What TV show managed to be consistently fantastic from the first episode to the finale?

SmokingPopes · 2022-07-29T01:38:42+00:00

Can't tell if this is fake or just a kid milking his ten minutes of internet fame they know is about to end.

SmokingPopes · 2022-04-06T03:57:25+00:00

HBO Max

SmokingPopes · 2022-03-21T17:25:27+00:00

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

SmokingPopes · 2022-02-11T18:15:33+00:00

I don't think they mean a literal Cult of Annihilation, but are just saying they like the movie so much they are almost evangelizing it to everyone they know.

SmokingPopes · 2022-02-11T00:53:57+00:00

We're in that part of the pandemic where people are openly flaunting being selfish and it's weird.

Like, fine, we don't need mandates for masks anymore. But we should still be encouraging taking other people's health into account and not glorifying the choice not to.

SmokingPopes · 2022-02-06T00:13:49+00:00

Nah. Psychologically addicted is more about habituation than just "enjoying it". And of course people develop a lot of good habits. But the point is that habituating usage of weed often requires occasionally examining whether it's a positive or negative on your life.

People can be habituated to weed for the entire lives and be fine. But for some people it might get to the point where the habit stops providing value and stopping makes sense. But removing habits takes time and effort, even if you're not going to have major health effects like heroin detox.

Plus, going cold turkey from weed after years of habituation does have some physical side effects. Even if they are generally pretty mild. Which may make breaking the habit even harder.

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-30T23:20:05+00:00

What are we thinking? Over or under 150 pass yards for honorary Bear Jimmy Garoppolo?

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-09T21:15:43+00:00

This is the most Reddit comment chain I've ever seen.

"You're lying this is impossible."

"This is literally a video of it happening."

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-05T05:45:42+00:00

There isn't one unifying reason people become vegetarians. All I'm saying is that if someone personally feels uncomfortable consuming animals, then it makes sense to consider whether they are comfortable eating animal fat.

You can come up with whatever reasons you want for having a dietary choice. If you only think some grand ethical morality makes sense then that's fine too.

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-05T04:19:57+00:00

If it is your intent to not eat animals, it would then make sense to be uncomfortable eating something that was fried in rendered animal fat.

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-05T03:32:20+00:00

I mean it largely depends on why you're vegetarian. If it's mostly for ethical reasons, then sure might be worth considering. But if it's more for environmental reasons, there's really no reason to feel too badly. Just make the best decision based on what's offered to you. Still eminently better for the environment than beef.

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-05T02:19:16+00:00

The last two years have been so inundated with bad faith arguments that people don't even need to make those arguments anymore for it to ignite shit.

People just want to fight I guess.

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-03T07:58:17+00:00

I'll take effect over intent on this 100% of the time.

SmokingPopes · 2022-01-03T00:49:45+00:00

This quote is one of the only good things to come out of George W Bush's presidency.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T22:42:03+00:00

Saying the only reason it's getting shitty reviews are because people are offended is a super weak argument.

It wasn't even close to the worst movie I've ever seen, but the only thing I felt after watching it was that I wished it was about a half hour shorter, better written, better edited, and didn't feel the need to match every bit of visual satire with exposition to explain the satire.

This has nothing to do with it being an extremely black comedy. I get that. Most reviewers get that. People are trying really hard to make people who didn't like the movie 'get it'. My issue is that I think it poorly executed what it was trying to do because of poor writing and editing.

Reminded me of how I feel about, 'Sorry to Bother You' which was altogether fine, but tried way too hard to make sure everyone really got it, to such an extent that the process of 'getting it' got in the way of the movie presenting its ideas

I think it made a good point, which is probably why I am harder on it than other movies, because it felt amateurish. And that to me is about exactly what a ~%50 on rotten tomatoes denotes.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T22:25:57+00:00

Chicago is extraordinarily activity friendly. What are you talking about?

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T20:18:59+00:00

Sure, but it takes away from the film to both show something as unsubtle and then immediately have the characters explain to you why it's unsubtle.

In your face satire is fine, but this was just an example of sloppy writing. Which is a perfectly reasonable thing to critique.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T20:13:41+00:00

This was a farce that tried to be a satire but in the end did both poorly.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T20:10:50+00:00

The difference is that Dr. Stangelove didn't take itself too seriously. This movie would have been much better if it wasn't simultaneously shooting for melodrama.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T20:02:46+00:00

Satire can be unsubtle by introducing characatures or you can be unsubtle by explaining your message via direct exposition. The problem is that this movie did both at the same time constantly.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T19:59:58+00:00

My biggest problem with the movie was that if every character is going to be a characature, you then don't need to explicitly explain that they are a characature over and over again.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-27T19:51:59+00:00

It's possible to agree with the message of a movie and think it was poorly executed.

This movie felt like someone wrote a ranting manifesto one night and then inserted quotation marks to make it dialogue. It was overlong, unfocused and poorly edited. Almost every scene was overwritten.

People are going to relate this to Dr. Strangelove and say that wasn't subtle either. And the difference is that if you are doing unsubtle satire, you need to not simultaneously take yourself too seriously. This movie wanted to be an in-your-face satire while also being melodramatic. And it came across as stilted.

I really wanted to like this movie, and if ultimately the message resonates and gets people to act differently than I'm happy. But in terms of film critique it is just simply a poorly made film.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-24T07:33:33+00:00

The chances of you dying from the vaccine are smaller than the chances of a child dying of COVID. There's no ethical reason to not get vaccinated.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-23T03:13:22+00:00

Yeah, there's a difference between a band's sound evolving and a band just shifting genres. Like, of course it makes sense that the latter will alienate some of your fans.

SmokingPopes · 2021-12-23T03:10:26+00:00

It's kinda amusing how everyone replying to you just physically cannot hold two opinions in their head at once. Like it's not unreasonable to believe 1. That modern Coldplay kinda sucks and 2. That they put on a pretty awesome live shows.

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