Greatoneshere

16 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

You always love to say I'm not intelligent. I have a lot of mental health issues that I am currently working on with new medication and a new therapist. I think I'm a smart person who has said some ignorant things in the past. The past...I'm improving myself day by day like you preach so you shouldn't be attacking my intelligence you should be congratulating me. You're extremely arrogant and post on a random message board. You might want to take a look at yourself before criticizing others. You sit on your high horse every single day and post as though everything you say is facts. 

No, I post every single day as though everything I say is what I believe, based on accumulated evidence over time, since I try not to typically arrive at a point about something without first feeling informed on that thing. And I'm not sure what your mental health issues have to do with your intelligence. Smart people have mental health issues and dumb people have mental health issues. Yes, I do preach improving yourself day to day and I'm glad you're doing that but you can still be not very smart and improve yourself each day and continue to work on your mental health issues separately. Again, I'm not going to get into someone's struggles with mental health, but I'm not seeing the correlation between your mental health issues and me saying you're not very smart with regards to what you say in threads on this board. Again, quote where I was arrogant (you won't). I'm not sure what you want me to take a look at, I'm asking you to point out where I was arrogant and was hating on anyone. I'll respond to what you quote, either explaining myself or agreeing it was arrogant and/or hateful. I'll wait. 

15 minutes ago, Biggie said:

Hey genius. My comment was about @best3444 post not @legend  Take a breath and let your mouth catch up with that prodigy brain of yours. 

Then your comment is even more stupid because that means then, in effect, you're praising someone for succinct, contradictory stupidity over a salient point (since what skillz pointed out was best's flip flopping) I had to presume that you had to be referring to legend because it would be too stupid if you referring to best but indeed I gave you more credit than I should have. 

14 minutes ago, AlwaysDyingX said:

Dude Stop. He's obviously a deranged incel that thinks white knighting here will get him somewhere with a woman. I guarantee he hasn't had pussy since pussy had him. 

I'm married but nice try. And people here have seen pictures of me and know what I look like, so others can vouch for me here but I've never really struggled with women. Maybe because I actually respect them and treat and view them the way they like to be treated and viewed. A shock, I know. I assure you I'm not white knighting anything (simping and white knighting aren't good either, and are actually anti-feminist; you'd know that if you knew what you were talking about). I like how calling out sexism or trying to educate someone on an issue is white knighting (that usually means the person is sexist or an idiot or both then). I am glad however your insecurities and projections are out on full display though. Don't out yourself on your way out the door!

10 minutes ago, best3444 said:

I'm done giving you my attention. Say whatever the hell you want. I mostly ignore your posts but sometimes you need to be called out for your arrogance and hatred. I think you are a lawyer so that explains everything I need to know about you. 

I'm not a lawyer, I used to be but I quit the profession 11 years ago because I didn't enjoy the arrogance, politics and cynicism within that profession. You can always block my posts, it would be absolutely no loss to me. And I'm not sure where I had any arrogance or hatred in this thread? I've seen your posts for years and I made an assessment over time that you're not very smart. Not sure why I should lie and say you are smart when I think you're not. And thinking that knowing someone's profession "explains everything you need to know about someone" is just classic you.  

2 hours ago, ort said:

If anything that should count as a whole other movie, so he's now up to 11.

But it's the movie he originally wanted to make. It was horrific producer Harvey Weinstein who pushed him to split it into two films. So he finally restores his original vision and you want to say he's made a new movie (for a total of three Kill Bills) rather than cutting two movies back down to one? Does that mean since there are three versions of The Hateful Eight that he's made 13 movies then?  

2 hours ago, Kamusha said:

If you only watch Kill Bill as two movies then of course you’re gonna view it as two movies lol. But they work much better back to back. I don’t know anyone who has watched both back to back and said they felt like two separate movies.

Same - it's an enormous epic and is clearly meant to be watched as one. I can't imagine how much minds would have been blown had the 4-hour single film version been released into theaters (or something close to it). So much happens in those two movies it would have been crazy.

