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Post by impulse on Apr 30, 2024 8:35:18 GMT -5
I like Jim Lee in general. I just think those designs were uninspired and poorly thought out, like most aspects of the New 52. I don't know how true this is, but I got the sense Lee was rushing/distracted with his managerial duties.
Seems phoned in.
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Post by impulse on Apr 28, 2024 10:44:39 GMT -5
Disco
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Post by impulse on Apr 27, 2024 21:08:52 GMT -5
That’s a great point. It didn’t even occur to me in the middle of the night.
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Post by impulse on Apr 27, 2024 16:14:01 GMT -5
I was last night/early this AM, but I couldn't log in to chat about it. Everything has been working as usual today, though.
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Post by impulse on Apr 27, 2024 11:43:08 GMT -5
Deadpool
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Post by impulse on Apr 27, 2024 11:42:00 GMT -5
Interesting that you chose to post the BBC News indent there. Do many if you Americans get your news from the BBC? Rather than watch a specific news station, I use aggregators and see a wider selection of articles from different sources. It so happened that a lot of the news articles were published by BBC at that time, enough so that someone made that meme of their indent, and it was immediately recognizable. Personally, I liked BBC's articles as they were not so close to the American circus and tended to be more objective and less editorialistic of the various happenings. As you can imagine, a lot of our news stations were more heated/slanted. I generally prefer to get my actual news from AP or someone like BBC. More news/less opinion. Also the amount of times in that period my heart dropped seeing that BBC News indent with Breaking News! knowing I was about to read something that would cause anger and/or despair, lol. I saw that meme and laughed heartily and deeply as it's like it was made from my own mind. I try to take in MUCH less news now. When Elon took over Twitter/X and they lost their absolute mind, I took the opportunity to dump it and not look back. My stress has gone down considerably since then.
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Post by impulse on Apr 26, 2024 15:20:51 GMT -5
This sums up my reaction pretty much every time there was breaking news from around 2015 - 2021. (Spoiler tags for adult language) {Spoiler}{Spoiler: Click to show} Since then, it's been a more low-grade persistent sense of disappointment, but it is unfortunately becoming relevant again.
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Post by impulse on Apr 26, 2024 8:33:41 GMT -5
I never could stomach Seinfeld. The characters were all obnoxious and I never found their antics funny. I don't like "cringe" comedy (one of the reasons I loathe The Office) and avoid it as much as I can. I enjoyed the first couple of seasons of Friends but burned out on it after that (I wanted to beat Ross with a nail-studded baseball bat). No matter what genre a given show is (sitcom, police procedural, medical drama, etc), I have to like the characters if I'm going to tune in week after week. Thus I've had no incentive to watch shows like Breaking Bad, Dexter, House of Cards, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, et al, that wallow in their characters' vices and criminality. I don't have a problem with anyone who does enjoy such shows. They're just not my cuppa. Cei-U! I summon my quirky TV habits! I hear what you're saying, but if I may offer a partial counter regarding Breaking Bad. One of the interesting things about it is that some of the characters are likeable in various ways and at various times. Early on, Walt is a very sympathetic character, and it's interesting seeing his journey unfold. Almost no one in the show is a "good" person, though, and nearly everyone is flawed, so if you don't enjoy that at all, you are right to skip it. I also struggle with cringe/vicarious embarrassment humor. I could never watch Modern Family with my wife because of it. It was well-written and the characters were good, but they always ended up in situations so embarrassing it hurt me to watch.
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Post by impulse on Apr 26, 2024 8:28:47 GMT -5
Lodge
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Post by impulse on Apr 25, 2024 18:26:22 GMT -5
John
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Post by impulse on Apr 25, 2024 18:23:07 GMT -5
I’m sorry for your loss.
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Post by impulse on Apr 25, 2024 14:59:30 GMT -5
Today and the last few...years.
It sure is nice to see the sun shining so brightly finally. I was tired of the winter aesthetic.
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Post by impulse on Apr 25, 2024 11:47:16 GMT -5
Bunker
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Post by impulse on Apr 25, 2024 11:46:14 GMT -5
Side note, and this is not directed at anyone in particular, but a trend I've noticed in culture at large recently is a binary "good or bad" judgment on many things, especially when looking up past cultural or media pieces through a modern lense. I wish there was more nuance and context in the general discourse to view things as products of their time and allowing for appreciating the good while being able to acknowledge flaws and shortcomings now.
Basically, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater, let's not let perfect be the enemy of good, and let's accept that things can be products of their time yet not without merit, and finally, let's be grateful that we know and do better now rather than mercilessly dumping on past things for not being perfect then.
A recentish example is the general discourse and presentation of LGBTQIA+ identifying folks and issues in media. Looking at two iterations of the same show, the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. At the time, it was a great net new representation and normalization of gay men and culture in mainstream media. Compared to the thoughtless casual baked-in homophobia of the times (everything being casually called "gay" as a generic insult, rampant casual use of the f slur, etc), it was a huge step forward. Looking at it now, it perpetuated many gay man stereotypes of the time, and even then presented the gay men as a novelty of sorts.
Compare to the recent iteration which is much more socially conscious and empathetic. It's not that the original show had no value in its time, but if that same show were to come out today unironically it could come across much differently.
Ramble over.
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Post by impulse on Apr 25, 2024 11:34:38 GMT -5
While I think they occasionally go a little faster than I'd like, especially with Inferno, I actually like the faster pace in general. I feel like the season-long slow burn and larger number of episodes is kind of a dated format and would drag down the excitement. Though up to 12-13 is not a bad idea at all.
Last night's episode was good, too. It's interesting to see the plots they are adapting, and I am confident they will be done better here than in the comics.
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