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  1. Comment on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | New trailer in ~movies

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    Even the same characters have radically different looking environments and powers as they switch artists in comics.

    Even the same characters have radically different looking environments and powers as they switch artists in comics.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | New trailer in ~movies

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    Looking forward to this as it's pretty much the last MCU thing I'll be excited about, at least for a long while. Like most of everything else about it so far, but does the lens choice look a...

    Looking forward to this as it's pretty much the last MCU thing I'll be excited about, at least for a long while.

    Like most of everything else about it so far, but does the lens choice look a little wonky to anyone else? It's like a bunch of the medium shots are a little too close to the subject and using a lens that's a little too wide.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on The Flash | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Are people in their 40s so desperate to not let go of their childhoods that a 70 year old man in an embarrassing rubber suit having a digital doll copy bounce around like a ping pong ball is going...

    Are people in their 40s so desperate to not let go of their childhoods that a 70 year old man in an embarrassing rubber suit having a digital doll copy bounce around like a ping pong ball is going to make a billion dollars?

    I'm being facetious, but personally my nostalgia reserves are fully tapped out. Enough.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Oscar nominations 2023: The full list in ~movies

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    I hated Nomadland and Mank and disliked Promising Young Woman and Trial of the Chicago 7 so last year's were pretty meh to me.

    I hated Nomadland and Mank and disliked Promising Young Woman and Trial of the Chicago 7 so last year's were pretty meh to me.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Oscar nominations 2023: The full list in ~movies

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    I think these are the best Best Picture nominations in a while. Save Triangle of Sadness, all the movies on there are at least pretty good imo.

    I think these are the best Best Picture nominations in a while. Save Triangle of Sadness, all the movies on there are at least pretty good imo.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Avatar: The Way of Water | Final trailer in ~movies

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    I kind of feel like the whole "haha space Pocahontas" thing held more water (ha) during the brief window after Avatar's release when people weren't lining up to see 5 structurally identical...

    I kind of feel like the whole "haha space Pocahontas" thing held more water (ha) during the brief window after Avatar's release when people weren't lining up to see 5 structurally identical superhero movies a year that are half made before they even have a director.

    Personally I think it's a win these days just to get a blockbuster that looks like it's actually been looked at by a human who knows what blocking and color grading is.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Bits of the green screen here look on par with Spy Kids 3.

    Bits of the green screen here look on par with Spy Kids 3.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on What's a video game that you really want to exist? in ~games

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    I've played this! Loved it.

    I've played this! Loved it.

  9. Comment on What's a video game that you really want to exist? in ~games

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    I want a proper, no hand holding detective game. Closest things I've played are probably Return of the Obra Dinn and Dear Ester. Just a room to explore, no hand holding on what defines a "clue" vs...

    I want a proper, no hand holding detective game. Closest things I've played are probably Return of the Obra Dinn and Dear Ester. Just a room to explore, no hand holding on what defines a "clue" vs just set dressing, no super specific guided questions for suspects (something akin to Her Story's confession format could replace this perhaps). You can accuse someone at the very end and just know if you were right or not, no "find all the clues to form an accusation web" or "complete handholding to the finish line".

    4 votes

  10. Comment on The Fabelmans | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Usually very much not into movies about movies, but the thought of Spielberg, a once in a generation talent at complex visual storytelling and known lover of flood lighting, making a movie that...

    Usually very much not into movies about movies, but the thought of Spielberg, a once in a generation talent at complex visual storytelling and known lover of flood lighting, making a movie that will feature tons of shots of projectors is exciting.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Armageddon Time | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Yes, but probably not trailers you've seen. I've done some work for an indie theater that sometimes showed movies not fully legally and commissioned their own marketing material, most recent was...

    Yes, but probably not trailers you've seen. I've done some work for an indie theater that sometimes showed movies not fully legally and commissioned their own marketing material, most recent was C'mon C'mon (2021). Beyond that it's largely been some student films or shorts where I also edited the films themselves, most recently this:
    https://vimeo.com/739207516

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    If you wanna see the C'mon C'mon trailer I have it unlisted here: https://youtu.be/qUVQCWrt2io

  12. Comment on Armageddon Time | Official trailer in ~movies

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    When I refer to the editing and tone, I mean the trailer itself, not the movie. I've done some trailer editing in the past, and this kind of felt like a rough cut of a trailer where you kind of...

