What doesn't surprise me are those people who continue to this day to complain about a bunch of millionaire goobers giving each other awards for playing pretend while at the same time expending incalculable numbers of dollars and hours consuming and discussing the by-products of said goobers "play".

It's just an excuse for zillionaires to make even more money. I'm fine with the product but not the byproduct. Why are they paid for the same job twice?

By what measure is your self-involvement more privileged than theirs?

You mean in discussing which movies are better than others? None. Except the Oscars aren't about that. It isn't a roundtable or a discussion that we're privy to. It's just "we picked these particular movies and people, God knows why, and gave them a medal for liking them more." It's gaudy.

I fail to see why the producers, artists and technicians who, ya know, actually create all the work y'all watch, listen and debate/argue/fret over should be denied the same opportunity to watch, listen and debate/argue/fret over the work of their peers.

You're the one's invited to their party. If you don't like the company, y'all probably should grab your coats and politely leave.

Yes, you just said that and I answered.


Except the Oscars aren't about that. It isn't a roundtable or a discussion that we're privy to. It's just "we picked these particular movies and people, God knows why, and gave them a medal for liking them more." It's gaudy.

Regardless of who the voters are and what their occupation is, why should I pay attention to what they have to say if I can never understand their position? Heck, if these are filmmakers themselves who are voting, then shouldn't their analyses be far more interesting to hear? Nope, instead of getting some debaters out there to tell me why Moonlight is the bestest movie of the year, they get some star power to read the name off. If you like the Oscars that's fine, but I'm not interested in watching actors get even more time in the spotlight and reading off titles, with precious little other commentary.

Regardless of who the voters are and what their occupation is, why should I pay attention to what they have to say if I can never understand their position? Heck, if these are filmmakers themselves who are voting, then shouldn't their analyses be far more interesting to hear? Nope, instead of getting some debaters out there to tell me why Moonlight is the bestest movie of the year, they get some star power to read the name off. If you like the Oscars that's fine, but I'm not interested in watching actors get even more time in the spotlight and reading off titles, with precious little other commentary.

It doesn't strike you that you're really making much ado about nothing at all?

What else is a Shrine Grinch to do?

Man, all this talk about Oscars, and we forgot the truly important one: Suicide Squad actually won one.

Good job DC. You at least got something of an accomplishment in this sea of negativity.

I know, made me so happy!

Love that film!

:D

Have any of the MCU films ever won any sort of an Oscar? Because that makes this win for the DCEU all the more special (or confusing for some).

Honestly, I Do Not Know....

Zero Oscars for the MCU
They're popcorn movies

Maybe So. Still Enjoyed By Many..

Maybe So. Still Enjoyed By Many..

Which further proves awards aren't really necessarily. Just our own enjoyment. :)

Which further proves awards aren't really necessarily. Just our own enjoyment. :)

Aye, Still Fun to See Sometimes.

End of fillings in sight as scientists find Alzheimer's drug makes teeth grow back (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/09/end-fillings-sight-scientists-find-alzheimers-drug-makes-teeth/)

Holy hell. This is neat.

Next Comes......

https://68.media.tumblr.com/dc2acffbea837dc5277bb1b469aafbb7/tumblr_n7u8czdwFI1qzs5cqo1_500.gif

End of fillings in sight as scientists find Alzheimer's drug makes teeth grow back (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/09/end-fillings-sight-scientists-find-alzheimers-drug-makes-teeth/)

Holy hell. This is neat.

Indeed it is. Now they only have to figure how to reactivate the regrowth of teeth themselves.

reviews of get out.
they are hilarious. i like how people see it as some racist antiwhite propaganda.

as someone who doesnt live in a country where blacks were slaves, i dont see the propaganda. but after learning it stars an interracial couple, i can wait to see it. im a huge advocate of these relations, as i want to meet a cute black girl and marry her.

Aye, Still Fun to See Sometimes.

The Critics Formula to rating movies:

Slow + Ponderous = Deep & Meaningful.

Fast paced + Entertaining = Shallow & Superficial

The last time I watched the Oscars was when Jackman and Hathaway hosted it. I liked Jackman infusing the production with vintage Broadway razzle-dazzle. Before that when Silence of the Lambs swept the Oscars. The only horror movie to ever do that.

