OT: I wonder if Steve Shives or PZ Myers will denounce him for acknowledging that black men commit a disproportionate share of murders relative to the size of their community.
Those two denounce Thunderfoot whenever he opens his mouth.
I have a pretty large blu-ray collection by most standards (well over a thousand) but I have hardly any musicals.
It's not that I don't enjoy them - I grew up watching them - but I've never gotten around to collecting them and I probably should start building up a library.
What are the essentials I need?
I have The Wizard of Oz, Blues Brothers and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (which I've still never seen!) but that's about it.
So I would add race realism and race loyalty to your mix of outwardly unifying features. Some players may downplay this or even secretly disagree -
but only alone and in a locked room. My POV here ignores those simply pissed with Muslim excess. Which is, like, everyone with half a brain.
Oh yeah, race realism is pretty much implicit or non-controversial in the Alt Right position, and some degree of race loyalty too (although there's variation there too - some are happier with a degree of mixing than others).
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Or: some want to preserve the race because they want to preserve the ideas they believe their race has most affinity with, others want to preserve the race full stop, because they love their people and feel indifference or hostility to other people.
I can accept that different levels of race concern exist. But the fact race is a thing at all in the debate is a huge red flag for me. It should be unimportantly implicit in erhnic [? ethnic] defense - making it explicit at all channels National Socialism and weirdness.
Definitely the case that race is too much a focus for many, even for many blacks. But in the face of many trying to lay all of blame at the feet of the "whites" it's hard not to be sympathetic to some push-back: "It's ok to be white".
Brive1987 wrote: ↑“France for the French, Denmark for the Danish and let’s all celebrate western civilisation and culture!” Ie “Fit in or fuck off” has a better ring to it than “white peoples unite as blood brothers”
So I would add race realism and race loyalty to your mix of outwardly unifying features. Some players may downplay this or even secretly disagree -
but only alone and in a locked room. My POV here ignores those simply pissed with Muslim excess. Which is, like, everyone with half a brain.
Oh yeah, race realism is pretty much implicit or non-controversial in the Alt Right position, and some degree of race loyalty too (although there's variation there too - some are happier with a degree of mixing than others).
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Or: some want to preserve the race because they want to preserve the ideas they believe their race has most affinity with, others want to preserve the race full stop, because they love their people and feel indifference or hostility to other people.
I can accept that different levels of race concern exist. But the fact race is a thing at all in the debate is a huge red flag for me. It should be unimportantly implicit in erhnic [? ethnic] defense - making it explicit at all channels National Socialism and weirdness.
Definitely the case that race is too much a focus for many, even for many blacks. But in the face of many trying to lay all of blame at the feet of the "whites" it's hard not to be sympathetic to some push-back: "It's ok to be white".
Brive1987 wrote: ↑“France for the French, Denmark for the Danish and let’s all celebrate western civilisation and culture!” Ie “Fit in or fuck off” has a better ring to it than “white peoples unite as blood brothers”
Yeah. Somewhat apropos of which:
So racist to say “African”. Almost as bad as talking about “Asian” food.
The Somalis are a proud people and classic Aussie stock. True blue.
on the subject of Musicals - off the top of my head - I can recommend:
Tommy
Quadrophenia
The Wall
Paint Your Wagon
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Bells are Ringing
Guys and Dolls
Singin' in the Rain
Tap
Robin and the 7 Hoods
I suppose technically the Marx Brothers films are musicals - but anyone interested probably already has them. Maybe you could start with The Jazz Singer - and pick one film from each decade.
Just stay away from anything with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in it.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:00 am
by Bhurzum
MarcusAu wrote: ↑
on the subject of Musicals - off the top of my head - I can recommend:
Tommy
Quadrophenia
The Wall
Paint Your Wagon
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Bells are Ringing
Guys and Dolls
Singin' in the Rain
Tap
Robin and the 7 Hoods
I suppose technically the Marx Brothers films are musicals - but anyone interested probably already has them. Maybe you could start with The Jazz Singer - and pick one film from each decade.
