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  1. Posted

    On 5/26/2019 at 9:54 PM, The_Triple_Lindy said:

     

    Also, when somebody (Jason, maybe?) said that there were no robots in Ancient Greek times, I was like, uh, hello?

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    Also also, HEY EVERYBODY! I haven't been around much this year so far, but I've missed the boards ... hope you've all been well :)

    BUBO! I legit loved THIS MOVIE as  a child. I read the novelization and everything. I for real wanted a Bubo and seeing this gif makes me realize... the effects were GARBAGE.

    Did you know you can buy a Bubo online? I have seen them at Amazon. But, like, I want him to be my friend and talk to me.

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  2. Posted

    6 hours ago, Kothel said:

    Correction, or at least dispute. I don't think the movie has any real Christian overtones. Nor do I think the rainbow to hell (or hel) is homophobia. As far as I could tell, the rainbow flag didn't become an LGBT symbol until 1978. Since this movie came out five years later, I don't know that it would be common knowledge to associate a rainbow with being gay (particularly if you're a very weird writer-director from Italy) in the early 80s the way it would be by the 90s. I think it's more likely a reference to Iris, one of the messenger gods who if I recall correctly traveled on a rainbow. 

    Also, the word Hell has become Christian, but I think this is more of the writer misremembering Greek Mythology. In Greek mythology, if you're awesome you go to the Elysian Fields and if you were bad you go to Hades. Hel is from Norse mythology. There's a goddess named Hel, who presides over Hel where cowards and shitty people go. If you're awesome you go Valhalla and I think there was also some middle ground for people who were okay, but not heroic enough for Valhalla. So this is mixing of mythology. 

    Incidentally, Jesus never talks about Hell in the bible. He uses Gehenna (where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth), which was also the name of the place in Jerusalem where they burned trash.  

    But it certainly uses the Moses story and the Garden of Eden, which are part of the prequel books of Christianity, whether or not Jesus spoke of a literal hell in his part of the scripture.

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  3. Posted

    7 hours ago, gigi-tastic said:

    Poor Callisto. I always felt so bad for her.  The myth I read had Artemis turning her into a bear for lying about losing her virginity.

    either way Callisto  could not catch a break! She was a follower of Artemis and Zeus tricks her into sleeping with him by morphing into her ( using the image of your daughter to rape someone... Stay classy Zeus) then she gets kicked out for losing her virginity, is turned into a bear, and her fucking son kills her. 

    I used to read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology book as a kid, and while I mostly remember Callisto as the villainess on Xena, I feel like every lady Zeus “fell in love with” was then turned into horrible things by him or other gods. They would always blame it on Hera and even as a kid I was like, “he needs to stop fucking all these ladies because TERRIBLE things always happen, doesn’t he care???”

    like what happened to Herc’s mom? Lemme look it up. 

    Oh look Zeus pretended to be her husband, so he raped her. And then she got turned to stone or something? https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Alcmene/alcmene.html 

    People who be.ieved this trash created the pillars of our society. Siiigh.

     

    Eta: Regarding, automatons, there was a robot owl in “Clash of the Titans” og version. I remember because I wanted one. 

    Eta2: in response to Paul’s question about who is “my” Hercules. I think Lou Ferrigno looks more like the Hercules we see in art, but Ryan Gosling was a great Young Hercules. 😜 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169516/

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  4. Posted

    I had to go look up the labors of Hercules because I was pretty sure the mythological origin of Ursa major and minor was different (it was--it involves a lady Zeus wants to bang and Hera turning her into a bear). Anyway, per wikipedai:

     

    1. Slay the Nemean Lion.

    2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra.

    3. Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis.

    4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar.

    5 Clean the Augean stables in a single day. (I guess he killed and captured so many animals now he's gotta clean up after them?)

    6. Slay the Stymphalian Birds.

    7. Capture the Cretan Bull.

    8. Steal the Mares of Diomedes.

    9. Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.

    10. Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon.

    11. Steal the apples of the Hesperides.

    12. Capture and bring back Cerberus.

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  7. Posted

    I love Lance Reddick. I thought he was great. I mean he's always great. But there was one scene of him fighting where his hands were shaking.

    There should be awards for amazing performances in ridiculous movies.

