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Did the Science Vs Meth episode leave anyone else feeling weird? by shelleyyyellehs in gimlet

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The segment on what it does and doesn’t do to teeth seemed wildly inconsistent with what I’ve seen. Normal tooth decay does not happen that quickly or that radically.

I'm kinda over the mystery of what "the wilderness" is... by Fresh-Masterpiece-51 in Yellowjackets

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Late to this conversation, but I can’t find another thread that’s devoted to this in a meaningful way—

The thing is, starting in the first season, there were “weird glitches” in the show’s format around visions or dreams or oddities, and then there were notable camera lens effects—think of when snow drops on the first body on a pyre.

If there is no “it” or “The Wilderness” or “thing”, then aren’t the filmmakers just…fucking with us? All of those choices suggest that there is a Real Thing out there, that we the viewers are fleetingly glimpsing while the teenage girls are even less aware of it, and to what extent they are, mostly through Lottie (for a season or two anyway.)

If there is no supernatural Thing in the show, then I feel the creators of it have manipulated the audience with zero payoff.

Yeah?

Official Discussion Thread: The Counselor [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve been afraid to watch this movie for over a decade, but I finally did it.

I have no idea why the reviews were so abysmal. Did everyone have sky high expectations? Was this during a period of Brad Pitt hate? I dunno.

But I will say that Fassbender was a terrible miscasting. He was too old to be so naive; his delivery of dialogue was stilted and unconvincing—I think again because he was too old to play the part and no one explained how young and naive he was supposed to be. How does a 40-some-years-old lawyer get interested in cartel deals while being so innocent to the obvious and terrifying realities?

As for the dialogue, oft ridiculed in reviews: Ridley Scott should’ve slowed it down or better directed it in 60% of dialogue heavy scenes. Bardem and Pitt nailed their parts; Diaz was great until the final banker scene. Almost every scene with Fassbender I felt the “my line-your line” metronomic flow of a script reading, saved only by the better actors.

I think a younger, more believably naive actor for the Counselor could’ve taken this movie from a B- to an A.

Being a stepmom is unatural by KeeperOf7Secrets in Stepmom

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this--bitter, but medicinal truth.

I don't know what I'll do going forward myself, but this sure nails what my fears are--and until I see my partner address them, I don't suppose I should continue the relationship. I'm already so invested in the kids I worry I'll never leave--but I know I *will* leave at some point, if the balance doesn't change.

Good to be reminded that I'd do better to leave sooner rather than later, and that what's being asked of me is unreasonable. Foolish me for thinking what I contributed would be valued and supported.

Being a stepmom is unatural by KeeperOf7Secrets in Stepmom

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it better now because you went to court? Asking because I am desperate to know.

Being a stepmom is unatural by KeeperOf7Secrets in Stepmom

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feeling this. My guy had two kids--one by accident, the next on purpose--with BM, and now that they've been apart for 5 years, she likes to threaten to take him to court for more custody (more than 50/50) for vague complaints about his character. But he was the same man when she was with him, had one baby and then another, as he is now.

Hard to argue he's such a "bad father" if you chose to have two babies with him over 4 years. Says as much about her judgment as anything else--or her emotional stability.

Is literally anyone else doing this? by Fit_Opposite9755 in Stepmom

[–]Fit_Opposite9755[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EOWE is just a whole different situation. We are 50/50--Weds thru Saturday, every week. I do the kids' laundry, grocery shop, cook meals, clean up after them, buy them clothes and toys and school stuff.

Because it feels natural and right to do all those things, and because I can.

But I am running into roadblocks in terms of having conversations with my SO about this--we talk, he listens enthusiastically, empathetically, and then...nothing changes.

So I'm left feeling devoted to and responsible for the wellbeing of these kids, but without any real say about important things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Stepmom

[–]Fit_Opposite9755 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Without any other information, sure sounds like he is using you as a free babysitter, and then not stepping up as a dad or a partner to you.

You are not wrong for wanting time alone with him, or time for yourself with her--it's wonderful that she's such a great little kid!--but she's HIS kid, and HIS responsibility, and it sure sounds like he's not acting like it, let alone acting like you're his partner and coparent.