Just stay away from anything with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in it.
One of the many shortcomings of the SocJus ethos/approach is that all substantial disagreements lead the SJW to "you are a terrible person" which is a thought terminating cliche. Hopefully the Democratic party doesn't take the PZ Myers approach to this issue - they'd be nailing themselves in a coffin to keep all the "deplorables" away. They need a platform that can be inclusive for not only minorities, but also the majority because the won't make it without white voters.
Not a problem if they can bring in loads of POCs. I read an allegation somewhere that the Dems rushed through the processing of 1 million immigrants before a presidential election in the 90's. Clinton again.
jugheadnaut wrote: ↑Don't know what you're talking about. Rogan never believed in the flat Earth theory.
I lack the motivation to trawl through hours of video to find the quote but it is out there. Something about a recent (mid 2K's) satellite taking pictures of the Earth and NASA releasing them before he finally changed his mind. I genuinely don't recall specifics, but I do remember rolling my eyes and thinking that the guy's a fucking oaf. Feel free to dismiss this (no citation - fair play) but I'd be hard pressed to care less.
Maybe he strikes you as a quick-witted and erudite kinda guy but I'm sceptical: I think if you removed him from the studio (no monitor, no earpiece, no behind-the-scenes lackeys scrambling around trying to marshal facts and figures for him), the Joe Rogan "experience" would be an entirely different affair. But hey, I could be wrong, maybe he'd run rings around Stephen Hawking?
Oh, and personal/subjective opinion of his stand-up: cut 'n' paste stuff, some of it funny, most of it dull as fuck. He follows the standard yank formula: yell a lot and make sure to say "bitch" and "mother fucker" as often as possible. All that's missing are spitoon sound effects, random audience members shouting "yeehaw, y'all" and perhaps the outbreak of a mass shooting or two.
I'd sooner listen to Watson do an eight hour routine about the evils of douche... :twatson:
I wouldn't take everything Rogan says about conspiracy and alternative theories seriously. He is after all trying to put on a show.
What he seems to do is entertain ideas non-skeptically, and then he either champions the idea or takes a contrarian position depending on what makes the best entertainment. He will let somebody like Graham Hancock prattle of for hours because he can, and with somebody less articulate like Bobo Faye he says, "It's bullshit, come on, convince me".
I am not sure why we would even try to consider him /ourguy/ anyway as he is an entertainer, which is why he did Joe Rogan Questions Everything in the first place.
I have a pretty large blu-ray collection by most standards (well over a thousand) but I have hardly any musicals.
It's not that I don't enjoy them - I grew up watching them - but I've never gotten around to collecting them and I probably should start building up a library.
What are the essentials I need?
I have The Wizard of Oz, Blues Brothers and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (which I've still never seen!) but that's about it.
Singin' In the Rain, obviously, also Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Oh, and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Only the classics will do.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:39 am
by screwtape
The Johnny Depp version of Sweeney Todd is pretty good, and my especial weakness any classic Fred Astaire, but certainly The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Roberta and Swing Time.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:01 am
by InfraRedBucket
Sweet Charity has some great songs , a ever impressive Sammy Davis Junior and a young (not the nutjob she has become) and charming Shirley MacLaine though the story doesnt stay as much as some of the songs. Quite late 60s time capsule in places.
VickyCaramel wrote: ↑
You really have to wonder about the Alt-Right and Race Realists because I am pretty certain that this behaviour isn't IQ related. If I point something even remotely gun shaped at my dog it has the intelligence to run and hide. I am really surprised that they are not talking about impulse control and aggression.
They do talk about poor impulse control and aggression. If there's an emphasis on IQ it's only because that's where the science is solid and you don't have to rely on anecdote. Whatever the alt-right is they aren't stupid. Their strategy is better than ours (probably because ours consists of sticking our fucking heads in the sand), and we're going to get our asses kicked if we don't get ahead of the curve on this. Anyone who looks at the crime or IQ data can see there are group level differences. The debate needs to be refocused on why the alt-right is wrong *even if those differences exist*. Instead we get Adam Ruins Everything and other well-meaning (or are they? if they're deep cover right wing plants they're doing a brilliant fucking job) idiots trying to rip down entire fields of science because they don't like reality.
