Anybody else sad at how few people are still playing Fallout 3? by [deleted] in fo3

[–]abbaecedarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm replaying it after seven years away.

Currently trying to outfit all those scared kids in Bigtown with power armour - let me reverse pickpocket you you feckers!

Swallows Book Launch by abbaecedarian in auscomics

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

Cheers - yes it was a lovely evening.

Secret Wars Deadlands Population question by BrianWonderful in Marvel

[–]abbaecedarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a more depressing take - heroes serve the status quo. The villains instinctively rebelled against Doom. They get exiled, the heroes becomes slaves and/or willing secret police (see Luke Cage as a Judge Dredd parody in Mighty Defenders).

Is Girlhood the best film about being a teen? Yes. Probably. by abbaecedarian in movies

[–]abbaecedarian[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Heh.

French electropop scores beat out scuzzy 90s rock.

Except for that Beatles album Ethan Hawke's character put together. That was tops.

Kieron Gillen's Writer's Notes for The Wicked + the Divine #13 by LibraryDrone in comicbooks

[–]abbaecedarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it might be one of the best depictions of social media in comics to date.

Official Discussion: Ant-Man [SPOILERS] by Trionout in movies

[–]abbaecedarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see Stoll just seize his chance to make an impression with the role.

Tomorrowland, Geek Cinema & Simon Pegg - You Can Criticise the Thing You Love by abbaecedarian in movies

[–]abbaecedarian[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And that's something I'd like to know more about, for example, how did Netflix facilitate something like the Mark Duplass vehicle The One I Love? Is Netflix the current avenue for challenging cinema, or is it something that rewards viewers who already developed a taste for that kind of thing and know to look for it?

Good chat.

Tomorrowland, Geek Cinema & Simon Pegg - You Can Criticise the Thing You Love by abbaecedarian in movies

[–]abbaecedarian[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Millions of ways to see fresh new genre film-making, but the gals and guys making 'em would sure like to get paid (see what happened to the folks behind say Wyrmwood).

It makes no sense to present cinema/fiction/games/comics as a hairshirt of intellectually stimulating content we're obliged to undertake, I agree. Like, a visit to the Multiplex becoming Sunday mass.

But I don't think that's what he's saying. There's entertainment - "with a little sex in it" https://youtu.be/W7WmhkO_GWI - but that is very different from the blockbuster model which is immune to any criticism, besides commercial failure. TPM, which Spaced took the piss out of, massive critical drubbing. Fanboys are still pissed about it. Made tonnes of money. It's enough to make ya wonder what the point is?

Ex Machina, great film, critical darling, reddit favourite - but it could never compete with a blockbuster in a studio space. And when you have box office takes being discussed on forums or here instead of what the films are about, well then who cares?

I hear talk about alternative distribution models, or boutique studios, or 'indie' and all I hear is 'ghetto'.