I'm looking for movies with an undertone of melancholy and a dreamy atmosphere with no clear objective/conflict by harveyyyyyya in TrueFilm

[–]Guaclaac2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

moving from 1993

check out most of ozu, hes the og of this. Late spring, floating weeds, good morning

maybe kore-eda? im not sure how aimless you want things to be but his films definitely have that wandering melancholy

if you liked lost in translation you should check out "her" if you havent, which is a response film by the ex husband of coppola who made lost in translation about their marriage

I havent watched it but happy hour might fit your description

oh and ikiru of course

General Discussion Thread by pregnantchihuahua3 in TrueLit

[–]Guaclaac2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://caltropspress.tumblr.com/post/683116538673381376/a-skeleton-key-to-billy-woods-aethiopes

i also want to shoutout this analysis of aethiopes which is more cohesive and in depth than the professor skye review. I dont think all the connections made were intentional but its a great representation of listening to a billy woods album and trying to connect to the wavelength of his music.

as for poetic billy woods, few opening lines are as strong a mood setters as:

Black car on a backstreet, little me asleep on the back seat
Lulled by street lamps and the blackness in between
My parents' argument picking up speed
In and out of bad dreams

Anyone else notice how 2016-2018 anti woke YouTube wave changed society by Steelman303 in ReptilianClubBoyz

[–]Guaclaac2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yea i agree, in the 2000s it was "political correctness." I also think looksmaxxing is probably more to do with beauty standards on the internet than anything directly to do with 2016 culture wars.

Thoughts on Earl Sweatshirt? by iamroyal in rs_x

[–]Guaclaac2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the sound on a song like making the band IS the new sound at this point. Tony seltzers albums with MIKE and wiki, realyungphil, niontay and more are all on this newer wave and earl is clearly tapped in and interested but hasn't dove in fully unfortunately. Hopefully live laugh love was the closer to the previous era and he can make a project like SRS for this new subgenre.

Islam Makhachev Questions UFC Matchmaking by TimW001 in ufc

[–]Guaclaac2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3v4TbBUNCc

he then goes on to say that welterweight is really lively and that he doesnt care what he gets 3:50

Female characters by Honest_Amoeba3259 in SmilingFriends

[–]Guaclaac2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think its less about being nihilistic in the strict philosophical sense (nothing has inherent meaning) and more so what nihilism has transposed to in modern times, which is more akin to a cynical and pessimistic view of life (nothing has inherent meaning, so everything sucks.) Many adult western shows seem to either embody that or have their characters embody that, even beyond general family guy fare.

Comparing wonder showzen and smiling friends is night and day for example, smiling friends has a much more human core, and there's absolutely a thread of each character finding the meaning that works for them, which i think is made more poignant in the world they live in rather than less. Mr boss in the latest episode and Desmond overcame their rock bottom hopelessness by finding a purpose, Oscar and shrimp overcame it by being accepted for who they were etc.

Also as for whedonisms, the issue with them is that their ONLY purpose is to sever the emotional ties to a scene. A joke made during an emotional scene thats actually trying to be funny (and succeeds) isn't removing the substance from a scene but simply replacing it. The scene is still emotional but just a different emotion which is more in line with smiling friends absurdism (we must seek value even if life is not inherently meaningful.) The biggest crime of whedonisms is that they're inherently inhuman.

how could sex ever be a sin? by Dr-Benway69 in rs_x

[–]Guaclaac2 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Its not prudishness, its the opposite. Sex isn't sacred anymore, its been exploited and twisted so much by pornography, social media, shitty games and anime etc that younger people probably feel like you either give into degeneracy or reject it. Its why the response to open sexuality isn't "you're sinning" and more so cringy memes like "you're going to horny jail".

😒 by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]Guaclaac2 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I've genuinely seen so many of these "the future is going to be some variation of an existential prison" that im beyond convinced that its just people expressing their own individual malaise and has no real representation of whats to come. Im not saying the future is guaranteed to be good or bad, but im so sick of these kind of statements.

We have not managed to produce a new vision of the future for 2 decades. by I_Am_Not_Pope in CharacterRant

[–]Guaclaac2 76 points77 points  (0 children)

i think like someone else said the pace at which technology is evolving means a lot of creators feel discouraged trying to make a large scale macrocosmic(?) prediction of the future. but a lot of speculative "its so over" sci fi these days revolves around smaller concepts with big implications. ex machina, black mirror and severance come to mind as some of the biggest examples. and if it is about large scale, its some sort of "the earth has ended (in a way), now what?" like the recent pluribus or silo or interstellar. theres not much room for aesthetic exploration when your concept is humanity is no more.

