Mel Brooks was telling jokes about racism and inequality at a time when simply mentioning those issues through characters that embody those things in an "accurate" way was still a little bit taboo, and it could only be done as a joke (think 1950s mentality). The "p.c." era of the 1980s was really just a label that proponents of that particular kind of humor gave to the backlash against it. There was, of course, a lot of manufactured marketing-speak around the whole thing in both advertising and in the news media which created positions for people that may or may not have been fair. The general gist of it though was that we needed to be "past" the point that anti-racist (or anti anything) needed to hide behind humor in order to be acceptable, and that more serious form of social discourse on the subject(s) were necessary. To further complicate the matter, racist humor could and is coopted by actual racists as a form of hand-waving dismissal against their enemies, and is also a way that they can hide their own intentions. So the effectiveness of this kind of thing in the precise way that Brooks did it becomes, at the very least, questionable.
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Ah, a welcome addendum. Thanks for that!
I, uh, prefer fiction to be less political next to reality, though who am I kidding here? Nowadays I'm happy enough when self-sacrifice is not a glorified trade, and a scumbag is called out for that. Anarchically yours...
I, uh, prefer fiction to be less political next to reality, though who am I kidding here? Nowadays I'm happy enough when self-sacrifice is not a glorified trade, and a scumbag is called out for that. Anarchically yours...
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Sisu best movie I've seen in ages. Really different. I was glued to the screen the entire time I was watching this.
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Weapons -
Suppose this is a horror, 17 kids go missing.. Where did they go? Why did they go?
It was slow in places but it kept me glued because of the curiosity of the story. It was different but its a 1 watch for me, unless the wife wants to watch something. I don't mind watching these movies with someone else to see if they can guess whats going on. id give it a 6.5/7.
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I really enjoyed this way back when. Its still a good movie. Brad Pitts naration was strikingly similar to the voice work in Prince of Persia.
I'd give in a 8/10 and one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies, of which I think there are 3 I like (Oblivion and Edge of tomorrow).
Suppose this is a horror, 17 kids go missing.. Where did they go? Why did they go?
It was slow in places but it kept me glued because of the curiosity of the story. It was different but its a 1 watch for me, unless the wife wants to watch something. I don't mind watching these movies with someone else to see if they can guess whats going on. id give it a 6.5/7.
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I really enjoyed this way back when. Its still a good movie. Brad Pitts naration was strikingly similar to the voice work in Prince of Persia.
I'd give in a 8/10 and one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies, of which I think there are 3 I like (Oblivion and Edge of tomorrow).
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neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 05, 2025 10:45 pm Weapons -
Suppose this is a horror, 17 kids go missing.. Where did they go? Why did they go?
It was slow in places but it kept me glued because of the curiosity of the story. It was different but its a 1 watch for me, unless the wife wants to watch something. I don't mind watching these movies with someone else to see if they can guess whats going on. id give it a 6.5/7.
Interview with a Vampire -
I really enjoyed this way back when. Its still a good movie. Brad Pitts naration was strikingly similar to the voice work in Prince of Persia.
I'd give in a 8/10 and one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies, of which I think there are 3 I like (Oblivion and Edge of tomorrow).
The highly evolved futuristic technology shown in Oblivion is absolutely incredible -- even the anti-grav fightercraft is impressive in the capable hands of a talented pilot with the Tom Cruise character indeed.
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What do you think about the 5th episode of Alien Earth? Please, feel free to elaborate/expound your thoughts & opinions on it.
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Since it launched with 2 eps, I did 3 and 4 together. So I will do 5 and 6 together. 1 hour episodes doesn't warrant popcorn and snacksneorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 11:25 am
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What do you think about the 5th episode of Alien Earth? Please, feel free to elaborate/expound your thoughts & opinions on it.
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, plus I don't need to wait for a hanger after the first episode
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Not sure if it was a first, maybe seen as a kid. With a title like that, it's a comedy! Not a set-up for a long heartless joke. Never mind if this is felt as a acknowledged classic or a reviled fail, I find it to be challenging the audience to perceive two men with a missing sense not as helpless. And maybe that's simply not acceptable for some then or even now. Yes, the circumstances are fairly constructed to come to some kind of conflict within the given run time. Duh, what entertainment isn't? What I sensed was not only that Pryor and Wilder were friends doing a movie, they did it with some dignity for their characters, not to spoof people. Has some moments. And many f-bombs dropping, so I don't feel it's meant as a family film. Makes sense.
Not sure if it was a first, maybe seen as a kid. With a title like that, it's a comedy! Not a set-up for a long heartless joke. Never mind if this is felt as a acknowledged classic or a reviled fail, I find it to be challenging the audience to perceive two men with a missing sense not as helpless. And maybe that's simply not acceptable for some then or even now. Yes, the circumstances are fairly constructed to come to some kind of conflict within the given run time. Duh, what entertainment isn't? What I sensed was not only that Pryor and Wilder were friends doing a movie, they did it with some dignity for their characters, not to spoof people. Has some moments. And many f-bombs dropping, so I don't feel it's meant as a family film. Makes sense.
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I loved this movie. Fuzzy wuzzy was a woman?NYN wrote: ↑Sun Sep 07, 2025 3:00 pm SEE N0 EVIL, HEAR N0 EVIL
Not sure if it was a first, maybe seen as a kid. With a title like that, it's a comedy! Not a set-up for a long heartless joke. Never mind if this is felt as a acknowledged classic or a reviled fail, I find it to be challenging the audience to perceive two men with a missing sense not as helpless. And maybe that's simply not acceptable for some then or even now. Yes, the circumstances are fairly constructed to come to some kind of conflict within the given run time. Duh, what entertainment isn't? What I sensed was not only that Pryor and Wilder were friends doing a movie, they did it with some dignity for their characters, not to spoof people. Has some moments. And many f-bombs dropping, so I don't feel it's meant as a family film. Makes sense.
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington's latest collab and a remake of the Japanese thriller High and Low. It was actually pretty good. I think this is probably Spike Lee's most lighthearted movie.
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Thunderbolts: **1/2
At this point Marvel is pretty much flat-out admitting that the MCU is down to the third stringers with this one. When your "stars" are Sebastian Stan and Elaine from Seinfeld you probably aren't exactly drowning in street cred at this point. Falls into the now customary Marvel "required reading" trap where you'll have no idea what's going on if you haven't watched the right previous movies and shows (which in this case would be Black Widow and Falcon & the Winter Soldier) and the result is 2 hours of fairly generic action movie with a side of existential dread and wallowing in misery. Has a few good moments, but is otherwise largely forgettable.
At this point Marvel is pretty much flat-out admitting that the MCU is down to the third stringers with this one. When your "stars" are Sebastian Stan and Elaine from Seinfeld you probably aren't exactly drowning in street cred at this point. Falls into the now customary Marvel "required reading" trap where you'll have no idea what's going on if you haven't watched the right previous movies and shows (which in this case would be Black Widow and Falcon & the Winter Soldier) and the result is 2 hours of fairly generic action movie with a side of existential dread and wallowing in misery. Has a few good moments, but is otherwise largely forgettable.