27 minutes ago, Biggie said:

atleast he was able to disagree with Phase in one sentence unlike the guy who writes a essay.

What are you on about? Legend has made multiple posts so it's not like he made one post with one sentence but nice try. 

20 minutes ago, best3444 said:

You're so full of yourself it's gross. I couldn't care less what you think of me. I'm an intelligent adult but i don't take a message board as seriously as you do. You're a joke. 

11 minutes ago, best3444 said:

BTW, my post was only directed to @Greatoneshere because he was extremely harsh and personally attacking Phaseknox. He thinks he's some sort of genius it's disgusting. He writes essay after essay in proving his points all over this forum. He is never wrong lol. Just shut your fuckin mouth, dude.

Where did I personally attack PhaseKnox? Quote it and point it out to me. I'm simply pointing out what I've noticed over time. But any time you are challenged you never actually step up and try to get into a real conversation. it's all reductive, superficial points. I'm pretty sure you have some real problems because you constantly flip flop on issues all the time. In one thread you praise Trump being better than Biden, in another you hate Trump. You'll post on the politics board then complain about the response, say you won't come back, then you do again and again. You say something offensive, double down, then eventually backtrack or apologize. It's a cycle with you. You do this with everything. Skillz just pointed it out in this thread. You tell yourself whatever you want, I don't care. I admit I'm wrong all the time, there's proof in years past in other threads. Writing "essays" is a criticism? You are showing how much of an "intelligent adult" you are. I never once called myself a genius anywhere, so again, you just sound like you don't know what you're talking about. Hopefully this one paragraph doesn't qualify as an "essay" to you. 

33 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

I don’t really recall a bunch of users always getting on my case over the years for liking to play as female characters in video games, but I know that they sometimes make fun of me for it because I’m so adamant about it.

As I said earlier, I'm talking about years of this on the entertainment board, this board, etc. where this has come up in the past. Not specifically limited to just having some weird, pathological obsession of limiting a large portion of your video game playing to this since it has applied to others things you do in the past. Your adamancy on this issue to me is a confession of the problem I've been pointing out. It comes up rarely, and I never said it was harmful to anyone, but it's still not a good ideology to have.

33 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

I seriously didn’t realize that I was coming across like this. You’re the first to bring it to my attention, and I didn’t know that you had this view of me. It’s a bit disheartening to hear.

This is why I suggested reading some basic fourth generation feminism. This is what the term "woke" used to mean, to be "woken up" from all of the ingrained negative social norms that society has created over hundreds of years that we've all been subconsciously playing into, in this case, women to be viewed and thought about in certain ways. Same applies to racism, etc. It takes actually reading up and educating ourselves on these things because we're countering societal brainwashing. 

33 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

I appreciate you bringing all of this to my attention, because I guess that I’ve been kind of naive to how I’ve been coming across with my views on certain things and how I’ve been presenting them. I know that I can be hardheaded at times and set in my ways, but I do listen and want to do better.

Well I definitely appreciate that you're keeping things civil and straightforward. I'd re-read all the posts that have been responding to you in this thread and try to grasp what, exactly, smart users like legend are saying. No one is saying to not enjoy beautiful women, we all do, but the way we do it, the way we think about it, the way that manifests itself in the world all matter. For instance, there's nothing wrong with an incredibly attractive female main character. What's weird is the creator's specific obsession with it. To be like: "I thought sleazily about how much her backside needs to look hot as fuck to dudes because you're staring at her backside the whole game". It's the intent there that's sleazy. It's just sort of gross. I'm pumped for the game, I don't care what the character looks like, but it does speak to heteronormative gender dynamics in art, as yet another reminder that the intent behind why things are done the way they are should have a point or if it's saying more about the artist than anything (that they have weird views on women).

28 minutes ago, Biggie said:

You’re fine @Phaseknox  Don’t let the soy boi douche bag get to you. 

23 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

Yea. This is the most ridiculous thread I've read in a very long time. It's a videogame message board where a user enjoys playing as attractive female protagonists. He is is extremely adamant about to an extent that it can come off a bit odd, but it's none of anyone's concern that he likes it this way. 