    When I refer to the editing and tone, I mean the trailer itself, not the movie. I've done some trailer editing in the past, and this kind of felt like a rough cut of a trailer where you kind of make a timeline of scenes that are important and relevant and should be included, but they don't fully flow smoothly into one another because you're gonna figure out how to smooth the edges off in the next draft.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Armageddon Time | Official trailer in ~movies

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    This is one of those "wow this trailer is awful but the movie could be good" ones for me. Absolutely amateurish first draft feeling cuts, it doesn't carry any consistency in tone, emotion, or pace...

    This is one of those "wow this trailer is awful but the movie could be good" ones for me. Absolutely amateurish first draft feeling cuts, it doesn't carry any consistency in tone, emotion, or pace and just shows a bunch of bits of scenes sort of smattered about. But all the pieces themselves look nice enough, and it's a hell of a cast and a great filmmaker.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on White Noise | Official teaser in ~movies

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    I wouldn't really know how to market a White Noise adaptation either, but this "epic" beat filled War of the Worlds-esque direction is probably the funniest choice they could've made.

    I wouldn't really know how to market a White Noise adaptation either, but this "epic" beat filled War of the Worlds-esque direction is probably the funniest choice they could've made.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on D&D 6th Edition announced (but they're calling it One D&D for now) in ~games.tabletop

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    The nat 1 auto-fail sucks to see. 5e's design philosophy of putting the role of arbiter on the DM instead of the book so much creates a kind of adversarial relationship that the book itself...

    The nat 1 auto-fail sucks to see. 5e's design philosophy of putting the role of arbiter on the DM instead of the book so much creates a kind of adversarial relationship that the book itself insists shouldn't exist, and it's annoying to see one of the more irritating homebrews that lean into this be codified.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on What's your unpopular food opinion or idiosyncrasy? in ~food

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    I don't understand cereal. People despise soggy toast yet pour milk over crunchy hard bits of sugar bread. And then say it's not supposed to be soggy and you should just eat it quickly. Why pour...

    I don't understand cereal. People despise soggy toast yet pour milk over crunchy hard bits of sugar bread. And then say it's not supposed to be soggy and you should just eat it quickly. Why pour milk on it then? Baffling.

    Quite like oatmeal though.

    Edit: doubly true of corn flakes, which becomes a disgusting slop akin to paper mache within a minute.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on ‘Batgirl’ and ‘Scoob!: Holiday Haunt’ scrapped at Warner Bros. amid cost-savings push in ~movies

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    Actors like Keaton, maybe. This was a potentially star making role for the lead, not to mention the behind the scenes folk who depend on royalties and strong prior credits for future work who have...

    Actors like Keaton, maybe. This was a potentially star making role for the lead, not to mention the behind the scenes folk who depend on royalties and strong prior credits for future work who have spent years on something that just will not release now.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on ‘Batgirl’ and ‘Scoob!: Holiday Haunt’ scrapped at Warner Bros. amid cost-savings push in ~movies

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    This seems like it would be extremely damaging to WB's relationship with talent. This is a $70 million movie starring Michael Keaton, that's not small potatoes. If that can just get shelved by the...

    This seems like it would be extremely damaging to WB's relationship with talent. This is a $70 million movie starring Michael Keaton, that's not small potatoes. If that can just get shelved by the studio whenever they want, why would talented writers and directors want to work on other DC movies instead of with the well oiled Marvel machine, which for all its shortcomings at least... releases the movies people work on.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on Andor | Official trailer in ~tv

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    It's less an immediate "oh this is an LED stage" thing for me (it's a bit more immersive than a lot of shoddy green screen work in that respect) and more just how obviously restricted the...

    It's less an immediate "oh this is an LED stage" thing for me (it's a bit more immersive than a lot of shoddy green screen work in that respect) and more just how obviously restricted the cinematography gets whenever it's employed. On the first season of The Mandalorian, The Batman, and Kimi, it's largely used as literal window dressing in shots that wouldn't be super flashy or dynamic anyway, so it doesn't distract from the overall look. The Obi-Wan show and the recent Thor movie on the other hand looked like they were shot in nothing but cobbled together medium shots for so much of their runtime because of the staging and blocking restrictions you get from that set.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Andor | Official trailer in ~tv

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    It's a bit funny that Disney has hyped up their Volume rear projection sets for all these recent shows and movies, and this, the one show that isn't making extensive use of them and is instead...

    It's a bit funny that Disney has hyped up their Volume rear projection sets for all these recent shows and movies, and this, the one show that isn't making extensive use of them and is instead relying on some actual locations and sets, looks immediately substantially visually better.

    4 votes