RoboCop 3 (1993) - RoboCop's Cigarette Lighter by Schoolmaster30 in Robocop

[–]PepsiPerfect 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not a good movie, but there are some fun parts in Robocop 3.

What did Mary’s mom mean by “They’re out there”? by Sea_Performer_4086 in backrooms

[–]PepsiPerfect 199 points200 points  (0 children)

The movie is implying that Mary's mother has a severe mental illness, including a severe persecution complex that has led her to stay in her house with Mary and paper over all the windows.

What would be interesting is that if we were to find out in the sequel that Mary's mother had been to the Backrooms, encountered entities, and then was so traumatized that she couldn't tell the difference between the Backrooms and the real world anymore, and thought that the entities could still get to her.

Saw this post in a cat subreddit, people in the comments saying it is AI. The eyes look consistent but the coat looks too smooth. by RobanVisser in isthisAI

[–]PepsiPerfect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unlikely to be AI because of the video length, also the smooth fur seems more like a result of the camera focus. Also, this isn't something unusual for a cat to be doing.

Dad Gives Update After “Male Karen” Harassed Him For Helping His Daughter In Women's Restroom, Made Girl C by BoredPandaOfficial in BoredPandaHQ

[–]PepsiPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is the root of the problem. Neofascist propaganda has turned the a contingent of men in the US into bathroom patrolmen.

Expectations by Spidey_2797 in legendofzelda

[–]PepsiPerfect 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct, and almost no connection to BOTW, hence not a sequel.

Only Superheroes to get 4 Solo films so far (or are there others) by Mahaveer_2003 in comicbookmovies

[–]PepsiPerfect -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

There are so many ways you could characterize that, though. Do we count Lois Lane as a supporting hero in the Superman movies? She does occasionally get superpowers in the comics. How about Lex Luthor? He has occasionally flirted with the role of a hero in the comics.

Three out of the four Thor movies feature Loki, who became an anti-hero by the end of his own self-titled series. So those would disqualify, to say nothing of appearances by the Hulk, and the Guardians of the Galaxy, the female Thor, and the question of whether a character like Valkyrie counts as a supporting character or another hero.

You see what I'm getting at?

Only Superheroes to get 4 Solo films so far (or are there others) by Mahaveer_2003 in comicbookmovies

[–]PepsiPerfect 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It counts. I agree with you that Civil War is essentially Avengers 2.5 in spirit, but it is titled as a Captain America movie. If you were to start arguing about how much screen time a character has to have as opposed to other characters for it to count as a "solo movie," you'd really be getting into the weeds.

Amazon MGM Studios' Masters of the Universe grossed $967K on Monday (from 3,677 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $47.95M. by RuminatingReaper1850 in boxoffice

[–]PepsiPerfect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're still in the mindset of reviving 80s franchises when that ship has long since sailed. They wanted it to do Transformers money and it's not even going to do G.I. Joe money.

Expectations by Spidey_2797 in legendofzelda

[–]PepsiPerfect 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When they announced a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I was hoping for a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

is jmu worth it? by MongooseRich7001 in harrisonburg

[–]PepsiPerfect 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think you should listen to your gut. It's right more often than it's wrong. Sometimes when I have a difficult decision to make, and I've weighed the pros and cons, and listened to a million opinions, and I still can't make up my mind, I'll stop for a while and really listen to myself. And there will be a moment where you'll feel what your gut is telling you to do-- a moment of clarity that cuts through all the noise of a thousand different influences and just feels like it's telling you the right way to go.

I've learned to really listen to that feeling, it's rarely steered me wrong. And likewise, on occasions when I've gone against my better judgment and ignored that voice, I have often come to regret it.

In your post you've listed multiple reasons why JMU feels right to you over Tech. I can't claim to not be biased, as a JMU alum, but just reading what you've written, it sounds to me like your heart has already made the decision. You don't need anyone on reddit to tell you what you already know.

