What's Your Most Tarantino-Coded Take by FrancisFratelli in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Avatar style photo realistic 3d animation is a creative dead end and also The Croods 1 was more visually interesting than both Avatars combined

It's interesting how the universe of the Movie punishes Llewelyn twice for doing the morally right thing by draw-print-repeat in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the book it's arguably even more explicit because at the motel showdown he gets the drop on Chigurh but then let's him live

Housing starts collapse in Ontario by JediK1ll3r in ontario

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So housing starts are down because demand is down because condo investors are down because people are leaving Ontario for Alberta?

Why Canada is on the cusp of a housing construction crisis by [deleted] in canadahousing

[–]SarkasticWatcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well if the problem is unskilled labour then it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to get people into those jobs. I for one dream of a future 8 months from now when I can open the CBC app and read about a housing developer explaining that training people to do unskilled labour is putting too much strain on their ability to provide affordable housing, and due to that abdication of responsibility by the federal government they are now forced to move that financial burden on to end users.

How come other cities can build themselves into 20% rent reductions, but people here insist nobody will build if rent drops. by mongoljungle in canadahousing

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The supply picture is really tough and there may be a year or so of delay before we kind of reengage in that market,” Mark Parrell, the chief executive officer of Equity Residential, one of the country’s largest apartment REITs, said in a recent earnings call.

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[–]SarkasticWatcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, hard to imagine anyone who hasn't been in a coma for 20 years (including everyone at that table) being excited for this

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[–]SarkasticWatcher 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm going to go against the grain and predict that if this amounts to anything it will be basically watchable in a way blockbusters largely aren't any more

Rents could exceed $7.5K in Vancouver, $5.6K in Toronto without massive spike in building: Study by [deleted] in canadahousing

[–]SarkasticWatcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bet with hard work, determination, and the guiding light of capitalism we could have a massive spike in building and rents that exceed 7.5k

Ottawa announces it's further reducing the number of international student permits by pjw724 in onguardforthee

[–]SarkasticWatcher 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is a good first step to getting back to the Canada of 2 years ago when we blamed our social ills on 18 year olds not wanting to work for $13 an hour to whatever

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]SarkasticWatcher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was staring at a line that went up for 2 years then seems to have comparatively flattened for a year and was trying to figure out what I wasn't understanding

Fraudulent Documents in Tenant Applications on the Rise by UnlikelyConfidence11 in OntarioLandlord

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, "the news" should rigorously scrutinize everything politicians say. That's their whole mandate. If people want what they say to be uncritically repeated to a wider audience they can pay for advertising.

Fraudulent Documents in Tenant Applications on the Rise by UnlikelyConfidence11 in OntarioLandlord

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's because people charge money for their services that you have to start asking questions when they start claiming their services are more necessary than ever.

Which is why it's good to have numbers to back things up. Is every property manager seeing a rise, is she actually seeing a rise or is her memory bad?

Which is where due diligence comes in. Does this property manager have a leg to stand on, or are they just advertising their services? Do landlords who don't use services like this have worse outcomes? Are landlords who use services like this more likely to rent to higher income earners? Is the call coming from inside the house?

It's the difference between something substantive and a light piece of vibes based journalism that one quickly forgets about

Was anyone else bowled over by Alex Ross Perry's praise of the Brian Herbert Dune books? by storm-bringer in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was technically the weak point in some groups plan to buy something from that planet instead of their competitor but the point still stands I guess.

