raoulraoul

@raoulraoul@lemmy.world

Winner of the Most Downvoted Post on Lemmy 🏆

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raoulraoul,

Maybe @MrSebSin is keeping in theme with the strip? 😹 “FASTER!”

raoulraoul,

Can I upvote this one twice?

raoulraoul,

It’s already started. In other tech news…

Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees

Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions

Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse

…to be continued, unfortunately. Have fun!

raoulraoul,

Yeah, I do that ‘>’ delete dance too. What a pain in the ass! 😄😭

raoulraoul,

Chicks rule! 💘

raoulraoul,

Why? Don’t know how else to break up with her? Stress to her during the movie how much you like the Natalie Portman torture scenes.

raoulraoul,

Didn’t love it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

raoulraoul,

See, you say that but, like ice cream, that’s another flavor. Whether you consciously notice these things or not, there is a distinct difference between digital and analog.

I agree though that first and foremost is the story, then the writing, acting, cinematography, usually but not necessarily in that order.

raoulraoul,

tl;dr: no.

BUT that might be an interesting admin/moderator option.

raoulraoul,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_of_the_Damned in all its various incarnations…but, purist aside, the original is the best.

raoulraoul,

The Fly - I have a boxset of all the various Fly films

Pants on fire. 😛 The original 1958 movie is in color.

Heresy!

I have to give you that one! 🤝

raoulraoul,

Okay, now you’re just jerking my chain! 🤣 How could you forget that…that…that particular beefheart/placenta purple-red that was The Blob?! 🫀
The Blob

raoulraoul,

😁 🤝 😁

raoulraoul,

Yes.

raoulraoul,

Thanks, but it’s just another day on The Planet of The Apes 🤷‍♂️

raoulraoul,

Keeping it classy, I see. 🙄

raoulraoul,

Yes, I do actually talk like this. The odor from your phone is most likely your accumulated breath, spittle and other grime. Consider 1) wiping down your phone (at least) daily with a disinfectant wipe, 2) washing your hands occasionally and 3) using a toothbrush and toothpaste more often.

raoulraoul,

And the winner of today’s WOOSH Award is… @nostradiel! Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

raoulraoul,

Is this the best you can do?

First off, it’s The Onion. It’s satire. Would your reaction have been as crybaby-ish and prejudiced if it came from, say, Mad Magazine?

Secondly, I’m not even going to get into defending Scorsese’s body of work nor his achievements in the motion picture arts. I’m going to talk slow and use small words so you can follow along, Mr Comic Book Man.

Copy paste Scorsese instead of marvel shit. I mean every time the same actors, all have one face for all their roles…however in the core mostly the same.…Last Scorsese I watched was the Irishman and boy, what a waste of time that was.

1967 - Who’s That Knocking at My Door
1972 - Boxcar Bertha
1974 - Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1977 - New York, New York
1982 - The King of Comedy
1985 - After Hours
1986 - The Color of Money1988 - The Last Temptation of Christ
1989 - New York Stories: Life Lessons
1991 - Cape Fear
1993 - The Age of Innocence
1997 - Kundun
1999 - Bringing Out the Dead
2002 - Gangs of New York
2004 - The Aviator
2010 - Shutter Island
2011 - Hugo
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2016 - Silence
2023 - Killers of the Flower Moon

I’ve left out exactly five movies of Scorsese’s oeuvre…oops…filmography. The unwashed masses, you included, tend to remember only those. I’ll admit De Niro’s presence definitely “colors” a film regardless of his role and I’d go as far as to accuse De Niro more than what with you charge Scorsese. So, Mr. “the world is full of great graphic novels” – which is how fully-grown, emotionally-stunted adults call (and justify) comic books – go jump in the East River.

raoulraoul,

🤝

raoulraoul,

Aww, admit it…it whizzed right over your (pointed) head too.

raoulraoul,

Where’s the creative risk? Making another gangster movie? Did you not read/comprehend what I wrote previously? You are doing the exact same thing as Mr Graphic Novel: ignoring a large body of work for five four “gangster” films. And even so, what if Scorsese’s preferred genre was solely gangster films? Why isn’t John Ford being “accused” of making only westerns? John Carpenter making only horror films? David Fincher only psychological thrillers? Where’s the “creative risk” in that?!

Are you saying his casting choices are a bit…one-note? Citing your previous example, he’s worked with Bob De Niro ten times out of 27 so, sure, I get the association – although I insist it’s De Niro’s heavy style that’s guilty here; De Niro in any role is always De Niro (Meet the Parents, anyone? How about The Mission?). Scorsese’s worked with Harvey Keitel…wait a minute…only five times! Joe Pesci?..only four times. And Al Pacino? The Irishman was the very first time Scorsese ever had Pacino in front of the cameras.

Compare the works, in story, style, and advancing motion picture arts technology, of the directors I’d listed above with the works based on 1970s wish-fulfillment pulp made for 12-year-old boys (the entire MCU oeuvre) created with pre-existing 3D tech and epilepsy-inducing, advertising-style editing. No creative risk my ass.

Personal taste is one thing and I’m fine with that. You don’t like caviar?, you don’t like caviar. But I’m so done with this myopic, prejudiced tunnelvision regarding one of the directorial greats of the history of motion pictures, especially when comparing Taxi Driver with Thor.

raoulraoul,

You say that like it’s an insult. You do know that a sizeable portion of the population don’t have a problem fellating. Many actually like performing oral sex. Scorsese or not.

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