Titan Man
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3 hours ago, Brainbug said:
Fun Facts from Germany to lighten the mood a bit (albeit in a more black humour way):
Since 2006 (!), Berlin is building a new airport (BER) to replace the old Berlin airport, Tegel. Originally, that new airport should have been opened in 2011. But numerous technical issues prevented the opening, including a non-functional fire warning system and imploding (!) air handlers. Then it should have opened in 2012, but until that point, the fire warning system still didnt work at all and furthermore, the ceiling of the airport appeared to be instable and the whole construction plan had to be reworked. Since atleast then, the project has become a meme and a running joke in Germany. Some people supported the idea to just build a new Berlin around the airport; it may be less costly.
In 2019, reports came to light that the airport may finally open in Spring of 2020. That got delayed again to the autumn of 2020 where the airpoirt is now officially schedulded to open.
But it may face the difficulty now that ... well ... there are not many planes flying around right now and the situation may be not much better in autumn. So ...
Fail.
Ooof, I've been following the development for a few years, it really is a disaster, lol.
Well, the reconstructed palace of Berlin looks spectacular, at least from the outside. A true masterpiece of Baroque architecture and 21st century craftsmanship.
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I think it's shit.
Thank you for tuning in.
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6 hours ago, Porthos said:
COMPUTER... ENHANCE:
(click to see it in all its glory)
Jesus Christ, lol, American stadiums hurt my eyes and soul, it's so funny to me how they shit out, like, a gazillion dollars on a massive bunker/warehouse, compared to European stadiums which are much more elegant, yet cheaper.
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20 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:
It seems like people are mad at J.K. Rowling about this because of her self-proclaimed status as a feminist and activist. A person like Ricky Gervais has said worse things about transgender people, but he’s still doing pretty well, which I guess is because he’s built his career off of being edgy and offensive, so people expect that from him.
Well, you can be an activist in one field and not give a shit about other things. I think the same outrage would be reserved for other people who are not J.K.
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7 minutes ago, Menor said:
Just because you deem an issue irrelevant doesn't mean everyone else is obligated to do so.
Where have you read the word "irrelevant" in my post? I specifically wrote the opposite, I said it was multilayered and complicated. Why are people feeling obliged to write an opinion about something they didn't even bother reading? It's not that long of a post, give it another try, you'll get there... I guess it's just easier for you to spin the story and call me transphobic or whatever without addressing the substance of my post.
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Lol, have people gone completely insane these days? WB is not cancelling a major franchise for their studio and firing their golden goose over a Twitter mob's daily harassment of someone they disagree with. You can disagree with a person without having a need to burn them and their work out of existence, you know? And I don't think what she said is such an unpopular opinion among the general public. I have issues with Rowling, but it concerns her support of conservative economic policies over the last couple of years even though she, when she was at her rock bottom, benefited from many social programs the Tories are trying to cut. I don't care about her opinion on a multilayered topic for which there is no correct or scientific answer. I would understand the outrage if she was offensive or deeply disrespectful, but she really wasn't. People should just grow up and understand that there are people with different opinions and just move on with their lives without burning books...
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Sooooo, where are the apologies from people who were screaming how the Snyder Cut will never see the light of day because of a million different reasons? The forum has been pretty silent about this. Damn, did WB make us look like idiots...
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1 hour ago, grim22 said:
This definitely isn't 2021 because filming won't begin till at least August. Maybe they send it to die in Summer 2022? July 2022 is open.
Why would they send one of their most popular and financially successful franchises to die? They brought Kloves back, they'll fight tooth and nail for this one to be a success.
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6 minutes ago, clockwork said:
This is what I thought we were going to be getting going off the first movie, because thats kinda what it was marketed as and (mostly) delivered on. But I guess now it's the Dumbledore show and screw any chance of truly developing this world beyond just Hogwarts 🤷♂️
On the flip side I've seen some people say that they would actually prefer a more Indiana Jones-esque adventure type series, seeing magic around the world and going on some wacky adventures and what not. They brought on Steve Kloves officially to write the script for the 3rd movie, which pretty much means he did a rewrite of whatever script Rowling had already done. WB really needs to get a handle on their franchises asap, it's disheartening to watch their mismanagements over and over again.
