Honestly, that makes about as much sense to me as what I think the actual rules of rugby are.

…is that what goes on in the middle of a scrum?

I’m not sure believability had much to do with it, as opposed to the flair for the dramatic. At the end of the day, Dr. John Ostrum, the paleontologist that both Crichton and Spielberg consulted for their projects had this to say:

Q: Is Steven Spielberg’s version of dinosaur’s accurate? A: I think he’s a really talented man who can put these creatures on the screen so they look real. Steven Spielberg created this image based on a story written by another extremely clever person, Michael Crichton.

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The name I gave it was Deinonychus, which comes from the Greek and means ‘terrible claw’. And Michael Crichton, in an apologetic way, explained that in the novel he decided to use the name Velociraptors, that I had said was the closest relative to the animal I had found. He said, ‘It’s more dramatic.’ And I said I recognize that most people are not familiar with Greek. Velociraptor everyone recognizes.

Then again, if you mean “believable” in the sense that Spielberg didn’t believe accurately sized velociraptors would be scary (as opposed to ‘i literally don’t believe these creatures existed’), then I’m just making your point again, but worse.

archive link to the rest of Dr. Ostrum’s interview, if anyone is curious.

(mostly facetious) irrelevant! The last time a TCG tournament player spent a few hours in the sun, we were building decks out of clay tablets!

I don’t know what direction would be funnier, the friendly local game store tournament field getting thrown onto a rugby pitch, or the All-Blacks throwing down a Blue Eyes White Dragon (don’t @ me, this is the extent of my Yu Gi Oh knowledge) during a haka.

No problem. Of the two, I think I also prefer The Favourite, but I truly believe there was an element of misogyny which plagued the consensus response to Coppola’s movie upon release. I’m not sure I completely agree with Ebert’s 4 star assessment, but I do find an element of truth in what he wrote here: “Every criticism I have read of this film would alter its fragile magic and reduce its romantic and tragic poignancy to the level of an instructional film.”

I mean, I feel you’re short shifting Marie Antoinette a little bit here. It wasn’t just the soundtrack that was anachronistic, everything about the presentation is meant to encourage audiences to view the subject through a modern lens, from the lead performances all the way down to the production design. Recall that this is the movie that has a pair of hi-top Converse All-Stars included in Antoinette’s closet. If you don’t feel like it was as successful as The Favourite, that’s totally valid, but it wasn’t due to limiting the scope of its central idea to the soundtrack.

We used to be a country.

The set up was too good to pass by. Thanks for the pitch.

is it time?

That doesn’t sound right, but it’s been long enough since I watched 48 Hrs or Tommy Boy that I can’t dispute your findings. Time for a double feature!

I thought the whole appeal of the Fediverse was that its structure prevents that sort of thing from happening, but I’m just repeating what I’ve read in other threads, so that may be inaccurate in this context.

You know what the chain of command is? It’s the chain I beat you with until you follow my ruttin’ commands!

Less than a year ago, he starred in a Safdie-directed, A24-produced biopic which earned him a couple of acting award noms, including a Golden Globe. Granted, it was the biggest flop of his career (so far), but from what I understand his acting chops were not the movie’s problem.

I agree. As you mentioned, the quality of Statham’s filmography varies wildly, but I don’t think his performances are ever the determining factor in what the final result is. Idk, if someone wanted to call the 6th consecutive movie where he plays a gruff guy with a checkered past mixed up eith some baddies on someone else’s behalf a ‘slop movie’, I guess I couldn’t fight them on that. However, given that genre is a perennial favorite of mine, I’m not looking for a wide emotive range from that experience. I want cool fight choreography, inventive cinematography, and badass stunts. If I get that, but Statham gives a wooden performance, I’m still going to think well of the movie (not least of all because it’s largely the same performance as what he gives in his ‘good’ movies too lol).

I guess when I think of the prompt, the actor that comes to mind is like a Ben Kingsley type. Someone who won awards for their acting prowess, but who wound up shoveling out direct to video crap in the twilight of their career.

it’s SHITE being Scottish, mate.

I don’t know. Blaming Statham for Ghosts of Mars feels like blaming a waiter for the Titanic: he was just along fir the ride.

This is such a bingeable series. Also, hoo boy this album is way worse than I even imagined it to be. Glad Lou seemed to enjoy himself.