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Post by brianf on Aug 9, 2020 13:31:00 GMT -5
I've always hated the easy to go to trope of heroes having an obvious Achilles heel. "If i take my hands off my hammer for a minute I revert to my weaker state. " "I have to charge my breast plate or I'll get weak. " "I need to get wet once every hour" etc etc.... Usually an overused crutch, which sucks any drama out of the story.
Sometimes reading 1960s comics are a slog.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 9, 2020 13:36:25 GMT -5
I've always hated the easy to go to trope of heroes having an obvious Achilles heel. "If i take my hands off my hammer for a minute I revert to my weaker state. " "I have to charge my breast plate or I'll get weak. " "I need to get wet once every hour"etc etc.... Usually an overused crutch, which sucks any drama out of the story. Sometimes reading 1960s comics are a slog. Is that SFW?
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Post by brianf on Aug 9, 2020 13:47:28 GMT -5
I also hate it when I post in the wrong thread. There, I said it
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 9, 2020 23:16:56 GMT -5
Devious people would be alright if they were upfront about it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 8:10:39 GMT -5
I posted this in the Music thread (in response to a discussion about a rock magazine being on hiatus), but it’s a general point about magazines rehashing certain features, so I thought I’d duplicate it here:
I appreciate how hard it is to put out some magazines due to Covid, but some of them aren’t trying to do anything new.
Example: STARBURST did a Top 100 Sci-Fi Films list in its recent issue. I love STARBURST to death, but a film magazine I subscribe to did something similar. I get that there’s nothing new to review, but at least try. To be fair, this film magazine did do a retrospective about JAWS, which I enjoyed (I learnt about plans for the movie to originally feature miniatures in a water tank). But it really does feel like some magazines are just rehashing Top 100 lists, which does feel lazy.
And, this isn’t about Covid. Some magazines seem to do this a lot. I’ve lost count of the number of genre magazines which seem to do a Top 100 Films list every so often. Try and do something new. Please. Cover something obscure and retro. In the case of music magazines, without the live music and albums to cover, dissect something that maybe hasn’t been dissected before. Find something esoteric/obscure, but interesting.
Some magazines will have it easy. CAR MECHANICS can carry on offering maintenance tips. Retro magazines can plunder the archives. I get that film and music magazines can’t cover things due to the lack of releases, but pre-Covid, they were already doing those lists. Wrestling magazines (some of them) are the same. Do we really need another Top 50 wrestlers list? It seems like the laziest approach at times.
I’m not trying to be harsh. But it is boring. Pre-Covid, another Top 100 Films list in a magazine, which invariably has something like BLADE RUNNER and THE THING in there, is giving me nothing new. It’s just a list with a brief synopsis. Do something different. Cover horror movies from around the world (as one magazine did). Dissect a cult classic that hasn’t had the same column space. Do a Top 50 list of, say, the best horror films from continental Europe. But I won’t buy magazines that just rehash lists every now and again.
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 11, 2020 16:59:44 GMT -5
You can run from the truth but it will always catch you, in the end!
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Post by berkley on Aug 11, 2020 17:33:05 GMT -5
I've always hated the easy to go to trope of heroes having an obvious Achilles heel. "If i take my hands off my hammer for a minute I revert to my weaker state. " "I have to charge my breast plate or I'll get weak. " "I need to get wet once every hour" etc etc.... Usually an overused crutch, which sucks any drama out of the story. Sometimes reading 1960s comics are a slog. I even hate the idea of Achilles himself having an Achilles heel - because that was only one version of the character and the least interesting. The Achilles of the Iliad, for example, is not invulnerable and thus has no Achilles heel: he can be wounded and bleed from anywhere.
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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 12, 2020 14:11:55 GMT -5
While I understand the specifics of why a movie in widescreen is superior to fullscreen (crisper quality, able to see everything in frame), I still prefer fullscreen, don't ask me why
There, I said it...
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 12, 2020 22:04:11 GMT -5
While I understand the specifics of why a movie in widescreen is superior to fullscreen (crisper quality, able to see everything in frame), I still prefer fullscreen, don't ask me why There, I said it... Depends on the tv. My old digital tv displayed them fine; the current massive smart tv (the son-in-law got it for the wife, but she doesn't watch it) stretches things out too much and it gets weird.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 15, 2020 6:51:03 GMT -5
No professor should be threatened to be fired because they mentioned the title of a book. The easily offended who frequent a university should have had enough formation to understand the concept of context. There! I said it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 11:06:57 GMT -5
With so many great ice cream flavours to choose from, why on earth would any human being choose...vanilla? There, I said it.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 15, 2020 12:00:03 GMT -5
...because vanilla is the best flavor.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 13:57:15 GMT -5
...because vanilla is the best flavor. In what universe is vanilla a better flavour than, say, mint chocolate (or is it chocolate mint)? There’s a reason DVDs without extras on them are called “vanilla discs”.
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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 15, 2020 16:36:27 GMT -5
With so many great ice cream flavours to choose from, why on earth would any human being choose...vanilla? There, I said it. My mom's actually been making a lot of Vanilla Ice Cream recently because it's one of the few flavors that my Step-Dad likes. When done right, straight up Vanilla can be a wonderful taste experience. I love Cookie Dough Ice Cream the most and it's practically Vanilla
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 16:44:55 GMT -5
To be honest, when I mentioned this to my brother, he said, “This, coming from a guy who eats plain crisps.” Yes, I mainly eat plain crisps. So who am I to criticise vanilla?
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