I've never much liked musicals, so it was years after I saw All That Jazz that it occurred to me that it actually was one. I suppose it's because the music interludes were organic to the story of a director-choreographer's life and not just people suddenly belting out songs. In any case, it's a terrific movie, musical or otherwise.
MarcusAu mentioned Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, which establishes the precedent any movie with a song in it is a musical. So, I'll also suggest Orgazmo.
screwtape wrote: ↑
The Johnny Depp version of Sweeney Todd is pretty good...
Going with more recent movies, Chicago was hysterical and had me humming the tunes for days.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:37 am
by Shatterface
I have Bugsy Malone on DVD. It's a timeless classic and I should upgrade to Bly-Ray.
I have several Marx Bros and a lot of Disney movies which are also musicals, I guess.
I also have a Thunderbirds movie that features a musical number by puppet versions of 'Cliff Richard Jr' (like that will ever happen) and the Shadows.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:46 am
by jet_lagg
Why do we hesitate to call Disney films musicals? They obviously are, and being part of my childhood they're some of my favorites but I still felt they didn't match the category. Is it just that live action is more "serious" (as if a genre with spontaneous song and dance numbers could be called serious)? That's why South Park was okay. They know they're joking.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:23 am
by Shatterface
jet_lagg wrote: ↑
Why do we hesitate to call Disney films musicals? They obviously are, and being part of my childhood they're some of my favorites but I still felt they didn't match the category. Is it just that live action is more "serious" (as if a genre with spontaneous song and dance numbers could be called serious)? That's why South Park was okay. They know they're joking.
I think we reach for the first description that comes to mind. Disney movies are instantly recognisable as 'animations,' Marx Brothers films are 'comedies'. On a moment's reflection, of course they are musicals too, but that description doesn't seem to define them in quite the same way.
The Wizard of Oz is fantasy. Bugsy Malone is a gangster movie. We think of them more as musicals because they seem to have more in common finally with Singing in the Rain than Conan the Barbarian or Scarface.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:25 am
by Shatterface
Tonally, not finally.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:35 am
by Bhurzum
Shatterface wrote: ↑We think of them more as musicals because they seem to have more in common finally with Singing in the Rain than Conan the Barbarian or Scarface.
:D
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:47 am
by John D
West Side Story
Les Mis (yes.... I liked it... Redman is amazing as is Hathaway)
West Side Story
Chicago
West Side Story
South Pacific
West Side Story
Passion
West Side Story
MarcusAu wrote: ↑
on the subject of Musicals - off the top of my head - I can recommend:
Tommy
Quadrophenia
The Wall
Paint Your Wagon
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Bells are Ringing
Guys and Dolls
Singin' in the Rain
Tap
Robin and the 7 Hoods
I suppose technically the Marx Brothers films are musicals - but anyone interested probably already has them. Maybe you could start with The Jazz Singer - and pick one film from each decade.
Just stay away from anything with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in it.
Did anyone mention Team America: World Police yet?
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:59 am
by Shatterface
Lsuoma wrote: ↑
Did anyone mention Team America: World Police yet?
Fuck, yeah!
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:00 am
by DrokkIt
Re: musicals
Little Shop of Horrors is my fave.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:03 am
by John D
jet_lagg wrote: ↑
Why do we hesitate to call Disney films musicals? They obviously are, and being part of my childhood they're some of my favorites but I still felt they didn't match the category. Is it just that live action is more "serious" (as if a genre with spontaneous song and dance numbers could be called serious)? That's why South Park was okay. They know they're joking.
Ok ... then add.... Pinocchio, Snow White, and Beauty and the Beast
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:04 am
by John D
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers... okay.... I will stop with single posts.
MarcusAu mentioned Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, which establishes the precedent any movie with a song in it is a musical. So, I'll also suggest Orgazmo.
...
