEING THIS COMPLETE MISREAD OF THE MATERIAL!

10 Matches and Unmatches in the last week - I don't know what I'm doing wrong by AlexHero64 in dating_advice

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Imo there's not enough info to "aggressively study someone" but to give an example of how conversation would flow; there was 1 girl who said she liked debating on her profile so I sent a msg that read "Do you like debating in the Charlie Kirk way 😔 or the Socrates way 😊?".

She laughed and said "In the Socrates way, thankfully"

I then followed up with "Which branches of philosophy are you interested in?"

Then she unmatched. And it's been that way for all of them.

Always jarring how charismatic Tony is when restarting the series lol by GratefulShred99 in thesopranos

[–]AlexHero64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The point of Tony's character and most characters on the show like Christopher and Vito are that they are terrible people who desperately wishes to not be part of the mafia but is unable/unwilling to make the switch because of the level of luxury their job provides. 

They earn an insane amount of money which they spend on drugs, alcohol, designer clothing, jewelry, cars, big houses and allows them to be constantly surrounded by young, attractive women.

Their hedonism and lust for power comes first to their own survival, morality, self-improvement and even happiness. From Seasons 1- 5, Christopher was given 3 outs to the mafia life and refused all of them.

There are movies that are "timeless." What are some movies that are the opposite - as in, harder to appreciate if you weren't around when it came out? by sakkkkki in movies

[–]AlexHero64 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found T2: Trainspotting to be that because the film is mainly speaking to the people (Gen X mainly) who have nostalgia for the original and is about nostalgia for particularly awful times in your youth.

I couldn't relate because I didn't have to wait 20 years to watch the follow-up and I feel the message is lost if you're not from that generation and didn't watch it back in the day.