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Porky punching lumpens to get his kicks or class traitor who directly and indirectly helpi people?Also general capeshit thread i guess
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I just realized Batman is a terrorist. More specifically in Dark Knight. He goes to a totally different country and abducts a citizen. No due process, Habeas corpus none of that. Not to mention breaking multiple international laws. Whats more is the legal system of Gotham just runs with it. I get thats he's a vigilante, but that was basically just international terrorism.

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The fact that many people here want superheros to act like all knowing all powerful good dictators who change the fabric of society to combat crime is pretty ridiculous.

>>45487
I want them to be the people's dictators like in Miracle Man

Absolute Batman, finally a working class Batman.

>>45486
Trump did the same with soulimani (can't bother to check the spelling) and he's not an international terrorist. Batman is a rich MF from the imperial core. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.
>>36133
I think a nice thing about these type of "villains" is that revolutionary movements tend to be filled with people like this. People want a pure revolution filled with angels of light, its religious thinking. Revolutions are messy and contradictory. Innocent people get murdered and massive ideological mistakes justify retarded backwards shit. Not only that, these people are rebels without any real theory or training. They run on pure emotion and feels or religious zeal. It's citizens rising up to the tyranny imposed by the likes of Bruce Wayne et al.



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What is the first work of art that comes to your mind when you hear "It is adverticised as revolutionary, but is in fact so reactionary in its message and style that one cannot help but to wonder if this is CIA psyop"?

For me this is picrelated, if I was Alan Moore I would have tried to sue Wachowskis for making that shit, because it is an atrocious rape of his original comic and is the reason Guy Fawkes mask was appropriated both by "Anonymous" (literal CIA) and antisocial dudebros from 4chan.

For me is Matrix

>antisocial dudebros from 4chan
>dudebros
>not antisocial 2000's libs from 4chan at least



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Ranking Justice League episodes because its 3 am and I wanna do something for fun after working on my coursework for all evening. Not doing Unlimited because the first two seasons are my childhood nostalgia but Unlimited is not.

Worst story - The Savage Time. This episode features WW2 and does not even once (!) mentions (!) Soviet Union. The burger "We wuz Nazi beaters!" self-fellating at its most egregious. Sucks this has to be the story that introduces Vandal Savage in DCAU.

23rd place - Fury. This story really wants to say something about gender and feminism… but, of course, turns out to be a complete worhless nothingburger that fails to even have a proper climatic battle.

22nd place - Secret Origins. A… passable pilot for the series, even though it visibly takes a massive dip towards mediocrity after the end of the first part.

21st place - Hearts and Minds. Too much sexual subtext for the children's show, period. The action is horrible and the setting is too big for the generic "villain of the week episode" (ironically, this is one story that probably could have worked better as a three-parter) Also is it just me, or are villains Islamophobic caricatures?

20th place - Secret Society. A typical "teamwork good" story, executed rather poorly. Most of the action in there looked like a circus show for me (though there were a couple of awesome moments). And did they really just… killed poor Clayface like that?

19th place - Metamorposis. It is a fun story, but what ruins it is a jarring fact that so much time is put into building Metamorpho's character that the only real way to justify it would be to add him as a League member at the end… and yet we never see him again until Unlimited.

18th place - Legends. Easily the most overrated DCAU story. Largely this story is just early 2000s capeshit writers jerking off to Silver Age capeshit writers… which has almost zero value to viewers outside of BurgerLand. Oh, and the Soviets are implicitly the real main villains in this.
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>>45479
12th place - Maid of Honor. Yeah, "wouldn't somebody think of the poor princess" may be cringy, but otherwise this is a really solid story with strong action, good characterisation of Wonder Woman, great buildup for Vandal Savage's arc and a nice recreation of the atmosphere of the Bond movies.

11th place - In Blackest Night. An attempt at courtroom drama in a superhero show, filled with plotholes and with a bit too abrupt conclusion, probably. However, this is a good introduction into Green Lantern lore for newcomers and the viewer really feels for poor John throughout the story.

10th place - Enemy Below. Superman yet again is turned into a wimp there… however, Aquaman being reimagined as gigachad more than makes up for it.

9th place - Knight of the Shadows. A GREAT character episode for Martian Manhunter, only slightly bogged down by some of the worst action scenes in the entire show and rather offensive handling of the great Merlin.

8th place - Injustice for All. The best story of season 1. Nice showcase of both heroes and villains, taking Lex Luthor's character arc in a fresh direction… and, of course, this is a Batman episode.

7th place - Comfort and Joy. An one-part long Christmas special. Well, it more than serves its purpose as a pre-Starcrossed filler?

6th place - Only a Dream. A nice "What do they fear?" episode, even though the prison riot portion of part 1 is somehow trite and soulless.