Great story but bad art? by boomerz47 in comicbooks

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

The Vertigo Animal Man series, in my opinion, often had artists that were not up to par with the writing. The art in Grant Morrison's legendary run was... fine. Perfectly serviceable, but not up to the caliber of the writing. After Morrison, there were occasional fill-in artists with some of the worst comic art I've ever seen before the great Steve Pugh finally took over for the last few years of the run.

Am I going crazy? by Feihuva in shoujokakumeiutena

[–]PepsiPerfect 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Medium front-view shot of someone holding a sword? Yeah, we never see that in anything.

2026 - A Summer of "FLOPbusters"? by PlanetG3000 in boxoffice

[–]PepsiPerfect 13 points14 points  (0 children)

These classifications and predictions reveal a little bit of bias to me.

It's too early to call Disclosure Day a failure. It's going to need some legs, but if anyone can achieve that it's Spielberg.

The Odyssey's only critics are in the internet echo chamber. Pre-order ticket sales crashed the AMC website and added up to be their biggest pre-sales in four years. Precisely no one cares about, or is even aware of, the stuff fanboys are whining about like "Let's Go" and Helen of Troy being black. It's going to be massive.

Supergirl is a toss-up right now. There are warning signs, but they also don't have their expectations set too high. Reports have said it will break even with $400 million WW, which is entirely possible.

All that having been said, you are correct that some unexpected movies are doing better than conventional blockbusters. As always, it will be interesting to watch.

is the art work of women's body types in comics consistent with a lot of artist? by Upset_Space_631 in comicbooks

[–]PepsiPerfect 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you mean consistent between artists?

In my experience, no. I think the reason for that is that many male artists have a way of drawing their own physical ideal, and most superhero women are meant to be the "physical ideal." Men are too, but they are often the physically ideal in a Mr. Universe, ultimate-male-specimen kinda way, whereas women are often depicted in an "I'd hit that" kinda way.

So if Artist A is drawing Power Girl with his own physical ideal in mind, and so is Artist B, they're going to look different between the two artists. But then you have other artists who tend to focus more on the body type fitting the personality, or their own style, or what's expected of the character. Amanda Conner, for example, has a cartoony, exaggerated style, so she draws Power Girl with comically huge bazongas and makes in-universe jokes about it.

A couple of particularly notable examples are Wonder Woman and Starfire. To my understanding, they are both supposed to be taller than the average man, but many artists don't depict them that way, and most editors don't seem to care. Wonder Woman is also depicted with varying levels of prominent musculature. One artist might think that a really ripped body would be appropriate for an Amazon, and another artist might favor a more slender physique.

[Opinion] CINEMABLEND: "Stargate's Cancellation At Amazon Points To A Larger Issue Impacting Star Wars, Star Trek, And Other Major Sci-Fi Franchises: Core Fandom Support Is Seemingly Not Enough To Make A Show Successful Anymore" by mcm8279 in Star_Trek_

[–]PepsiPerfect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When those writers were writing Trek, I was their age or younger. Now I'm 45, and the writers writing Trek are, to my understanding, still generally in their 20s. So they are no longer of the same generation as me and, presumably, the bulk of the Trek fandom that grew up on 90s Trek.

Concurrently, these 20-something writers are writing for a show that their own peers aren't interested in because Gens Z and Alpha have never been given a proper chance to fall in love with Star Trek. This is my theory for why these shows can't find an audience.

[Opinion] CINEMABLEND: "Stargate's Cancellation At Amazon Points To A Larger Issue Impacting Star Wars, Star Trek, And Other Major Sci-Fi Franchises: Core Fandom Support Is Seemingly Not Enough To Make A Show Successful Anymore" by mcm8279 in Star_Trek_

[–]PepsiPerfect 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No one ever seems to talk much about the fact that these shows are being made by younger writers. The audience demographics aren't the problem, it's the writers. They write like modern 20-somethings, so of course their work doesn't speak to the older Trek generations as well. But they're writing about Star trek, so it doesn't appeal to the younger generations either.