Normally, the movies I like never seem to win.

"Marco Beltrami's score is also outstanding, and while we've grown used to seeing comic book adaptations ignored come awards season, that definitely deserves some serious attention."
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men/logan/logan-spoiler-free-review-a-damn-fine-start-to-2017s-superhero-movies-a149310

Wow! If normies are blown away by the score, my interest is quite piqued at this point.

http://collider.com/tron-3-story-joseph-kosinski#images-poster

Disney, why aren't you doing TRON 3, it looks so damn promising. Of all the horrifying sequels you're putting..


"JOSEPH KOSINSKI: I guess I can say that TRON 3 is in cryogenic freeze. So, it�s there. It�s not dead. It�s alive, but it�s sitting there, waiting for the right time to move forward. I mean, you have to remember that when we made TRON: Legacy, Disney did not own Marvel. Disney did not own Lucasfilm�they own everything now. But this was before they owned everything, so from the studio point of view, they have a certain number of slots and a certain amount of money to make movies and if you can make a Star Wars spinoff or another Marvel movie, which are all doing incredibly well, a TRON movie, even though I think it would do very well, the question is: Would it do as well as one of those? That is more the reason we haven�t seen another TRON is that Disney stock is flushed with really successful properties right now. But that doesn�t mean we won�t see one at one point."

KOSINSKI: The movie was called, �TRON: Ascension�, I think that�s out there. I think we got the script to about 80%. We were in good shape. We were probably eight or nine months out, which is still a good amount of distance from being ready to shoot it, but I think the script was in good shape. What I�m excited about is the concept, which is an invasion movie from inside the machine coming out as opposed to one we�ve usually seen. So we hinted at that at the end of Legacy with Quorra coming out, but the idea for Ascension was a movie that was, the first act was in the real world, the second act was in the world of TRON, or multiple worlds of TRON, and the third act was totally in the real world. And I think that really opens up, blows open the concept of TRON in a way that would be thrilling to see on screen. But there�s also a really interesting character study in Quorra and a �Stranger in a Strange Land,� trying to figure out where she belongs having lived in the real world for a few years, and where does she fit in.

KOSINSKI: It definitely doesn�t have to be on a movie screen. I don�t know if you saw the TRON ride, which opened in Shanghai and was amazing�I think the TRON franchise is alive in rides and I think there�s still interest in exploring other things like VR, but as far as the TV show, I don�t know, I think that would be tough. As you saw on screen, so much of the world has to be created digitally. You can�t just go and film a TRON movie, or at least the TRON side of it, so I don�t know. I would never say never. There�s possibly a version of that, but that�s up to Disney.

KOSINSKI: I don�t see them having superpowers. I don�t see them being able to shoot lasers from their eyes or do what I would consider to be a superhero-type movie. But in her DNA itself, her being the first digital-human hybrid, there�s something in her being that allows objects from inside the Grid to exist in the real world and makes them permanent, so that was the idea. So I think the idea is strong, it�s just a matter of the right time and the right place and the stars aligning as they have to do for movies.

Both Tron films, IMO, are incredibly over rated. The acting in the first film was so wooden you got splinters. The second's plot was undercooked to the point of being raw.

None of that would have mattered if TL had made money at the box office, but it didn't. Its production budget was $170 million and it made in the U.S. $172 million, and $228 million overseas for a worldwide total of just over $400 million. Add to that probably $100 million in marketing and using the rule of thumb a film must gross at least 2.5 to three times its costs to be profitable, TL would have had to make at least $600 million, more to green light a sequel.

Sometimes DVD or Blu Ray sales can spur a sequel, as in the case of John Wick. But by Hollywood standards it cost pennies which made okaying a sequel much easier.

As for Kosinski, he's like a lot of new directors: visually strong, narratively weak. Neither TL or Oblivion were all that compelling.

On the plus side, TL had an outstanding score.

Tomorrowland is to blame for TR3N getting the axe

Tomorrowland is to blame for TR3N getting the axe

Another weak script.

I only care for DP's score in Legacy, and even then, I know they wouldn't have done the sequel, based on how they never like repeating the same sorts of music choices twice (hence probably making this their only film score potentially).