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  14. Posted

    This has nothing to do with anything in this episode, but I saw “Shazam” last night and in the convenience store robbery scene there is a F’real milkshake machine. I’d never seen one (I live in NYC and we have bodegas not gas station milkshakes) so I got excited because Nicole Byer talked about them in the Meg episode and I really wanted Shazam to get a milkshake.

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  15. Posted

    I did not watch this movie. I read the summary and was like nope. 

    I am surprised, from listening to the episode, how little attention is given to the teenage girl. Not only do the parents not seem to care she is dead. But also, like, would a teenage girl WANT David Duchovny? Because I remember having crushes on boys and feeling like I couldn't control it. (Memorably I worked at a movie theater slinging popcorn and I had a crush on a co-worker who was tall and dumb and hot. It was so annoying and distracting. Eventually he dyed his hair that terrible blonde and it was such a relief because I didn't have to crush on him anymore.) 

    It would be more interesting if the wife has an emotional connection to the husband but is physically attracted to Just-In or something. 

    But maybe DD doesn't do projects that don't have every character wanting to fuck him? That is all I can figure. 

    The Japanese version sounds much more interesting.

    ETA: I do agree with June that teenage girls aren't usually (some are) horny. For me, obviously, it was more crush related. Admiring guys and kissing and such. 

    It is also weird that she'd be so confident in her sexuality to wear lingerie and such? I suppose that is the mom's influence but I would just be in crush-love with boys and NEVER speak to them.

    Obviously, this goes without saying but this would NEVER get made with the genders switched, as June proved.

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  16. Posted

    6 hours ago, sycasey 2.0 said:

    Captain America is much better as a pure character introduction, IMO. They nail the character's ethos and give him a real human backstory that you can feel. I think this one gets the "ethos" okay, but the human character remains muddy. I would say this is similar to Thor in that respect, but also IMO they didn't really nail that character until Ragnarok.

    I also think Guardians of the Galaxy is an amazing introduction to a whole host of characters. I think this has actually been Marvel's strength throughout their current run (doing good introductions to the primary characters), which is why I found this one disappointing. I'm not disappointed that it did well at the box office, but I am disappointed that I didn't "feel" it like the other ones . . . and believe me, I wanted to.

    I loved the first Captain America (and you seemed to as well) but "Thor" was actually better received--and made more money--than that one. What made me compare it to Thor and Cap is that there is a definite split. Like how Cap is small Steve and then big Steve, or how Thor is on Asgard and then Earth, "Captain Marvel" does have a disjointed feel. Though I understand why they didn't want to do a straight origin story because her origin story is effing complicated in the comics. They WAY simplified it.

    I think they also wanted to do something like Memento or with a more interesting structure. But it's difficult to advertise it as "Captain Marvel" when she is only Captain marvel for like 20 minutes. And they never actually call her that.

    There was a little kid next to me when I first saw it and he was SO confused. He kept saying "Why is Captain Marvel [doing X]..." and the dad couldn't answer. The proper response was probably "she's not Captain Marvel yet." But try explaining that to a kid. You know?

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    Possible unpopular opinion: I think Captain Marvel is a lower-tier Marvel entry. Why? Because it's an "origin story" for the MCU's first lead female superhero that doesn't actually tell you very much about the lead female superhero. The movie leaves you with very little sense of who Carol Danvers was as a person, so the drama of her origin doesn't land.

    I think the best Marvel origin story movie is either Black Panther or Iron Man, but I think this one sits solidly alongside Thor (which I think it is most like) and Captain America. I'm relieved it did well enough that another will be made. Because every time a female-led movie flops, it takes a decade for another to be made. And I want to scream. Wonder Woman worked because it was good. Catwoman failed because it was bad. Why can't you figure this out!

    I did go see it twice in the theater just to spite men online who were trolling  and trying to bring down the ratings. (I am pretty sure I saw fake reviews on Amazon just yesterday, so it wasn't just Rotten Tomatoes). Because that is how I am. I also already have a Carol Danvers "punch holes in the sky" bracelet so I need a place to wear it to. I also loved that Samuel L. Jackson got to do more than just shout and glare at people. He and Brie Larson have been in at least three movies together so they have great chemistry. (Watch Unicorn Store on Netflix.)

    Although I did get mad at some presenters who would say to Brie Larson "this i the first female-led Marvel movie." It's not. Elektra was. It's the first female led Marvel Studios movie. (Alternatively, the first female led MCU movie.)

