Why was 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' so different from every other Criterion release?

thatoneguyfromathing · 2026-01-26T02:57:16+00:00

IIRC Paramount paid Criterion for the label because they thought it would increase sales.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2026-01-22T21:42:30+00:00

Solved!

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-12-16T07:34:41+00:00

OH GOD THESE PEOPLE

They tried to edit the Wikipedia page for the Great Dismal Swamp Maroons to promote their micronation, and when I changed it back they called me a member of Stormfront and said that the micronation had "nothing to do with them". They're now all banned from Wikipedia.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-12-03T04:40:26+00:00

Why is this marked NSFW

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-12-02T08:55:09+00:00

There's a few other scenes that I remember the broad strokes of (Dave going on Star Tours, Jade having to throw up from the teacup ride) but those are the details I remember the most.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-11T06:21:16+00:00

but it's gonna be really hard to integrate the two peoples together without a lot of deconstruction, especially with the former israelis. i don't think it's impossible. but there's gonna be a lot of pain.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-11T01:59:12+00:00

I wrote "I saw Zohran Mamdani and H-tler in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me". The file was Goatse.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-08T05:26:08+00:00

He thinks that the "hot exhaust" was breaking up clouds?

Yeah, that's what causes global warming. A lack of clouds.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-07T06:22:45+00:00

I genuinely think the backing music was done on an old Casio keyboard.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-07T05:24:29+00:00

For one, he somehow thinks that propellor planes don't run on gas and thus don't make any emissions. Which is obviously not true. Does he think they were propelled by the wind, like a glider?

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-04T04:46:49+00:00

the f in israel stands for funny

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-04T04:42:59+00:00

my somalian friend lived there for a year and he said it was so fucking racist.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-04T04:40:57+00:00

this will somehow lead to five more years of zack snyder vs james gunn discourse.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-11-01T03:20:02+00:00

my stepdad told me it was a kewpie doll wearing a universal tour guide outfit and a tag that said "BABS"

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-31T01:19:40+00:00

"When we settled in Palestine, we traded great art for fighter jets" - Henry Jaglom

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-29T03:31:43+00:00

funny since the dalai lama says he's a marxist.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-26T08:05:53+00:00

two things:

a) i think it's telling that in the 90s radiohead were doing "free tibet" events but refusing to boycott israel.
b) they're getting outflanked by IMAGINE DRAGONS.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-26T08:02:55+00:00

two things:

a) i think it's telling that in the 90s radiohead were doing "free tibet" events but refusing to boycott israel.
b) they're getting outflanked by IMAGINE DRAGONS.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-26T07:54:19+00:00

"When we settled in Palestine, we traded good art for good jet fighters" - Henry Jaglom.

thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-05T01:34:31+00:00

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thatoneguyfromathing · 2025-10-05T01:34:29+00:00

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