lmao funnybook nerds
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
zooming out to get mad at capitalism is when the goalposts moved
Moore walked from DC over matters including the violation of contractual rights and threatened violation of IP rights on Watchmen in 1987. those goalposts have been in place longer than this thread revive.
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
That Moore sure sounds like a nerd to me.
― I cop this squat in the name of slack (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
idk guys I take it as a given that art produced under capitalism is inherently exploitative at some point (or more likely dozens) of the production line, idk why I should shed tears for Moore and Gibbons in particular, I'm sure they're doing fine
but anyway I'm sure everyone itt boycotts all the marvel movies and didn't shell out for the first Watchmen movie
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
i don't watch any of the marvel movies and regret having watched the watchmen movie, how's that?
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
Marvel garbage is easily avoidable and yeah I didn't pay to see anything in between the first X-Men movie and the most recent Thor movie (which, as sic notes, was after the settlement)
if you think I shelled out for the first Watchmen movie, I refer you to the ilx thread where I actively told people not to go see it and you championed it, so speak for dumbass self
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― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
I mean I was about 20, I probably championed a lot of dumb shit
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
not like now, of course
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
idk why I should shed tears for Moore and Gibbons in particularit's not a zero-sum game: I can have objections to the treatment of Moore and Gibbons AND Kirby and Ditko and Veitch and Mario and Beto and Xaime and Templeton and Gerber, and make consumer decisions accordinglybut anyway I'm sure everyone itt boycotts all the marvel movies and didn't shell out for the first Watchmen movie"everyone"
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
"ethical consumption" is a farce
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
I've paid or Moviepassed for 76 cinema presentations this year, and none of them were Marvel productions (I did see New Line's Blade for the first time, rescored by touring industrial / techno artist Kilbourne, though)
I bought comics from over 40 different publishers last year: only two of them (1 one-shot, 1 mini) were from a publisher large enough to have an accounting department (the same one in both cases).
Some of our spending in modern society goes towards entities and principles that we don't actively support. Some of it we are able to exert control over, and art is the area where this is easiest to do.
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
acknowledging that there are degrees of ethical consumption is not farcical, esp when we're talking about non-essential things like art (as opposed to, say, food, clothing, means of production, etc.) It isn't very hard to find art directly from the people that created it and compensate them appropriately, it's really easy. Conversely, it is really easy to avoid consuming shit from a shit factory.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
you can acknowledge it all you want but (with the exception of sending independent/local artists yr money directly) none of your choices make any difference at all to anybody but you
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
1) that's a p big exception there, 2) welcome to ethical behavior
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link
not that big an exception, most people never do it
glad to see an admission that the point of ethical consumption is purely ego stroking and not actually changing anything
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
this is totally untrue
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
we create change instead by arguing on the internet
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
as far as "purely ego stroking and not actually changing anything" idk what to tell you dude. Read Kant?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
probably more effective than not buying an HBO subscription tbh
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
unless of course you give the money you saved to some socialists or something
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
SO ANYWAY
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-cast-of-hbos-watchmen-has-been-revealed-and-the-fan-1826269382
Variety reports Regina King will play the lead character in the series, and she’ll be joined by Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, and Andrew Howard. Deadline adds that “King is believed to be playing Angela Abraham, while Gossett Jr. likely is Old Man. Howard is said to be playing Red Scare, Clemens could be Pirate Jenny,” but none of that is confirmed.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
Don Johnson IS...Miami Rorschach
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
Maybe it's a bunch of superheroes playing the Watchmen for a costume party.
HELL YES to Regina King.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
FTR, I don't deny that I give Marvel/Disney hella $$$ (and, while recognizing at least some of the ethical dilemmas of doing so, opt to draw my ideological red lines elsewhere) but then also I don't champion the downfall of capitalism.
― I cop this squat in the name of slack (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
"no ethical consumption under capitalism" is loony left speak for "i like to eat at mcdonalds"
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
hey at least he's not stroking his ego while not actually changing anything
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
and ethical consumption is useless lib speak for "my consumer choices matter" are we done now
(FPing myself for posting way too much itt)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 23 May 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
too bad this list isn't legitimate https://www.imdb.com/list/ls027731450/ I would be excited by more carrie coon.