There was more than one song in 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou' and even a Busby Berkeley inspired dance routine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHZXqd4qpQ
It's probably easy to forget as most of the other songs were integrated fairly well into the plot.
Lsuoma wrote: ↑That's Dr. Bugsy Malone PhD to you, bastod!
I was going to make a splooge gun/Carrier jape in my original comment but thought it would be in poor taste.
(struggling to keep a straight face)
By change I mentioned 'Bugsy Malone' a week or so ago - so was looking at some clips on Youtube - that film must call into question the proclivities of Alan Parker. I enjoyed it when I was younger, but lets just say things no longer hold up in relation to that film. I'm sure that some in Hollywood are calling for a remake though.
Well to elevate the tone how about: 'Brigadoon' for the authentic Scotch accents, and highland dancing.
jugheadnaut wrote: ↑Don't know what you're talking about. Rogan never believed in the flat Earth theory.
I lack the motivation to trawl through hours of video to find the quote but it is out there. Something about a recent (mid 2K's) satellite taking pictures of the Earth and NASA releasing them before he finally changed his mind. I genuinely don't recall specifics, but I do remember rolling my eyes and thinking that the guy's a fucking oaf. Feel free to dismiss this (no citation - fair play) but I'd be hard pressed to care less.
You may be confusing it with his position on the moon landing conspiracy theory. He says he was taken in at one point by some of the evidence and an engineer he knew who was a conspiricist, but once he looked at things more carefully, he realized his ignorance about physics and photography had led him astray and changed his mind.
Bhurzum wrote: ↑
Oh, and personal/subjective opinion of his stand-up: cut 'n' paste stuff, some of it funny, most of it dull as fuck. He follows the standard yank formula: yell a lot and make sure to say "bitch" and "mother fucker" as often as possible. All that's missing are spitoon sound effects, random audience members shouting "yeehaw, y'all" and perhaps the outbreak of a mass shooting or two.
I'd sooner listen to Watson do an eight hour routine about the evils of douche... :twatson:
I agree that the biggest knock against him as comic is that his style is very derivative. He does have a strong basic tool set, though. His stage presence is good, his comic timing is sound, and he's skilled at voices/impressions and sound effects.
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:39 am
by John D
Oh mine Got! Haha. Honestly... if you haven't seen Seven Brides for Seven Brothers you really need to. The basic plot is that a bunch of brothers that live in the mountains come to town and kidnap girls to marry. And everyone is happy in the end. Jordan Peterson would love this one.!!!!
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:43 am
by Guest_7cbd4721
There's a pic of FT's gummy bear desk in a Mental Floss article about the many uses of gummy bears.
Netflix be to-the-minute trendy, yo ("Are you watch-shaming me?").
As clunky as Carrier grandstanding about "muh 15 girlfriends" for no discernable reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS08cWZrlQA
Not for the gaze of the toxicly monogamous. :naughty:
Re: In 2017 Idiocracy is a Documentary
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:11 am
by Bhurzum
jugheadnaut wrote: ↑You may be confusing it with his position on the moon landing conspiracy theory. He says he was taken in at one point by some of the evidence and an engineer he knew who was a conspiricist, but once he looked at things more carefully, he realized his ignorance about physics and photography had led him astray and changed his mind.
Hmmm...you know what? I think you might be correct. As stated earlier, my memory of the specifics is very patchy plus I'm not really a fan. The only time I tune in to his podcast is when he has a guest on that I'm interested in. So yeah, if that's the case, sorry about that. My bad!
jugheadnaut wrote: ↑I agree that the biggest knock against him as comic is that his style is very derivative. He does have a strong basic tool set, though. His stage presence is good, his comic timing is sound, and he's skilled at voices/impressions and sound effects.
Yup, I watched two of his shows (on YT) and cursed myself for taking a second bite of the turd sandwich. Don't get me wrong, he seems to be popular enough - the audience was laughing away at his material and both shows looked to be fully booked but he's just not my mug of piss.
Subjectivity and all that jazz.
There are acts I rant and rave about which would probably cause you to take hostages...but the less said about that, the better.
