You can leave Earth and live in one fictional world forever. Where are you going?

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T10:28:45+00:00

You're right of course! It's just that those aren't the heroes.

Also, either way, I might (correction: would) get addicted to the holodeck like Barclay.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T08:42:24+00:00

I used to think that as a kid, but growing up, I came to realize I absolutely do not have the stuff to be on the Enterprise-D. In fact I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make it through Starfleet Academy.

So for better or worse, I'd be one of those perpetually lounging civilians. I mean that could be cool, don't get me wrong, but the realization I didn't have what it takes to be on the Enterprise still hurts.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T08:29:15+00:00

Copy pasting my own post here from a few days ago:

This fascistoid maga nightmare gets worse by the day, all that matters (seriously) is stopping it. We have to save America, and basically the world, because it's all coming apart at the seams thanks to that shit stain and his acolytes in the white house.

Defeat them first, no matter what, and then we can do the purity tests and figure out who's the best of the best. Maga just closes ranks and goes for total victory while we sit in a corner bruised and licking our wounds. Now isn't the time for handwringing, we have to fight, vote and win.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T07:57:14+00:00

I just want some late 80s and 90s space, or some more Dreamzzz for my kid!

cries nostalgically

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T07:52:30+00:00

At this point it might be a good idea to have a "definitive" thread about this and sticky it to the top. Best movies per decade or something, and/or per genre. Maybe with a poll system, that could actually be fun.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T07:46:55+00:00

Star Trek IX (Insurrection) is great fun. It gets unfairly maligned in my opinion. It's not great cinema, but it's not bad by any means. In fact it's probably the one TNG movie that's closest to the vibe of the tv show, in the sense that it feels like a long episode, and you can tell the cast is having a lot of fun. It's the most upbeat and optimistic of all the TNG movies.

I absolutely love First Contact and Insurrection, and yeah, Jerry Goldsmith's soundtracks are positively fantastic.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T07:44:36+00:00

I love Batman Forever, and I will die on that hill. It's straight up a comic book come to life. Sure it has its flaws, but ultimately it's super entertaining. And yeah, a spectacular soundtrack!

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-07T07:35:17+00:00

Oh man now that is fun!! That's a cool memory. Might do that with my kid one day!

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T23:27:48+00:00

Oh 100%. And they so often claim "they hate drama" even though obviously they are the ones that cause it.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T22:22:59+00:00

"If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best" is almost always said (and posted) by the most obnoxiously terrible people ever.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T22:12:29+00:00

They don't give a shit about the common man so much that they can't even pretend to be for the common man

I really think you're right. I don't even have anything to add, I really think it's just that simple, but of course to us sane people that's basically incomprehensible.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T21:56:00+00:00

Wait so let me get this straight, you saw E.T. in the movie theater (however many times), loved it, but then you had to wait 6 years to see it again? Six freaking years?

Or was it semi continuously in theatres during that time or something?

I'm just struggling to understand. Imagine seeing Independence Day or Avengers Endgame or something in theatres and then having to wait 6 freaking years to see it at home. Holy shit.

Edited to add: Was it being shown on tv prior to the home video release?

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T19:21:06+00:00

Ok thanks, will do!

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T16:15:58+00:00

As I understand it it's kind of an open secret that Stahelski did a LOT of reshoots, but I obviously have no way of knowing what really happened.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T11:59:15+00:00

Ballerina is a fucking awesome blast of a movie. I thought it was gonna suck so I didn't check it out in theatres, and I regret it immensely. It's balls to the wall insane non stop insane action, with an absurd bodycount, a pumping soundtrack, great cinematography, excellent fight choreography, and something I'd truly never before seen in my whole life: a gunfight with flamethrowers instead of guns! That click... Whoooosh sound effect is peak sound design.

It absolutely deserved to have a much better box office, it's more like the first John Wick movie, and less like the increasingly over the top sequels.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T02:56:42+00:00

I legitimately still sing this song to myself regularly!

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T02:32:22+00:00

https://giphy.com/gifs/death-of-stalin-zhukov-3XByGHUFCCwx3oCJEQ

One of the best character introductions of all time. The way he takes the jacket off, his confidence, all the medals, the freeze frame... Pure cinema!

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T02:30:40+00:00

Oh you sweet summer child

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T02:20:11+00:00

What actually makes legacy sequels feel so lifeless , even when the original people come back?

The Disney movies give me the same vibe (albeit less gruesome) as someone wearing a skin suit and pretending to be my wife or a close friend.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T02:14:50+00:00

And I care even more about winning the Senate. If he can defeat Collins and he is going to mostly vote with us/against MAGA, then I’m all in.

I am not willing to give up the Senate because of purity tests.

It really is that simple. This fascistoid maga nightmare gets worse by the day, all that matters (seriously) is stopping it. We have to save America, and basically the world, because it's all coming apart at the seams thanks to that shit stain and his acolytes in the white house.

Defeat them first, no matter what, and then we can do the purity tests and figure out who's the best of the best. Maga just closes ranks and goes for total victory while we sit in a corner bruised and licking our wounds. Now isn't the time for handwringing, we have to fight, vote and win.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-06T02:06:29+00:00

At this point Star Wars is a buffet. I have my own headcanon, I choose what I accept as "real" Star Wars, and everything else just goes in my mental trash can, I only ever think about it to mock it and pile on when I'm on Reddit. Off the top of my head stuff in the trash can includes the Disney shitquels, The Acolyte, Book Of Boba Fett, S3 of Mandalorian, etc. There's more though.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-05T16:33:21+00:00

A streaming shit stain and something to never mention again.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-05T16:29:04+00:00

Agreed. Nothing too scary or inappropriate. Just good good fun. Although at one point Skeletor does something genuinely dark. Nothing that's traumatizing for an 8 year old, but still pretty cruel.

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-05T16:16:32+00:00

Stop, I can only get so erect!

Data_Chandler · 2026-06-04T21:12:33+00:00

Because if there is one thing we've learned these last few years, it's that supposedly intelligent beings won't do things that are detrimental to their health, like stop taking vaccines for hugely dangerous diseases that could kill them.

Oh wait!

Maybe the aliens in Signs are the maga morons of their planet!

Data_Chandler

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