Hilariously ironic statement since they have relied on free labor to literally “run it” for the site’s entire existence, while profiting billions from them.

I was just going to recommend Omkara! So So good!!!

It is not “a movie about the staggering growth of child sex trafficking across the globe.” It’s a movie about a man trying to rescue two specific kids in a specific part of the globe. It’s not a perfect analogy, but it would be like saying that Taken is “about” sex slavery across the entire world.

Based on “facts”

“a note that the issue of how to integrate Batman into this movie was apparently a problem.”

The THR article addresses this.

It seems like there are at least four different definitions of confusing in regards to movies.

I’m NOT a Musk defender

Distinction between “confusing” and “complex” or “ambiguous” please.

Whilst this would be a normal analysis for shows of that era, not for B5. The show’s pilot was a surprise success when it was released on Laserdisc (not long after it aired), so for the show itself they decided to film and protect for widescreen, on the understanding that that format would be coming down the pipe for…

But I’m not the one complaining about not wanting to watch television shows that have been available for years, so...

Like, what’s the reason to watch an Ahsoka series as a standalone now? FOMO? Why does anyone who’s not reviewing it for a living care if they can catch up before it starts airing? Why does someone who dgaf about cartoons want to watch a show where the entire premise is “here are the cartoon characters”?

Is that not more or less implicit? The key can’t be duplicated, and any fake half can’t be authenticated without the real half. There’s obviously essential code in the true key, while the physical item itself is just some proprietary USB dongle. I’m not saying that it’s not silly or unrealistic, but I don’t think the…

Oppenheimer wasn’t under Equity rules/contracts. It was SAG-AFTRA. So the actors followed the promotional rules (also, the studio knew which is why them moved up the time table on promotion.)

The problem with Spider-Verse is that it genuinely felt like half a movie: buildup buildup buildup, stakes finally get established, characters take sides, and then... end.

I feel like there’s a profound difference between a cliffhanger where the primary plot doesn’t resolve, and an ending that teases more possible plots in the same setting.

There are a bunch of these that I don’t think count. They mention ‘The Dark Knight’, but that story comes to a conclusion: the Joker is caught, Harvey’s dead, and his legacy is protected by Batman taking the fall for his crimes. It suggests future stories to come, but the one it is telling has ended. If there had…

I agree. One of the ways to define when a story is finished is when the characters/world have reached a new status quo, i.e. The story begins when the original status quo is either breaking or about to break, and it ends when there’s a new steady state. Stories are about change, so the story ends when things are…

Oh man, if they like that, have a movie night and watch Primer. Map that one out and you basically win the whole game, forever.

Instead of being frustrated by being confused, I was intrigued. I wanted to watch it again almost immediately.