King Mongoose @ kingmongoose7877 @lemmy.film

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I came to say just the opposite: the show is lesser than the sum of its parts. It's not cerebral, it's just boring.

The acting is above par, the characters are semi-interesting, the screenwriting shoots mostly above the bar. And yet somehow...yawn city. All the qualities you mentioned regarding the writing are exactly why it trods along; at the end of the day, the drama is just not gripping. And I so wanted to like it, don't ask me why.

It can't even get a theme song right. Go ahead...whistle/hum/sing it. I'll wait. Five dollars say you can't even remember it.

Oh, and I liked The Orville. A lot.

Zuck and Musk and Jeff just want to make more money.

Are you sure about that? None of the three four listed below would ever have to get out of bed ever again, pills, powders and prostitutes included. How much money is enough for one person?

Net worth as of 2023-07-17:
Mark Zuckerberg: USD$109.4B
   - 1175 Trident missiles
Elon Musk: USD$250.4B
   - 2689 Trident missiles
Jeff Bezos: USD$157.3B
   - 1689 Trident missiles
Just-for-fun Bonus net worth as of 2023-07-17:
Mackenzie Scott (ex-wife of Jeff Bezos): USD$36.1B
   - 387 Trident missiles

1 Trident missile = $93,100000 (adjusted for inflation). Source.

Don't think it's ever just "want to make more money". Only Uncle Scrooge wants that.

Oh, BTW, which "fascist regime" was Oppenheimer in a race with again? Careful now.

Thanks for the post. Just a suggestion: continue to link to YouTube and let the @PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks do its thing auto-creating redirect links.

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Yeah, we're on the same page. One thing I found amusing is that you had to specify which Justice League, like it mattered. 😂 Is one more or less realistic or processed than the other?

The Ocean's Eight posters, regardless of which, all suffer from the same flaw: all of the actresses are culled from separate photo shoots/sources. After all the resizing, color correction and conforming, it's inevitable they look as processed as an individually-wrapped cheese slice. Cheers!

!moviesnob@lemmy.film

How about an example?

Me, I've noticed "nothing is real" for the last 20 years or so. Thank you, Adobe Systems.

!moviesnob

Strictly for historical purposes, Kidnapping by Indians (1899), supposedly the very first Western ever made, ironically in Blackburn, England!

Then there's the films of Broncho Billy, the first Western movie star, and his competition William S. Hart and Tom Mix. I've no particular recommendation for any of these cowboy movies as they're all pretty short and you could see a handful in less than an hour.

Once you get into Gene Autry, John Wayne and Roy Rogers, you're in the sound era (circa 1929). At that point, see anything by the late, great John Ford, pardner!

!moviesnob@lemmy.film

Isn't that the entire internet? 🤣 Best of luck anyway!

!moviesnob@lemmy.film

Can't put my finger on why but I'm doubtful. Looks like the most expensive trailer in the history of cinema.

❤

Could this be the beginning of the end for franchise films?

We can only hope.

'The Flash' and Other Mediocre Movies Won't Stop Superhero Fatigue - Variety. Fifteen years (since Iron Man), for the love of Stan! As Scorsese said, "…that’s not cinema…the closest I can think of them…is theme parks."

Fun fact: did you know that the (then) new distribution strategy invented for the iconic film The Godfather gave rise of the Blockbuster (and thus "franchise movies") and the near-death of auteur cinema?

!moviesnob@lemmy.film

Are there better options?

Honestly, that's too subjective a question for me to answer. There are other options but I won't say they're drop-in replacements for what you're used to. Each alternative comes with its own investment in time and effort, like setting up and learning new apps do. If that set-up works for you, rock and roll!

!moviesnob@lemmy.film

Out of curiosity, @0jcis@sh.itjust.works, what alternatives did you try before settling on Resolve/WIne?

Hey, thanks a lot for that! I'd seen only stills from the 3 Giant Men movie (as well as Turkish Batman!) Just as smirk-inducing as those cheap knock-off toys of comic book characters!

!MovieSnob@lemmy.film