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Re: [Anime] Thread S2E9: Crwth is Doing His Taxes in Another World?! part 2/3 SUB ENG
"Shut up and take my money."
eizoken author has a true grasp of the english language
eizoken author has a true grasp of the english language
Gundi
+6
Re: Maybe the [NFL] isn't so bad...
The only way I can reconcile Eli in the HOF is because it's called the Hall of FAME, not the hall of great players. Eli was never a great player, but he sure was famous.
They found room for every random dude who wore a Steelers uniform in the 70s, they can find room for Eli Manning
knitdan
+9
Re: She Blinded Me With [Science] Thread
AI is poorly defined in the common lexicon so it gets thrown around at stupid bullshit a lot
BahamutZERO
+6
Re: [Hiberno-Britannic Politics] Brexit A Total Success! Huzzah!
us trade is irrelevant to uk. we just dont trade much with the us. thats not where the cracks would show
desperation would lead to deals with the eu
desperation would lead to deals with the eu
Re: The [NHL] Thread - Pucks for Thin Mints
Carolina's up 5-3 now early in the third. Credit to them, they're really giving their all in front of the guy, shots right now are 43-19 Canes.
edit: The Toronto crowd is kind of adorably conflicted. They really need this game but they can't help cheering the emergency goalie every time he touches the puck.
more edit: 6-3!!
edit: The Toronto crowd is kind of adorably conflicted. They really need this game but they can't help cheering the emergency goalie every time he touches the puck.
more edit: 6-3!!
shalmelo
+5
Re: [Hiberno-Britannic Politics] Brexit A Total Success! Huzzah!
this is not the sensible decision... its the cynical position that maximises domestic advantage <-- this is good heuristic
Re: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, [Movie]
Phillishere wrote: »Phillishere wrote: »nexuscrawler wrote: »Unless its a truly fundamental part of a movies storytelling voiceovers are usually bad.
Its definitely a thing where when I like it I really like it, but when its bad its fucking awful.
They can be done well or poorly, like anything else, but a handful of "How to Write a Screenplay" books declared them universally horrible, and it has been received wisdom ever since.
Yeah I hate when things trend like that in either direction. Like I get it a voiceover can be super lame and is usually used pretty terribly by bad writers, but like so are literally any other writing technique out there. Like in media res stuff can also be awful, but when done well it really helps jumpstart a story and give the viewer engagement.
It's all about the way you use it and not a weakness of the style.
Ron Howard's voice-overs in Arrested Development are a touch genius. Raising Arizona is a different movie without Nic Cage's monologue voice overs. That's just off the top of my head.
The voiceover in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is fantastic. It can definitely be used well.
But often it comes across as the narrative equivalent of having a character say "I am sad" to communicate that they're sad. There are too many examples of brilliant world building and brilliant acting to excuse the use of voiceover in the vast majority of situations. Even most of the cases where it's not actively objectionable, it's merely fine.
ElJeffe
+7