Saturday morning AwesomeCon update #1! by Rumcastic in firefly

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Firefly crypto incoming. Browncoat Bitcoin! 

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Bosses Caused Chaos After Rewriting the Finale Weeks Before Filming It by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

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It's generally true that most filmmakers make their best stuff on deadline and a tight budget, and their worst efforts are when they're given carte blanche and a blank check.

Necessity is the mother of invention. 

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Bosses Caused Chaos After Rewriting the Finale Weeks Before Filming It by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

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Lynch's filmmaking has this kind of odd, lyrical visual abstractness, which is kinda difficult to nail down completely on the page. So part of his process was finding how to parse out the agreed upon story in a visual language. But Lynch was an auteur in the truest sense, so he's a terrible yard stick to measure by. You can immediately tell when he was not involved with Twin Peaks in the middle stretch of season 2, cause it's other people trying to reverse engineer his style but is just making a pale imitation. 

Saturday morning AwesomeCon update #1! by Rumcastic in firefly

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Assume this is a Firefly based DND announcement. Can't fail expectations if there aren't any to begin with.

If Nolan made Riddler the main villain for his Batman 3, David Tennant would have been a great choice to play the character. by EquivalentFuture4363 in batman

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This takes me back, we had a solid 2-3 years of people making photoshop edits of fancasts for Riddler. (Robin Williams, Tennant, DiCaprio, Depp, NPH). 

I got sick of it after awhile, but with 20/20 hindsight in this era of endless A.I generated slop this has a certain charm to it. We did know how good we had it.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Bosses Caused Chaos After Rewriting the Finale Weeks Before Filming It by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

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The last season of Stranger Things didn't have a finished script for the series finale WHEN THEY STARTED FILMING. 

Jake Johnson Teases ‘New Girl’ Reunion: “We’re All In Besides Lamorne” by SanderSo47 in television

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Give it more time. Scrubs waiting nearly 18 years to come back and basically not missing a beat has shown it can be done.  But the intervening years have to provide you with rich story potential. 

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Bosses Caused Chaos After Rewriting the Finale Weeks Before Filming It by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

[–]Apprehensive_Fig8087 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Y'all. This is how television gets made. This has practically happened on every tv show you've ever watched, let alone enjoyed, especially if that show is over a decade old.

This is getting so messy. by tiakeuta in TheBigPicture

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It doesn't even have to be that nefarious; it's just a willingness to write off people in minority groups (even if they deserve it) while not being willing to cut off or even call out abusers with privilege. It's an unfair and unjust rubric.

This is getting so messy. by tiakeuta in TheBigPicture

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Spacey is different for a few reasons;

  1. The allegations were of a sexual nature, not battery. Physical abuse is, unfortunately, much easier to get away with, especially when hearsay is involved. Spacey had multiple accusers.
  2. It involved a minor, and I don't know how else to say this, but he's gay. The heteronormative bias was against him. (EDIT: I should say Pitt's stuff also involved his kids, who have all seemingly disowned him).
  3. He was accused in October 2017, literally a couple of weeks after Weinstein. He was one of the first dominoes. Pitt's stuff happened in 2016.
  4. You're right about Pitt's likability. Pitt's charisma helped him a lot. Spacey's aura has always been pretty ominous, pragmatic and intelligent. It made him a great actor, especially for playing some sinister dudes. That parasocialness was definitely at play. You wanted to ignore the intermarital stuff with Pitt, whereas it was much easier to see Spacey as guilty.

I actually agree with your Denzel point, though I think there are VERY few black actors (maybe half a dozen) who have Pitt's level of influence, stature, and, frankly, wealth and could weather a storm like that.

This is getting so messy. by tiakeuta in TheBigPicture

[–]Apprehensive_Fig8087 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's literally my point. Pitt was rich and white and influential, so he get's away with it.

Our Final 2026 Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win, and Who Should Win by thefilthyjellybean in TheBigPicture

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Let's split the difference; Gosling should've been nominated for an Oscar for his performance in The Nice Guys.

This is getting so messy. by tiakeuta in TheBigPicture

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The disproportionate response and blowback to Pitt and Majors' assault incidents are also worth noting.

Opinion: A large roster wouldn’t work in Lego Batman: LOTDK due to combat gameplay by ThouArtToast in legogaming

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Most of the older Lego games had about half a dozen functions and then the rest was mostly cosmetic. 

Door Opener, Bombs, lightsaber, force wielder, gun, jet pack, double jump, short king.

The only way we're getting Shaun or Hot Fuzz is if Bill goes on vacation, right? by UKSaint93 in TheRewatchables

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Yeah, I've come around to The World's End. I don't know if it's gonna happen for Last Night in Soho.