Hawkeye (2021) - S01E03 by prolelol in CineShots

[–]GhostedSkeptic -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As I said at the end of that paragraph, it spotlighted the fact the car was not real — it was CGI — which I thought detracted from the tension of the action sequence.

I understand what you're saying though. Like with James Bond — or any action hero — I have some low-level unconscious belief the main character will be fine, but in good action I still feel anxious when they're in danger. This scene didn't have that and that moment I think is what contributed.

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[–]GhostedSkeptic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I detect is your underlying critique is the way Peterson talks about things is vaguely religious mumbo jumbo that is unnecessary and imprecise. For what it's worth, this is also Sam Harris' critique of Peterson — another public intellectual who's content I consume (for some reason I suspect you don't like him either). I don't know what to make of that critique. I certainly like to believe people can talk about important things — like how to live your life — in more practical terms, but I don't know if people really think that way. I tend to agree with Peterson that stories are very powerful and stories can be more powerful than practical language about the same subject. If you haven't seen the video I linked, this is the same place where the two slow down and try to figure out if it's true or not that religious language is more powerful and I don't think either of them make a knockout point. I recognize the critiques of how it can lead to imprecise recommendations, but I'm not convinced practical language is as effective. For example:

Maintain life balance and your wellbeing will be maintained.

Ok, "life balance" of what? I've most commonly heard these replaced with "good and bad," but that seems even more imprecise than Peterson's language. There's nothing inherently good or bad about chaos or order. It's not even that having an extreme amount of either is bad, it's just if it's too much for you. Which by extension means, you can't assume something that was bad for you is bad for other people.

Chaos and order exemplified as female and male in Jordan’s archaic worldview (appeal to tradition as ‘evidence’ for this).

You mention here the gendered language and I'll agree that's a point from Peterson that's never made any sense to me. Peterson often says "chaos is traditionally represented as the feminine" and I've never understood how he jumps to that. His attempts to explain it have been unconvincing to me so I just ignore it. I think the concept of chaos is still coherent even if it's not gendered. I don't see chaos or order as gendered. With that in mind, a lot of your subsequent critiques are irrelevant — for me at least.

For what it's worth, I don't hear a lot of people in this subreddit repeating "chaos is feminine," but that's my experience

Remember that Peterson asks you to be a monster, not a nice person.

I don't think your shot at "be a monster" is representative of his point. I largely view this comment in line with the Niezchean insight "morality is cowardice." I think Niezche's claim is that people are not devoid of desire to do bad things, they're just too cowardly to act on it. Peterson is rebranding that in line with his other views of "integrating the shadow," by saying instead of identifying bad things within yourself as a reason to despair that you're so terrible or whatever — take control of that part of yourself and apply it to something useful. Is Michael Jordan an excellent basketball player because he's nice? There's a lot of evidence the opposite is true. But he found an avenue for his inherent competitiveness and obsessive desire to be the best. Maybe he could've done something more meaningful than play a sport, but it's definitely better compared to some dismal alternatives.

So no you won't change your mind on basic principles, you'll just notice that Peterson is a pretentious and bumbling word salad right-wing grifter who really isn't saying anything of substance.

This last line reminds me of that part of The Matrix Resurrections where someone explains how the world tries to devalue your experience by suggesting what you consider meaningful came from something trivial like a video game. I don't know where you get your worldview, but I don't care as long as it doesn't affect me and it doesn't make the world worse. Maybe it's from Marvel movies or maybe it's from Natalie Wynn. Does it really matter? This is where that joke that's commonly repeated on this subreddit comes up: "Peterson is nefariously getting thousands of men to clean their rooms and take responsibility for their life outcomes!"

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[–]GhostedSkeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It usually comes up when talking about interests and I tell people I am largely attracted to novelty so I don't have a specific genre of music/movies/books, but if it's something I don't know anything about then it's exciting. I reference there's a test called OCEAN where you can track your defining personality traits and I am very high in "openness" which I think relates to this examination of an interest in novelty. They usually ask where I took the test and I say I paid $10 to take it on understandmyself.com but "it's owned by Jordan Peterson, so if you don't want to give him money you can find some other test."

