the recent extended cut of tree of life—which is an astonishing improvement over an already pretty great film, and which, retroactively, actually clarifies and improves his following films—sort of demonstrates that maybe the guy just needs to really take his time between projects. malick, at his worst, is never…

won’t be long before Jost is yesterday’s news

“that’s old news”

on the other hand, conversations on the internet tend to devolve into idealistic, absolutist echo chambers that only glancingly reflect the complexity of real life.

i see this as a win-win. i’m betting anyone who requests silence is more likely to reward the driver who maintains it, than the driver who breaks it.

i’m guessing the sales forecast was rather grim, so they only saw an upside in the positive response this would engender.

“....who, despite all appearances to the contrary, I cannot stress enough—is only 36 years old.” convulsing with laughter! i need to take my meds...

steam has gone far out of its way to empower consumers-it is, in many ways, a consumer-led, rather thanpublisher-led, platform. while this means that it’s something of a chaotic mess at times, it’s much more appealing tha  epic’s “shut up and follow us” approach.

I don’t think a pro league needs to be only composed of top-ranked players-the league should be seen as an opportunity to advance, a recognition of potential, and an investment in a player’s future, rather than a reward for having already achieved top scores. take any pro sports league for example... not every player…

war tends to spur technological leaps

i mostly agree here, but when it comes to prophecy i think martin is more interested in how prophecy can manipulate a person’s emotions-there’s no way he follows through on rewarding the prohecies themselves. i don’t think martin has a weakness for magical thinking.

it would make no sense for devito to be pikachu here. no sense at all. 

and yet...the film is actually still kind of bad? 

i wouldn’t say the film is good. the narrative feels messy and illogical in parts, moreso than anyone should expect from a hollywood film. the film’s saving grace are the pokemon and the live action actors. the film feels like a proof of concept than a film, and the ending especially was bad, as it is openly aping the…

those sunken beady eyes register themselves as sex offenders

this sounds very messy. totally against his involvement with underaged women, but the adults exchanging nudes with him are equally culpable of being sleazy here.

i believe the point is that he actually does look like a creep

as a gamer but not someone who follows athletes or wwe i had no idea about this, and i wonder if this is the case with many people who picked up mk11?