I watch Stop Making Sense approximately once a month, more if my wife falls asleep early and can't make fun of me for watching Stop Making Sense too much
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
I assumed John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch was the sequel
The conversation about the tone of the show in Sack Lunch Bunch is one of my favorite things.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
A fun one I learned yesterday while looking at john Martin paintings (I really oughta make a post in the Art thread but its buried).
Huh, that picture of Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council looks awfully like a certain nerd Emperor.
Anyway, more movies should use John Martin's paintings as inspiration. I was trying to think of some and while CGI blockbuster storms and disasters are somewhat popular, they're rarely shot in the same way that John painted. However, the dust storm in Mad Max Fury Road comes very close.
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If we don't first meet Darkseid while he's sitting in a chair in someone's home, the whole thing will be a waste.
Personally I think Thanos was too much of like a dude, like he's some fuckin rasin Stone Simpson Cold Homer dude who happens to be like a fuckin strong asshole, I think there is room open for some sort of utterly unrelatable alien avatar of fascism Darkseid
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Personally I think Thanos was too much of like a dude, like he's some fuckin rasin Stone Simpson Cold Homer dude who happens to be like a fuckin strong asshole, I think there is room open for some sort of utterly unrelatable alien avatar of fascism Darkseid
Agree, no relatable motivation (too many people seemed to go "I don't agree with murdering half the universe, but I understand). Just pure, evil domination purely for the purpose of subjugating others. No shade of grey, just alien horror who demands worship.
but he regularly fights people because he is actually outrageously strong and can back up the talk
In Kirby's original stories, Darkseid never throws a punch. The only time he ever personally hurts anyone is when he uses the Omega Effect. Whenever people challenge him to a fight, he either finds a way to make them go away, or he takes off.
Personally I think Thanos was too much of like a dude, like he's some fuckin rasin Stone Simpson Cold Homer dude who happens to be like a fuckin strong asshole, I think there is room open for some sort of utterly unrelatable alien avatar of fascism Darkseid
Agree, no relatable motivation (too many people seemed to go "I don't agree with murdering half the universe, but I understand). Just pure, evil domination purely for the purpose of subjugating others. No shade of grey, just alien horror who demands worship.
Yeah, if done correctly, Darkseid could be pretty easily distinguished from MCU Thanos as a match for godlike-ideal-style DC heroes. Marvel spent a lot of time on the ground with their heroes polishing the half-sincere/half-sarcastic tone of the universe, and their villains reflected that (the good ones anyway). DC shouldn't try to imitate that; over-the-top existential-evil Darkseid could work in their universe, while in the MCU he'd be like... Malekith.
That said, do I trust Zak Snyder to be able to create the required tone/universe to support a character like that? Hell no.
I guess you don't want to get bogged down, but I thought it was really weird the Japanese girl in The Farewell was such a non-character. She was putting up with a huge hassle and we didn't even get one honest line of dialogue from her.
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well that's what David Byrne and Spike Lee are providing for you this October
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Anyway, more movies should use John Martin's paintings as inspiration. I was trying to think of some and while CGI blockbuster storms and disasters are somewhat popular, they're rarely shot in the same way that John painted. However, the dust storm in Mad Max Fury Road comes very close.
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but he regularly fights people because he is actually outrageously strong and can back up the talk
Which is a shame, because as evidenced above, he has historically had way cooler dialogue
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Agree, no relatable motivation (too many people seemed to go "I don't agree with murdering half the universe, but I understand). Just pure, evil domination purely for the purpose of subjugating others. No shade of grey, just alien horror who demands worship.
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In Kirby's original stories, Darkseid never throws a punch. The only time he ever personally hurts anyone is when he uses the Omega Effect. Whenever people challenge him to a fight, he either finds a way to make them go away, or he takes off.
Yeah, if done correctly, Darkseid could be pretty easily distinguished from MCU Thanos as a match for godlike-ideal-style DC heroes. Marvel spent a lot of time on the ground with their heroes polishing the half-sincere/half-sarcastic tone of the universe, and their villains reflected that (the good ones anyway). DC shouldn't try to imitate that; over-the-top existential-evil Darkseid could work in their universe, while in the MCU he'd be like... Malekith.
That said, do I trust Zak Snyder to be able to create the required tone/universe to support a character like that? Hell no.
Artists keep giving him a jutting jaw. I recall Kirby designed his head-cover-thingy specifically to remove it, and make him look monumental.
Edit: Also, this was what the Italian Fascist Headquarters looked like:
Tony Jay and Michael Bell being catty to one another is a fucking artform unto itself
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