The Entertainment forum is SERIOUS BUSINESS to some people, almost as serious as the internet itself.oragator said:
It really boggles my mind that an entertainment board can get this personal.
Don't Look Up (Netflix - 12/10)
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I miss Fast Fred.
The board was much better with his insights
The board was much better with his insights
So how about them Knicks?
Brian Earl Spilner said:
So how about them Knicks?
Worse than I expected. As a Boston fan, I can feel that pain.
Yep, the political climate wasn't so ratcheted up back then to be fair. The last two years haven't helped. But he seemed like the type that would have avoided wallowing into the muck even today.Tanya 93 said:
I miss Fast Fred.
The board was much better with his insights
Kind of wish the sports world and entertainment industry would just get out of political messaging/propaganda altogether. Quit preaching and signaling how stupid and backwards you think conservatives are. They make half of the country (who "buy sneakers too") feel demonized and alienated over and over again. And many are just throwing in the towel.
I haven't seen this movie, I could be way off, but the vibe i get from the trailer (and considering the rabidly leftist cast) is that it, at least subtly, portrays the right as mouth breathing science deniers, or possibly habitual spreaders of misinformation. Again, I could be wrong, just making an assumption based on Hollywood's recent history and this cast and the vibe I got from the trailer. I also assumed it was a climate change denying satire given how they casted Leo and since that subject is his little pet, even though he's a hypocrite of the highest order. I may give it a shot though since I have Netflix and love some of McKay's older stuff.
I haven't seen the movie, but I'm going to give my opinion anyways.
At the same time, they portray big tech as money hungry and not caring about the world, just wanting to monetize the meteor for their products.Boo Weekley said:Tanya 93 said:
I miss Fast Fred.
The board was much better with his insights
I haven't seen this movie, I could be way off, but the vibe i get from the trailer (and considering the rabidly leftist cast) is that it, at least subtly, portrays the right as mouth breathing science deniers, or possibly habitual spreaders of misinformation.
It was actually confusing to me that the big tech guy (bezos/jobs rolled into one) was in the right party.
Boo Weekley said:Tanya 93 said:
I miss Fast Fred.
The board was much better with his insights
I haven't seen this movie, I could be way off, but the vibe i get from the trailer (and considering the rabidly leftist cast) is that it, at least subtly, portrays the right as mouth breathing science deniers, or possibly habitual spreaders of misinformation. Again, I could be wrong, just making an assumption based on Hollywood's recent history and this cast and the vibe I got from the trailer. I also assumed it was a climate change denying satire given how they casted Leo and since that subject is his little pet, even though he's a hypocrite of the highest order. I may give it a shot though since I have Netflix and love some of McKay's older stuff.
It absolutely does that.
Which is crazy, because Biden, Harris, Cuomo and much of the democrat political elite were warning against the vaccine and saying it could not be trusted up until the moment Trump was ousted. All in the name of politics. If I remember correctly, they even DELAYED the release of the vaccine until after the election. How many people suffered and died for that political cause? They have been dead wrong time and time again and caught spreading misinformation.maroon barchetta said:Boo Weekley said:Tanya 93 said:
I miss Fast Fred.
The board was much better with his insights
I haven't seen this movie, I could be way off, but the vibe i get from the trailer (and considering the rabidly leftist cast) is that it, at least subtly, portrays the right as mouth breathing science deniers, or possibly habitual spreaders of misinformation. Again, I could be wrong, just making an assumption based on Hollywood's recent history and this cast and the vibe I got from the trailer. I also assumed it was a climate change denying satire given how they casted Leo and since that subject is his little pet, even though he's a hypocrite of the highest order. I may give it a shot though since I have Netflix and love some of McKay's older stuff.
It absolutely does that.
It's the heavy mix of condescension and hypocrisy that digs at me. I really wish Hollywood would get out of politics for this very reason. I used to enjoy movies much more when I didn't feel like all of the actors hated me and thought I was stupid.
