The Motion Picture Arts Thread

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Post by Fry Guy » Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:43 pm

fwiw, clockwork orange did present sexually harassing people as more of a bad thing than that it's presented in the pepe le pew looney toon episodes.

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Post by Ashenai » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am

It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.

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Post by Shiny Days » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:25 am

implying that the people demanding a thing were in any way informed is pretty charitable, in a good way!

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Post by Fry Guy » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:31 am

Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
You don't remember the ones where he wins her over?

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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:36 am

Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
well "enough of a bad thing" and "acceptable" are different bars

I think it's good that sexual-harassment-as-wacky-hyjinks is falling out of favour, I'm very confused about the clockwork orange addition though

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Post by Ashenai » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:43 am

Fry Guy wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:31 am
Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
You don't remember the ones where he wins her over?
I don't! That happened? All of my memories of that cat are her fighting to get away from him.

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Post by Starprintsky » Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:50 am

Yeah like I thought that was what the whole cartoon was about.

As for the actual tweet, clown world.

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Post by Fry Guy » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:17 am

Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:43 am
Fry Guy wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:31 am
Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
You don't remember the ones where he wins her over?
I don't! That happened? All of my memories of that cat are her fighting to get away from him.
Well that was most of the content but it usually ended with her giving in.

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Post by Starprintsky » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:54 am

Fry Guy wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:17 am Well that was most of the content but it usually ended with her giving in.
I don't remember this ever happening, but when I looked it up without reading every synopsis I only got examples of the "subversions" of the main trope, which are the ones where he ends up harassed by her (sometimes after he has first harassed her).
Also the one episode where he's pursuing a dog and he reveals himself to actually be a dog in a skunk costume at which point she's into him...
...and then reveals to the audience that he was actually a skunk in a dog costume in a skunk costume (okay lol).

So while I can't 100% say that all the "normal" episodes didn't end with her giving in, I think the fact I don't remember it speaks to who is supposed to be the butt of the joke.

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Post by Khaos » Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:40 am

Fry Guy wrote:
Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:43 am
Fry Guy wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:31 am
You don't remember the ones where he wins her over?
I don't! That happened? All of my memories of that cat are her fighting to get away from him.
Well that was most of the content but it usually ended with her giving in.
my memory is that he's a moron and she always evades him

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Post by Doug » Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:14 am

No eventually he gets covered with paint, and so she thinks he's a cat and chases him
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Post by Starprintsky » Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:33 am

Doug wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:14 am No eventually he gets covered with paint, and so she thinks he's a cat and chases him
Or covered in "a mixture of all the deoderants", I learned, which she is also very into.

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Post by Ashenai » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:37 am

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Post by pterrus » Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:01 pm

Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
My wife maintains that there were boys at her school growing up that emulated Pepe but I am having a hard time believing her.

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Post by Dantes » Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:50 pm

pterrus wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:01 pm
Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
My wife maintains that there were boys at her school growing up that emulated Pepe but I am having a hard time believing her.
A twelve year old idiot doing a Pepe l e Pew imitation as a joke? I absolutely believe that could have happened.
Pour like Hemingway's last call.

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Post by Khaos » Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:02 pm

pterrus wrote:
Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
My wife maintains that there were boys at her school growing up that emulated Pepe but I am having a hard time believing her.
me too but we should probably take her word for it!

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Post by pterrus » Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:11 pm

Khaos wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:02 pm
pterrus wrote:
Ashenai wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:20 am It's been a while since I've seen pepe le pew but I don't remember it presenting sexual harassment as acceptable even a single time. I was too young to even know what sexual harassment was, but it was still clear that Pepe was a pathetic and oblivious figure, and the butt of the joke, kind of like Johnny Bravo. No kid I knew ever wanted to be Pepe.
My wife maintains that there were boys at her school growing up that emulated Pepe but I am having a hard time believing her.
me too but we should probably take her word for it!
#believewomen

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Post by Doug » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:16 pm

If you haven't seen "Yesterday," and you like The Beatles, you should see it
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Post by Khaos » Sat May 01, 2021 2:15 am

watched the mitchells vs the machines with the fam on netflix. movie was very good!

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Post by Shiny Days » Tue May 18, 2021 9:47 pm

Khaos wrote:watched the mitchells vs the machines with the fam on netflix. movie was very good!
agreeing with this by the way. i think it actually speaks to the quality of the movie that it was so fucking "extra," but enjoyable despite that

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Post by Shiny Days » Tue May 18, 2021 9:48 pm

anyway it turns out there's a fan / simp community around the invisible man from the hotel transylvania movies. he's finally getting a face reveal in hotel transylvania four (there's four of them. apparently), and, alas, he's not hot. the simp community, understandably, not taking this great. here's the petition to make him hot

https://www.change.org/p/sony-pictures- ... le-man-hot

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Post by Shiny Days » Tue May 18, 2021 9:48 pm

if this is viral marketing, by the way, for hotel transylvania fucking four, like i dont care that i'm falling for it. give that person a fucking raise

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Post by Dantes » Wed May 19, 2021 1:44 am

God is dead.
Pour like Hemingway's last call.

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Post by Shiny Days » Wed May 19, 2021 1:51 am

Dantes wrote:God is dead.
was he hot?

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Post by Blissful » Wed May 19, 2021 7:56 am

Shiny Days wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 1:51 am
Dantes wrote:God is dead.
was he hot?
lol
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Post by Ashenai » Wed May 19, 2021 9:01 am

please make the invisible man hot PLEASE

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Post by the_zoomies » Wed May 19, 2021 6:37 pm

Saw knives out and I loved it.

Check/Check plus on the detective and the mystery itself, but loved the Marta character so much. A strong, non-violent protagonist feels vanishingly rare, let alone (and not to go all bechdel on you), a female one who is not contextualized by their relationships.

Just a really great story all around.

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Post by the_zoomies » Wed May 19, 2021 6:38 pm

Saw my best friends wedding.

Is "cringing while watching it but funny in retrospect" a thing? I bet the french have an expression for it. Just a horrifying experience that you can laugh about later.

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Post by Doug » Wed May 19, 2021 6:45 pm

the_zoomies wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 6:38 pm Saw my best friends wedding.

Is "cringing while watching it but funny in retrospect" a thing? I bet the french have an expression for it. Just a horrifying experience that you can laugh about later.
cringewürdig
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Post by Khaos » Wed May 19, 2021 6:50 pm

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