tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005212773980740378.post1805361815780548730..comments2023-11-05T07:37:10.509-05:00Comments on The Misfit: "Pretentious Stupidity"Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335804193208454456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005212773980740378.post-54992033152236010252019-07-30T16:31:32.363-04:002019-07-30T16:31:32.363-04:00Penelitian terbarunya tentang algoritma kode poker...Penelitian terbarunya tentang algoritma kode poker mengungkapkan cara kerja situs-situs poker online dan bagaimana program perangkat lunak<br /><a href="http://777onlinecasinousa.com/" rel="nofollow">http://777onlinecasinousa.com</a><br /><a href="http://dewaqqq.club/" rel="nofollow">dewaqq</a><br /><a href="http://sumoqq.today/" rel="nofollow">sumoqq</a><br /><a href="http://interqq.vip" rel="nofollow">interqq</a><br /><a href="http://199.30.55.59/pionpoker78/" rel="nofollow">pionpoker</a><br /><a href="http://pionpoker.info/" rel="nofollow">bandar ceme</a><br /><a href="http://cialisprofessional.net/" rel="nofollow">hobiqq</a><br /><a href="http://keluaranpaito.com/" rel="nofollow">paito warna terlengkap</a><br /><a href="http://199.30.55.59/hobiqq78/" rel="nofollow">http://199.30.55.59/hobiqq78/</a><br /><a href="http://casajoaquinchristel.com/" rel="nofollow">data hk</a>yugagantenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351086058284645266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005212773980740378.post-89503522978229352382009-03-09T17:02:00.000-04:002009-03-09T17:02:00.000-04:00hey, thanks for reading and leaving a comment!you ...hey, thanks for reading and leaving a comment!<BR/>you definitely have the high ground in any argument, because I do not like the ol' ultraviolence and so I will never see watchmen, or any of the other movies you mentioned in your comment anyway, it's just not worth it as far as i'm concerned. I was just reacting to Ms. Schlussel's review and her take on it, whether or not that take is relevant to the movie is for you to judge, as you already have and quite strongly, because i definitely do not intend to find out. So I guess take what I said not as criticism of watchmen in specific, but of a certain kind of modern movie or book in general, of which watchmen may or may not be an example, the whole "let's show how ordinary and flawed and maybe even wicked our supposed heroes are" approach which annoys me a whole lot because, like i said, duh. It's just that her review is what reminded me of all the other movies that frustrated me, and I really liked her take on the style in general, at least as applied to those other movies. Anyway, sorry for the rambling incoherence! <BR/><BR/>Just to try to be clearer, while I won't see it because of the violence, the blood and gore isn't what annoys me about it, and I don't think that was Ms. Schlussel's point either, it was her mockery of the whole 'ooh, heroes are flawed' angle which appealed to me, the violence thing is unrelated. Maybe that's why she liked those other violent movies you talk about, but again, I'm not going to see them to find out.<BR/><BR/>p.s. the natural companion to the "good guys are flawed/twisted/fascist" movie is of course the "villains are noble/heroic/misunderstood" movie, which there is a whole lot of, too, with gangsters and murderers getting glorified, and I can't stand those movies, either, for what it's worth.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335804193208454456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005212773980740378.post-32765690936394340472009-03-09T13:58:00.000-04:002009-03-09T13:58:00.000-04:00If I have this right: (a) You're attacking postmod...If I have this right: (a) You're attacking postmodern literary deconstruction. (b) Debbie Schlussel is attacking <I>Watchmen</I> fans for defending the movie. (c) Debbie Schlussel says that she's doing so because the movie is merely postmodern wankery. (d) Therefore, you applaud Debbie Schlussel.<BR/><BR/>Please reconsider your support for step (c). From where I stand, it looks like she's simply trolling comic fans (a notoriously-trollable audience, unfortunately). Schlussel's argument would hold water if the film were indeed a series of pointless horrors (including the blue CG penis which so offended her that she mentioned it thrice, twice "swinging"), but, as fans keep trying to explain, it's <I>not</I>.<BR/><BR/>Trying to say anything substantive in response over at her place will inevitably be somewhat truncated--the commenters there are still trying to explain that "comics" isn't a genre. If you're actually curious about just what is so fascinating about <I>Watchmen</I>, there's <A HREF="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/03/were_all_puppets_laurie_im_jus.html" REL="nofollow">a fascinating post and even more fascinating comments at Roger Ebert's blog</A>; most of it is about quantum physics, but there are other topics covered--for instance, Dr. Manhattan's gradual isolation and growing inhumanity reminded me of something I'd read in an E.O. Wilson book about how minds can't exist separately from their emotions, which can't exist separately from their primary drives.<BR/><BR/>If you're bothered because it doesn't stroke your political prejudices like <I>The Dark Knight Returns</I> did (though I'm surprised more conservative-minded people aren't rallying around Rorschach, since he has such moral clarity), then say so. But don't dress it up with justifications about your high-minded principles; it's a vulgar sort of fig leaf. If someone can convince you that a work is valueless by pointing to it and shouting "postmodern! wankery!", I think that reflects poorly on you.<BR/><BR/>Schlussel tried to pull this same nonsense, ranting against the blood and gore in <I>Watchmen</I> after favorably reviewing <I>Taken</I>, <I>300</I> and <I>The Passion</I>. The only thing more grotesque than her self-serving hypocrisy is that people actually take her seriously.grendelkhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255004042161169791noreply@blogger.com