 

To attack Phaseknox like this is completely over the top and unacceptable. 

I'm not surprised by this; you two are: (a) not very smart; and (b) he has a history of this, I'm not limiting my comments to only what he said in this thread so maybe you two should step aside since you both usually have no idea what you're talking about. Adults are talking here. The fact you frame me pointing out his sexism as an "attack" is all that needs to be said about your grasp on this issue. I like that trying to educate someone or wake someone up from their ingrained negative social norms is always an "attack" when it gets pointed out on the non-political boards regardless of who is doing it. If you two actually cared about elevating yourselves at all, you'd sit down and listen and learn and try to see that it's never an attack. Legend and Ghost_MH suddenly "attacking" other users when they never do normally? Crazy talk. And I just jumped into this thread on the last page, so I assume you're not just referring to me.

18 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Thomas said that in the not so distant past, presidents who have engaged in various activities such as coups have not faced prosecution,

If I had been the one to respond: "well, sir, maybe they fucking should have."

8 hours ago, Phaseknox said:

I’m not really familiar with the term soft sexism, this is the first that I’ve heard it referred to me. Multiple people haven’t mentioned it over the years over and over. And pathological, ingrained sexism on a subconscious level? Clearly deep, pathological problems? I didn’t realize that I was coming across like that. And I don’t recall saying that anyone was wrong about anything. However, I don’t deny that I do need to work on myself in some ways.

I'm surprised that you find it surprising you're coming off like that. I have to ask then: why do you think a bunch of users always get on your case about this over the years? Like, did you find this to be some strange mystery every time? They may not have termed it "soft sexism" but they were essentially saying that in other ways over the years, myself included. Soft sexism means you're sexist, but not in a particularly overt or galling way, just under the radar. It may not even affect women in real life, but you have a bad, patriarchally ingrained sexism that maintains a certain status quo in your head and your life that is ideologically unhealthy. You've so bought in to it that you think you're fine, your views on this are fine, and you make your views nice and presentable so they're palatable even though the views themselves are cringy and somewhat offputting. I wish you'd open your mind up to what all of us are saying and at least try to attempt some self-examination on this issue, just to try and see what we're all talking about. Instead you double down on wild rage clickbait conspiracy theories that are adjacent to getting red pilled. In the past I'd break down all of your posts in this thread to show you in all the ways this is troubling but I've done that before and your mind doesn't change at all. Three users in this thread this time did the same and you're still defending yourself and your views. So I'm not sure it's worth bothering for me to do so. Your cognitive dissonance is strong on this issue.

8 hours ago, johnny said:

nope 

I'm not sure what that means. Just flat out denying something that exists?  

We already have a thread on Blood Meridian, and I think John Logan and John Hillcoat are a great pair to pull this off. People told Hillcoat The Road was unfilmable and he did as good a job as one can with that, so hopefully the same happens here.

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4 hours ago, Phaseknox said:

I do feel as if I’ve probably had this same conversation too many times at this point, it does feel like going around in circles. I guess that I just can’t resist the topic since I primarily like playing as female characters in games these days. I don’t mean to cause a stir with any of it, I just like to discuss this stuff since I enjoy gaming and talking with other gamers about the hobby. We’re of course not always going to agree or see eye to eye on things, but that just comes with the territory in general. Regardless I still like to get other perspectives on things, because I like to see where others are coming from.

It's good to be open and wanting to discuss things, but when you say things like: "I don't mean to cause a stir with any of it", the reason you are causing a stir is because the things you're saying are softly sexist. Should we not call you out when you do so? You just going: "no it's not soft sexism" when multiple people over the years have told you otherwise over and over just makes you seem disingenuous. 