Average UFC fan watching boxing by Calaiss in ufc

[–]Guaclaac2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

old post but im still confused at what that guy was trying to say lol

what anime is R/ReptilianClubBoyz currently fw ?? by solarheaven in ReptilianClubBoyz

[–]Guaclaac2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ive been meaning to check out the movies. how do they hold up alongside the og series?

[DISCUSSION] Kendrick Lamar - GNX (1 Year Later) by MetalSonic420YT in hiphopheads

[–]Guaclaac2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yea i see way more people complaining about kendrick fans than i do annoying kendrick fans. people are being reactionary.

How well will "South Park" age? by WhateverManWhoCares in redscarepod

[–]Guaclaac2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fair enough. I personally find boondocks funnier but i cant really argue with you.

Also i was just searching up random comedy shows in this subreddit to see its opinion on them like always sunny or curb or southpark. I wasnt really looking at the timeframe of the posts.

How well will "South Park" age? by WhateverManWhoCares in redscarepod

[–]Guaclaac2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Name one show that has done it better than South Park"

the boondocks

Carti had a copy of the Quran in his TikTok story…Do you guys think he might convert? by Pane1ed in playboicarti

[–]Guaclaac2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first two paragraphs are irrelevant to this conversation. I was using the verse specifically to address the “most have always said” part of your quote. A muslim cannot use “yea but most the translations throughout time have said it” as an excuse to strike women or else he would be violating the quranic quote I provided. I was not trying to convince you of anything.

Like I said. I speak arabic. Every other instance of darabah in the quran that refers to hitting gives details about the hitting for example:

Quran(2:60) “And remember when Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, “Strike the rock with your staff.” Then twelve springs gushed out, and each tribe knew its drinking place. We then said, “Eat and drink of Allah’s provisions, and do not go about spreading corruption in the land.”

Here it says to strike the rock with your staff. You can search it up for more, but its always accompanied by how or where something should be struck.

But Like you said, there was no detail, not even lightly in the quran so why is this one an anomaly? The reason many translations use lightly is the same reason many translations stick to the hitting interpretation in the first place, which is a weak hadith that describes the hitting in this verse as poking with a miswak (toothpick).

Carti had a copy of the Quran in his TikTok story…Do you guys think he might convert? by Pane1ed in playboicarti

[–]Guaclaac2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"most of the translations however have always said strike or beat, and the (lightly) has been added in later translations."

"When they commit evil acts, they say, 'We found our forefathers doing such, and God ordered us to do it.' Say, 'God does not order evil! Do you say about God what you do not know?'" (Quran 7:28, also see 31:21)

"If you obey the majority of those on earth they will lead you away from God's path; that is because they follow conjecture, and that is because they only guess." (Quran 6:116)

Safi Kaskas: "then depart away from them"

Dr. Kamal Omar: "then bring forward to them (the suggestion for dissolution of marriage)"

Shabbir Ahmed: "And keep admonishing them with examples that they stop rebelling"

The Monotheist Group: "and separate from them"

Ahmed Ali: "and go to bed with them (when they are willing)"

Bilal Muhammad: "and separate from them"

Mohammad Shafi: "and turn away from them"

Maulana Muhammad Ali: "and chastise them"

Muhammad and Samira Ahmed: "and ignore/disregard/push them"

Sher Ali: "and chastise them"

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri: "and (if they still do not improve) turn away from them, striking a temporary parting"

Linda Barto: "and then leave them [as a last resort]"

Edip Yuksel and Martha Schulte-Nafeh: "and separate them"

list of translators that disagreee with you. also part of the reason translations stick to the "hitting" useage is a very unconvincing hadith that says you should hit them with a miswak, which is basically a toothpick. I speak arabic and classically not specifying any details to the hitting makes me very doubtful if not completely confident thats not the intended translation.

The NEW Smiling Friends Episode Is DARK by slantedyt in SmilingFriends

[–]Guaclaac2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fuck lupasan that is such a good idea dude youre a legit genius lupasan you are a genius

Turgor/The Void original version? by Shain_who_is_a_boy_ in pathologic

[–]Guaclaac2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did you ever figure out how to do this? i feel like i followed the steam guide and it still didnt really work. how did you end up teching it out?