#disconnected commentary

[presidentpawn]

het oawn i hope youre doung olay!

- @msc137

Uh huh. Yeah, doing fine.

...Are you doing okay?

[demigodofhoolemere]

*makes a comment on a thread about wishing the sequel trilogy had handled the OT trio better and expressing a dislike for the trope of original characters being unhappy together or inexplicably bad mentors in a sequel*

Some guy responding to me for whatever reason: *uses this as a vehicle to bash Rey and call her a Mary Sue*

No, no, that’s not what we’re doing, buddy. I said nothing about Rey. This ain’t her fault. Whatever problems I have with aspects of the ST have nothing to do with her and we’re not gonna bag on her like this. Kindly walk away.

[steakout-05]

i've made a few posts about the Clone High reboot before but something specific that i think it gets wrong are the way they handle their celebrity cameos. the original Clone High would sometimes bring in these popular celebrities to appear in the show, usually to influence the clones and push the main anti-moral of the episode. since Clone High was made in the early 2000s, these appearances got really dated really fast. but something that counteracts that is the way they're characterised. for example, i have no clue who tf Mandy Moore is, but i still really enjoyed her appearance in the Snowflake Day episode because of the way she's characterised and satirised. she's portrayed as this homeless girl who happens to be attractive and look suspiciously like Mandy Moore who's obviously trying to hide the fact that she's a popular celebrity by playing the role of Joan's guardian angel. she leads Joan on into thinking she's this magical angel when she's actually just stealing everyone's stuff and replacing it with spices, and it works really well because 1. her insistence that she isn't a celebrity was really funny and 2. she works on her own as a solid character to push the story along and set up jokes. they put a twist on the whole "hi i'm [insert celebrity here] and i'm here to talk about [insert psa here]" by turning it into a joke of itself and adding on extra traits that make the characters entertaining to watch.

the reboot, however... just does the "hi i'm celebrity" bit with full sencerity and doesn't really satirise the celebrities in any way. they don't make fun of them or add commentary or critique them in any way, they just appear to send a message and then dip, just like they would in the same teen dramas Clone High was meant to parody in the first place. for example, in the episode where they get hunted down by the Heebie Jeebie monster, its revealed at the end to be that guy from Sharknado who's just kinda like "hey i'm trying to send a message about the importance of teenager's mental health, here's a hotline, i'm sharknado dude btw" and then just kinda... dips? i don't like this because there's no joke there, it's literally just a celebrity coming on, saying the message out loud, and then leaving. there's no criticisms, there's no making fun of the character, there's no commentary on the fakeness of bringing on big celebrities and actors delivering a message that big stars like them could's possibly care less about to influence a vulnerable and impressionable group of people like teenagers, there's nothing there. i'm not saying the message of mental health is dumb or bad or anything, i'm just saying that the celebrity appearances aren't handed the same criticisms the original show was written to have, and i think that takes away the reboot's spirit as being connected to Clone High. it's not a satire anymore and i feel like i can't enjoy it because of that. it has become the very thing the original saught to mock, and like, that's kinda funny in a fucked up ironic way, but it's also really not. the reboot just doesn't have that same spark that made me fall in love with the original series and i feel like i can't like it because of that, among the multitude of other issues it has.

[astralleywright]

i have not watched the back half of last night's episode yet so i can't speak to the tone of it, but people recasting laudna threatening ashton when they and imogen and chet were going off alone last time in bassuras as "laudna not trusting ashton" is WILD. laudna literally told ashton that she chose him bc she knew he was the most sensible of the three and could keep imogen safe. maybe the vibes now are different but like, it was pretty explicitly because she trusted them the first time.

[9hikers]

spent the last few weeks trying to figure out why the episodes after 12's run don't hit as hard and i cannot make a coherent argument for the life of me

[dullahandyke]

i look at some of u guys talking abt a new show u watched or a new thing u read and im like. holy shit thats a thing u can do. im in awe of u. i spend my time slowly ping-ponging between several interests whose base componants i can never experience because i get scard

[fagoutboy]

the more ive sat and thought about it the more dissatisfied i am with that doctor who finale

[artskls]

in this the year of our lord and savior i accepted Star Trek into my heart

look at me struggle to remember how to draw and use a fucking pen

[gatitobladee]

coquettes saying a movie with themes and topics 'changed their brain chemistry' is so scary.... like can u expand on that please^-^

[presidentpawn]

I've heard a little bit about you from other Ricks. You left the curve?

- @t0x1cr1ck (Healthy Rick)

Yes. I left the curve. I hope you have heard of the danger posed.

[splattales]

((Have the servers been like REALLY BAD for anyone else lately? I mean, like, more than usual?))

[darkshrimpemotions]

Finally watched Don't Worry Darling. Great example of a movie not getting the credit it deserves due to press nonsense and a general lack of genre awareness.

[samw3000]

Dis-

You cannot keep meBy sitting on your reclining throne all daySurfing social media with nothing to sayYou can scroll through on your own time Not when sharing mineWatching you, watch your phonewhile sitting on your reclining throne That's not the play. You're such a clicheFar from my idea of an ideal dateI appreciated you, hard working manYou know what they say - about all work and no playDull…

[psychologistmimi]

Quiet noise keeping me in a zen zone

What’s your favorite time of day? I’m an early bird. I can’t help it. Even when I want to sleep in, I can’t. My body considers 9 am to be late. Sadly, or unfortunately, my dog is an even earlier “early” bird than I am. This past morning, he wanted to be walked at 4am. Considering that I get up so early each day, one would think my favorite time of the day is the early morning. I used to take…

[howifeltabouthim]

The distinctions between reality and image are already fading. People live in their screens. Social media is replacing social life.

Siri Hustvedt, from The Blazing World

[butcherbitching]

Sorry I thought Tender is the Flesh was preachy and too unrealistic to actually be effective