I'm okay with Dumbledore having a significant role in the franchise, but at least give us some new locations. It would be interesting to see Ilvermorny, explore more of Europe and America, I guess this time they're going to Rio, we'll see how that turns out, but don't just blatantly use old locations to give us nostalgia tingles, I have the original Harry Potter movies for that.
When it comes to WB, yeah, I really don't understand how incapable they are at creating their own cash cows. DCEU alone has the potential to be the biggest franchise in the world, yet they mess up every other movie. Wizarding World can be turned into another giant, FB should've been their next flagship series, add some streaming shows to that, and you have a decade of secured profit.
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I for one don't mind the ideas behind CoG, the problem is that it was incredibly rushed and badly set up. Queenie's choice didn't make any sense, Credence being a Dumbledore doesn't make any sense, killing the most interesting and complex new character didn't make any sense. It was all just rushing from one event to another without having the proper time to establish any of them, which is sad, as there were some really well-made scenes and moments, and acting was really top-notch, as well as cinematography. I just don't get why did J.K rush things so much when there are 3 more films presumably in the works, that should've been enough to tell a complex and an interesting story. The idea of exploring the war between Dumbledore and Grindelwald is what attracted me to this franchise, not some magic animal hunting. In the end, WB's inability to tell J.K. she sucks at writing screenplays is what killed this movie, and I'm afraid to see it moving on with her still at the top. She should've written these as novels and then let someone else adapt them for screen.
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56 minutes ago, filmlover said:
We really can't catch a break, can we?
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Has anyone watched enough of Jordan Peterson to explain to me what's the whole issue about him? I'm a leftist, and I've seen a couple of videos of him, although not nearly enough to form a legitimate opinion about him. In those that I've watched he seemed quite arrogant and yelled "Marxism" at everything, but I didn't get an impression of a hugely problematic person. What are some of the issues you have with him?
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23 minutes ago, Deuce66 said:
The theatre chains and Indies are hoping you're wrong. People will get sick of being trapped indoors, cabin fever is a real phenomenon, ask anyone who lives in a northern climate with 6 months of winter. The startup will probably be slow depending on the country and the severity of the virus at that point. I think 2021 is setting up to be a big year if most economies are back to full strength. I'm hoping for the best and that everyone can return to work asap.
Heck, people are already starting to lose their minds. I think we'll have to find a balance between having a normal life and social distancing, it will be hard, but we'll have to do it eventually.
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3 hours ago, CJohn said:
@MCKillswitch123 So apparently TVI is already stretching Na Corda Bamba with stockshots of cities and flashbacks that reuse old footage. They probably won't have enough episodes to last until the end of May. The same goes for the new soap Quer o Destino. My only question is: why the fuck are they still airing them 6 times a week? Are they insane? They should have went with a mix of repeats and new episodes of Mental Samurai for Fridays and Saturdays, plus repeats of Ver Pra Crer and Kitchen Nightmares at 11 PM as soon as filming stopped.
Also, how is SIC dealing with this? I haven't read anything about Nazaré or Terra Brava?
Wow, I've been gone for three months and we're still talking about Portuguese TV?
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Wow, I thought this whole Avatar obsession was just trolling, now I'm concerned...
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4 hours ago, Nero said:
The overreactions in this thread. You bitch about RDJ appearing and what not but do GA care about that shit at all? My god people are so sensitive. RDJ's Iron Man is most beloved superhero worldwide. People get excited just seeing his glimpse..
I assume I'm one of those who are overreacting, but I actually haven't said anything about GA caring or not, everyone's probably going to see it because, you know, Marvel. My stance about this movie is that it's a wasted opportunity for the swan song that it's supposed to be, especially since the emotional toll of Widow losing her life for everyone in Endgame was virtually nonexistent. That's why I'll die mad, lol, 'cause I really loved the character and they really did her dirty, and now everything about this movie screams mediocre and redundant, without consequences and without progress, and after Endgame, that's really the last thing the MCU needs.
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I'll die mad because of this movie...
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6 minutes ago, dudalb said:
I could see giving a couple of the novels a revisit, since the film versions suffered a lot from the deep cuts that had to be made from the later novels.