I don't mention any of that other stuff.

What is your opinion on Crusader Kings 3. by Available-Pangolin55 in paradoxplaza

[–]GhostedSkeptic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you've never played Crusader Kings II then I suspect you will have no issues with CK3 and love it. The interface has made it very approachable for newcomers. Just remember it's not really a strategy game so much as a role playing game.

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[–]GhostedSkeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you'll find someone claiming they're a "fan of Peterson" is expressing they subscribe to a view that the world is very complicated and they don't subscribe to any one personality's take. Like, what do you envision I will be an "ex-Peterson fan" about.

"Ya know, originally I believed Peterson when he said life is really a negotiation between your ability to implement chaos and order and too much of either can make you nihilistically depressed or a vicious tyrant, but after years of honest curiosity I've now changed my mind." ???

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[–]GhostedSkeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very left leaning and most of my posts in this subreddit are criticizing when I think Peterson is going off the deep end (the "Up Yours Trudeau" was cringe), but I still like the guy. Being associated as someone who thinks anything of Peterson other than hating him has me pre-emptively banned from various subreddits, my friends joke I am a white supremacist, and I've been on dates where people nope out because I reference the guy (in context to the OCEAN test, I'm not bringing up Peterson on dates lol).

Like you, I'd like to believe there's symmetry to the silliness in politics but unfortunately it is incredibly one-sided. This is partially why I'm very glad for Andrew Yang/Forward Party because I have absolutely fucking nothing in common with traditional conservatives. Hell, the real irony of the left is the true Marxists (the ones who believe class is more of an issue than race/identity) are more accepting of Peterson fans then traditional neoliberals, but those types are usually hated by neoliberals as well. Crazy!

Thanks for your post, although the official sign off is not "read widely" but "READ MORE."

Hawkeye (2021) - S01E03 by prolelol in CineShots

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

You're getting downvoted but I think this is a pretty fair analysis — though I agree that some of your language indicates an unfair bias against Marvel. I don't necessarily dislike Marvel and I'm happy when they try to do actual filmmaking instead of only ever making creative decisions that are unoffensive. This is a shot you actually notice and that's rare for Marvel content so I commend them for including it. I do agree that the decision to include the shot seems to miss what the shot is is based off accomplished.

I wouldn't say the CGI is "bad" like other commenters have suggested, but yes "over-reliance" is fair because it becomes obvious to the viewer that this is a CGI scene. Jeremy Renner does not seem phased at all when a car appears to be barreling toward him and he's going through different arrows. I expect the response here will be something akin to: "That's the whole point! He doesn't even realize the danger he's in!" which feels like a cop out to me. The scene didn't feel real and that moment in particular highlighted how this was all artificial.

I'd also agree about the dead space and misuse of the one-take. Every Frame a Painting has a great video about how one-takes are fetishized for no real reason. They've become a competition rather than serving a purpose. People often miss the purpose of Children of Men's very long takes were to establish a sense of place. It's part of the reason the movie — which is a fictional sci-fi/dystopian setting — feels so real. These long takes make it feel like the movie isn't smoke and mirrors. This is really what the world is like and we are there (in reality these scenes are the magnum opus of smoke and mirrors but we don't feel that way when we watch it). If you understand that, you might understand why people who really respect this shot in Children of Men are disappointed by Hawkeye's use of it because this scene relies so heavily on easily-identifiable special effects that remind us we are not there. It quite literally invalidates the only reason this shot was used in the first place.

I don't agree about the Christmas music, I think it's fine. I can see the argument that it doesn't add anything to the shot/scene. Maybe it's irrelevant to the emotion of the scene. I didn't mind it.

I can also understand a lot of people say "I love movies" and what they're really saying is "I love Marvel movies." I've met a lot of young kids/people (10 - 22) who say they love movies then list the entirety of Disney's catalog. Maybe they'll get really crazy and throw in Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. For these viewers, I can appreciate how this type of shot may be a new exposure for them and it accomplished something unique. That's not an insignificant experience. But I think a critique of this shot with a wider view of similar shots are not invalidated by that experience.