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Another weak script.

Stop hiring Lindelof, studios!

Legacy may not have been the most jam-packed film when it came to a script, but what more did it need? It's a story about a son trying to find/rescue his father. Which the film accomplished. I'm not saying it's great, and I do have a gripe with a lot of the dialogue - but there are worse films out there. Like Tomorrowland.

I also connected to the film on an emotional level. I think any man can relate to the story of trying to find and reconnect with his long-lost father. And that bittersweet ending made me cry a little bit. And then there's the score - which is among my all-time favorites. It perfectly accompanies what you're seeing on screen.

Speaking of which�haven't listened to this in a number of months�

The new spam threads in GD. Seriously, WTF!?

Actually, the director said it on the interview, the real reason why Tron 3 isn't being done right now it's because Disney knows it won't bring them much money, it's not cancelled, it's just shelved until they have space, because right now Disney prefers to do Marvel and Star Wars movies and spin-offs as they are sure to bring money. They are just waiting for a time where they can make the risk.

Matt Taibbi on the recent crash and burn of Milo Y…

prize quote: "…the success of the Trump movement depends upon a nervous coalition of aging religious conservatives and young, race-baiting, Internet-addicted morons – the people GOP consultant Rick Wilson once called "childless single men who masturbate to anime.""

Matt Taibbi on the recent crash and burn of Milo Y…

prize quote: "…the success of the Trump movement depends upon a nervous coalition of aging religious conservatives and young, race-baiting, Internet-addicted morons – the people GOP consultant Rick Wilson once called "childless single men who masturbate to anime.""

:laugh:

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/PercySeamonsters.gif

An amazing series of books let down by awful movie adaptations (that I have to be reminded of thanks to my copy having the film cover). Having just finished my revisit of The Lightning Thief reminded me of why I love reading so much.

Wtf is wrong with people who use iOS?
ARe they just deliberately dumb?

It's like you need to start with ground zero and treat them all like English is their second language.
AND you have to pre-emptively talk down to them because they're going to give you automatic answers, anyway.

I tried asking on Reddit if anyone knows how to copy music without shit getting deleted and, surprise, surprise, I had to reword my entire post because they just copy/pasted shit they said to other people...

https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/5xuiwk/free_ios_any_solution_to_copying_music_from/

Apparently, their kind don't understand that "streaming" is the same thing as "downloading".
As it does *have* to download it in pieces.
It will remove the downloads after it's played. It's all in the cache. It has an expiry date.

But, I made it clear before that music gets deleted.
But the fact I said I don't want to use a "cloud" (probably another word too advanced for iOS users) to screw shit up as a lot of other users also don't like UPLOADING ONLY TO DOWNLOAD THE SAME SHIT, it should be clear what people want.

Apple has had the shittiest service for decades.

And nothing but losers giving the same advise.
I sincerely doubt there's anyone technically qualified to help out with any iOS concerns.
Shit's been around for years and everything is just a rehash of the iTunes core library files so equally useless.

Windows and Android, wouldn't be a problem.

I really don't get what's so hard to understand about a supposedly "simpler" operating system when no one in the world can figure out how to copy files these days without...

1) uploading/downloading/streaming
2) deleting EVERYTHING
3) paying for shit
4) using limted Payware shit

Is it asking too much from an iOS person?

Ever since I got my Honor 8 I don't miss iOS anymore.

The Secret History of Twin Peaks.

I resisted asking on reddit for so long because I knew that's how they would answer.

If i were to ask about Windows, Linux, or Android, there'd be a million solutions. And over half of them free.

666 ROAD SOUTHBOUND

Crap movie :-/

Reading an article on clusterfuck that is Hudson Hawk. (The longer you watch it the worse it gets.)

http://www.slashfilm.com/the-real-reason-hudson-hawk-is-so-bonkers/#more-402479

Bottom line: Willis's ego ran amuck. (Bonfire of the Vanities another 90's crapfest in which Willis starred tested "through the roof." My question: what were the test audiences smoking?)

Paramount China Deal May Mean Trouble For Transformers The Last Knight? (http://tformers.com/paramount-china-deal-may-be-in-trouble-for-transformers-the-last-knight-the-summer/31079/news.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)

Who would've thought: Trump being President would kill the Bayformers films.

