xp there is maybe a good point in there somewhere, but 0/10 on the execution. it is making people furious on twitter and maybe that was the point.
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
Needs more John Ford tbh
― Bait Kush (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
A+ trolling effort by whoever put that "aggressively bland" infographic together.
A recent movie that struck me as firmly belonging in this thread is The Northman.
― beard papa, Wednesday, 20 July 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
I shouldn't bother but
1. The Eastwood characters in the spaghetti westerns are not trying to "bring order to communities," they are trying to enrich themselves personally
2. Those characters with "well-paying office jobs" are not "upper class"
― Josefa, Wednesday, 20 July 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
‘Aggressively bland” immediately refuted by pic of Rowdy Roddy Piper in shades. Try better.
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link
If not already mentioned, Dustin Hoffman's character in Straw Dogs
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 July 2022 23:17 (one year ago) link
otm, the house is the villain
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 July 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
If we're doing TV shows, I always thought Philip & Elizabeth in The Americans were the bad guys and spent six seasons waiting for them to get their comeuppance.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 21 July 2022 07:50 (one year ago) link
― beard papa, Wednesday, July 20, 2022 6:16 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol what? this movie went out of its way to make it REALLY obvious that the main character's motives were overly simplistic and did not map to reality
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 22 July 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link