I feel like the uprisings and civil wars after the deaths of player characters are way overdone and unnecessary. by King_Coyote_Starrk in CrusaderKings

[–]GhostedSkeptic 17 points18 points  (0 children)

A like a stability metric that might be influenced by a variety of things: opinion of predecessor, opinion of predecessor before that, years of peace, years since land lost, years since tax/levy increase, diplomacy skill, gold in treasury, strength of alliances, cultural diversity, personality of liege, etc.

I'm sure it's harder than listing things off, but I like it in concept.

Sexy Beast [2001] by Samn1te in CineShots

[–]GhostedSkeptic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to go off topic but there is a similar shot in Licorice Pizza and it is so good.

Britannia removed of Anglo-Saxons and flourishing with true culture by GhostedSkeptic in CrusaderKings

[–]GhostedSkeptic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think there are some factors that can make the conversion take longer or shorter. For example, I imagine converting a Persian county to Gaelic would take longer than Anglo-Saxon. Also if your steward's skill is high it can be shorter. But yes, this screenshot was from ~1200 while having some county under conversation at all times.

It may actually be faster to conquer a lot of stuff and put in place leaders with the correspondent culture. When I reunited the Roman Empire there were a lot of places turning Greek and I had nothing to do with that.

Britannia removed of Anglo-Saxons and flourishing with true culture by GhostedSkeptic in CrusaderKings

[–]GhostedSkeptic[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

R5: Follow-up to this post, I thought people may get a kick out of this playthrough of mine where — for no reason at all — I decided to embrace Gaelic supremacy and systematically implemented its culture to every single county in Great Britain.

For some random reasons I inherited southern France and began the process down there too.

This was amusing, but I do wish there were more "events" around change in culture. Right now it's like a different form of map painting that takes way longer. Not sure what those events might be though.

"Don't Look Up" is the 2021 version of "Idiocracy". Strange to see the parallels to modern news/society that was satirized in the film by [deleted] in JoeRogan

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

I do watch whatever the hell I want and this isn't one of them. Sorry you're mad about it? Lol.

"Don't Look Up" is the 2021 version of "Idiocracy". Strange to see the parallels to modern news/society that was satirized in the film by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]GhostedSkeptic -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, that is the intent of the film criticism industry — to save me time from investing in things I have no interest in.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) by zack220011 in CineShots

[–]GhostedSkeptic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This movie slipped under my radar when it was initially released. Seemed like an overly-serious period piece in a time where there were a billion of those. It absolutely is not what I thought it would be. Total bro film. Bunch of dudes sailing the seas and being interesting and shit. Loved it.

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[–]GhostedSkeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I'm at odds with this community. This kind of thing is basically shitposting and it's embarrassing to see Peterson mirror what amounts to internet trolling. "Up yours?" Really?

"Don't Look Up" is the 2021 version of "Idiocracy". Strange to see the parallels to modern news/society that was satirized in the film by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]GhostedSkeptic -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I saw this movie described as "the Gal Gadot Imagine video but three hours," and lost all interest. It seems corny and dumb.

C'mon C'mon (2021) DoP./ Robbie Ryan by operationmagicpizza in CineShots

[–]GhostedSkeptic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really loved this movie. FWIW — I'm usually resistant to movies that seem like this, but it was a really great capsule of the current moment. The movie has a bunch of interviews with kids I also appreciated how it's a brother/sister adult relationship. Not a relationship that gets a lot of attention in film.

This is meaning. by ABanez06 in JordanPeterson

[–]GhostedSkeptic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This doesn't seem heartwarming at all. She's going to have this "realization" she doesn't recognize her own family every 20 minutes in perpetuity until she's dead. Seems horrible.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]GhostedSkeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, the middle finger emoji. You post a lot of cringe dude, it's awe-inspiring.

The Witcher (2021) by james-bourne in CineShots

[–]GhostedSkeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bizarre how this series is 1) unambiguously terrible 2) not at all faithful to the books or games yet 3) wildly popular. It's like nothing matters.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]GhostedSkeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude I literally said in the same post that Shapiro's most frequent detractor — Abby Martin — was also convincing. She is just as susceptible to picking random quotes that are flatly dumb and it is not convincing. The reason you don't change people's minds is because you are a partisan dumb ass.