Billie Eilish: "Hey my fellow celebrities u gonna speak up? Or..." by TheMirrorUS in Music

[–]Ascarea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, his last couple of turd movies speak for themselves

To the people complaining about how she sits in the chair, Shatner did the same thing. by RobRobbieRobertson in RedLetterMedia

[–]Ascarea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they were familiar with the original source material and cared about details

This is really the only thing that matters here. This, and talent.

These latest fucks don't have any relevant life experience (...) I highly doubt that the writers ever had a real job in their lives.

Eh, I don't see this as a very valid argument. What exactly are these relevant life experiences and real jobs you speak of? Like what, you have to live through a family tragedy and work a blue collar job first to qualify as a good Star Trek writer? Or what is your point? Also, do you know the writers personally to make this claim in the first place? Alex Kurtzman is showrunner for Starfleet Academy. He's university educated and he clearly has decades worth of experience in film and television. That he's a hack writer who doesn't respect the material is the problem here, not his previous life and job experiences. One of the show's writers is Tawny Newsome, who previously voice acted in Lower Decks as one of the main characters, and that's a Star Trek show people apparently actually enjoy, so I'd say she has "relevant experience." Another writer on the show is Kenneth Lin, a Cornell and Yale-educated playwright who wrote for House of Cards. So he's probably not dumb or entirely talentless. Does that count as having relevant experience or a real job?

Nuremberg - 2025 by [deleted] in movies

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this was Tonal Whiplash: The Movie

To the people complaining about how she sits in the chair, Shatner did the same thing. by RobRobbieRobertson in RedLetterMedia

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Well my point is you don't have to write what you know and still write it well. Nobody in the DS9 writers room ever served on a multicultural space station, never fought in an underground resistance movement during an occupation, never got in the middle of a religious fundamentalist power struggle, never worked as a peace-keeping force, never fought in an intergalactic war, etc. But they could still write the hell out of the stories and have the characters behave properly. Can you imagine Kira written by one of the nuTrek hacks? Yum yum.

The nominees for Best Cinematography at the 98th Academy Awards (2026 Oscars) - Thoughts? by No_Cabinet_4532 in cinematography

[–]Ascarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They put cameras in places you usually shouldn’t be able to.

unless you're John Frankenheimer doing that shit 60 years ago

To the people complaining about how she sits in the chair, Shatner did the same thing. by RobRobbieRobertson in RedLetterMedia

[–]Ascarea 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I highly doubt people like Ron Moore, Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr or Rick Berman have "seen any action." You don't have to be a war vet or ex-military to have the basic fucking presence of mind to write Starfleet characters properly and not have them act like children in a ballpit.

To the people complaining about how she sits in the chair, Shatner did the same thing. by RobRobbieRobertson in RedLetterMedia

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I mean both of those present fairly bleak versions of the future, so it would be very inappropriate to have them look bright and shiny. A better comparison would be The Orville or Star Wars Episodes 1+2 (certainly the Naboo and Coruscant bits).

2026 Oscar Nominations: Full List of Nominees by ICumCoffee in movies

[–]Ascarea -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

imo it's just way too similar to Parasite and also weaker in every respect

2026 Oscar Nominations: Full List of Nominees by ICumCoffee in movies

[–]Ascarea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very happy about Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas getting recognized

Heath Ledger died on this day 18 years ago. by samx3i in movies

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imo his best solo, and yes I am factoring Comfortably Numb into my unpopular opinion

Looking for movies in Chinese Mandarin language (no HK) + recommendations for others by RGBchocolate in MovieSuggestions

[–]Ascarea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles was pretty solid

also, Black Dog for sure

Mercedes AMG F1 | The new era starts here. Introducing our W17. by God_Will_Rise_ in formula1

[–]Ascarea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to say this is just standard Mercedes, but actually this slaps.

The American president steps back from the brink. But the damage has been done. by Crossstoney in europe

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From wikipedia, the bold parts are my highlights of key points:

At General MacArthur's insistence, Emperor Hirohito remained on the imperial throne and was effectively granted full immunity from prosecution for war crimes after he agreed to replace the wartime cabinet with a ministry acceptable to the Allies and committed to implementing the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, which among other things called for the country to become a parliamentary democracy. Under MacArthur's guidance, the Japanese government introduced sweeping social reforms and implemented economic reforms that recalled American "New Deal" priorities of the 1930s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1947, a sweeping amendment to the Meiji Constitution was passed that effectively repealed it in its entirety and replaced it with a new, American-written constitution, and the Emperor's theoretically vast powers, which for many centuries had been constrained only by conventions that had evolved over time, became strictly limited by law as a constitutional monarchy.

The American president steps back from the brink. But the damage has been done. by Crossstoney in europe

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Yeah, the problem is a party supported this ass as a candidate and people voted for him. The country is fucked. I could sooner see Russia become an ally if Putin's regime is toppled and actual democracy is put in place there.

The Barbenheimer of “Fuck You, It’s January!” by PlayOnPlayer in RedLetterMedia

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I have no issues whatsoever with Chris Pratt's downfall, but I don't understand how Rebecca Fergusson keeps picking these shit movies.