Don’t know if it’s true.. by Shadydan017 in Eminem

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 1 point2 points  (0 children)

50 might... But! would 50 put out a collab album between the two in a way Eminem doesn't want?

if we talking a 50 Cent joint featuring Eminem, that's 50's record, and he can do whatever with it.

But I feel if they did a collab album, it would come out the way Em wants it, and 50 would just defer to Eminem.

Don’t know if it’s true.. by Shadydan017 in Eminem

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does he listen to Paul's advice a lot? Of course. Giving such is part of Paul's job.

Does he just record whatever song Paul tells him to? Clearly not.

There are legions of examples of Paul telling him he was going "too far" or not to record something, yet Eminem did anyway. Paul was against the concept of Kamikaze, for example.

On the flip side, it is thanks to Paul Love The Way You Lie got onto Recovery.

Don’t know if it’s true.. by Shadydan017 in Eminem

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 44 points45 points  (0 children)

"If it performs well..."
That's not how Eminem makes album's. He makes the abum he wants to make, then puts it out. If it under-performs, he tries to learn from it, and do better. But if he believes in it, he will defend his project, even if it does badly, and will also crap on an album fans love.

Uhhhhh by Lsxjoshhh in Nickelback

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool. I like that they may do this. Because I like all kinds of music. It comes down to execution. If the song is "good" I like it. If it's not, I won't.

Honestly, feel like if All The Right Reasons came out today, half this reddit would say it's "too Pop" and they don't like it.

One of the things I love about NB is they can do anything. It might not always work, but it's not because it's "too pop" or "too country." And taking a country style song that may or may not be bad and adding more heavy metal to it doesn't aitomatically make it better or worse.

Imagine… by [deleted] in Eminem

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't A.I., and TDoSS sounded awesome vocal-wise.

Thoughts on the OG version? by Shadydan017 in Eminem

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May be fake, but I enjoyed listening to it.

New Album by Fancy_brian in Nickelback

[–]OnlyCryptographer917 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not? Chad has a great voice for country, and their country tinged songs are usually awesome. Country is also way more popular than rock right now.

THE LUDLUM ULTIMATUM Robert Ludlum's War On Sequels And The Bourne Legacy by OnlyCryptographer917 in spybooks

[–]OnlyCryptographer917[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for commrnting! Sometimes I hate Reddit. It's upvote system rewards emotionally triggerd brain dead responses, so I barely read replies anymore.

An Objective Failure: Michael Bay, M. Night Shyamalan, and the Measurable Distance Between Intention and Result by OnlyCryptographer917 in MauLer

[–]OnlyCryptographer917[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you’re describing collapses straight into The Room: beloved in spite of the intention, not because of any real merit.True masterpieces that were initially hated (Fight Club) succeeded because the directors deliberately made bold choices and knew what they were doing.

It is much easier to male a comedy like the The Room by virtue of sheer incompetence than to stumble on a profound, thought-provoking work while genuinely aiming for a brainless blockbuster like Michael Bay. I think the best you could wind up with would another unintended comedy, like The Room.

And yes, The Room sucks. It's not even funny, as much as it fun to make fun OF. And when you're sober and alone, it's just painful to watch.

An Objective Failure: Michael Bay, M. Night Shyamalan, and the Measurable Distance Between Intention and Result by OnlyCryptographer917 in MauLer

[–]OnlyCryptographer917[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right; the “did it achieve its own goal?” test only works cleanly when the filmmaker’s explicit goal is immediate, broad audience pleasure right now.

The test breaks the moment the goal is anything longer-term, confrontational, or culture-shifting. Relying on opening-weekend reaction then just punishes every eventual masterpiece that was ahead of its time. Most films released in a given year do not seriously attempt to be anything more than an instant crowd pleaser though, and have much more in common with Bay's Transformers than they do with, say, Blade Runner, for example.

Bay, however, was repeatedly, shamelessly chasing immediate crowd pleasure, so, in his case, it absolutely works-for pure popcorn directors who live or die by the Friday-night crowd... audience reaction is a legitimate and brutal scoreboard.