From what I have heard about this movie, it describes Biden, Harris, Psaki etc. and the media who always covers for them with far more accuracy than it does Trump/Pence/conservatives.
Do they actually call Streep a republican or do they just heavily imply it?
Boo Weekley said:Which is crazy, because Biden, Harris, Cuomo and much of the democrat political elite were warning against the vaccine and saying it could not be trusted up until the moment Trump was ousted. All in the name of politics. If I remember correctly, they even DELAYED the release of the vaccine until after the election. How many people suffered and died for that political cause? They have been dead wrong time and time again and caught spreading misinformation.maroon barchetta said:Boo Weekley said:Tanya 93 said:
I miss Fast Fred.
The board was much better with his insights
I haven't seen this movie, I could be way off, but the vibe i get from the trailer (and considering the rabidly leftist cast) is that it, at least subtly, portrays the right as mouth breathing science deniers, or possibly habitual spreaders of misinformation. Again, I could be wrong, just making an assumption based on Hollywood's recent history and this cast and the vibe I got from the trailer. I also assumed it was a climate change denying satire given how they casted Leo and since that subject is his little pet, even though he's a hypocrite of the highest order. I may give it a shot though since I have Netflix and love some of McKay's older stuff.
It absolutely does that.
It's the heavy mix of condescension and hypocrisy that digs at me. I really wish Hollywood would get out of politics for this very reason. I used to enjoy movies much more when I didn't feel like all of the actors hated me and thought I was stupid.
From what I have heard about this movie, it describes Biden, Harris, Psaki etc. and the media who always covers for them with far more accuracy than it does Trump/Pence/conservatives.
Do they actually call Streep a republican or do they just heavily imply it?
We have been assured that in no way is Hollywood chocked full of liberals. Not true. Totally false news.
I saw the movie but honestly can't recall, did it ever once say democrat/republican or liberal/conservative?
Most of these types of movies don't say it. Good propaganda or political messaging doesn't have to say it outright.Complete Idiot said:
I saw the movie but honestly can't recall, did it ever once say democrat/republican or liberal/conservative?
Got this from a quick google search...from Esquire...
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Jonah Hill and Meryl Streep Looked to the Trumps for Don't Look Up
Boo Weekley said:Most of these types of movies don't say it. Good propaganda or political messaging doesn't have to say it outright.Complete Idiot said:
I saw the movie but honestly can't recall, did it ever once say democrat/republican or liberal/conservative?
Got this from a quick google search...from Esquire...Quote:
Jonah Hill and Meryl Streep Looked to the Trumps for Don't Look Up
Trump has been a registered independent, democrat, and republicN at different points in his life, it's possible it's more of a Trump and Trump hiring of relatives dig than all of a party or ideology. There are crazy brain dead media members in the movie and most seem to affiliate those types with a liberal leaning.
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I haven't seen this movie, I could be way off, but the vibe i get from the trailer (and considering the rabidly leftist cast) is that it, at least subtly, portrays the right as mouth breathing science deniers, or possibly habitual spreaders of misinformation. Again, I could be wrong, just making an assumption based on Hollywood's recent history and this cast and the vibe I got from the trailer.
I would say that it takes aim at the QAnon-type crowd more than the conservative party itself (without ever using the word "conservative" or explicitly referring to the "right," if I recall correctly). It simply mocks the type of hard right conservatives prone to conspiracy thinking and science denying. However, it in no way portrays the entire conservative party as being that. In fact, again, it doesn't really get into the rest of the party at all. That said, because the QAnon crowd is almost exclusively on the right, and absolutely deserves to be mocked for their batsh*t insanity, I don't know what to tell you if you have an issue with those kinds of morons being called out. They're fair game in my book, and I think the movie is actually somewhat clever in how it briefly portrays them, despite my overall problems with the obviousness of its more satirical elements.
They're not the only target, however. As has been mentioned previously, leftist, celebrity-obsessed media, the tech industry, and hypocritical scientists are all mocked as well. Sure, a certain brand of hard right conservatism receives the lion's share of the mockery, but the movie certainly doesn't stop there.
