Jun 9, 2016, 7:44 PM
Random links
-
-
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
-
Someone was on Reddit today.
-
@Arkandel That was pretty delightful. I don't even want to find citation in case any of that is not truly Van Dammed.
-
..."Using scientific principles, students at the University of Leicester spent seven years examining the feasibility of the powers of superheroes" (emphasis mine).
What have I done with my life?
-
This ice cream is showing potential!
-
Japanese Hearthstone commercial. Be Legend!
-
-
I didn't know you knew what dank was, but that was dank.
-
I'm very surprising!
Tyrion Demands a Trial by Dance - Game of Thrones - Alternative ending
-
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
-
@Arkandel said in Random links:
A blog post about why second acts are disappearing from blockbuster movies.
He's not wrong--but he also mentions Deadpool as a story missing a second act (I don't think it does, it's just differently placed) and then says "some stories change the format to work better", but fails to draw the comparison between the two. What's up with that?
Anyway, he's not wrong, but his view is limited--he touches upon the reasons but not the ramifications.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
-
@Coin Even smart, thoughtful people seem to want more spectacle out of their entertainment, I guess. I mean aside from some concerns highlit in that article which make producers and directors pick one scene to cut over another (it won't be the one you just spent $$$ to get effects for, it'll be the blah-blah one) audiences also prefer the 'important' parts possibly because it's natural that they remember those and not what made them important in the first place.
For example a friend at work is complaining because there's a lot of dialogue and politics in GoT sometimes instead of battle scenes. Who cares about all the talky parts Jon Snow is in, just show him in battle, right?
But he neglects to think that the reason he cares about Jon Snow to begin with is because of such scenes. It's how we cared about the character by seeing him treated unfairly, challenged and belittled in Castle Black and placed in bad situations again and again - else why would we really give a damn if those weird ice zombies eat him or not?
Well, I suspect producers fall into the same pitfall sometimes. They want trailers with cool things, previews to set up, and you can't shove dialogue in those... so I wouldn't be surprised to hear they actively push directors in that direction.
Which brings us to Independence Day: Resurgence-level kind of woes. Wtf cares what's gonna happen to Thor's little brother?
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
-
@Arkandel said in Random links:
Which brings us to Independence Day: Resurgence-level kind of woes. Wtf cares what's gonna happen to Thor's little brother?
Anyone who's ever read American Gods.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
-
@Coin said in Random links:
@Arkandel said in Random links:
Which brings us to Independence Day: Resurgence-level kind of woes. Wtf cares what's gonna happen to Thor's little brother?
Anyone who's ever read American Gods.
Btw, am I wrong or did I hear they're making a TV series out of that?
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
-
@Arkandel said in Random links:
@Coin said in Random links:
@Arkandel said in Random links:
Which brings us to Independence Day: Resurgence-level kind of woes. Wtf cares what's gonna happen to Thor's little brother?
Anyone who's ever read American Gods.
Btw, am I wrong or did I hear they're making a TV series out of that?
They are indeed!
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
-
@Auspice Hey, nice cast too.
Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon
Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday
Emily Browning as Laura Moon
Yetide Badaki as Bilquis
Bruce Langley as Technical Boy
Jonathan Tucker as Low Key Lyesmith
Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney
Crispin Glover as Mr. World
Cloris Leachman as Zorya Vechernyaya
Peter Stormare as Czernobog
Chris Obi as Mr. Jacquel
Mousa Kraish as the Jinn
Gillian Anderson as Media
Omid Abtahi as Salim
Orlando Jones as the Mr. Nancy
Demore Barnes as the Mr. Ibis -
@Arkandel said in Random links:
@Coin said in Random links:
@Arkandel said in Random links:
Which brings us to Independence Day: Resurgence-level kind of woes. Wtf cares what's gonna happen to Thor's little brother?
Anyone who's ever read American Gods.
Btw, am I wrong or did I hear they're making a TV series out of that?
You're wrong.
They're making a brilliantly cast TV series with Gaiman's fingers all up in the mix.
-
Anyone who's seen Kingdom (MMA-based drama on Direct TV) will know how fucking perfect Jonathan Tucker is as Low-Key Lyesmith.
-
@Coin said in Random links:
They're making a brilliantly cast TV series with Gaiman's fingers all up in the mix.
And the showrunner is Bryan Fuller, who has my heart forevermore. I'm a little worried about how he'll split his time between American Gods and the new Star Trek, but everything I've heard so far has me really psyched for it.