― akm, Thursday, 24 May 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Wednesday, May 23, 2018 4:58 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
As it generally comes from hyper privileged first world marxists and it is frequently allied with making clearly unethical and deliberate consumer choices it's the equivalent of a dude saying "ethical relationships between the genders is impossible under patriarchy" while leering at a woman
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 24 May 2018 00:27 (six years ago) link
Also capitalism will exist for the rest of our lives
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 24 May 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
Ok.
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
Your incredulity is touching.
― I cop this squat in the name of slack (Old Lunch), Thursday, 24 May 2018 10:30 (six years ago) link
No I mean he's right, I just don't see how it changes anything.
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:01 (six years ago) link
anyway good talk everyone
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:05 (six years ago) link
I'm struggling to reconcile the apparent enthusiasm for 'the leftovers' on here with the following plot points gleaned from wikipedia:
Kevin is plunged into the realm of the undead; a hotel full of people stuck between life and death. In this world Kevin is an international assassin
he is told by a familiar face that he must sing karaoke to get back home
The vessel is hosting a "pride" of people that celebrate the linage of "Frasier, the Sensuous Lion", through mass copulation
Patti and President Kevin watch the nuclear apocalypse as Kevin returns to the world of the living, where the rain has stopped.
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:22 (six years ago) link
Hey uh maybe don't post shitloads of spoilers for no good reason
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
Super great and honest form of critique thoIf you want to know why people like the show maybe try watching it
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
life, short. sorry for spoilers tho.
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:45 (six years ago) link
Does give me an excuse to post this thohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Country_Safari#Frasier_the_Sensuous_Lion
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
All joking and teasing ITT aside, spoiling any TV show is unconscionable and you should be ashamed of youself, ledge.
― I cop this squat in the name of slack (Old Lunch), Thursday, 24 May 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link
I'll make my peace with those whose enjoyment I've spoiled in heaven.
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 24 May 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
Am willing to accept Leftovers is good without watching it, but Lindelof has been involved in a lot of things, and only one of them was good, so perhaps with that track record it's reasonable to expect Watchmen to be shit, especially given the screwing-over of the creators and the staleness of going back to this stroy AGAIN when it requires no expansion.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
just cause Lost had a bad final season doesn't mean it wasn't an all-time great show
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:29 (six years ago) link
no, there are other reasons
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
I think it's reasonable to expect this will be good since Leftovers was the last thing he did, for the same company, probably with some of the same writers (and at least one shared principal actor). no idea why the creators getting screwed over makes it less likely to be good, and it seems like the story is going to be significantly different, if not unrecognizable
― Simon H., Thursday, 24 May 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
Watch Men will be like Mad Men except about watches instead of madness or whatever that show was about.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 May 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 25 May 2018 03:20 (six years ago) link
The integrity of Lost depended pretty much entirely upon the satisfactory resolution of its intricate latticework of mysteries. That it had a shitty final season was almost incidental to the fact that the entire thing turned out to be a shaggy dog con job. Like who gives a fuck about a Miss Marple if Christie decides on the last page that some incidental schmuck introduced on the page before was the killer all along and also everyone is in heaven for some reason.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Friday, 25 May 2018 03:26 (six years ago) link
The integrity of Lost depended pretty much entirely upon the satisfactory resolution of its intricate latticework of mysteries.
Lost was an ensemble drama and its "integrity" depended upon the characters, their relationships, and their struggle to survive. For five years, the show managed to ground the intrigue with emotional stakes, but as it approached the end, the intrigue overwhelmed the stakes and the character beats didn't land as hard.
I don't quite understand how that final season invalidates the thrill ride of the first five years. i guess it's a basic philosophical question of tv criticism. is the destination more important than the journey? i would say no.
anyway, the leftovers managed to avoid the issue by stating outright that none of the mysteries would ever be solved.
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 May 2018 03:49 (six years ago) link