>>45480

5th place - Wild Cards. This is largely a brainless action, but really, really well-made one. And this is the episode where Green Lantern and Hawkgirl finally kiss.

4th place - Terror Beyond. I mean, it does give Hawkirl some much-needed exposition outside of her romance with John Stewart, but also… the entire part 1 could have been avoided if Dr. Fate and Aquaman weren't such secretive douchebags for no reason.

3rd place - Tabula Rasa. AMAZO is too OP and this is that one story arc that is too "big" for TV show format and probably should have been a full-length animated movie instead. However, it is a real nice character episode for Martian Manhunter, and there are great action from everyone's side (including Lex Luthor's).

2nd place - Starcrossed. The great finale of the series, what else is there to say? *gasps* HAWKGIRL WAS A TRAITOR ALL ALONG! I, however, wish they dedicated this level of excellence to some of the "normal" episodes.

The best story - Hereafter. The best rendition of the "Lol Superman is dead" storyline in the franchise, great showcase of the personalties of the Leaugers, which then turns into a showcae of what a person Clark is behind his superpowers, which turns into unexpectedly touching redemption story for Vandal Savage.

Phew.



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Kie estas mia genigruloj? Ĉu iuj parolas la sennacian lingvon ĉi tie?
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>>45440
Kia estas la kunteksto de tio?

>>45457
Ĝi estas piednoto el la libro "Aelita, aŭ la Marso formortanta", eldonita esperante en 1928. Mi trovis ĝin dum kiam mi helpis provlegi ĝin ĉe pgdp.net.

>>45458
Kio estas pgdp.net?

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>>45477
Ĝi estas retpaĝo, kie oni povas provlegi librojn por "Project Gutenberg". Iu afiŝas libron al ĝi, kun bildoj (po paĝo) kaj tekstoj transskribitaj per komputilo (po paĝo). Sekve oni korektas la transskribaĵon laŭ la bildoj. La transskribado ne estas perfekta, ekzemple: ofte mi vidas ke la "j" finaĵo aperas kiel punktokomo ("plej" aperas kiel "ple;"). Ĉiu paĝo estas provlegota trifoje, per tri malsamaj personoj. Sekve oni priskribas la apero de la teksto (diklitera, kursiva, ktp.), dufoje. Finfine oni metas la paĝojn kune je libro kaj sendas ĝin al Project Gutenberg.

Bedaŭrinde la retpaĝo kaj ĝiaj instrukcioj estas en la angla, do vi devas kompreni ĝin se vi volas helpi, sed se vi ja parolas la anglan, mi rekomendas ke vi provu ĝin, estas kelkaj esperantlingvaj libroj kiuj bezonas vian helpon!



 

What can we really consider a "masterpiece?" And who's to define what is a masterpiece and what isn't? Moreover, how can we compare "masterpieces" of different art forms? I'm asking this since the only undisputed masterpieces in our society seem to be classical literature and classical music while everything else has to constantly prove itself to be as good as them. And when it comes to defining masterpieces in animation, let alone anime, instead of someone more professional like Roger Ebert or whatever we have some random YouTube essayists that gush about how this and that cartoon/anime is a "10/10 masterpiece." And when it comes to video games all we have are corporate journos giving 10/10 to games that become dated after 5 years. In the video game world what was considered a "masterpiece" before would be considered merely decent at best if it was published today. This is such a unique situation that literature never had to wrestle with (it's just letters on paper). And don't get me started on just how many of these "masterpieces" exist and how not every person may even vibe with the same type of game. Say, Mario 64 is considered a masterpiece. But I like Sonic Adventure. I like the sense of speed, I like the flow of movement, I like to go fast and never stop to take a breath. These are completely different feelings to those you get from playing SM64. Same for Super Meat Boy, another favorite of mine. It too makes you rush at a breakneck speed but it also punishes you for a slightest mistake which is very different from Sonic games which are very forgiving even compared to Mario games due to the ring system and the safety required to reach high speeds since Sonic is more physics-based.
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>>45378
>Take out the dream element out of the movie whose whole selling point is exploring the dream world and Inception can still work
You understand that is not a positive, right? They wasted an interesting premise to make a generic action movie.

>What YOU are asking for on the other hand is the same Marvel-esque "muh beautiful CGI"

Really? Am I asking for that? Could you point to me where I ask for such thing? It really shows what kind of people Nolan fanboys are, I criticize the movie for lack of creativity, and all you can conceive as an alternative is Marvel.

>>45379
>You understand that is not a positive, right? They wasted an interesting premise to make a generic action movie.
A good story is a good story regardless of setting. A good story is timeless and doesn't require the specificity of a locked in setting or universe in order to be interesting.
See: Stark vs Lannister in GOT working but Dany and Dragons and White Walkers being dumb boring cgi slop. Or anime slopfest that prides itself in being incoherent.
>Really? Am I asking for that?
Prove it then and write a post explaining what you mean by "creative" because every time I've heard this complaint it's some retard who wants more spectacle that doesn't add anything to the story. Yeah I'm sure they could create a dream with aliens in it that would be more "creative" doesn't meant that it's not a retarded idea.

