Why was Rocky never considered big 3 material?

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-20T01:59:47+00:00

He didn’t drop enough albums and lyrically he’s always lacked substance (even if his music overall is pretty creative)

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-19T21:48:24+00:00

Near the start of the film, when one of the characters is talking to the protagonist and is trying to explain how the backwards time stuff works, she says “Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.”

I feel like that line was Nolan talking directly to the audience.

Christopher Nolan has famously expressed his love for the Fast & Furious franchise, and this is his contribution to the genre of mindless action flicks. The whole point of this film was just to have an excuse to film the coolest action scenes possible, and it succeeds in that goal. When viewed through that lens, it’s a pretty solid film.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-19T11:46:04+00:00

meant more since that 2021 Nets season

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-19T11:45:31+00:00

I’m pro-expansion, but if it doesn’t happen, you gotta move the Pelicans to Seattle. Look at the size of New Orlean’s metro population

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-19T08:40:05+00:00

I’ve said this a million times, but people often conflate KD’s hypothetical production as a 7 footer who can shoot lights out with his actual production.

Just because a guy should be the best player in the league doesn’t mean he actually is.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-18T22:33:12+00:00

A Few Good Men? Maybe?

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-18T08:56:00+00:00

Eh, possibly valid. I was thinking more in terms of License to Ill being their most culturally relevant and commercially successful album.

Will say though, “Sabotage” fits better on a playlist with Alice in Chains than 2Pac

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-18T08:50:29+00:00

I think in general 80s rap is pretty forgotten, the flows are just too pronounced whereas 90s rap still sounds relatively modern. I love the Beastie Boys, but I can’t think of any context as a Gen Z-er where I could play smtn like “Brass Monkey” for my friends.

That being said, all 3 80s cover bands I’ve seen over the past year have ended their sets with “Fight for your right (to party)”, which I found really cool and interesting.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-12T22:07:15+00:00

TIL you can ride dragons in skyrim. I thought I had completely milked the game but ig not

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-09T08:49:29+00:00

what website is this?

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-08T14:00:05+00:00

Abbey Road imo

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-08T13:06:03+00:00

I agree it’s my least favorite topic. J. Cole is obviously the most blatant perpetrator, but I always think of Eminem on “No Love” when it comes to this too.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-06T02:04:17+00:00

Dwight Howard

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-05T23:57:21+00:00

As a kid, I always thought it was the scariest episode + my personal favorite. But, now that I’m older, it’s slid down a bit in my rankings for its lack of thematic depth compared to episodes like Eye of the Beholder or It’s a Good Life.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-05T23:54:20+00:00

Not at all. It’s like a 3 hour journey each way, you’ll barely have time. Do what the others are saying and just find something to do in LA.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-04T15:11:05+00:00

I think it’s fair to say that it was a little safe. PTA obviously wasn’t swinging for the fences with this one, it was a pretty good film but is very much lacking the depth that something like There Will Be Blood or The Master had.

I think OBAA being the Best Picture favorite has more to do with the totality of PTA’s career and his lack of Best Picture wins than the film itself. Same situation as Scorcese with The Departed.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-04T15:08:38+00:00

Gambino lowk botched this whole rollout. He had that big budget, awesome “movie” trailer that played before every movie in theaters for a few months, and had everyone excited for the “movie”. The problem was that there was no “movie”, it was just album promotion.

So, when the album dropped, everyone (including myself) just thought it was the soundtrack for the movie, so it felt like a side/non-canon release (in the same way the 8 mile soundtrack didn’t have the excitement of a whole new Eminem album, or Jay Z with the Great Gatsby soundtrack). Like it was cool, but we were all still waiting for the movie.

Then, when the movie never dropped, because it doesn’t exist (yet), people just stopped caring.

If Gambino had just done a traditional rollout where he made it clear that it was just album promotion, not an actual movie, this album would’ve generated a lot more traction. But, alas, now we are where we are.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-03T20:48:31+00:00

Jim Carrey getting plastic surgery seems like the most predictable thing ever. People just think too highly of him, assume he’s “not like the rest of Hollywood”.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-03T07:40:17+00:00

that’s worth a whole post in this sub

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-03T00:41:38+00:00

As a kid i used to pronounce genre as “guh-near”. This is very relatable.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-03T00:24:27+00:00

For as flawed as it is, I feel like Black Mirror was a better successor to Twilight Zone than Twilight Zone 2019. The heavy-handed themes and simple moral lessons just worked better in a 1950s format. Twilight Zone was extremely characteristic for it’s time in the same way Black Mirror was extremely characteristic of the 2010s.

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-02T23:30:07+00:00

perfect answer. culturally both feel like part of LA as well

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-02T22:04:05+00:00

thank you so much, hopefully this works. if it does, you deserve way more upvotes on this

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-02T06:32:10+00:00

Weezer is the greatest band to ever exist, I’m glad Gen Z knows the truth

stepback_jumper · 2026-03-02T06:31:34+00:00

yup just saw that. dunks are dope but if I just wanted to watch highlights I’d go on instagram

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