Saying "of course we're not always going to agree or see eye to eye on things" is like saying that we don't agree on what racism is, or that nazis are bad. This isn't about debating our favorite pizza toppings, this is about pathological, ingrained sexism on a subconscious level on your part. Whether you work on yourself and admit that to yourself or not is up to you, but that's why this always causes a stir. You have some clearly deep, pathological problems when it comes to this specifically. You have everyone from responsible, smart users like @Ghost_MH to @legend to @Keyser_Soze explaining this yet again to you in this thread. They're wrong? I'm wrong? We're all wrong? But just on this topic, not other topics? C'mon.

2 hours ago, johnny said:

kill bill is definitely two movies idc what he fuckin thinks

The existence of this would seem to disagree with you:

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006) - IMDb

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4h 7m | Not Rated

32 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

I don’t have regressive gender values, and I’m not sexist. Quite the opposite actually, because sexists refuse to play as female characters in games regardless of what they look like. I just happened to develop what I consider to be a mental condition where I primarily desire to play as female characters in games now as opposed to male ones, and I think that part of it is due to me playing as so many male characters over the years. I got tired of playing as them all the time, and I was also starting to find them less appealing as main characters as well. I tend to prefer the attitudes, personalities and voice actors of female characters. As for what they look like, I just like the characters that I play as in games in general to be what I consider appealing, attractive and cool looking regardless of their gender.

We've had this conversation numerous times in the past, others have had this conversation with you numerous times in the past, which is why I didn't bother this time. You have others now, again, having this conversation with you and you're still not getting it. You've rationalized and justified it to yourself for so long that what I just quoted sounds normal to you. You sound pathological to me. You post rage clickbait videos full of BS. You're somewhat down a bad rabbit hole, but you don't want to see it. I'm not gonna continue to bother myself, but here we are again with this.

I would seriously catch up on at least some basic fourth generation feminism reading/videos and then re-read the things you've written in this thread. You won't, but it'd help. 

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Easy to have a flawless record if you just say the duds don't count.

To be fair, Quentin Tarantino's screenplay for the film is out there and it is pretty different and I'm sure if he directed it, it would have been directed significantly different. Though I like Stone's version of Natural Born Killers, so not sure I'd call it a dud. It's certainly divisive though. Critics were certainly offended by parts of the movie when it came out, but looking at the audience score on RT and the IMDb score, time has been kind to the film.

Glad to hear the game is good! I'm definitely interested in it broadly. And no surprise PhaseKnox's regressive gender values spring up yet again with no self awareness that he's spouting soft sexism with poor, seemingly non-sexist arguments. Frankly the fact this is all going over their head isn't surprising.

21 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

This showed up in my feed today.

 

Perfect series to watch while I wait for Kengan Asura Season 2 Part 2 and the Kengan/ Baki Crossover.

This is one that's definitely on my radar but since it hasn't started yet I left it off my list since I'm unsure if it'll be as good as Kengan Ashura or Baki with no reviews or word of mouth yet but it looks good. Definitely has potential I think.

10 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said:

I have such a soft spot for tsundere leads in action series. We really don't get them all that often. Haruka being a try hard cupcake that can actually kick some serious ass is a lot of fun. I'll definitely keep up with your one and then maybe even pick up the manga afterwards. I already have the manga bookmarked in the Kodansha's app.

 

Should note. This is based on my impression after 3 episodes. It could certainly fall off from here, but Cloverworks has a damn good track record.

Yeah, CloverWorks' involvement definitely helped in noting this show above others. And a dub! Tsundere leads make for frequently crazy ass times so that helps build the hype meter. Keep me posted but if it's strong 3 episodes in that's a good sign.

1 hour ago, Mercury33 said:

Haven’t watched the finale yet. But as a non book reader I can say I wasn’t/am not expecting a large battle of any kind. That would actually be pretty disappointing if there was one haha. The political and social maneuvering is what makes the story great and that’s how I’m hoping it finishes its story. 

That's promising to hear! I hope most people who didn't read the book "get" that what happened in episode 9 was the battle. Obviously all of these characters are based on real historical people (just the names have been changed and how things went down embellished) so of course there were battles in real life but that's not how it works for this specific story (the Battle of Sekigahara being very famous, as one example).

