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Post by coldenhaulfield on May 7, 2018 0:58:56 GMT
So basically you've never heard of critical thinking. I comprehend critical thinking. Why would I argue with a tv show over ots plot? The writers would make more sense but i dont usually have access to them, just message boards with other fans I can discuss stuff, but that is with the fans there. Debate is great. The stuff of this thread? Not really Where is the point in tearing apart a post on a bulletin board when the original poster isnt here to argue his point? I'll argue points from critic reviews, etc, but Norm booted up a thread last posted on on June 18, 2017. Why? To laugh at the opinion of a poster no longer here? Doing a homework assignment & he saw a connection to sonething he loved? I saw Thor around a dozen times in the theater. I knew each time watching it I was going to buy another ticket by the scene on the roof where Thor is talling about Yggdrasil. I found it a wonderful tale of redemption. In trying to establish himself as an adult in his own right, Thor forgot about all he had been taught by his father about being a good king as well as a good man. The movie is his realization his father was right & not just a foolish old man out of touch with the modern world. Stanton was applying that concept. I have read too many anime articles in my time but I remember one that touched upon repetition. They have the chant to become Shazam or the Sailor Moon transformation because children love familiarity. They see that part coming up & it is familiar. They anticipate tje segment, maybe chant the words. When we tried to help myb30-something schizophrenic brother-in-law the doctor warned our effort should be applauded, but would likely fail as the problem was most mentally ill like comfortable-familiarity. They don't like the psych meds because theu arent used to them. They often self-medicated as teens so they trash the psych meds & return to the street drugs that arent actually helping. Its also why its so hard to end addictions. Most people get into a groove & unless change is forced on them (move to another place) or they get sick of it (putting a bucket out to catch the rain from the hole in the roof), they stay put. So what Stanton was refing was that familiarity. We know IM. Then we meet Widow, etc. It was the familiarity of Coulson in the movies. I always thought it would have made more sense to do the LAST 3 movies Lucas had planned next while his actors were still the right age than pop over to the prequels. And I would have LOVED a Solo movie. Never cared much for Luke. Whatever. But Norm booted it back. Because you wanted to laugh at Stanton? Feel superior to him? |
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Post by Salzmank on May 7, 2018 1:43:35 GMT
Just noticed something: for a guy whose username and avatar were from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, our ol’ Archie didn’t really talk about anything even remotely connected to that, did he? Just the MCU, unless I’m mistaken. Not important, but kinda funny, I think.
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on May 7, 2018 4:18:41 GMT
Just noticed something: for a guy whose username and avatar were from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, our ol’ Archie didn’t really talk about anything even remotely connected to that, did he? Just the MCU, unless I’m mistaken. Not important, but kinda funny, I think. I know! I even tried to discuss that movie with him, suggesting that Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West was its spiritual successor and Archie had no interest! I'm not sure why he didn't make an MCU themed avatar like IrIrIrIron Man or ThanThanThanThanos. |
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Post by merh on May 7, 2018 6:33:05 GMT
I comprehend critical thinking. Why would I argue with a tv show over ots plot? The writers would make more sense but i dont usually have access to them, just message boards with other fans I can discuss stuff, but that is with the fans there. Debate is great. The stuff of this thread? Not really Where is the point in tearing apart a post on a bulletin board when the original poster isnt here to argue his point? I'll argue points from critic reviews, etc, but Norm booted up a thread last posted on on June 18, 2017. Why? To laugh at the opinion of a poster no longer here? Doing a homework assignment & he saw a connection to sonething he loved? I saw Thor around a dozen times in the theater. I knew each time watching it I was going to buy another ticket by the scene on the roof where Thor is talling about Yggdrasil. I found it a wonderful tale of redemption. In trying to establish himself as an adult in his own right, Thor forgot about all he had been taught by his father about being a good king as well as a good man. The movie is his realization his father was right & not just a foolish old man out of touch with the modern world. Stanton was applying that concept. I have read too many anime articles in my time but I remember one that touched upon repetition. They have the chant to become Shazam or the Sailor Moon transformation because children love familiarity. They see that part coming up & it is familiar. They anticipate tje segment, maybe chant the words. When we tried to help myb30-something schizophrenic brother-in-law the doctor warned our effort should be applauded, but would likely fail as the problem was most mentally ill like comfortable-familiarity. They don't like the psych meds because theu arent used to them. They often self-medicated as teens so they trash the psych meds & return to the street drugs that arent actually helping. Its also why its so hard to end addictions. Most people get into a groove & unless change is forced on them (move to another place) or they get sick of it (putting a bucket out to catch the rain from the hole in the roof), they stay put. So what Stanton was refing was that familiarity. We know IM. Then we meet Widow, etc. It was the familiarity of Coulson in the movies. I always thought it would have made more sense to do the LAST 3 movies Lucas had planned next while his actors were still the right age than pop over to the prequels. And I would have LOVED a Solo movie. Never cared much for Luke. Whatever. But Norm booted it back. Because you wanted to laugh at Stanton? Feel superior to him? |
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jul 23, 2018 19:26:57 GMT
Alright this time I decided to pick a Stanton thread for this week.
Enjoy this beautiful thread!
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jul 23, 2018 23:47:46 GMT
You know what? I miss arfy I dont know wat he didklk butr if he was herew id suck his dick like bobevans in a chocolate factory
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Jul 24, 2018 0:02:33 GMT
You know what? I miss arfy I dont know wat he didklk butr if he was herew id suck his dick like bobevans in a chocolate factory  |
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Jul 24, 2018 1:19:22 GMT
A CLASSIC Archie Stimpson thread!
