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I had no idea Armstrong wrote The Thick of It. That explains why the writing in Succession is so sharply familiar. The whole questioning at the court hearing felt very similar to the court hearing in The Thick of It as you watch the characters convincingly squirm. He has to be one of the best writers around. Like a grittier, more realistic Aaron Sorkin.
I found The Thick of It to be better than Veep. I found Veep kind of like a glossier, American version of The Thick of It.
The Big Bang Theory. And I'd be given an electric shock whenever I didn't laugh at the "funny" bits.
No, you were right. It was the congresswoman from earlier in the show. And I assumed the same, that she was asking for funding to keep them alive.
Despite hurting my head, you have brought up an interesting thought.
Maybe if the simulation machine stops existing then those infinite universes have ceased to ever exist in the first place?
Breaking Bad
Fawlty Towers
Game of Thrones
Office(UK)
Prison Break
The Sopranos
The Twilight Zone
The Wire
Mad Men
Narcos
The Office (UK)
Orange is the New Black
Scrubs
Sherlock
The Shield
Six Feet Under
South Park
Suits
True Detective
The Twilight Zone
The Walking Dead
The Wire
The Sopranos vs South Park was an impossible choice. Both are massively important to the tv landscape. In the end I went for South Park because, although The Sopranos kicked off the golden age of tv we are currently in, I don't think it's quite as good as it's reputation. But South Park's satire has been absolutely integral, a much needed voice.
Yay!
24
Absolutely Fabulous
Arrested Development
Battlestar Galactica
Blackadder
Breaking Bad
Californication
Daredevil
Deadwood
Entourage
Fargo
Friends
Game of Thrones
Please, please tell me The Wire and The Shield will be in part 2
Yeah, that's terrible about people asking for their money back. I knew a few people who worked in cinemas back then and they told me it happens. You'd think people would do just a touch of research before going to see a film.
Yes, I found Korean films in particular to feel very different. Their stories feel unique, their characters avoid the predictable stereotypes of western films. They always seem to take you on a unique journey and I can rarely predict what will happen.
We still get a few such as Train to Busan, The Handmaiden and Parasite but nowhere near the amount we used to get.
Are you American? Because Shadow may have been shown in cinemas over there. But I'm pretty sure it didn't here in the UK. It's the kind of film I tend to notice.
Before the release of Amelie and Crouching Tiger in 2001 there was a real stigma about foreign films. Being willing to read subtitles as you watched a film suggested to most people that you were mental, despite the fact that reading a magazine involves a similar combination of processing words and images.
But for quite a while that stigma went away in many circles. No, foreign films didn't get the kind of huge release the average blockbuster enjoys, but you could talk with moderately educated people about them and they'd usually be somewhat familiar with a lot of them. And far more than kung fu films and Pan's Labarynth. There were varied films like Night Watch, Infernal Affairs, Timecrimes, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Nine Queens, Death Note, The Experiment, I could keep going on for a very long time. There were so many of these films released every month. And the confident marketing push of these films meant that you'd have heard of them.
When Battle Royale was released the average person wouldn't have known about it. But that's because it was released
just before foreign films became more popular. Several years later it became very well known. I've had many different types of people tell me they love it.
Foreign films were, for lack of a better word, hip.
More recently it seems that aforementioned stigma is back. Mention to someone that you watched a subtitled film today and they look at you like you just farted at a funeral. And I'm not talking about the average Gary who works in a garage. I'm talking about intelligent people with good jobs. I'm not saying we don't get foreign films today. Of course I notice them. But there does seem to be less and they don't seem to be marketed well or be as prominent in our culture.
I hope the huge Oscar success of Parasite changes that.
Yeah, he was! I had no idea who he was the first time I watched through The Shield. When watched through it again a few years ago I couldn't believe it. I'll never see Agent Coulson the same way again.
