Mastodawn

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Dec 3

@benroyce i liked her in Game of Thrones.

@benroyce she looks like a Charlie Chaplin

@lax

you ain't lyin

@benroyce
She'd be best described as trans charlie chaplin - hitler and I can't even be sued for slander because this is just flat out fact

@lax

damn

what a lame ass comment

on a number of levels

@benroyce ben, what.
I'm referring to Chaplin's mustache.

@lax oof

@benroyce Ben, what

@lax I found your comment to be hard cringe, gross. Would you prefer I be dishonest? I suppose I could say nothing at all but I haven't learned that skill yet

@benroyce it's not hate cringe, on the contrary. That dash was a minus, how possibly on earth can "charlie chaplin but girl and without the slight hitler vibes" can be hate 🥲

liferstate Dec 3

@benroyce Something I think about every so often is that when the 2nd Avatar movie was just released or about to be released, one of the actors was quoted as saying that she'd assumed it had come out some time ago and been a total flop. She'd filmed her parts more than two years prior and had more or less forgotten about it.

I wish I could remember her name— not an A-lister but a relatively well-known character actor.

@liferstate

it takes such a long time

zoe saldana talks about how she signed up for it when she was 27, and should wrap up involvement when she's 54

liferstate Dec 3

@benroyce I will never understand why James Cameron decided to spend the latter part of his career on these films. They make money, sure. I suppose they're interesting in terms of the technology required. But the Avatar movies sink like marbles. They have no lasting impact on popular culture. I've certainly never felt compelled to watch one, and I've watched a lot of dumb movies on purpose.

@liferstate

The Avatars make tons of money. People like them. Sure the plot is pretty basic, "Pocahontas in space." But it is a bad theme? No. So it's a positive theme, told with amazing spectacle, and if that's what the people like, I say bless James Cameron. Plenty of other movies to see with more nuance and complexity. I think it's too much to ask of it, to also be some earth shattering narrative.

It is what it is. A popcorn muncher people love. For those reasons, I like the franchise

Whatisgoingon Dec 3

@liferstate @benroyce the first one was nice to watch but the story was too simple for the effort they put into making the movie.

I don’t get why he decided to make a trilogy. The story was complete with the first one. Nothing more to add.

And the second movie proved that. I watched it and the only thing I can remember was that it was completely pointless and that it undid the little character development from the first one.

It probably is just about the money.

@themipper @liferstate

Yeah if you can make a bazillion dollars, making a movie with a wooden narrative but also a positive narrative, why not? People can criticize Avatar for being basic, but people like it. So what's the problem really? That it isn't a compelling narrative? Ok. But who cares. Plenty of other movies to see with compelling narratives. The Avatars are on a different track. It is what it is. I like the Avatars for what they are. If the narratives were gross, sure. But they aren't

liferstate Dec 3

@benroyce @themipper I don't know that it's about the money alone. I think for Cameron it might be more about the technology and methods required to make the movies. Process over product.