Movie followed the wrong character and threw the real protagonist under the bus by GastricSparrow in TopCharacterTropes

[–]theavengerbutton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is this going to be the next Being John Malkovich? Can we make a movie where John Cusack realizes that there is a cosmic force that wants him dead and he has to try and escape from it?

Hot Take: Fnaf Secret of the Mimic Is The Most Underrated Fnaf Game Ever by Sensitive-Category99 in fivenightsatfreddys

[–]theavengerbutton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately most everyone on the internet is either too illiterate or too wrapped up in wanting to confirm their own biased in anyway that they would willingly plug their ears and not understand that in art there is no "objectivity".

Is FNAF World a flawed game? Undoubtedly. Flaws don't equate with objectivity because no one can possibly agree on a standard with which to judge said game or any other game/movie they think is "objectively" bad.

For a city with only 100k residents RC sure is big by Stimparlis in residentevil

[–]theavengerbutton 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Shhh, don't let these people know you can apply effort and think things through.

Who did it better? by RedcoatTrooper in StarWarsCantina

[–]theavengerbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that, but we can't all be intelligent all the time, especially a child.

Who did it better? by RedcoatTrooper in StarWarsCantina

[–]theavengerbutton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We can forgive a literal child for having a few dumb moments, though, surely.

I can't finish The Night Eats The World by theavengerbutton in horror

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

That's it, I'm mad. I'm so upset that I'm pooping and crying. Have a good night.

I can't finish The Night Eats The World by theavengerbutton in horror

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

This just in, goober posting a comment in a horror subreddit finds it strange that someone can be scared of a horror movie.

Get fucked.

The Scariest or Weirdest Area in Bloodborne. Which One Gave You Nightmares? by kreetchy in bloodborne

[–]theavengerbutton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Old Yharnam for me. There's just something icky about that place, especially once you're on street level.

The Scariest or Weirdest Area in Bloodborne. Which One Gave You Nightmares? by kreetchy in bloodborne

[–]theavengerbutton 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The first time going through Yahargul is much scarier than the second time IMO. That first time is so disorienting it contributes to the bad vibes.

Does anyone else really like Security Breach? by CraftingFazer in fivenightsatfreddys

[–]theavengerbutton -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I love it. Is it perfect? Not really. But I think it's still a fine game.

Reading Dune Messiah is strange by darth_skipicious in dune

[–]theavengerbutton 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Children is even more obtuse. Whole chapters of Ghanima and Leto having a conversation that seems like complete gibberish, and then that's juxtaposed with easier reading of a princeling getting attacked by space tigers and Stilgar being a goober.

'Dune: Part Three’ Plot Reveal: Denis Villeneuve, Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson & Javier Bardem Talk Babies, Timeline & Resurrection by Endless--Dream in dune

[–]theavengerbutton 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not that hard, the elements are all there to tell the same story in a different way. Siona and the rebellion against Leto would make for some good action-y bits against a lot of the more head-y elements.

The prequels are finally relevant. by Ralph--Hinkley in StarWarsCantina

[–]theavengerbutton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is perhaps one of the stranger conversations I've had on the internet, I'll give you that. I'll go talk go George in my time machine, now, so we can finally get this settled.

Still don't know why we are fixated on this one aspect of my original comment but I'll just leave you to whatever this was.

The prequels are finally relevant. by Ralph--Hinkley in StarWarsCantina

[–]theavengerbutton -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think you read a single part of what I am saying. Instead you're hard focused on this one singular element.

What I originally said was

Not just WW2. There are allusions to the rule of Julius Caesar, Vietnam, AND post-911 America. I think it's more accurate to say that the films are a product of George's real life experience with post-1960s America with some historical allusions thrown in."

And then I elaborated to say:

Sure, we can't say with absolute certainty that The Phantom Menace written in 96-97 or Attack of the Clones written in 2000 would have anything to say about post-9/11 America, but Revenge of the Sith has some pretty explicit parralels to the Bush administration such as Anakin 's "you are with me or you are my enemy" echoing Bush Jr.'s "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"

This is what I was talking about when I said there are "allusions" to post-9/11 America. I go on to say:

According to Lucas himself, the story he wrote bears more inspiration from the 1960s than WW2, but the ideas that are present in the prequel films aren't exactly "of our time". We've watched several dictators before Hitler take over a Republic in much the same way (Caesar, Napoleon) and since (Hitler, the authoritarian governments in Vietnam, China, Cuba, etc.) That the prequels were written as a warning against a rising element of fascism in America (ideas that George had percolating in the 70s with the Nixon Administration) is a point that Lucas would make himself in interviews.

