they’re not good movies, they’re impressive as a visual spectacle but the human stories just feel tacked on to add emotional depth that isn’t really there. they’re theme park rides. they don’t take themselves too seriously but they’re not camp enough either, it’s very much MCU vibes tbh. there’s some silly sci-fi elements so if you care about movies breaking the fundamental laws of physics and handwaving it away with BS jargon then these are not the movies for you. personally I don’t really care and think hollow earth is dope as hell

King of the Monsters is actually the only Monsterverse movie I’ve skipped, sounds like I made the right choice there

Vedder sounds like he’s doing a bad impression of Cobain, who had that sort of low grumble to his voice but it was more subtle and natural and you could feel it was coming from a place of genuine pain. but with Vedder it just feels like an affect he’s putting on because he think it sounds cool. that phony grunge voice became so trendy and got even worse with post-grunge bands like Creed and Nickelback. Pearl Jam sucks but Creed makes Pearl Jam sound like Nirvana

Them! (1954) haven’t seen it but it’s about giant 🐜

also The Host (2006)

well 3 of those are from Grimes, one of the dumbest people to ever live. I think he generally seeks out women who are incredibly poor judges of character

the rock n’ roll business is essentially a sex trafficking operation

it shouldn’t even be notable, but there is something to be said about how there’s been no accusations of the Beatles taking advantage of their fans, especially considering their initial fan base was primarily teenage girls. they were actually super uncomfortable with that and quickly distanced themselves from the teeny bopper crowd and pivoted to a more adult sound

🎵 come together, right now… over me 🎵

I’m surprised this hasn’t happened yet, it would practically print money. You don’t even need to make a trailer, just say “Margot Robbie kisses a woman in this movie” and it will make $200 million opening weekend, guaranteed.

people are going to romanticize abuse

I’m curious about the degree to which their relationship will be portrayed as an abusive one in this movie. I don’t think it will be one where Joker is controlling Harley like in the animated series, it’ll be more about Harley becoming unhealthily obsessed with Joker. He’s a mentally ill prisoner and she’s a therapist at the prison who’s supposed to help him, so pursuing a relationship is obviously a major ethical violation on her part. So maybe she will be the more controlling manipulative one in the relationship, or perhaps it will be mutually abusive - but definitely not healthy regardless.

since it’s a musical maybe Todd Phillips will rip off New York, New York instead

a bunch of capeshit shoehorned in the sequel

this isn’t really the case, the new movie is a musical about Arthur Fleck’s criminal trial

vaporwave was my reminder that the consumerism will die

yeah that was the original intent behind vaporwave. the juxtaposition of modern consumer kitsch with ruins of greco-roman statues was to suggest that our capitalist society will meet the same fate. it’s funny and sad that vaporwave regressed into vapid nostalgia for the 80s when the point was to be critical of nostalgia

its the new retroid handheld, for playing emulator games

actually I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t made a switch with the gamecube colors, it’s such a sick color scheme

sorry for posting what is essentially an ad but my god, it’s beautiful…

please someone convince me not to impulse buy some gaming toy that I don’t need

her campaign slogan “Let’s WIN this” is so funny to me. zero vision for the future, it’s all about beating the other team and nothing else. totally reeks of desperation

of course the first two points about Gaza have to do with protecting Israel

“we must secure a future for Israeli children. also something something Palestinians, are you fucking happy now?”

they’re not trying to make any sort of logical argument, it’s just snark

oh so she’s suddenly black? yeah well just wait till she’s suddenly president 😏

Kamala is both Black and Indian, and Trump said that she only recently started claiming Blackness for electoral reasons. here’s the quote

Is she Indian or is she Black? I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person.

I’m unemployed, so there’s nothing holding me back… except a complete lack of resources, shit

haven’t seen it yet but it’s directed by the guy who made Green Room and Blue Ruin, both of which are pretty great. I’m planning on watching it later tonight