As primarily a dub viewer (though I watch plenty of shows subbed since many don't get a dub, but I have to wait to find that out), I usually wait until the dub for the entire season of a show is out before watching (which is usually a season or two after the original airing), but I do keep up with what could be good each season as things come out so I know what to keep an eye out for to watch later. A lot of stuff @Ghost_MH mentioned were also shows I definitely noted as having potential as well. I'm not sure which anime I'll be watching next, probably the first season of the reboot of Rurouni Kenshin (dubbed), but there's plenty I'm interested in. I'll definitely be watching My Hero Academia season 7, but probably after the entire dub for the season is out so I can binge it. These were the anime I noted from this spring season (so far):

-Kaiju No. 8: I'm definitely interested in watching this, it's already getting great reviews

-Wind Breaker: looks fun and a bit different than the slew of isekai and romance anime we get inundated with, has potential but could be bad

-Go! Go! Loser Ranger!: not really my kind of show (I think) but it's getting great reviews already so it may be worth noting

-Mysterious Disappearances: a mystery/supernatural show that looks different from the norm; has potential but not enough out there yet

-Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night: not really my kind of show but it's getting a lot of praise for stellar animation even if it is a girl music group show

-Viral Hit: looks very different than what we usually get in this genre and I'm always down for good action and fight scenes; has potential

-Train to the End of the World: if this is more like Sonny Boy and less like what we typically get in the adventure genre, this could be a sleeper hit

-The Fable: I have no idea if this will be good but a story of a hitman who is ordered not to kill for awhile with an entirely adult cast is potentially refreshing

-Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master: historical fantasy from Studio Pierrot, who brought us The Twelve Kingdoms? Could be good

-Tonari no Yokai-san: this is already getting good reviews for a slice of life show that sounds like it could be a gentler version of Kino's Journey or Mushishi

-The Grimm Variations: this ONA adapting the Brothers Grimm stories by Wit Studio sounds like it has a lot of potential, so probably worth keeping an eye on

And that's it for the most part. Everything else this season looked pretty typical and cliche, again with an absolute flood of isekai or game or romance/ecchi/comedy/school shows. Still, a lot of potentially good stuff this season.

I'm sure TV show fans were surprised by how much more of a denoument this final episode is, expecting there to be some big final battle instead, but that's not really what the book is about. I really enjoyed the finale, wrapping things up and really closing out the characters' journeys. It did feel a tad rushed in the last 10 minutes or so, but they nailed the individual scenes and concepts. What a miniseries - loved it. I'm sad they didn't keep/show the very final line of the book, but I imagine they felt that was too much of a downer ending. What they went with was good though instead.

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Hush money isn't illegal, it's 'democracy,' Trump lawyer says in defiant trial opening statements

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Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush-money trial began Monday. A prosecutor said the case is about a "criminal conspiracy and a coverup."

 

@Greatoneshere two sustained objections in his opening statements

I do wonder how low the floor is on how much of a shit show this will become. 

The weekend recap (this is from the past two weekends combined; note that the Dragon Ball Z movies are being ranked on a bit of a curve on whether they are a  good DBZ movie or not to some degree since they are only 45 minutes to an hour each):

-American Fiction (2023; dir. Cord Jefferson): 7.5/10

-Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014; dirs. Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller): 5.5/10

-Shortcomings (2023; dir. Randall Park): 7/10

-Ambulance (2022; dir. Michael Bay): 7/10

-Burn After Reading (2008; dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen): 8.5/10

-American Made (2017; dir. Doug Liman): 7/10

-The Taste of Things (2023; dir. Anh Hung Tran): 7.5/10

-Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023; dir. James Wan): 5.5/10

-The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024; dir. Guy Ritchie): 6.5/10

-Dragon Ball Z: Movie 2 - The World's Strongest (1990; dir. Daisuke Nishio): 7.5/10

-Dragon Ball Z: Movie 3 - The Tree of Might (1990; dir. Daisuke Nishio): 7/10

-Dragon Ball Z: Movie 4 - Lord Slug (1991; dir. Mitsuo Hashimoto): 6.5/10

3 hours ago, Derek said:

Can someone explain episode 'The Trap' to me. I was starting to drift off and didn't quite get...

