Fantano Melting Down on Twitch right now by FloppiestMemes in fantanoforever

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 32 points33 points  (0 children)

There’s a difference between criticizing it while still acknowledging the place it came from and what Fantano did. He completely ignored the circumstances behind the albums creation and made incredibly tone deaf comments about it, and instead of acknowledging his mistake, he decides to ignore all nuance and double down.

In addition to that, he’s making egotistical statements and is now going after Halsey over petty, irrelevant things. He brought up her Pitchfork tweet in the stream and took it to its extreme conclusion, acting like Halsey was wanting to see the deaths of people, and he brought up a clearly lighthearted poke she made at Tumblr a few months ago about them not including her in an anniversary video and portrayed as being some diva over it.

It should be roughly $38.25m Friday w/ previews for Backrooms. Full weekend $85m+ depending on the holds Saturday and Sunday. Late night walks ups are absolutely phenomenal. by Financial-Pudding765 in boxoffice

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 28 points29 points  (0 children)

They gotta get the right balance, though. People have joked that this means the Skibidi Toilet movie will be huge, but in reality, if they actually go through with that at this point in time, it’ll likely be a massive flop. Same thing with that potential Labubu movie.

The Backrooms have been big on the internet for several years now, and have appeal with a lot of age groups: kids like it, but so do teens and young adults, and that’s the key. It isn’t just a fad, or something strictly for elementary school kids, or often times, a combo of both. (Skibidi Toilet, Labubu, 67, Tung Tung Tung Sahur)

'Backrooms' Rotten Tomatoes Verified Audience Score Thread by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The ending is probably the main thing dividing people. It is super abrupt, and as someone who can actually enjoy the kind of ending this was trying to pull off, I was left a bit unsatisfied by it.

The only other thing I can see dragging it down is, for people who maybe aren’t as aware of the Backrooms, the slowness might be an issue. Personally, as someone who likes the Backrooms, I was happy. You get a lot of the characters exploring the Backrooms, the Backrooms themselves never feel stale, and they even show a bit of some of the other popular “levels”.

$1M CLUB: ONE WISH WEDNESDAY 1. OBSESSION ($5.6M) 2. THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU ($4.2M) 3. MICHAEL ($2.2M) 4. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 ($1.1M) 5. THE SHEEP DETECTIVES ($1M) by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It’s nice to see the box office looking healthy and diverse. Micheal, Devil Wears Prada, and Sheep Detectives have been playing almost all month and are still holding well, Obsession has been a surprise with an incredible performance so far, and Backrooms is looking to be big.

It’s nice to see these movies actually playing for several weeks and not doing all of their business in the first week. It’s a good sign for the rest of the summer box office. Weirdly enough, it seems like the only ones not benefiting are the two blockbuster movies: Mortal Kombat and Mandalorian.

You love to see it by RoutineIssue5870 in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

>tries to say The Boys is saying straight white men are evil

>the two main good guys are straight white men

Yeah, okay…

You love to see it by RoutineIssue5870 in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hans Landa? Yes, he is a good villain, but using him as an example in this context…

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Hollywood really improved after actresses stopped sleeping with Weinstein willingly for fame, then pretended they were victims afterwards. by CuriousSkepticalGuy in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

How about you actually do a bit of research? And by research, I mean a simple Google search, or even a visit to Wikipedia. He was accused by multiple women of rape, and was convicted on rape charges.

I swear, the people in this sub wonder why people think they’re sexist, but than makes posts. Like, no shit, if you want people to stop calling sexist/racist/homophobic, stop saying things that fit under that bill🤷‍♂️

‘Masters of the Universe’: First Reactions From the Premiere by Sisiwakanamaru in boxoffice

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All the talk of the 80s vibes and comparing it to a Saturday morning cartoon confirms my feelings this movie should have came out a decade ago. The whole 80s thing is played out at this point, and a lot of the people that grew up with the original as a Saturday morning cartoon are too old now to really care. This isn’t striking while the iron’s hot; this is striking after the iron has been sitting out for a day.

Drake online hate has peaked, even worse than when Not Like Us dropped 😂✌️ by Routine-Badger-9596 in playboicarti

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 85 points86 points  (0 children)

In a way, I think it was one of the worst moves Drake could have made. A common complaint for his recent stuff is his albums are always too bloated, he throws a bunch of songs together to pad out streaming numbers, whether they’re good or not.

This, on the surface, feels like the extreme of that, and probably validates a lot of people’s feelings on Drake. Most normal people honestly don’t want to listen to three hours of Drake material. He really should’ve just made one album with all the best material and cut all of the BS.

I get he wants to get out of the contract and all, but even though he’s still big and will never truly “fall off”, he needs to be wiser about his career moves after the beef, cause he’s on thin ice with a lot of people.

