You mean the Snyder version ? The one who starts with an absolute disdain for collateral damage and ends against an enemy whose main weapons are explosive bowls of pee ?

Yes, this “to its most absurd implications” is not a universal argument, it depends on the matter and how much in good faith the rest would follow from it. And yes, pure logic is dangerous, and actually plays an important role in extremist radicalization. The inherent logic of conspiracy theories, of “what if god is…

Because her persona seems all about stating her opinions and not caring about what anyone would think of it. So, being super opinionated about “races” and not letting anything slip ever, while being completely -and militantly- without filter about any other matter, seems psychologically unlikely to me.

As much as I’m suspicious of classic film remakes, I tend to welcome new and different adaptations of books. It’s not the same thing. Any film adaptation deviates from the novel, and I prefer deviations to be multiplied than having one movie representing the book.

No, I meant that you could push your argument to the absurd and claim that a good storyteller makes a film that can be appreciated the same way in whatever condition. Maybe it’s a wonky translation of the french expression “pousser un argument à l’absurde”, but the intent is to criticize your argument (good cinema…

I even checked the hilarious chat feed on her phone, during her introduction scene. You’d expect some hints there. There’s just one vaguely ominous “stormfront will free america” at the very end, but I didn’t spot particularly telling usernames. It’s odd that a super-racist online celebrity wouldn’t have more creepy…

I’m still naively baffled by the whole white/black thing in general. This strong racialist belief in the USA. Both “black” people and “white” people seemingly believing that this color dichotomy is an objective thing, more than a cultural construct. And the “one drop rule” being endorsed by everyone (in the same…

I’m standing too far from the screen and have misread click.

I quite strongly disagree with that. You can push it to the absurd and claiming that Leone is a bad storyteller if his film is underwhelming when watched on your phone. Or that a painter is overrated if you need a museum to appreciate his work. Movies (hm, were?) are often designed with a specific display in mind. TV…

I’ve just noticed that there’s a new CineFix video. And it happens to be a bit about that :

Well, only one of those can get you elected to the White House.

That’s precisely what I wonder about. I’d be surprised if hats were, by themselves, such a serious matter. There must have been other stakes, with these hats (or the accepted behaviors around these hats) being merely their visible symbols.

As much as enjoy the idea of murderous riots triggered by wodehousian conflicts on headgear appropriateness, I do suspect underlying motives, tensions and antagonisms that a hat would merely crystallize. There’s something unclear, here, about this story and the background that rendered it possible.

In-universe, I assume a typical genre blindness or replacement. Like, in other movies, people having never heard of (romero) zombies, or being astonished to find out that draluca was the anagram of dracula all along.

The effects on google search results will be interesting.

I’ve watched two episodes of Russel T. Davies’ “Years and years”, and it’s delightful so far. Of course it completely misses the coronavirus that will shape our future, and also it strangely threatens the UK with the rise of Emma Thompson’s trump-like populist candidate at a time where Trump’s mini-me Boris Johnson…

This mix of fun open cynicism and homicidal racism leaves me a bit perplexed actually. Partly because feminist deconstructions and ethnicism/racialism don’t go together very well (I know that all mixes of positions exist even though they most often come in predictable packages, and blind spots can be unpredictable, but…

There’s humour in the books ? The summaries I’ve seen gave me the same vibes as Terry Finch’s The Reprisalizer.

Also every sentence he utters is a threat. I wouldn’t want to be Disneyworld right now.

Ok, I have to ask this question, to comic book fans in general and their grandmaster Laserface in particular. Because it’s a thing that nags me, and would prevent me from playing this game.