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I also assumed it was a climate change denying satire given how they casted Leo and since that subject is his little pet, even though he's a hypocrite of the highest order. I may give it a shot though since I have Netflix and love some of McKay's older stuff.
As was earlier discussed in the thread, the impending meteor is a metaphor for climate change. I'm not saying I'm in favor or against the conceit, I'm just relaying what the cast and filmmakers have stated.
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Which is crazy, because Biden, Harris, Cuomo and much of the democrat political elite were warning against the vaccine and saying it could not be trusted up until the moment Trump was ousted. All in the name of politics. If I remember correctly, they even DELAYED the release of the vaccine until after the election. How many people suffered and died for that political cause? They have been dead wrong time and time again and caught spreading misinformation.
It's the heavy mix of condescension and hypocrisy that digs at me. I really wish Hollywood would get out of politics for this very reason. I used to enjoy movies much more when I didn't feel like all of the actors hated me and thought I was stupid.
I'm sorry, but you're living in fantasy land, and must get your news from freedomeagle.lockherup.org or wherever, if you actually believe that the vaccine was delayed in any way until after the election. Speaking of QAnon, that is some QAnon-level nonsense. Also, I would love to see the actual quotes where Biden, Harris, or Cuomo *definitively* came out against the vaccine and are *on record* as saying that it couldn't be trusted, prior to Trump losing the election. I'm not saying they didn't, and they're each a bunch of hypocrites in their own ways, no doubt, but this is something else that reads as F16 message board fodder instead of actual, tangible reality. That said, I will obviously concede this particular point if proven otherwise.
As for the misinformation element, if you *really* want to talk about being caught spreading it, Trump was the absolute, indisputable king of doing just that. I'm not saying the left hasn't spread misinformation as well - they absolutely have, in colossally stupid ways. But this is what drives me nuts in the finger-pointing game some of you guys do; calling out the other side for what your own guy was caught doing - in this case, lying and spreading bullsh*t about Covid - on a daily basis. For instance, whether the ban itself was right or not, there was a 73 PERCENT decline in Covid disinformation on Twitter once Trump was booted from the platform, which is staggering. Again, I'm here saying that many of your issues with the left are valid claims that I share, when it comes to Covid and many other issues. But I just don't understand how you guys can accuse the left of doing so much sh*t, without ALSO acknowledging that Trump and the right pulled the exact same sh*t time and again as well.
As far as the movie itself goes, I'm on record as saying a lot of it was a cheap, obvious, and lazy lampooning of the Trump administration, when it came to the Streep and Hill characters and that whole plot line. However, you don't get to elect someone as moronic and infantile and controversial as that guy, but then complain when the left mocks him, in exactly this manner. You don't get to have it both ways. He may have pushed for an agenda you support, but he is unquestionably a piece of sh*t who deserves at least as much ridicule as he was spewing out. I just wish McKay wasn't so obvious and on-the-nose in doing so.
Complete Idiot said:Boo Weekley said:Most of these types of movies don't say it. Good propaganda or political messaging doesn't have to say it outright.Complete Idiot said:
I saw the movie but honestly can't recall, did it ever once say democrat/republican or liberal/conservative?
Got this from a quick google search...from Esquire...Quote:
Jonah Hill and Meryl Streep Looked to the Trumps for Don't Look Up
Trump has been a registered independent, democrat, and republicN at different points in his life, it's possible it's more of a Trump and Trump hiring of relatives dig than all of a party or ideology. There are crazy brain dead media members in the movie and most seem to affiliate those types with a liberal leaning.
Good points.
Loll... do some research, bra.
https://www.facebook.com/GOP/videos/dems-doubt-the-vaccine/941365826441581/
https://www.facebook.com/GOP/videos/dems-doubt-the-vaccine/941365826441581/
Though I don't know if I should blame you, because it's hard to find on YouTube because it spends its time censoring speech from the right.