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Jul 24, 2018 1:21:56 GMT
You know what? I miss arfy I dont know wat he didklk butr if he was herew id suck his dick like bobevans in a chocolate factory I wonder... As mod do you have any power to suggestion his unbanning? 🤔 His attack on a religious poster always seemed like a fluke to me. He was rarely malicious on this board. |
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jul 24, 2018 13:48:26 GMT
You know what? I miss arfy I dont know wat he didklk butr if he was herew id suck his dick like bobevans in a chocolate factory I wonder... As mod do you have any power to suggestion his unbanning? 🤔 His attack on a religious poster always seemed like a fluke to me. He was rarely malicious on this board. Probably not, honestly. I want him back tho. Maybe if we all vote on it. Still I think Stanton may have washed his hands of this site and others like it since he didn't join the other one he was invited to. |
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Post by Spooky Ghost Ackbar on Jul 24, 2018 22:09:45 GMT
I wonder... As mod do you have any power to suggestion his unbanning? 🤔 His attack on a religious poster always seemed like a fluke to me. He was rarely malicious on this board. Probably not, honestly. I want him back tho. Maybe if we all vote on it. Still I think Stanton may have washed his hands of this site and others like it since he didn't join the other one he was invited to. I just want to argue about Thor The Dark World with him one last time! 😓 |
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Post by Salzmank on Jul 25, 2018 13:08:51 GMT
A CLASSIC Archie Stimpson thread! And a WONDERFUL classic Archie Stimpson thread at that! Trying to convince that guy of anything ought to be a Nobel Prize-winning endeavor. But this one’s a hoot. You know what? I miss arfy I dont know wat he didklk butr if he was herew id suck his dick like bobevans in a chocolate factory I wonder... As mod do you have any power to suggestion his unbanning? 🤔 His attack on a religious poster always seemed like a fluke to me. He was rarely malicious on this board. I miss ArArArchStanton too… Sigh. |
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Post by Salzmank on Jul 25, 2018 13:14:51 GMT
One more odd thing: we’ve been discussing Dracula ‘31 on the classics board, and I referenced this thread on a different forum. And there’s a member there who goes by the name of ARCH STANTON! OK, OK, it’s not our boy Archie (though, as I noted once here, our Archie never once talked about The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), but I had to do a double take when I saw that! |
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Post by James Bond on Jul 25, 2018 17:56:02 GMT
I feel I've missed out on so much.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jul 26, 2018 18:26:49 GMT
If ArchsraJHWLASTNVB were still here, and I suspect that he IS, then I would say this to him for starting this thread...
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Post by Lord Ackbar on Jul 27, 2018 22:05:39 GMT
Thor The Dark Thor is undoubtedly one of cinema’s greatest triumphs
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Post by Waxer-n-boil on Aug 5, 2018 22:05:41 GMT
I was a moment from writing an epic poem outlining the history of cinema and touching on profound masterworks like Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor or Kubrick's 2001, and then I realized this boils down to two points.
1 - What the MCU thrives on is equal parts satisfaction and the age old concept of anticipation breeds desire. Now that might not sound like much of a revelation, but consider every film that comes out, we're simultaneously excited to be watching it, while also desperately longing for the eventual return of the other characters who aren't in this one. And it's that longing that adds to every film without Marvel having to do any teasing at all. A tasteful analogy would be like banging an entire cheerleading team and constantly saying "yes the blonde again! yes the brunette again! yes the latina again!" every time you rotated. When we were watching Dr. Strange, every last one of us was imagining how the first encounter with the main Avengers would go down, and the same with Ant Man. With Panther and Spidey it was reversed. We got their first interactions with the team, but then just below the surface every last one of us was wondering how great it was going to be to see them on their own, and it was that anticipation by itself that added to Civil War. 2 - But here's where the MCU fire burns brightest. And I mean literally here. Right here with the advent of the internet, we can also stoke that fire brighter than they ever could in, let's say the 70's. How great would it have been to see a Han solo movie (see what I did there), while the original Star Wars trilogy was going on. Or any of the other anthology films we're about to get. The internet itself is largely why those things can exist now, because the fan base has a way to grow and connect, and why they did not exist then. The MCU is a product unique to this generation specifically because of that, and because of it, it is the franchise that will always be known for ushering in the next evolution of cinema. Not Lord of the Rings, not the Matrix, but the MCU will be the franchise that will stand out for being the driving force in what the potential for cinema can really be. Marvel the pinnacle of cinema!?! No! Just no! The pinnacle of superhero movies will always be the Nolan Batman movies. They are the closest thing to a comic book graphic novel on film. Marvel? Now that I got over laughing about your initial statement, they are mediocre at best but often shallow popcorn-munching cinematic junk food. I will give Marvel credit for a few things. They started off their modern era with a sure thing: the most popular Marvel character, the Toby Mac Spider-Man trilogy. And it had low points but they didn't totally screw it up. And they pulled off one of the best character choices in the genre by casting Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man. One other thing I will give them credit for is the unfolding and interconnection of the universe. They have done a good job with that. Once you get beyond those things it's mostly subpar Marvel ilk despite the visuals. And some of those had bad CGI moments. |
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Aug 29, 2021 19:20:07 GMT
This is such a underappreciated response! |
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Post by politicidal on Aug 29, 2021 19:21:23 GMT
This is such a underappreciated response! Hell, I forgot I even posted it. |
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