They may well be. But the argument is that they are an oppressed minority and thus would be included in Thompson's claims of exclusion. When someone uses the expression "people of colour", hispanics are included in this description. They are regarded as an ethnic minority even if it may not be technically true. It's possible to be racist to someone if they are hispanic.
Believe me I am not a fan of all the extreme PC culture of today. Taking offense at everything is not a way to go about life. But at the same time we shouldn't call out every single thing that is said in the name of diversity. The end result is that you just have two opposing sides constantly calling each other out.
In this case what Thompson said is a reasonable thing to say.
Now that is a great outlook on life! I agree.
I didn't post in the politics forum because I was interested in responses from a range of different people rather than just political experts.
And I think PC culture is an issue of sociology, amongst other things. Not just political.
You are correct, no one has taken the right to free speech but it's more about an atmosphere that has been created.
I have the right to go to a funeral dressed as a Transformer if I choose. But obviously it would be incredibly inappropriate and I would be detested by all attendees, all the attendees friends and acquaintances and however far the news will travel. Which in the day and age of youtube and facebook is pretty far.
Now similar kinds of reactions are currently being applied to some of the most mundane of casual mistakes. If you're genuinely being hateful then yes you deserve it. But there is an atmosphere around today where everyone is trying to catch each other out and offense is taken all over the place as so called "microaggressions" are frequently read into things. There is no leeway for reasonable discussion, debate and analysis.
Here's a couple of "microaggressions" as an example:
Saying "you guys" to a group of men and women.
Complimenting a woman's shoes.
I didn't make those up, those have been actual real complaints.
It's like a form of control through shame and character assassination. A lot of offensive comedy and jokes are being satirical. And you need satire. There is a threat to art because artists are forced to write characters how they are supposed to be rather than how they really are or their work will be boycotted and critically slammed. Everything is becoming inappropriate.
We still have the right to free speech. But at some point a lot of this censorship will probably be integrated into law.
I think you're right.
I still don't think it answers my curiosities. Why are certain political ideas boxed together when they have nothing to do with one another.
But what you say is interesting all the same.
Yes, it was progressive when those institutions you describe led to repressed emotions that are harmful to mental health. If you want to have a family then that's great but you shouldn't be forced into thinking that's the way you have to be. That moral behavior you mention came from Christianity, an institution that gives you an excuse to impose your own strict morals upon other people and judge them for not measuring up.
And if that progression hadn't been made do you think we'd have the films we have today (amongst many other forms of art). Do you think we'd have the likes of Fight Club? Hell, the average Marvel film would probably be banned for a multitude of offences.
Do you think we'd be able to have a proper in depth discussion about important many matters if we weren't aloud the freedom of language that would be considered taboo back then?
The fact that the Wolk Folk think they are saving the world is what makes them narcissistic and arrogant. Many of them are doing it for selfish reasons too. They are doing it for appearances sake. To appear heroic.
It is possible to be for diversity and equality and against racism without being condescending but unfortunately they haven't mastered it.
I think you're right. And I think it's a stupid way of life. There should at the very least be a third side. A think for yourself side. I know some people are in the centre. But you rarely hear from them unfortunately. I think there should be a lot more choice regarding who you can vote for. Having only two parties you can vote for just perpetuates this one side or the other mentality. We may have more than two over here in the UK but only two of them have ever got in.
Oh yeah, I can totally see the analogy. The difference is that in the 60s those changes were progressive. The changes the Woke Folk are making today are regressive. They are undoing everything that was achieved in the 60s. Making us all repressed once more.
Haha, they do indeed shout the loudest. But I think it's in everybody's interest to start referring to them as "Liberal Extremists". They will like being called "Liberals", you're giving them exactly what they want. They are proud of being "Liberals".
If you call them "Liberal Extremists" they will probably hate it. And if the term starts to stick they may start to question why they are being referred to this way. It might force some of them to look outside themselves and question some of their controlling and patronizing behavior. It might not, but at the very least it could discourage others from supporting Extreme PC culture.