DallasTeleAg said:
Loll... do some research, bra.
https://www.facebook.com/GOP/videos/dems-doubt-the-vaccine/941365826441581/
Like I said, I asked that you guys provide the evidence, since it was Boo who made the claim. And I said I would eat crow if proven otherwise, so I'm here, admitting to their further hypocrisy.
Which is, once again, why I will never commit fully to either side, even though a handful of you here continue to think I'm some "concerned moderate"/secret Hollywood liberal, when it's the concept of anti-tribalism that I'm really about, and what some here can't comprehend.
DallasTeleAg said:
Loll... do some research, bra.
https://www.facebook.com/GOP/videos/dems-doubt-the-vaccine/941365826441581/
Let me guess, crap out of context. They said they would take it if doctors, the CDC, etc, said it was working and safe. They said they wouldn't trust Trump on his word alone.
Sapper Redux said:DallasTeleAg said:
Loll... do some research, bra.
https://www.facebook.com/GOP/videos/dems-doubt-the-vaccine/941365826441581/
Let me guess, crap out of context. They said they would take it if doctors, the CDC, etc, said it was working and safe. They said they wouldn't trust Trump on his word alone.
Ok then
This is a thread about a movie right?
Just making sure I haven't gotten dementia earlier than expected.
Just making sure I haven't gotten dementia earlier than expected.
Sapper Redux said:DallasTeleAg said:
Loll... do some research, bra.
https://www.facebook.com/GOP/videos/dems-doubt-the-vaccine/941365826441581/
Let me guess, crap out of context. They said they would take it if doctors, the CDC, etc, said it was working and safe. They said they wouldn't trust Trump on his word alone.
No, that's exactly what it is.
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Found it mostly entertaining, definitely dragged a bit. Some of the satire was good, some definitely a bit too in your face. Some good acting performances, as you'd expect from this cast, doing what they can with uneven writing.
The running joke about the general and the snacks was definitely the funniest part. Also, besides the Meryl Streep part that folks have alluded to, I found it humorous that the ship to carry on the human race was almost all old people.
The running joke about the general and the snacks was definitely the funniest part. Also, besides the Meryl Streep part that folks have alluded to, I found it humorous that the ship to carry on the human race was almost all old people.
They were all CEOs of corporations (read the nameplates on their pods)
Adam McKay's climate change satire Don't Look Up is officially a record breaker, with the title attracting the most viewing hours for a movie in a single week in Netflix's history.
The pic's 152.29 million hours watched globally in the week December 27-January 2 is a new high-water mark, the streamer has confirmed to Deadline.
The pic's 152.29 million hours watched globally in the week December 27-January 2 is a new high-water mark, the streamer has confirmed to Deadline.
Complete Idiot said:
Adam McKay's climate change satire Don't Look Up is officially a record breaker, with the title attracting the most viewing hours for a movie in a single week in Netflix's history.
The pic's 152.29 million hours watched globally in the week December 27-January 2 is a new high-water mark, the streamer has confirmed to Deadline.
Good timing
Lots of people on holiday and not out doing as much due to the Rona.
Not to mention one of the best casts ever assembled.
Meh
Sometimes all the bad reviews will make people check it out to see if its really that bad.
Complete Idiot said:
I saw the movie but honestly can't recall, did it ever once say democrat/republican or liberal/conservative?
Yeah, it never does. I think that was intentional because the point wasn't that that one particular "side" or "ideology" is guilty of denying reality in favor of supporting what they believe in. The point was that politics as a whole (left or right) has become that way.
Some of the people on the right are just sensitive because they use many of the same techniques that Trump used and Trump and the MAGA crowd are just a recent example of what the movie was making fun of about politics.
I've posted on that forum a handful of times. It makes up my 0.9% of other forums I post on.07ag said:
It used to be, then f16 started leaking
The similarity between the "Don't look up!!" and "Lock her up" chants isn't a coincidence.
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