>>45393
>A good story is a good story regardless of setting. A good story is timeless and doesn't require the specificity of a locked in setting or universe in order to be interesting.
Yes it fucking does, if the setting is actually utilized in it. You cant strip LOTR of fantasy, you couldnt make Jurasic Park without the dinosaurs, or to give an example of another Nolan movie, Interstellar had to be in space, because the setting is core part of the movie.

By creative I mean exploring the human psyche, the unconscious mind, desires and anxieties. World unbount by reality principle. Seriously, do you have many CGI battles in dreams?

>>45345
And the thing is the moment it becomes acceptable to hate something, everybody jumps on the bandwagon and attacks the work and the individual with the most nonsensical criticisms imaginable.

As many people often say we live in a society where you are expected to be always positive and not be “too” negative or you will be criticised as illogical or too aggressive, until it is fine to be angry at some specific thing and only then you can be angry and even illogical.


This hyper positive criticism/mild criticism is a new thing in my opinion, a decade ago it was perfectly normal for youtubers to have entire brands built around aimlessly shitting on movies, games etc. I think it kind of started with the new generation of critics who have been extremely toothless and mild with their criticism and thus normalised this kind of behaviour.

>>45474
I think the dynamics have shifted. AVGN made his brand based off hating games that were objectively shitty and/or frustrating, without the expectations of it being a serious critique or that the video being on product beyond itself. Now the expectation has shifted towards more in depth critique, but also the channel brand is supposed to be a vehicle for the artist. You want to get plugs and special access and corpo bennies and shit for your work, and you don't get that by shitting on their products.

TBH it's probably an effort on YouTube's part too to promote content that doesn't alienate their corporate neighbors by trashing their products, just like their other censorship.



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i was doing the laundry yesterday and wondered: is "how to fold clothes a solved problem?"

at its core, the most efficient fold for any piece of laundry should be able to be identified by optimizing for stability and shape: you want folded clothes to stay folded, and ideally any item would fold to the same or similar shape to allow efficient packing for storage

when folding, i notice that the first step of any item is to get it to a regular shape: typically a rectangle. for a T-shirt, fold the sleeves in and fold the sides together either by halves or thirds, then fold the top to bottom. from here, there's some variation: if the fabric is thin enough, fold it again into thirds, or if it's too thick, fold it in half or leave it as it is

with larger items like sheets and towels the goal is the same, but you are already starting with the regular shape. reduce its longest dimension by half, repeat until you're done

challenges arise when fabric is thicker, or even for tshirts. some optimizations for folding a shirt include offsetting hems when folded by him width to reduce bulk, folding with "flex area" along the folds

it seems like mathematically, we could identify the optimal folding strategy for any one article. has that been done? can we prove that the folding strategy employed by the kondo method is any better/worse than any other strategy?
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>>45465
well when you put it like that…

really it's more of a "for a task i will literally have to do for the rest of my life, how can i extend the least amount of energy on it while still having nicely folded clothes"

>>45466
even underwear?

>>45467
>even underwear?
no but my drawer is deep enough to fit them without folding.

>>45467
You can do other things while you do laundry, and other similar chores you know. Like listen to a podcast or whatever. If it's really that big of a deal you are probably better off optimizing by doing laundry less often, like wearing an article of clothing more than once until it's actually dirty, that way you can reduce the frequency of doing laundry.

>>45469
like what? folding takes two hands

I make my mother wash my clothes



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Operations security AKA OPSEC

OPSEC is the protecting of critical information deemed mission essential from military commanders. Protecting this critical information is through the use of email encryption software, being careful of who may be listening to you (like in a hotel bar), paying close attention to a picture you have taken (back ground), or not talking openly on social media sites about information on the unit's critical information list (military deployments, shortages of equipment or movement of VIPs).

<"If your secure communications platform isn’t being used by terrorists and pedophiles, you’re probably doing it wrong."
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>>44228
signal for centralized im, xmpp+omemo or matrix for self-hosted
https://signal.org/bigbrother/central-california-grand-jury/

oh and mullvad is way better than protonvpn, lol

https://disroot.org/en
https://www.autistici.org/
good email services that you'll have to use gpg with, although end-to-end-encrypted im is better imo
email is not very trustworthy




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Discussion of the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and the other works by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Just wanted to revive some of the old threads that were nuked by the server transfer.
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>>45042
>>45038
>Barad-dur
I had an epiphany on this recently. I think the concept is gnostic, and it symbolizes a broader movement in humanity that represents a general anti-human, pro-power sentiment. It's hard for me to put it into one word or label because the nature of symbolism (and all the more true for powerful symbols) is that they represent multiple things.

