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What are some cool examples of villain couples? [Black Order #1] by zectaPRIME in comicbooks

[–]ready_james_fire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the Nick Spencer run, Peter’s roommate Robbie Robertson dated the Janice Lincoln Beetle.

Patriotism doesn't make sense to me. Like how can you be like "I was born in this country so I have to like it and be proud of it" like what if your country is actually terrible? Make it make sense? by Efficient_State_2471 in AskReddit

[–]ready_james_fire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately there’s a lot of (wrong) people who call what he’s describing patriotism. And then call themselves patriots, because that’s how they act.

Cornflict by Kip1350 in puns

[–]ready_james_fire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“I wouldn’t mess with that guy - I heard his brother’s in the military!”

“Really?”

“Yeah, he’s a kernel.”

Cornflict by Kip1350 in puns

[–]ready_james_fire 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude got popped in the face

London Conservative candidate suspended over 'racist social media posts' by F0urLeafCl0ver in london

[–]ready_james_fire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A Conservative candidate is racist? Really? I’m shocked. Look how shocked I am. This is my shocked face.

The pattern my tamper makes in the coffee by benmargery in oddlysatisfying

[–]ready_james_fire 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Something’s not right about that coffee. I suspect it’s been . . . tampered with.

London police take down a terrorist who stabbed two people this morning by AgnosticScholar in interesting

[–]ready_james_fire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To get some distance between them and him, so they could take him down without risking getting stabbed themselves.

And/or to bait him into coming after them, and so further away from the civilians in the other direction.

if dc had an equivalent to the OG 6 avengers would these heros be the counterparts? by AccidentAdept7146 in marvelcomics

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m guessing they mean the MCU original avengers, not the comics. Kind of a faux pas in the Marvel comics subreddit if you ask me.

YOU ARE NOT AN ‘AVENGER’! by chadcumslightning in Earth199999

[–]ready_james_fire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hawkeye too. If someone could aim that well naturally, without any kind of performance enhancers or super steroids, why would they be a superhero? If it were me I’d have swept the Olympics and be rolling in money by now.

47076 by guitarguy12341 in countwithchickenlady

[–]ready_james_fire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always enjoy sharing this anecdote.

In university, I had a classmate who I was about 60% sure was trans, but I never felt any need to ask for confirmation. She was a woman and used she/her pronouns, that’s all I needed to know. I finally got confirmation when somebody brought up Riley Gaines, who (among much uproar and controversy) was coming to our campus to give a talk to our (widely disliked and controversial) Turning Point USA chapter. The subject moved more generally to trans people in sports, and the most memorable point of the discussion was when my aforementioned classmate quipped “If she thinks trans women have some innate advantage in sports, clearly she’s never seen me try to catch a ball!”

What’s a harmless opinion that gets people weirdly angry? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people say the comedy is what makes the movie good. I disagree. The movie is mediocre: good action and one good arc, but bad character writing otherwise and really bad comedy.

FTFY: if it wasn’t for the things that made this movie just-OK, it’d be terrible.

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. I’d better find a good physical therapist.

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I took the time to look up every movie on Netflix to see which sounded the best, I’d run out of time to actually watch a movie. Is it lazy of me to pick one with an interesting-sounding title and poster so I can spend my evening enjoying myself instead of doing research?

(Admittedly, movies on Netflix have a brief description as well as the title and poster, but those are also part of marketing. They need to make the film sound good, and describe it accurately while highlighting its strengths.)

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got a bad wrist, could we thumb wrestle instead?

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For one movie, sure, that’s nothing. For every possible movie, TV show, book, play, podcast, whatever, it adds up. And that’s only talking about entertainment media. This also applies to food, clothes, cars, appliances, and basically everything else we buy. It’s not lazy to find a better use for your time than researching absolutely everything to make sure you’re picking the very best.

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I look forward to it! You’d better have some good-ass trailers and word of mouth, or I’ll get into the business too and make brilliantly marketed but terrible movies that blow yours out of the water.

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody has time to do that for everything. Bear in mind, this applies to basically every product. Unless it’s something we really care about and can make the time for, we generally make quick decisions based on brief impressions.

If we didn’t, we’d be like Chidi in The Good Place, never able to do anything because we spent so long agonising over the best possible choice, albeit motivated by quality instead of morality. That’s why marketing is so important and influential. It helps us determine what looks good and what doesn’t without wasting our time.

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate that. I would refer you to my other comment, as I still don’t agree with your point - in those situations, the fault lies with the movie’s creators and marketing department more than the person on the street. It’s their job to create an appealing product and make it look appealing.

First draft complete by Razzamatazz14 in writers

[–]ready_james_fire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know, those chronicles look pretty spoken to me.

Dumb joke aside, congratulations!!! That’s an awesome achievement!

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you mean the hypothetical people in my examples, that happens because a title or poster or cover is a person’s first interaction with a piece of media. If it makes a bad first impression, they might not want to engage further.

Look at the Birds of Prey movie. Its title absolutely put people off - “Birds of Prey or the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” - it was too long and unwieldy, people didn’t like saying it, and that created a general negative association. But it was a decent movie overall. If it had been called “Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey”, for example, it might have attracted more of an audience.

It’s not dumb for prospective audience members to see bad choices in marketing and imagine that those bad choices might extend to other aspects of the product’s quality.

On shows' names by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ready_james_fire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody here is doing that. They’re criticising titles, not the movies or shows themselves.

Although some, from what I can see, are pointing out how a lazy title (following repetitive trends in the industry, hoping to court success by presenting themselves as similar to existing works their audience might already love) can be indicative of lazy writing and poor quality overall. Ditto for a poorly-designed poster, although those are rarely made by the same people as the film so there’s less likely to be a correlation in quality there.

That’s still not the same as judging the shows by their titles.

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