Goodbye, formless pieces of metal GCI. It was fun pretending that you were ever good.

You know very well nothing will really change. Something will be arranged to continue and that's it.

It'd be a pleasure if they were killed for once and for all, but sadly they earn billions for Paramount.

It'd be a pleasure if they were killed for once and for all, but sadly they earn billions for Paramount.

That's the thing: If China doesn't manage to distribute the film, then those billions won't happen

Still, there's no guaruntee that it will happen, but one can dream...

I heard Bay doesn't want to continue making them now.
Even though he had a plan for a new trilogy starting with either AoE or TLK.

I was wondering what made him change his mind (again).
That might have been the straw that broke the camels back.

It's like he was depending on China to make back his money for the franchise, even though North America doesn't care about them anymore.

The same way Uwe Bowell used the German government to get back all his money on his movies that flopped (intentionally).
Thankfully, they changed their laws so he doesn't make millions making garbage films.

:laugh:

The children of Hurin for J.R.R Tolkien, second read and still so captivating !

Breaking news - Shaquille O'Neal confirms the Earth is flat! (http://www.iflscience.com/brain/shaquille-oneal-thinks-earth-is-flat-because-it-doesnt-go-up-and-down-when-he-drives/)

His reasoning is devilishly simple: �I drive from coast to coast, and this shit is flat to me. I�m just saying. I drive from Florida to California all the time, and it�s flat to me. I do not go up and down at a 360-degree angle, and all that stuff about gravity, have you looked outside Atlanta lately and seen all these buildings? You mean to tell me that China is under us? China is under us? It�s not. The world is flat.�

Now, it's been a little while since my last geometry class, but what the fuck is a 360-degree angle? Isn't that just a circle? Is that his point?

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Now I understand what really happened to the dinosaurs... :sad:

:laugh:

Confirms?! Anybody who's been up in space knows that the earth is round! :p

Are you sure, George? Is the whole 'round earth' thing not just another trick by... them?

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I wish I knew how to play a sport. Then I could get rich and famous, and news stories would get to cover my stupid ramblings!

Are you sure, George? Is the whole 'round earth' thing not just another trick by... them?



It's the government!!!

Reading that France, yes the country, is betting big on the success of "Valerian." How big you ask? Big to the tune of $210 million and that's without marketing costs. The movie is a 100% French production. I don't think it's going to do well at the box office, unfortunately. With GoTG 2, Alien Covenant, and Star Wars at year's end I don't think American audiences have enough room on their plates for this one. Plus "Valerian" is pretty much unknown in the U.S. and stateside audiences aren't that daring when it comes to SF. Plus there's nothing in the trailers that screams "you gotta see this picture!" At this point the trailers are all pretty people, pretty colors and pretty scenery.

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff, Skullsworn by Brian Stavely

The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett.
Better even than the movie.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammad Hanif

I've just finished Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and it was absolutely fantastic! Now I can't wait to see my favourite starship making its glorious return to the bis screen next year.

Started a collection of Bernard Malamud short stories.

"Askolotl's old age" by Jacek Dukaj. Science fiction book.

I've just finished Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and it was absolutely fantastic! Now I can't wait to see my favourite starship making its glorious return to the bis screen next year.

Same here! Listened to the audio book read by Wil Wheaton and I am excited to see the story come to life in March 2018.
Notice my new avatar & location. :D

"Brooklyn" by Colm T�ib�n (and a lot of movie, tv show and film score reviews).

"Twisted History" by Thomas Sowell
- https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2003/12/17/twisted-history-n1057496

&

"Liberty Defined" by Ron Paul
- http://store.mises.org/Liberty-Defined-P10463.aspx

"Bowie In Berlin: A New Career In A New Town" by Thomas Jerome Seabrook
"Poetics" by Aristotle

Listening to the audiobook for The Last Jedi. Its amazing!

Reading "Twitter and Tear Gas" by Zeynep Tufekci about how social media has changed protest movements.

Catching up on the last 3 months of post some interesting stuff ;)

The Kama Sutra.

Still trying to figure out which one won't break my back, or hers, or hers, or the other four. So far, we're all scratching our heads.

