Speaker to Animals wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:09 pm
I might have to see Joker next month when the Incel threat dies down. Already made the huge mistake of paying for Ad Astra.
Ad Astra *could* have been a great movie if the writers talked to literally anyone with a science degree.
Which is basically why I've stopped watching "SF" movies and most TV. They make me too mad. They're rarely written by actual SF writers, but Hollywood writers who say " how hard could it be, it's only science fiction", dig out a few tired tropes, and there it is on the screen. Yawn. I was just arguing about Interstellar with dinner guests. Great visuals do not great SF make. We need more like Moon, well executed simple idea on a shoestring budget. A few holes, like the railgun acceleration would kill him, but other than that...
The Moon is white suprematist propaganda intended to further the myth that White males drive technological advances.
Everyone knows Neil only got the job because of his privilege of being born a White male.
We need to limit the number of roles in entertainment available to white males so that other voices can be heard.
Speaker to Animals wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:09 pm
I might have to see Joker next month when the Incel threat dies down. Already made the huge mistake of paying for Ad Astra.
Ad Astra *could* have been a great movie if the writers talked to literally anyone with a science degree.
Which is basically why I've stopped watching "SF" movies and most TV. They make me too mad. They're rarely written by actual SF writers, but Hollywood writers who say " how hard could it be, it's only science fiction", dig out a few tired tropes, and there it is on the screen. Yawn. I was just arguing about Interstellar with dinner guests. Great visuals do not great SF make. We need more like Moon, well executed simple idea on a shoestring budget. A few holes, like the railgun acceleration would kill him, but other than that...
The Moon is white suprematist propaganda intended to further the myth that White males drive technological advances.
Everyone knows Neil only got the job because of his privilege of being born a White male.
We need to limit the number of roles in entertainment available to white males so that other voices can be heard.
If you're going to thread crap with snarky nonsense, at least get the movie right, you're thinking of First Man.
brewster wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:00 pm
Which is basically why I've stopped watching "SF" movies and most TV. They make me too mad. They're rarely written by actual SF writers, but Hollywood writers who say " how hard could it be, it's only science fiction", dig out a few tired tropes, and there it is on the screen. Yawn. I was just arguing about Interstellar with dinner guests. Great visuals do not great SF make. We need more like Moon, well executed simple idea on a shoestring budget. A few holes, like the railgun acceleration would kill him, but other than that...
The Moon is white suprematist propaganda intended to further the myth that White males drive technological advances.
Everyone knows Neil only got the job because of his privilege of being born a White male.
We need to limit the number of roles in entertainment available to white males so that other voices can be heard.
If you're going to thread crap with snarky nonsense, at least get the movie right, you're thinking of First Man.
Speaker to Animals wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:09 pm
I might have to see Joker next month when the Incel threat dies down. Already made the huge mistake of paying for Ad Astra.
Ad Astra *could* have been a great movie if the writers talked to literally anyone with a science degree.
Which is basically why I've stopped watching "SF" movies and most TV. They make me too mad. They're rarely written by actual SF writers, but Hollywood writers who say " how hard could it be, it's only science fiction", dig out a few tired tropes, and there it is on the screen. Yawn. I was just arguing about Interstellar with dinner guests. Great visuals do not great SF make. We need more like Moon, well executed simple idea on a shoestring budget. A few holes, like the railgun acceleration would kill him, but other than that...
That's it. Give it a shot, I could poke holes in the the plot, but it's so far above most other SF offerings, and far from the "pew pew" stereotype. It's slow and psychological, more of a story of one man trying to solve a puzzle. Don't knock Rockwell, he won a fucking Oscar last year.