    I am excited to see her in Endgame as well. Though I wonder how it works because Endgame was actually filmed BEFORE Captain Marvel. (Since they filmed the two Avengers movies together. I am sure they had the script because they would've at least been in pre-production when Endgame was filming. But, like, was the cat cast? Because I want to see Goose. I am very worried she got Snapped.

    Priorities, I has them.

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  19. Posted

    4 hours ago, taylorannephoto said:

    Danish. Cause Gods of Egypt taught me the same thing lololol.

    Also because I'm finally getting it straight that Denmark = Danish and Netherlands = Dutch lol.

    Fuck. But I Googled Dutch actors and it says Carice van Houten is Dutch. So we will stay on Game of Thrones and just switch it from Jaime Lannister to Melisandre. She can play Pam Helsing. 

     

    1 hour ago, gigi-tastic said:

    Queen of the Damned would NEVER

    RIp Aaliyah 

    2 hours ago, Mister Card said:

    And isn’t Abraham Van Helsing as a character fairly popular and recognizable? I don’t understand why they changed his name from Abraham to Gabriel and then expected it to not be noticed or matter. It’s not as if they couldn’t make him the angel Gabriel and Abraham Van Helsing be his name he took after he lost his memory.

    The writer of this clearly had not read the book. 

    I also don’t understand the Archangel Gabriel thing and Kate going to Heaven. Because vampire lore is already steeped in religion, which is kind of a problem for modern audiences that aren’t all Roman Catholic. (I remember a vicious debate in Buffy fandom if a Star or David could repel a vampire like a cross.)  So why would you make it MORE religious? 

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  20. Posted

    Picture young Electra, who watched the 1990s X-Men cartoon see Hugh Jackman in his cage fighting scene in the live action X-Men. It was a big moment for me. Life changing.  I went out and watched his other movies. There were like two Australian films he had been in. Then he was cast in this Ashley Judd rom-com and rhen Kate and Leopold which is strange. I even watched Swordfish. But when this movie came out... I couldn’t. I still can’t. Never seen it. Won’t see it. 

    Will watch the cage fight from X-Men over and over again instead. (On YouTube is Bryan Singer gets no money for it.)

    As a book nerd, I recently reread Dracula. I can tell you that Van Helsing’s given name is neither Gabriel nor Pam. It is Abraham and he is Dutch. I sort of like the idea of what kind of monsters he hunted when he was younger, before the events of Dracula (where he is supposed to be old). But this deviates so much from the source material that it can’t even be followed. Maybe we need a reboot. I think Nikolaj Coster-Waldau could do it. He’s Dutch, right? 

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  23. Posted

    I don’t see a thread for this week’s minisode so I will just post here. I am very pleased for Cambert and his ball theory.

    i am not usually a person who boycotts movies but I knew a woman with dissociative identity disorder (it is not called “multiple personalities”)  who was VERY distraught by SPLIT. I am told that they are often bullied and ostracized because  SO MANY movies present them as murderers. When in truth, most people develop dissociative identity disorder to dissociate from extreme trauma. That is, they are mor likely to be the victims of horrible crimes than then perpetrators. 

    Anyway, I am sure SPLIT and GLASS are hot messes. But I had to skip the movie bitches laughing about it. It doesn’t seem fun to me. Also like, who do you think you are trying to do “multiple personality serial killer” better than PSYCHO. I say boo fuck you to M. Night Shamalayn. 

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    It's especially noticeable to those of us who are here most often. We see the pattern of people who either dust off or create an account just to complain about a guest, and more often than not, those guests tend to be women.

    I will admit to being 100% done with complaints about yelling since "Can't Stop the Music" dropped and everyone said Cameron Esposito was awful but Pete Holmes was fine. (Check out that thread. It was wild.)

    I have definitely heard Jason describe HDTGM as "people yelling about bad movies" so I don't really understand why people are shocked. I know sometimes the volume or levels or whatever on the live eps are off. This is why some people say they prefer the in studio episodes. But my only real "solution" to the problem is a) don't listen or b) adjust your volume.

    I agree with Cameron H that it's not really constructive. It's also not really a correction or omission which, in theory, is that the boards are for. (Except we go off topic all the time.) I do agree with the criticism that they didn't go into the plot of the movie , which they usually do. I'm still not really sure who the killer is. But it sounds like they were so confused that it was a special circumstance.

    ETA: Also, we all know Taylor Anne is here to burn the fucking place down, not to make friends.  

     

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