So, the LOTR universe is meant to be about an endless "good vs evil" narrative, where "good" represents a positive affirmation of nature, and "bad" represents a negative reaction to it. Where the positive man gives up his own ego for the good of the realm (ie Frodo), the negative man attempts to sacrifice the whole realm for himself (Sauron). These are polar opposites. In fact, Frodo's place in life (as a nobody) even reflects this polarity, since Sauron has a place of supreme power. They are different in every way.

However, there was clearly a high attention to detail while sketching out the whole created world, and Tolkien himself has said that he based it all on history. It's to key understand though that he did not like to make simple allegory. I think this would apply primarily to the specifics of his plot but less to the general shape of the plot (shape is more abstract, less allegorical) and less to allusions that don't directly impact the plot (ie by describing eras of timekeeping, such as the time of the lamps, by describing the elves' awakening periods, etc). I think his world building stuff may be direct references in many cases, and we also know he was an expert in ancient scandinavian, so he may have read content in books that were completely scrubbed from latin and english records (thanks the Jesuits).

>>45242
Tolkien lifted elements from numerous medieval texts. Boromir shares characteristics with the Paladin Roland for example.

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>>45038
In the book, it is mentioned multiple times how Sauron would use something called the "Eye", the "Eye of Sauron, or the "Lidless Eye" to view the various things happening around Middle Earth, and either avoiding the attention of the Eye or deliberately trying to gain its attention are part of the book. There are people who will swear up and down that it isn't some kind of magic eyeball and its just a metaphor for Sauron's gaze and the big magic eyeball at the top of Barad-dur is just an invention of the movies, but there's a part in the last book that suggests that there is, in fact, a big burning magic eyeball peering out of the top of Barad-dur, albeit a significantly less dramatic one.

>Far off the shadows of Sauron hung; but torn by some gust of wind out of the world, or else moved by some great disquiet within, the mantling clouds swirled, and for a moment drew aside; and then he saw, rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr. One moment only it stared out, but as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye; and then the shadows were furled again and the terrible vision was removed. The Eye was not turned to them: it was gazing north to where the Captains of the West stood at bay, and thither all its malice was now bent, as the Power moved to strike its deadly blow; but Frodo at that dreadful glimpse fell as one stricken mortally. His hand sought the chain about his neck.


Which sounds a lot like an actual magical eye to me.

>>45451
Frodo is obviously not literally peaking into Sauron's bedroom through window to see a big eyeball there, but it is also not a metaphor, or a vision purely in Frodo's head, but more like a metaphysical manifestation of Sauron's will, his malice and power.

>>45452
It doesn't take super-vision to see up to the top of a tower, anon. Especially if there's a big, bright object up there.



 

Been bingeing a few of these. Most are extremely low effort, and it's overall a bit of a forced subgenre, but some stuff can be genuinely spooky.
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>>40839
The picture of the boiled one next to the house really fucked me up, though. And my lizard brain still gets fucked up by the cheesy concept of cognitohazards. There's some good stuff in there messed up by a flawed overall structure.

>>40830
i mean, the art is really good, it's just not unsettling or even scary. analog horror focusing too much in religious stuff kinda wash away the horror it could be (but idk, horror in video format is a bit "dull" – unless you count jumpscare as horror)

>>40858
Analog horror is kind of defined a lot by visual elements. But yeah, the people that make them need to learn how to do horror narratives better. Read some books, maybe.





 

Wanted to ask on both /games/ and /anime/ but I think this is too niche of a theme to have many examples only from one art form.

I was thinking a lot about whether or not art should be politicized for a long time. And while I think anti-capitalism and progressive pandering in modern pop culture are indeed shallow there are certain works which reinforce anti-capitalism with their sheer depressing worldbuilding (even if many of their authors aren't leftist). The examples of this are:
>Deus Ex
>American Psycho
>Disco Elysium
>Joker
These works are not necessarily cyberpunk (they don't have to be) but they are pessimistic. They aren't about opposition to the state either so 1984 doesn't count at all. They are very immersive and can be quite trippy, even artsy. Their narrative can be sometimes confusing, even repetitive (with Bateman literally describing every commodity he sees in American Psycho). I want this trippy, immersive experience. I want to see more of it.

Write down your recommendations.
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and it is deeply anticapitalist btw, it is adorno in movie format

>>44097
I mean, I got your point, They Live is shilled quite a lot. Though since people were recommending all the popular stuff and I listed the popular stuff too then it's kinda funny noone suggested They Live as well. And I also forgot to add it as an example in the OP so that's why I mentioned it.

That said, someone suggesting The Matrix would be really weird imho.

>>44098
What are you referring to?

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