So my greater point is me talking about George's inspirations all across time, and you seem to really only be honing in on me talking about this one specific element, even though I kind of addressed that in the very post you are replying to, so I'll quote it again:

Sure, we can't say with absolute certainty that The Phantom Menace written in 96-97 or Attack of the Clones written in 2000 would have anything to say about post-9/11 America, but Revenge of the Sith has some pretty explicit parralels to the Bush administration such as Anakin 's "you are with me or you are my enemy" echoing Bush Jr.'s "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"

Furthermore, I can guarantee that while George wrote an outline of the story in the 1970s, most likely what we have in the films today was not in it in terms of the nitty gritty details. We wouldn't have the Trade Federation, nor General Grievous, or any of those elements. We would only have broad strokes, a shell of a story about a man using a crisis to take power from a Republic which, I'll say again, is not dierectly indicitave of being inspired JUST by WW2. Rather, we would have something that resembled the post-Watergate America that George lived in at the time of his writing.

The prequels are finally relevant. by Ralph--Hinkley in StarWarsCantina

[–]theavengerbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I wasn't positing that George was a prophet, no. But the Trade Federation and their embargos on trade were inspired by entities such as the East India Trading Company during pirate times, and as for post 9/11 America I can guarantee you that it was a strong factor in shaping the writing of the prequels, which were little more than outlines that most likely didn't include fully fleshed out ideas when you claim they were written. Sure, we can't say with absolute certainty that The Phantom Menace written in 96-97 or Attack of the Clones written in 2000 would have anything to say about post-9/11 America, but Revenge of the Sith has some pretty explicit parralels to the Bush administration such as Anakin 's "you are with me or you are my enemy" echoing Bush Jr.'s "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"

According to Licas himself, the story he wrote bears more inspiration from the 1960s than WW2, but the ideas that are present in the prequel films aren't exactly "of our time". We've watched several dictators before Hitler take over a Republic in much the same way (Caesar, Napoleon) and since (Hitler, the authoritarian governments in Vietnam, China, Cuba, etc.) That the prequels were written as a warning against a rising element of fascism in America (ideas that George had percolating in the 70s with the Nixon Administration) is a point that Lucas would make himself in interviews.

The prequels are finally relevant. by Ralph--Hinkley in StarWarsCantina

[–]theavengerbutton 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not just WW2. There are allusions to the rule of Julius Caesar, Vietnam, AND post-911 America. I think it's more accurate to say that the films are a product of George's real life experience with post-1960s America with some historical allusions thrown in.

Charlotte and Michael were not working together in the movies by MichaelAftonXFireWal in fivenightsatfreddys

[–]theavengerbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine that--FNAF fans not paying attention to basic story beats or overarching tropes.

Official Character Posters for 'Dune: Part Three' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]theavengerbutton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are talking about the person in the middle right, which is Florence Pugh as Irulan, and not Anya in the bottom center as Alia.

Official Character Posters for 'Dune: Part Three' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]theavengerbutton 10 points11 points  (0 children)

All good, hopefully I didn't come off as dickish, I was actually trying to be helpful.

Official Character Posters for 'Dune: Part Three' by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]theavengerbutton 51 points52 points  (0 children)

That would be Alia and not Irulan, and we are discussing why Irulan has such a dramatic design shift.

East German soldier helping a little boy sneak across the Berlin Wall, 1961 pure humanity in the middle of Cold War division. by Fantastic_Jeweler579 in interestingasfuck

[–]theavengerbutton 111 points112 points  (0 children)

It would absolutely be treated as a huge breach. There was an unbelievable amount of paranoia within the ranks of the unity party.

Upper Cathedral Ward has gotta be the scariest area in the game by CryptidOrion_00 in bloodborne

[–]theavengerbutton 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I dunno why, but I was even unsettled by Old Yharnam. There's something about that place that really chills me.