casual misandry

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The moderately-interesting spider-dork
The moderately-interesting spider-dork

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https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theamazingspiderman

A breakthrough in rapid genetics-alteration has unintended side-effects.

I’m fond of the earlier ones, but I think they get classed as “nostalgia”. This is a very good movie, and that’s likely enhanced by Emma Stone, who is incredibly attractive in dress, appearance and action.



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Nerd.
Nerd.

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http://www.readyplayeronemovie.com/

In a dystopic future akin to Brave New World – (1932 book), by Aldous Huxley, everyone is lost in a virtual reality, playing a game to take control of the world’s largest corporation.

This movie is parasitic to the childhoods of old men and permanent-children. It’s worth a watch if you’re over 40, otherwise it’ll be a fairly confusing mess of references.


Atomic blonde - (2017 movie) image

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https://web.archive.org/web/20200527165344/https://www.uphe.com/movies/atomic-blonde

As a commentary on Edward Snowden or WikiLeaks or some such, a list, that somehow exists, is out in the clear and being hunted by various spies.

It would have made a huge difference had this not been portrayed as a flashback/debriefing. Because of this complete failure in storytelling, there was no sense of risk at all; an important part of a spy movie like this.



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Black Panther - (2018 movie) poster

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https://movies.disney.com/black-panther

After the assassination of his father, a new king is crowned for an insular but extraordinary nation, but he does not go unchallenged.

I decided to watch this, breaching my “no more superhero movies” position, because there was some fascinating drama surrounding it.

Not recommended: I can’t understand why anyone would think this is particularly good for any particular reason. Aside from being all manner of racist, it does not provide any intellectual cud to chew on.



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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/logan

Logan (Wolverine) gets tangled up with a girl fleeing a mutant research and breeding lab that is definitely nothing like that of Dark Angel – (2000 show).

Not recommended.

This is like a DC version of X-Men. It was passable at best, and a good way to put the whole series and concept of comic book movies to bed. I think I’ll end them all on this low note.




2018-02-23

  • 2:30 — The claw thing is a reference to drunk men having trouble achieving full erection.
  • 3:15 — Shooting him didn’t do anything, why would they fight him, let alone try to stab him?
  • 4:00 — Texas license plate WER 112

    • Is he in Texas?
  • 4:15 —

    • West 62 — Is that West Virginia Route 62?
    • El Paso is in Texas. So apparently there were Spanish-speaking gangsters in Texas for some reason. Is that a thing?
  • 4:45 — So apparently he can (or needs to) flex bullets out now.
  • 5:00 — The year 2029
  • 5:15 — He’s a professional limousine driver.
  • 9:00 — “South of the border” a reference to Mexico.

    Alkali | Transigen
    Donald Pierce
    Chief of Security
    Cell: 915 122-2425
    Office: (obscured)

  • 10:00 — He is presumably now in Mexico.
  • 12:15 — Taco Bell
  • 13:45 — So I thought he was dead. Wasn’t he disintegrated a couple of movies ago?
  • 14:00 — What are those pills, anyway?
  • 14:30 —

  • 15:00 — Statue of Liberty

  • 18:45 —

  • 20:45 — The tag on the glasses means he just bought them, and the previous “cannot read” comment was apparently near-sightedness.
  • 22:00 — Canada
  • 23:15 — That’s an X-Men comic book, and I’m certain there are nerds who know what specific one it is.
  • 24:15 — North Dakota
  • 30:15 — Why not shoot him?
  • 34:00 — Ageing:

    • Octogenarian = 80-89 years old
    • Nongenarian = 90-99 years old
  • 35:00 — Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
  • 38:00 — Casual misandry.
  • 42:15 — They could catch up with them.. pretty trivially actually.
  • 43:15 — That’s a reference to Dracula?
  • 43:45 — OH! Is that the super-kid from some earlier movie? Oh, wait.. no.. no I just don’t know the reference to him working for their team.
  • 48:30 — Pringles

    • 48:45 — .. and a drink I don’t recognize.
  • 49:30 —

  • 54:30 — I don’t know that movie offhand.
  • 56:00 — So they can implant titanium again?
  • 56:30 — Another X-Men comic book.
  • 56:45 — I don’t know if this is the same movie as earlier.

    • 57:30 — It’s possible to track down this movie based on these lines.
  • 59:30 — More comic book stuff.
  • 1:07:30 — It was already established that her adamantium was implanted.
  • 1:11:00 —

  • 1:17:30 — Corn syrup
  • 1:23:00 — Westchester, but I don’t know which one..
  • 1:46:45 — If they were all raised together, how can they have different accents?
  • 1:49:45 — Quadcopter
  • 1:56:30 — Why is any of that non-lethal? None of them were to be captured..
  • 1:58:00 — Why would they pause instead of shooting? Oh, more non-lethality for some reason.
  • 2:04:30 — How come he can’t just slash the cable?
  • 2:06:00 — It was already established that he can be stopped, so how come the vehicle didn’t temporarily-splat him?