[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

White noise is bad. Disappointed bring because I like Adam driver. Fury was good.

[Mezla PigDog]

Cause, on 18 February 2024 - 04:12 PM, said:

Don’t know if Hollywood is going for a more Everyman approach (I don’t think so, since all famous actors are still genetic specimens) or me getting older but the quality or look or leading men and women in Hollywood has changed.

Timothy Chamelet is 28 but doesn’t look out of place playing a teenager Paul atreides in dune. Zendaya is similarly 27 but looks younger.

I had to look it up and was shocked by the answer but Angelina Jolie was only 24 when she played tomb raider and she looked like a grown women and became a sex icon. Of course I was like 14 at the time but even looking at her in that movie today she strikes me as older than 24.

Action stars used to be Arnold, Stallone and Bruce Willis and today we have Tom Holland string in uncharted.

The leading stars all seem younger, shorter, less muscled on average. Men and women both. Am I cherry picking here or is this a real trend? Why?

I also feel like star power in general is diminishing. A Bruce Willis movie was a Bruce Willis movie. It was written for and marketed for him it felt like. Angelina Jolie was the go to sex icon for a few years. Feels like no one gets that same kind of recognition anymore.

Although actors also seem to purposefully not want to be type cast in the same way but did being type cast as an action star hurt Bruce Willis career or catapault it?

First of all - you are definitely getting older. That's the main difference. Sex appeal fluctuates and reflects trends in most ways. There may be Timothee Chalamet but there is also Chris Hemsworth (alright the acting chops are different but they are still both stars).

But also Tom Cruise is the last of the old school movie stars. Ignore physical size, it's about star power and mystique. Social media means stars have to seem "authentic" to make it in the first place now. Tom made it early enough that he remains an enigma and that inaccessible element is what makes a mega star. Once they seem accessible the magic has gone.

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 20 February 2024 - 10:19 PM

[Mezla PigDog]

We're watching Saving Private Ryan and drinking rum. The kids at my mums.

Anyway. Got me spouting off that war is a male construct. If women were in charge there would be no physical war. There probably would be psychological warfare. Would the world be better off with a passive aggressive industrial complex instead of military one? I think it would. Someone should do a multiverse version.

I wonder what the annual turnover of the passive aggressive industrial complex would look like.

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 20 February 2024 - 10:26 PM

[Abyss]

Mezla PigDog, on 20 February 2024 - 10:25 PM, said:

We're watching Saving Private Ryan and drinking rum. The kids at my mums.

Anyway. Got me spouting off that war is a male construct. If women were in charge there would be no physical war. There probably would be psychological warfare. Would the world be better off with a passive aggressive industrial complex instead of military one? I think it would. Someone should do a multiverse version.

I wonder what the annual turnover of the passive aggressive industrial complex would look like.

the answer is more rum.

[Tsundoku]

Abyss, on 21 February 2024 - 05:30 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 20 February 2024 - 10:25 PM, said:

We're watching Saving Private Ryan and drinking rum. The kids at my mums.

Anyway. Got me spouting off that war is a male construct. If women were in charge there would be no physical war. There probably would be psychological warfare. Would the world be better off with a passive aggressive industrial complex instead of military one? I think it would. Someone should do a multiverse version.

I wonder what the annual turnover of the passive aggressive industrial complex would look like.

the answer is more rum.

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[Mezla PigDog]

There wasn't enough rum.

[Macros]

I made the statement yesterday to one of the apprentices that if no one made weapons the world would be a better place. He was adamant I was wrong because the police needed guns.

[Mezla PigDog]

You have to be born with that stupid.

I watched Nyad. It is very good. That lady is certainly single minded.

[Cause]

Mezla PigDog, on 20 February 2024 - 10:25 PM, said:

We're watching Saving Private Ryan and drinking rum. The kids at my mums.

Anyway. Got me spouting off that war is a male construct. If women were in charge there would be no physical war. There probably would be psychological warfare. Would the world be better off with a passive aggressive industrial complex instead of military one? I think it would. Someone should do a multiverse version.

I wonder what the annual turnover of the passive aggressive industrial complex would look like.

If women ruled the world there would be no wars, only really intense negotiations every 28 days.

One of my favourite facts is actaully that medieval queens started more wars than their male counterparts. The theory I believe is that since they were not expected to lead the war by example they didnt have to worry as much about what would happen at home while they were away. So they could send their consort or general to fight and still rule back home. Less risk to them so more wars overall.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Saw the creator on the plane. It was so close to being great but didn’t quite get there.

[worry]

Didn't know the creator flew commercial.

[Tiste Simeon]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 27 February 2024 - 06:13 AM, said:

Saw the creator on the plane. It was so close to being great but didn’t quite get there.

That's exactly how I felt about it. There was so much to love, and yet... I dunno it felt like it was missing a spark or something.

[Tsundoku]

LOLwhut?

[HoosierDaddy]

Boy Meets World, Boy Kills World, Boy Marries World? Is that the sequence of event?

[worry]

Boy Runs For Congress fits in there somewhere: https://savageforcongress.com/

[Tiste Simeon]

worry, on 27 February 2024 - 04:27 PM, said:

Boy Runs For Congress fits in there somewhere: https://savageforcongress.com/

I figure "Boy Gets Into Congress" and "Boy Kills World" are the same story.

[Abyss]

It's Raimi doing what looks like a Tarantino or Snyder movie only Raimi'ier.
I'm in.

[Tsundoku]

Whole lotta info, speculation and new trailer for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire.

https://editorial.ro...iler-cast-more/

Could be fun or utter shit. While it looks pretty I'm not feeling too confident. I hope I'm wrong.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 02 March 2024 - 06:13 AM

[Macros]

Chris Evans leading a reboot of stargelate, July 24.

Could be good

I mean the original is still superb mind

[worry]