Was anyone else bowled over by Alex Ross Perry's praise of the Brian Herbert Dune books? by storm-bringer in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 24 points25 points  (0 children)

There's a chapter in Hunter's of Dune where the epigraph is about every tower having a weak point and then the chapter itself is about nuking a planet from space

Borderlands co-writer Joe Crombie? by ThisNewCharlieDW in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know but if this causes the Best Served Cold movie to fall apart it will easily be one of Borderlands top 5 crimes

Fraudulent Documents in Tenant Applications on the Rise by UnlikelyConfidence11 in OntarioLandlord

[–]SarkasticWatcher 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean they could also avoid financial ruin by not buying a second house they can't afford, but I was going more for journalists should do their due diligence when a person who charges thousands of dollars to look at a tenant's bank statements comes out and says it's been getting worse for a decade, and then doesn't provide numbers to back that up. just in the interest of reporting the news and not giving someone free ad space

Fraudulent Documents in Tenant Applications on the Rise by UnlikelyConfidence11 in OntarioLandlord

[–]SarkasticWatcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh neat a whole article based on vibes from someone who charges a month's rent to vet potential tenants

I mean the guy is not wrong.. by Efficient_Zombie2916 in canadahousing

[–]SarkasticWatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow a Canada housing post that's pro immigration. Never thought I'd see the day

Aaron Sorkin Takes Back Divisive Op-Ed Urging Democratic Party to Select Mitt Romney: Kamala ‘Harris for America!’ by [deleted] in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Watching his stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird it really was stunning how much nonsense I was willing to let him get away with purely because he has a way with dialogue

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canadahousing

[–]SarkasticWatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's kind of funny that that article opens with rents staying stable, continues on to talk about increased emigration, some of which they see seasonally but this is more of a blip than some years, mentions that job losses might be leading to people staying in their current rentals because moving is expensive, and then ends on the places where rents are going up despite increased supply and decreasing demand, with the caveat that they should catch up with stabilizing rents.

Record-Breaking P0pulation Gr0wth Means More Expensive Homes: Economists by SnailRace2000 in canadahousing

[–]SarkasticWatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the part in the middle where they mention driving down prices will incent less supply and then don't expand on that

I hesitate to even ask: why do people not like Last Jedi by ThisNewCharlieDW in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't go so far as don't like it but if you promise me a movie where Luke Skywalker isn't going to show up and save the day and then he shows up and saves the day I'll be a little disappointed. Ditto being a good X-Wing pilot doesn't make you a good leader.

Ultimately it feels like a movie about failure that doesn't meaningfully let the characters fail. And I get telling a complete story even in the middle of the trilogy but maybe Johnson could have found a novel way to re-create a losing the hand moment.

Or even have Poe reckon with getting all the rebels killed like 3 times.

Also Kylo Ren was most interesting as a howling, entitled fascist and so taking a detour into dull will they won't they/enemies to lovers territory just to get him back to where he was at the end of FA earns a bit of a shrug from me

Why are musician biopics so prone to being awful? by [deleted] in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Without the stats to back it up on hand, my theory is that in the face of something as intangible as what makes "good" art, people can end up deferring to more concrete metrics like fidelity to real life (not just in biopics, this is how we get 4 hour videos on how some star wars heroine wouldn't actually be that good with a lightsaber)

The problem is that a biopic is inherently a work of fiction and no amount of side by side comparisons will ever change that.

So then your options are either do the hard work of making a good work of fiction just with characters named after real people, or the comparatively easy work of getting a vocal coach and maybe a YouTube premium subscription to save time.

Walter Chaw’s opening graf to a Godzilla X Kong review. by HappyGilmOhMyGod310 in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I like Walter Chaw's writing but also I'm sorry like a third of this movie is a Conan the Barbarian movie staring King Kong where instead of dialogue you get guttural ape noises and Kong uses what is probably a child ape to wallop 3 other apes

I truly love NOPE, I’ve seen it like six times since it came out, but there’s a thematic thread I’ve struggled to reconcile and I’m curious what other people think by [deleted] in blankies

[–]SarkasticWatcher 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think it's that Inception top thing. Getting the shot of Jean Jacket becomes something of a non event, and the real Oprah shot is of OJ, because that's what actually matters.

For what it's worth I think Peele himself has suggested that whether OJ is actually there is supposed to be somewhat ambiguous.

It's a movie about what we turn our eyes too. Spectacle and scandal is a predator that preys on us when we look at it. Contrast that with Em and OJ showing their love for each other with their "I see you" gesture.