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This is beautiful
The message that you should be taking away from the HBO series, if you've truly honed your media literacy to a razor edge, is that its stupidity and ingratitude to the source material is a far better refutation of the original than its actual attempts at refutation.
Moore comes from a cohort of decrepit old leftists who genuinely believed in their day that they could create a better world, and that doing so justified whatever means they used. You're not meant to self-insert into Veidt, sure, but you are supposed to be a good little Nite Owl and do nothing while this imaginary revolutionary saves the stupid world from itself.
Intentionally or not, Lindelof depicted exactly the world that would come of this. Rorschach isn't believed in HBO's Watchmen, except by the right-wing fringe. Veidt won. Except... His "victory" achieved nothing. The world has sunk into a bitter malaise. The peace brought about by the "alien" attacks is held to, but society didn't improve in any way. Why was it written this way? Because the Cold War was long enough ago that even aging leftists like Lindelof forgot about it. Lofty causes like "prevent nuclear annihilation" are silly and out of date now, and leftists are rather embarrassed to have ever been associated with them. After all, we never had an alien invasion in real life, we never had superheroes, and yet nuclear war never happened. Capitalism won, the right wing won, America became absolute hegemon. All the things that Moore and his cohort said would usher in Doom did not. History just trundled on.
And all that's left, in the case of the Watchmen, is a collection of characters who compromised their morals and made peace with evil. For the sake of a cause we now know was totally unnecessary. Everyone Veidt killed died for nothing. There was never going to be a nuclear war. And of course there was only one character who never compromised himself. You were supposed to spite him for it, and yes, you were supposed to assume that his principles led to disaster, but now we know they didn't. Now we know he was just the only one who had a spine.
Under those conditions, you are going to have a very very hard time getting people to prefer a coward who killed millions for nothing to an "edgy neckbeard" who tried to save them.
T⭕️DD IRELAND retweeted
The message that you should be taking away from the HBO series, if you've truly honed your media literacy to a razor edge, is that its stupidity and ingratitude to the source material is a far better refutation of the original than its actual attempts at refutation.
Moore comes from a cohort of decrepit old leftists who genuinely believed in their day that they could create a better world, and that doing so justified whatever means they used. You're not meant to self-insert into Veidt, sure, but you are supposed to be a good little Nite Owl and do nothing while this imaginary revolutionary saves the stupid world from itself.
Intentionally or not, Lindelof depicted exactly the world that would come of this. Rorschach isn't believed in HBO's Watchmen, except by the right-wing fringe. Veidt won. Except... His "victory" achieved nothing. The world has sunk into a bitter malaise. The peace brought about by the "alien" attacks is held to, but society didn't improve in any way. Why was it written this way? Because the Cold War was long enough ago that even aging leftists like Lindelof forgot about it. Lofty causes like "prevent nuclear annihilation" are silly and out of date now, and leftists are rather embarrassed to have ever been associated with them. After all, we never had an alien invasion in real life, we never had superheroes, and yet nuclear war never happened. Capitalism won, the right wing won, America became absolute hegemon. All the things that Moore and his cohort said would usher in Doom did not. History just trundled on.
And all that's left, in the case of the Watchmen, is a collection of characters who compromised their morals and made peace with evil. For the sake of a cause we now know was totally unnecessary. Everyone Veidt killed died for nothing. There was never going to be a nuclear war. And of course there was only one character who never compromised himself. You were supposed to spite him for it, and yes, you were supposed to assume that his principles led to disaster, but now we know they didn't. Now we know he was just the only one who had a spine.
Under those conditions, you are going to have a very very hard time getting people to prefer a coward who killed millions for nothing to an "edgy neckbeard" who tried to save them.
That’s a pivot! Understanding Comics. Nice one
If your IQ is above 80 and you want to learn more about the basics of media, I highly recommend Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. It's a quick read, you might learn something, and it just happens to be on sale at Amazon👍
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Sometimes a second hand store has an obscure game that is seemingly made just for me. It’s hard for me to believe that anyone wanted to play these games even during the game boy Advanced hey day. I’ll always have an affinity for Pong, Asteroids and Yar’s Revenge.
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You either die a screenwriter, or live long enough to become the Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Composer, Production Designer, Sound Designer & Audio Mixer, Colorist, Visual & Special Effects Artist, Casting Director, Gaffer & Grip, Camera Operator, Crafty,
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“You made nothing.”
I made everything.
The script. Characters. Costumes. Props. Sets. Shots. Edit. VFX. ADR w real actors.
A few X-buck grifters control the hive minds & somehow convinced them this is “like ordering from a menu & calling yourself a chef.”
I'M THE RESTAURANT
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As a person who has made professional art for over 30 years, let me tell you some hilarious shit.
- I remember when artists freaked the fuck out when photoshop and digitizers came out. Digital art was going to ruin jobs for artists. (It didnt)
- I was there when artists freaked the fuck out when video games made the transition from 2D games to 3D games because making 3D art, was going to ruin "art" in video games and making 3D art wasn't "real" art. (It didnt ruin art and it is real art) **Literally knew people personally that quit making games because they hated the transition to 3D.
The thing with "real" artists, is that artists adapt and make art, regardless of the medium and typically don't give two flying shits about what "other" artists are doing because you should be busy just being you and creating what your heart tells you.
Be it on Canvas
Digital 2D/3D
Side of a building
Macaroni Art
Sculpting
Music
Dance
Sports
... or whatever the NEW thing is that comes along every couple of years or so.
If you create - you are an artist. Period.
You do you, whatever that is and let your soul be happy.
Its nobody else's business what that is. The cool thing about art in any form is that its subjective and if you dont like it - don't participate. There is lots of bad art. Lots of great art and everything inbetween.
Don't like peas, don't eat peas. Easy. No one needs to hear about how much you hate peas. That's your problem.
The Internet is incredible.
A random thought occurred to me today.
“Sunshine” by Roy Ayers Ubiquity would kill.
Input “Roy Ayers sunshine 8 bit” into YouTube and was blessed.
youtube.com/watch?v=xPdCO8V5…
T⭕️DD IRELAND retweeted
THE ANTAGONISTS is my original comic series about married, retired supervillains raising their super-powered children in hiding while being pursued by the heroes of old and a shady government organization. Like THE BOYS and INVINCIBLE, it critiques the superhero genre with familiar tropes and pastiches while telling an original story. It showcases the hypocrisy of good vs. evil, political establishments, and judgment. Get the first seven issues at godhoodcomics.com
If Star Wars HQ does not capitalize on this much goodwill immediately, they simply “tripped’on the truguts”.
Electro-stim goosebumps
『ロボコップ』のラストシーン、何度観てもガッツポーズを取ってしまう。
あまりにキレが良すぎて。
黒幕はオムニ社の役員、だからオムニ社によって改造されたロボコップは逮捕も攻撃もできない。
なら、その場で解雇してしまえばいい。
確かに痛快な展開ではあるが、企業の論理で人間を一瞬で「役員ではない存在」にしてしまう厭なブラックさもある。
エンタメ性と社会風刺の超高度な表裏一体は正に本作の魅力そのもの。
そして、
「良い腕だな。名前は？」
「……マーフィー。」
ここでロボコップが「マーフィー」と名乗る。
人間だった頃の自我を取り戻したことを、この一言で宣言する。
そこから最強にカッコいいメインテーマが高鳴っていく音楽のタイミングにピタリと合わせて暗転。
『ROBOCOP』
タイトルがドーン。
キレが良い。良過ぎる。
思わずガッツポーズ。