 

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Why they were experimenting on humans, in vault 4, and why it wasn't a 'bad' thing. Also, what was up with the Flame Mother chant?

From what I understand:

8 minutes ago, johnny said:

snyder hasn’t made a good movie in a loooooooooong time 

I know everyone will find this debatable but I found Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League (while overlong) to be a really fun, well done comic book movie for the most part. There's a reason it has a 72% all critics score on RottenTomatoes (with a 6.7/10 rating, pretty high) and has a 93% audience score on RT (with a 4.6/5 after 25,000+ votes). The film also has a 7.9/10 (super high) after 430,000 votes on IMDb. Going by all of those metrics, I'm going to count that as a good movie and that came out 3 years ago in 2021. So that's not really a long time. 

Now, Batman v Superman was really bad, so yeah, I'm with everyone there. But I really liked Man of Steel, which came out all the way back in 2013, so yes, 11 years ago is a long time. Of the last 5 movies he's made since Man of Steel, only one has been good (Justice League) but lots of directors go on bad streaks for various reasons (as I explained, Snyder switching DP's and composers has not helped him since Man of Steel). Michael Bay shot 4 Transformers sequels that were all uniformly terrible (I genuinely still like the first film) but he's done the excellent Pain & Gain and Ambulance as well during that same period (and 13 Hours was also surprisingly solid). Shyamalan made 4 bad movies in a row (Lady in the Water, The Happening, After Earth, The Last Airbender) before The Visit and Split then happened, which were good. So Snyder can always turn it around, potentially.

19 minutes ago, johnny said:

why would you all waste your time watching snyder movies 10 times every time he wants to release a new cut. you know it’s gonna suck! move on and watch something else 

Which is why I'm intentionally waiting for the director's cuts. I haven't seen the theatrical cuts, I'm just going off of what others have said about the cinematography in the PG-13 cuts is all. Snyder's made some bad movies, but he's made some good ones too, like M. Night Shyamalan. From the looks of things it sounds like both Rebel Moon films are straight up bad and I doubt the director's cuts can salvage them since it seems critics and regular audiences are in agreement about these that they're that bad. But I'll check them out to find out when they're released.

46 minutes ago, MarSolo said:

The only good thing Zack Snyder does with comic book movies is his ability to storyboard them by using the actual comic book panels.

 

And that’s it.

Well, Zack Snyder comes from a fine arts painting background, so while having the actual panels for something like 300 and Watchmen helped him a ton on those films, he does draw a lot of his own storyboards for the rest of his films which is pretty impressive. I think a mistake he's made is he's begun to be the actual cinematographer on his films. Not using his long-time collaborator Larry Fong, who shot his films 300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch and Batman v Superman, has hurt the visual quality of his productions, which was one of Snyder's big selling points. Snyder is a great visualist, but it seems he's better at showing and describing it to the DP rather than doing it himself (Amir Mokri did great work for Snyder on Man of Steel as did Fabian Wagner on Snyder's cut of Justice League). I haven't seen Rebel Moon yet (waiting on the director's cuts) but Army of the Dead, while not poorly shot, didn't have the depth of colors and long, beautifully composed shots of his previous films, going for something grittier and more handheld instead, which doesn't look nearly as good. 

Army of the Dead doesn't have a director's cut, so there's no excuse there, but I'm hoping the shoddy editing to force these R-rated movies to be PG-13 is why Rebel Moon looks rough, and it will look less rough in the director's cuts. Sometimes that is the case, sometimes not and it still looks bad. He shot them himself like he did Army of the Dead, so we'll see. I also think Snyder switching composers from Tyler Bates (who did all of Snyder's films until Man of Steel) to Junkie XL (who has done all of Snyder's films since Man of Steel) was also a mistake as I think Tyler Bates and Larry Fong really helped Snyder out in those departments. Junkie XL doesn't seem to be doing nearly as well on Snyder's films.

The Watchmen TV show was excellent, those people be crazy.