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  1. On 3/3/2024 at 10:58 AM, Billy Pilgrim said:


    Rarely literally laugh out loud when watching tv by myself but this one (the whole episode) does it for me.

    You somehow managed to pick one of the few bad scenes and awful episodes of parks and rec, lucky for you it gets much better soon

  2. 1 hour ago, Macklemore said:

    Glad I didn’t spend money on watching this movie in the theater or renting it before it was available for free on Apple TV. I’m a big fan of Joaquin Phoenix but I thought this was one of his worst performances. What was very disappointing to me that none of the brilliance Napoleon showed on the battle field and with respect to the reforms he instituted was conveyed in this film. Except for a short scene on his march returning from St Helena, where he convinced the troops confronting him to let him pass, nothing of his charisma and love his countrymen had for their emperor was shown.  Ridley Scott should have made a miniseries on Apple TV like they’re doing for Ben Franklin. Too much material to cover to do a man like Napoleon justice.

    Don't hire an Englishman to tell the story of Napoleon

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  3. 1 minute ago, ztejas said:

    I like how your first issue with that list was Anthony Davis being too high.

    I was gonna mention Wembanyama being too low but I figured I'd leave that to @Kermit

  4. On 3/1/2024 at 4:03 PM, shadow_operative said:

     

    Are we still pretending Anthony Davis is some franchise player when he misses 30 games a season?

  5. 3 hours ago, TexasHooch said:

    The original creators of it are, not pleased.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naked-gun-turns-35-leslie-nielsen-david-zucker-pat-proft-1235766023/

    Zucker: Pat, Mike and I wrote a script for Naked Gun 4, and we heard Jon Gonda at Paramount had read the script and laughed all the way through it. But somewhere along the line, they decided not to go with Pat and Mike and me. So that’s when they got Seth MacFarlane, and he has Akiva Schaffer directing Liam Neeson. I was never able to meet with Seth.

    Proft: I’m not happy — and there’s a story with it. But I’m not pleased. It may come out and may be great — and good for that — but I sure as fuck should be writing it. I should have done this one.

    Zucker: About four years ago, Pat and I had one meeting over at Paramount with the then-head of production there. It was a woman who complained about some joke that Pat and I wrote about a police officer having to adjust her Kevlar vest or have a breast reduction or something. It’s just a stupid, mild joke, but that was too much for them. So I can’t even imagine how they’re limiting whoever does Naked Gun 4, if they’re that frightened. We’re not involved, and we’ve repurposed what was going to be Naked Gun 4 — as we called it, Counterintelijence, spelled with one L and a J — and we’re going to go out with that one.

    Proft: We’ve been totally blocked out of it. The unfortunate part of it is that Paramount owns it, so they can do what they fucking want. So that’s it.

    Episode 2 Whatever GIF

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  6. 3 hours ago, someguy said:

    Some movies hit you over the head with an anvil.  Some use a scalpel.  Some movies like to preach at you and some like to ask questions and invite reflection and examination.  Most people are either plot driven, character driven, or vibe/setting driven.  I'm a character guy myself, but ultimately you like what you like.  No shame in that.

    Sure - Zone of Interest wasn't introducing a brand new concept.  But what I liked about the film is how it went about showing its point.  The sounds of Auschwitz were going on constantly - did you key in on them, or did you eventually find yourself adapting and tuning them out?  We know Nazis are evil - but that evil is presented in a different way.  The family is otherwise ordinary, but for the absolutely confounding fact that they seem totally unfazed by what is happening all around them.  Grandma only lasts a few days before having to bail, so we know that the awfulness of what is happening is perceptible to others.  So why are these people so immune?  Dad is consumed with advancing his career.  He wants recognition for his work, more titles, more respect, more worth.  Mom is invested in her kids and is willing to go to great lengths to ensure they have the best environment to live in, according to her eyes.  Wouldn't you agree that the pursuit of professional success, and the way parents get myopic and absorbed by what they perceive to be the best for their children, transcend Nazi Germany and would be in operation today?  If so, what are some things that your are absorbed in?  What is distracting you from the presence of evil around you?

    I get why this film might not be liked or leave someone feeling it is lacking in plot, but to reduce it "banality of evil, I get it" is to do a great disservice to what makes the film worthwhile.

    Forget about it someguy it's helobious

  7. 6 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

    Oh, I see. It's hilarious because you edited my post to make it look like I want to bang a dude.

    Dang, you really got me there!

    It's hilarious because you posted a stupid worn out trope that long ago ran its course that further runs this thread off the rails with everyone's "ooh ooh let me tell you who i wouldn't fuck lolol" I'd respect you if you bothered to actually number everyone but putting x's is just pointless.

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