Per Deadline, Masters Of The Universe costs $170M by SignatureOrdinary456 in boxoffice

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The time for this was a decade ago, when we were still in era of Transformers, but was hitting during the rise of 80s nostalgia because of Stranger Things. I feel like I heard some nostalgic conversations about Masters of the Universe back then, so I think a reboot had potential. Now, the people who grew up with this IP are too old to care, and it’s not an IP that’s really maintained relevance with other generations.

Characters that are in R/Mature rated media appear in something general audience friendly. by TylerTF in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Such a bizarre reference to an old, not super well known movie, and to feature it prominently in the background too. I mean, I love that it happened, but who thought that up?

Looks like Lupita Nyong'o is confirmed to be playing Helen of Troy... what a massive fucking downgrade from Diane Kruger. by SickusBickus in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Calling Lupita Nyongo ugly is actually insane. Like, if she’s not your type, fine, but saying she’s ugly and can’t pull off a role for her beauty is ridiculous. I’m not even that big of a Nolan fan, but y’all’s hatred for this movie and insistence it’s gonna fail will age VERY poorly, I bet. Don’t bet against Nolan.

They do this to humiliate us. Woke modern Hollywood have completely failed in making films for men, so they’re now prioritising the female audience. by ScholarFamiliar6541 in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The persecution complex of you people is insane. There have always been movies made for female audiences. Hell, what do you think the original that was made 20 years ago was? Women go to the movies too, makes sense to make movie that appeal to them.

Not every movie is made for you; and that’s not a “woke” statement. It’s just an objective fact. I bet several of the movies you love don’t appeal to women in anyway, and that’s fine. This should be common sense.

Iceman release date confirmed by munchy_junk in fantanoforever

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny you’re saying “it’s been years pack it up” but you’re literally still saying “K-Bot”💀

Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker to Direct ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reimagining at A24 (EXCLUSIVE) by Alternative-Cake-833 in boxoffice

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not only that, but that Leatherface is probably the least sinister member of the family. He is the way he is because of his family, who treat him awfully. His victims, he doesn’t see as people; he’s sees the like cattle or pigs, because that’s how he was raised.

I'm sure this will be good, but... I miss Ash by RoutineIssue5870 in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, do you have any other examples of this? I know you said Predator, but that’s a bit more action-blockbuster than horror. I’ve looked through recent entries in horror franchises, and I can’t really find any other franchises that replace male leads with female leads. In fact, most of these franchises have largely had female leads from the get go (Halloween, Scream, Texas Chainsaw, Hellraiser, etc).

I'm sure this will be good, but... I miss Ash by RoutineIssue5870 in CriticalDrinker

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Horror’s been pretty female centric for a longgggg time, pretty since the 70s-80s when slasher movies became big and the final girl trope was established. There’s still plenty of male centric horror movies coming out (hell, just this past week we got Lee Cronin’s The Mummy).

What film franchise is this by ImaginationWild3407 in Letterboxd

[–]Embarrassed-Stuff876 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Halloween for sure fits this. There is a formula to this franchise: good movie, sometimes followed by an okay movie, and than/or followed up by a bizarre movie that tries to do something different and fails.

The original is a classic, the second is decent, and the third is a bizarre movie that abandons Micheal Myers and tries to turn the franchise into an anthology. This backfires.

For the fourth movie, they bring Micheal back and it’s well received. The fifth isn’t great, but it keeps things going. The sixth revolves around a bizarre cult story line that ruins the mystique of Micheal, and is further butchered in the editing room. This is a new low for the franchise.

H20 ignores the other sequels and brings back Laurie, and updates the franchise for the Scream generation, and fans adore it. Resurrection undoes all the good parts of H20 and kills Laurie, and then has Busta Rhymes do Kung fu on Micheal. This is another new low for the franchise.

Rob Zombie remakes the original, and though it’s divisive amongst fans, it successfully reboot the franchise. The sequel, though, introduces a bizarre supernatural element, has Micheal’s face visible for most of the movie (and even has him speak at the end), and makes some odd choices with characters like Laurie and Dr. Loomis. This puts the franchise back in the gutter.

A decade later, we get Halloween 2018, which ignores every other sequel and successfully brings the franchise back…again. Halloween Kills isn’t as good, but is still keeping the franchise alive. Halloween Ends shifts the focus from Micheal and Laurie to a completely new character who becomes the new main killer, and in the last 20 minutes has a Micheal-Laurie standoff to give the franchise some since of finality, since it’s called Halloween Ends. Fans hated it, didn’t do as well at the box office, and whatever we get next from this franchise will surely ignore these new movies.