I've never watched an episode of Buffy.
I've never watched an episode of Buffy.
Overrated is a really overrated term.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Everything he's done that I am aware of.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Totally.Quoting number8 (view post)
Joss Whedon is a shitty writer and a shitty feminist.
Anyway, while we're talking about beloved self-identified male feminists being creeps with women, the Louis CK thing has popped back in the news again, this time courtesy of Tig Notaro.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/tig-not...conduct-rumors
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
I can't blame anyone not getting past the short season 1 (although I don't find it too bad; has some creaky charms); I myself started the series because I wanted to read along with Noel Murray's AV Club reviews. But, without hyperbole (at least from my opinion), "The Body" will probably remain one of the top 5 TV episodes I have ever watched.Quoting Skitch (view post)
I don't do it consciously, but I'm glad I've chosen such that this word doesn't come up often among film people I've followed on twitter or message boards I've been.Quoting number8 (view post)
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Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
That's what I thought.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
I swear I don't do this based on your (admirably) vocal stance on the political thread, but the first thing that pops into my mind is that this is so vague it could have been a (certain politician name)-ish answer.Quoting D_Davis (view post)
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
Peng, okay, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, Peng, but Joss Whedon is a lightweight, okay? (sniffs) And I have people in Los Angeles who are telling me the worst things about him, the worst, you've never heard anything like it, it's unbelievable.Quoting Peng (view post)
He's very bad. Tremendously bad. Very, very bad.Quoting Peng (view post)
He has a history of this (see quote in sig)- Most of his opinionated hyperbole posts are for shock value and nothing more. No merit. No evidence. Notta.Quoting Peng (view post)
Which is a shame, because I'd love to know more and discuss it. But good luck getting anything.
It really isn't, because every corner of the internet is filled with hype, and we get it from both ends -- from the fanboys at the bottom and the corporations at the top. I don't understand how someone can express disdain for somebody else having a negative reaction to that.Quoting number8 (view post)
I've heard about this for awhile -- but holy shit, Jen Kirkman is probably the least credible source for anything that anyone could possibly imagine.Quoting number8 (view post)
Yep, "overrated" is a perfectly valid term. I've never understood why anyone would find any fault with it. It's a simple shorthand for "I like this less than the general consensus". I get that maybe it's the fact that it references the opinions of others and thus may be confused with that horrible practice of reviewing the "opposition" camp rather than the movie itself (e.g., "Fight Club fans are too attracted to the superficially comic tone to recognize the hypocrisy of its message"), but that is not what it does. It provides context for where the reviewer's opinion sits in relation to the general consensus.
Overrated movies and TV shows:
Tree of Life
Parks and Recreation
The Big Lebowski
Children of Men
Rectify
Fun!
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Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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But if it is a valid term, why would you two have a problem with someone calling it overrated?
*Inception bwams*
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
I don't have a problem with the use of the word. I would have a problem with the argument itself, because it's wrong. Like those poor deluded fools who think Jaws is overrated.....Quoting Peng (view post)
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
It was just a simple shorthand to say I like that word less than the general consensus. The internet is filled with people using that word a lot and I just have a negative reaction to it.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Went to a concert last night and had a great time. First concert I've been to in nearly 10 years.
Headliner was Pallbearer. Bask and Kayo Dot were the openers.
Long time fan of Pallbearer but had never seen the other two. Bask blew me away and I bought their album.
It was at a little club venue, and after each act the band themselves went to the merch table and sold their stuff, Pallbearer included. That was super cool.
Much prefer these smaller venues to big stadium shows.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Between a recent episode of Radiolab about smarty-pants setting up a new digital currency and that story about an A.I. being taken offline because it started creating it's own language...I feel like it's possible an A.I. has birthed on the web. Further evidence, it's trying to communicate with MC via spam threads, but in it's infancy, it hasn't figured out how to properly communicate yet.
That hurricane heading this way is making me kinda nervous. And I'm not one to get nervous about hurricanes. >_>
Stay safe, TGM!
(Also Duke's New England bunker/cabin/fortress/hut is unoccupied now, should you need to seek higher ground.)
Get out, TGM.
2nd highest winds recorded in an Atlantic storm. Yeh that's not good.