"Goblet of Fire" in particular had the guts torn out of it...one reason why I think that is the weakest of the Potter films.
But the last movie was so much better than the book, excluding getting rid of the Elder Wand, I hated that, lol. The final act of the seventh book was really a cringe-fest of convenient plot developments.
And if they even consider making The Cursed Child into a movie, I'll never watch anything related to HP, lol. CC was the worst fan-fiction piece of shit there ever was, I was hoping J.K. would quietly exclude it from the canon, but I guess she seems to have lost the compass regarding this franchise.
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23 hours ago, JB33 said:
Exactly. It's not the act that necessarily disgusts me. It's the hypocrisy. JT and all his leftist and liberal followers would be all over someone else if they did that. What I eagerly await is his and the people's response.
Justin Trudeau is not a leftist, he's a neoliberal poster boy for the white woke elite. By that I mean those people that like to think of themselves as progressive, but their progressiveness is exclusively social, not economic. That's why you see so many celebrities and rich people endorsing Kamala or Buttigieg, horrible, horrible candidates whose campaigns are mostly a word salad of such terms like equality, something something race, sexuality and civility, while they remain centrist/slightly conservative about every single economic issue, where the biggest problems are. That's why the upper-class white folks like them, they make themselves feel better by supporting "progressive" candidates that won't actually change the USA into a more equal society, so they still get to keep their power and privilege, but hey, at least they can say they support LGBTQ rights. Same goes for Justin Trudeau, he likes to shit all over the TV how much he "<3" the environment, but doesn't have a problem with pipelines and what not. That's why I'm annoyed when I read comments on FB posts of HuffPost or NYT, those people like to think of themselves as better and more informed than the conservatives, but they're as ignorant as the other side when they drool over Trudeau, Macron or Obama. The worst comment was of a man who was so enamored with an image of Buttigieg, Macron and Trudeau speaking and working together on a summit, my brain just exploded and broke my laptop. The whole country is wildly uninformed about pretty much everything.
So, to conclude this wild rant, #Bernie2020!
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1 hour ago, CoolioD1 said:
I’m gonna take an insane guess that more people watch it.
Of course (although I would question that with the last two seasons), but Netflix has to come to a point where they value quality over quantity. I mean, of course you'll keep the show that's pulling millions of viewers, but since new streaming sites are popping up like crazy, they also need to make themselves distinctive and focus more on keeping people who want good TV, and apart from HBO, they're the main player in that field, but the latest cancellation of many good shows is making me skeptical if they understand what their main role is. People who like 13 Reasons Why shouldn't and won't be Netflix's main demographic group.
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47 minutes ago, Eric! said:
But "13 Reasons Why" is still a thing...
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On 9/14/2019 at 11:38 AM, Halba said:
100% rt- check
RT ave rating - check
runtime(130min) - check.
Rian johnson is one of the best directors at the moment.
Say it in a Star Wars thread.
Say it!
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34 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:
This was FFH. If RDJ Tony does make an appearance I doubt it will be for primarily BO reasons.
We don’t know how much of an appearance is possiblem but I really doubt it exceeds like, 60 seconds, all the comaplinaing about this seems way overblown on essentially no info.
Oh yeah, FFH exists...
Maybe everyone is overreacting, but I still thinks it's a cheap move, no matter how long his appearance is.
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3 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:
If it's true that this movie in a highly interconnected universe has a tiny appearance from the most important character in that universe, when it's set in a time period where it makes sense in-universe? Hyperbole much?
Tony Stark is dead, Endgame made a really good job of making us care about it, so seeing him return in literally the next movie is a cheap move, even if it makes sense in-universe. Also, Black Widow finally gets her own movie (the fact that it's a prequel that doesn't affect her personality in any way in the future doesn't help), and they're shoving the most popular character in to help boost the box office. It made sense with Spider-Man and Thor Ragnarok, but it doesn't here. Also, you're all just lying to yourselves if you think Disney won't show off RDJ's face in the marketing in some form. They'll make sure we know he's in the movie.
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Classic Conversation Thread
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Lol, I'll never forget the image of an escalator, and just a metre away, two regular steps. Like, who designed that... 😂😂