Gulag Archipelago Volume 2

Ahh, light reading.

I've been reading the star force series by Aer-ki Jyr. Very good science fiction.

I am currently reading Microsoft Support's advice on how to fix my PC.

Reading your RuneScape stats o.o

.

Currently reading Kamui-Den by Sanpei Shirato, and it's pretty good so far.

The Culture of Critique

by Dr. Kevin MacDonald


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture_of_Critique_series

http://a.co/d/b1FKb2Z

https://archive.org/details/TheCultureOfCritiqueAnEvolutionaryAnalysisOf

http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=FDE598C8D4302DFD67541763D23483B2

https://youtu.be/HyRw2vAKxdI

angels and demons. just finished the part where the second priest is murdered. man, the book has a lot of noticeable differences from the movie (which i love), the bbc duo would have been a much needed comic relief in there.

The Long Silence by Gerard O'Donovan, a thriller set in Hollywood in the 1920s

The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher

about to finish angels and demons. the da vinci code is sitting right next to it for immediate reading once im done.

Injustice VS. Masters Of The Universe Issue #3.

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon vol. 8.

The Wonderful World Tomorrow: What It Will Be Like by Herbert W. Armstrong (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6439191-the-wonderful-world-tomorrow) (aka the slave world globalists have in store for us...)

- https://media.thetrumpet.com/Literature/EN/WWT_EN_E01.pdf

"Humanity won’t bring it about—it is going to be done to us. Humanity is going to be forced to be happy—to enjoy world peace—to see universal abundance and joy fill the Earth.

Now notice just how the new world government will function! It will not be so-called democracy. It will not be socialism. It will not be communism or fascism. It will not be human monarchy, oligarchy, or plutocracy. It will not be man’s government over man. Man has proven his utter incapability of ruling himself. It will be divine government—the government of God. It will not be government from the bottom up. The people will have no votes. It will not be government of or by the people—but it will be government for the people. It will be government from the top (God Almighty) down. There will be no election campaigns. No campaign fund-raising dinners. No dirty political campaigns, where each candidate attempts to put himself forward in the most favorable light, defaming, denouncing, discrediting his opponents. No time will be wasted in mudslinging campaigns in the lust for power. No human will be given any government office. All in government service will then be divine spirit beings, in the Kingdom of God—the God Family."

Mein Kampf. This bloke sounds like he must have been an ace pianist!

Fanfiction. Jumping between Avengers (Iron Man-specifically) and Stargate Atlantis....my two current obsessions. :)

Pet Sematary by master Stephen King. I needed to remember for the new movie coming this April.

Penetrating Insights by Peter North.

It's hard, very hard...

...but I'm finally learning how to converse with that other gender. Thank you for your service to mankind, Mr. North.

Tiamat's Wrath, the just released eighth book in The Expanse series.

All The Light We Cannot SEeeeeeee, only about 30 pages in :(

"Need to rekindle the flame" (for reading)

The Bonehunters - Book 6 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin. Quite fun.

Hanszimmer.com - Aquaman (Complete Score)

http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1709

The Bible

YAMI NO KOE Junji Ito

The Complete Oz by L. Frank Baum. Someday, I would love to do animated film adaptations of the first six books (book six was intended to be a definitive ending for the series. It didn't take and he ended up writing eight more). I've already written an extremely detailed plot summary and selected temp music for the first one and as I'm reading the rest of the books I'm making notes. If I actually got to do all six movies and the audience still wanted more, I would do a TV series adapting the other eight books.

Unfuck Yourself (just finished) and Stop Doing that Shit from Gary John Bishop

ghosts of the shadow market by cassandra clare + others

I'm currently reading Paul Auster's 4321 and loving every single page so far :) I'm still only halfway, though...

I am reading a paperback anthology called The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens by L. Sprague de Camp. I read this years ago, forgot I had it and now I am enjoying again.

"The Dark Tower." Final book in King's "Gunslinger" series.

Currently reading Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel. Figure I can't stand the movie any other time during the year so taking care of it now.

I like classic novels.

worldly philosophers - heilbroner

everytime i take a shit: the giant airships. part of the history of aviation time-life books.