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Post by coldenhaulfield on Oct 30, 2018 19:19:32 GMT
No, they aren't--and I don't see too many people treating them with all the gravitas of a modern-day Greek mythos either. Me neither.
I stand by what I said, but I should have said it to you instead of around you. That was a mistake, but I do not care for this 'it's not real' trump card. It's not wrong, but I think it sucks the fun out of any debate. Unless someone's being abusive and they need the wake-up call, by all means shut them down, but I didn't think we were there yet.
Why bother discussing anything at all if 'it's not real' is the magnetic north every discussion leads to?
To rile up @weirdraptor so he flies off the handle. Innit?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 19:40:40 GMT
Me neither.
I stand by what I said, but I should have said it to you instead of around you. That was a mistake, but I do not care for this 'it's not real' trump card. It's not wrong, but I think it sucks the fun out of any debate. Unless someone's being abusive and they need the wake-up call, by all means shut them down, but I didn't think we were there yet.
Why bother discussing anything at all if 'it's not real' is the magnetic north every discussion leads to?
To rile up @weirdraptor so he flies off the handle. Innit? Cute.
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Post by Häns Haferflöcken on Oct 30, 2018 20:27:03 GMT
A factual theory? Are you sure it's not a theoretical fact? I am leaning more to it being a hypothetical certainty. Innit? yes.
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Post by amyghost on Oct 30, 2018 20:51:44 GMT
No, they aren't--and I don't see too many people treating them with all the gravitas of a modern-day Greek mythos either. Me neither.
I stand by what I said, but I should have said it to you instead of around you. That was a mistake, but I do not care for this 'it's not real' trump card. It's not wrong, but I think it sucks the fun out of any debate. Unless someone's being abusive and they need the wake-up call, by all means shut them down, but I didn't think we were there yet.
Why bother discussing anything at all if 'it's not real' is the magnetic north every discussion leads to?
I suspect you're taking a relatively innocuous observation a little too seriously.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 21:06:06 GMT
Me neither.
I stand by what I said, but I should have said it to you instead of around you. That was a mistake, but I do not care for this 'it's not real' trump card. It's not wrong, but I think it sucks the fun out of any debate. Unless someone's being abusive and they need the wake-up call, by all means shut them down, but I didn't think we were there yet.
Why bother discussing anything at all if 'it's not real' is the magnetic north every discussion leads to?
I suspect you're taking a relatively innocuous observation a little too seriously. Maybe you're right.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Dec 4, 2021 19:03:52 GMT
Honestly the title is comedy gold. I'm glad Summers8 is going mental. We haven't had this much gold since Stanton roamed free. Maybe it’s the same person but different personalities? You know what? I could see that. That would be such a perfect way for him to troll us. Him or Weirdraptor even.
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Post by Power Ranger on Dec 5, 2021 21:31:12 GMT
I agree with the OP. I think it was Joss Whedon who set the vapid tone. Jon Favreau’s IM films were good. The Avengers was spiffy but much of that was the attraction of seeing the characters together, which the comicbook industry had known for 60 years. I don’t condemn Whedon’s first film completely, but yeah, it is rather soulless and it doesn’t surprise me one bit from what I’ve seen of his work.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 6, 2021 13:12:09 GMT
X-Men 1 was a thought provoking movie that made you think deep,, Indeed. I thought long and hard about why it wasn't a better movie. And I was puzzled as the series went on and stayed just as terrible for most of its theatrical run, no matter how many soft reboots to try to fix the fuck ups, up to and including its crash and burn finale with Dark Phoenix. Do we count the unwatchable New Mutants, a movie so bad it was completely reshot and shelved for years? Some studios understand the material, others give you Fox-Men or the DCEU.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Dec 8, 2021 14:51:12 GMT
Both movies have their strengths and their weaknesses. They were each going for different tones, action, characterization, story, everything.
The one thing they truly have in common is they were meant to make money. Heck, even the original X-Men movie had an action figure line.
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Dec 13, 2021 19:02:48 GMT
I don't know why this thread was bumped but I would like to take this opportunity and laugh at the OP for using 'factual' and 'theory' in the same statement.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Dec 13, 2021 19:35:13 GMT
I don't know why this thread was bumped but I would like to take this opportunity and laugh at the OP for using 'factual' and 'theory' in the same statement. It's been pointed how stupid of a thread title. I actually miss Summers, as strange as it sounds. This place could use its class clown.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 13, 2021 20:02:51 GMT
I don't know why this thread was bumped but I would like to take this opportunity and laugh at the OP for using 'factual' and 'theory' in the same statement. It's been pointed how stupid of a thread title. I actually miss Summers, as strange as it sounds. This place could use its class clown. So what exactly happened to him and his cousin thenolan? Did they get banned or have a mental breakdown?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Dec 13, 2021 20:32:59 GMT
It's been pointed how stupid of a thread title. I actually miss Summers, as strange as it sounds. This place could use its class clown. So what exactly happened to him and his cousin thenolan? Did they get banned or have a mental breakdown? I have no idea. It's possible that he got banned. Maybe he forgot the password to his account?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jun 19, 2024 9:19:49 GMT
God I miss Summers8.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 19, 2024 12:22:00 GMT
I miss having new content to discuss on this board.
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jun 20, 2024 17:21:45 GMT
I have to admit that I am rather curious exactly what the opinions summers8 have been on Marvel Studios' output (and that of DC, Star Trek, Star Wars, and other relevant media of which he commented on) since he stopped posting in 2020.
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Post by blockbusted on Jul 11, 2024 3:44:08 GMT
I have to admit that I am rather curious exactly what the opinions summers8 have been on Marvel Studios' output (and that of DC, Star Trek, Star Wars, and other relevant media of which he commented on) since he stopped posting in 2020. Very ironically, despite their inconsistent quality as of late, they started to add more mature content into their films like a legit sex scene in ‘Eternals’, a gory death in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, an audible F-word in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’, and a legit R-rated film that is ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, all of which summers8 was keep trashing MCU for supposedly because they would never show up in MCU since it’s “kiddie”.
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