aabattery

need to incorporate vibes into your analyses

500 millies

box score reader vs game watcher type vibes

I haven't been able to muster any real excitement for Dominion. Just kinda wish they handed the keys to the franchise to someone who isn't Trevorrow.

Whoa. GLEN POWELL

there's no shame, you couldn't have anticipated glen powell

and more importantly, an A+ glenpowellscore

glen powell

Of all the guns I've seen I'd put Maverick near the top. Glen Powell was good. Very good.

yes

I think it's less that audiences want inaccurate dinosaurs and more that the brain trusts behind the franchise have a dogmatic commitment to not changing anything. That's not a unique problem to JW since almost every running franchise is guilty of it, but it is a shame. They also have a semi-flanderisation kinda thing going on where every big bad dinosaur has to be more monstrous and mean than the last which has taken away from some of the things that made the first great but I don't think that'll push the GA away much. Anyway, I think you can have all the things you want from the franchise without having, say, a baryonyx that looks nothing like a baryonyx. Some of the things they change are just baffling.

Honestly, I think the interest is already there. I think the more in-tune with paleontology people just want them on the big screen in a way that's more true to life than what JW has been serving. Obviously they're in no way obligated to do so but it's a shame nonetheless. JP3 is legit my least favourite movie of all time so I can't get on board with any defense of it lol.

On a side note, I just watched the first episode of Prehistoric Planet and it is the greatest thing to ever happen.

I'm gonna go see Dominion and I'll get a base level of haha dinosaurs enjoyment out of it but I don't think it's unfair to say that the franchises commitment to outdated portrayals of dinosaurs can be harmful to science comms from actual paleontologists and paleoartists and what not. I don't think it's a huge deal or anything but it just makes things more difficult and there's really no reason why they can't keep up with the times.

gorrbius sweep

been trying my best man

our unproblematic fave 🥰🥰🥰

have we considered that the big drop is simply because the Avatar trailer is now available for free online

they tried to stop His rise with a global pandemic but it only made Him more powellerful decade of powell starts now

not to say we're prophets but in many ways we are

This is a great thread to read from the start.

i could name 8

might have to end up flying to auckland buddy

I figured make-up as well, with some added CGI for the missing cheek and stuff like that. He was basically straight-up just a deadite from Evil Dead so I thought it was all great. Loved the weird 'ahhhh' scream shot when he took over the body.

moderation: flying a little close to the spoilers here folks