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The thing is, a whole generation didn’t hate the Star Wars prequels.
I was 18 when Phantom Menace came out, saw it opening night with a few friends from student res, and then rewatched it at least three or four times in the theatre over the next month or so.
Pretty much everyone saw this movie (and EpII & III). Guys and girls. Nerds and casuals. Many went multiple times (the box office numbers prove this).
The merch sold through the roof, every magazine featured cover stories with the cast, most casual fans thought Jar Jar was funny while the Star Wars nerds were obsessed with the tech behind the character. Girls loved Padme’s fashion while straight guys loved Portman.
The online fandom was hyperactive with fan theories, fan art, etc with a very clear even split between the male/female demos.
Fan and general public reaction was insanely positive.
This particular scene became ICONIC.
98% of the negativity came from the professional film critics. TPM wasn’t perfect by any means but the media definitely tried to push the message that it was a disaster, Jake Lloyd sucked, and that Jar Jar was offensive and racist.
This weird gaslighting that it was the fans who were negative and toxic is just current media trying to do damage control for just how negative they were at the time.
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You can hate on military movies or Pratt all you want but I actually think we need more movies like this. Specifically, the live action PG and PG-13 movie. Everything now is edgy and R and for adults or a cartoon. If Karate Kid came out today you’d have a bunch of A24 disciples on Twitter talking about how bad it looks. This isn’t for you. We need more live action movies that kids and their parents can watch together. We’ve lost the Sandlots and Mighty Ducks and Mrs Doubtfires. I hope, at the very least, this does well enough to green light more family friendly movies.
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I don't think there's another election anywhere in the world like election day in Israel.
England is crazy right now.
再强调一遍，浏览外网或翻墙被派出所传唤，根本不用慌。
首先是网警从流量监控系统中标记了你，然后会通知你当地的派出所片儿警将你传唤问话。
你的不当言论，会被打印出来，放在你面前。
你的手机，会要求解锁，他们会检查你在群里，聊天软件里还说了什么。
民警是很忙，但如果接到系统派发的工单，再忙也要处理，不然就一直挂在系统里，影响KPI了。
处理这种事，民警作为体制内打工人，他的自由裁量权很大的。你其实是增加他们工作量的一个小麻烦。只要好好配合，他们没必要跟你计较太多。
所以只要保证流程合规，上交资料完整，应付检查就行了。但你如果要装逼，摆出不合作的姿态，那不好意思，想整你的途径和方法太多了，哈哈。
去了之后，态度好一点，姿态低一点，开口说：“领导，不好意思，给你添麻烦了。”
然后最重要的是问话环节，他问你答。你不要没事找事，自己多说乱说。不知道、不了解、没做过的，直接就说不知道，别的一概不说。但你确实做过的，而且白纸黑字的放在你面前，那就不要抵赖。
不要说任何对抗性的言论。比如什么什么做的不对，所以我要批判。
如果你是因为不当发言被传唤，就说：“我理解错了意思，以为他在说什么，所以我才说了什么，表达有偏差。其实我不是这个意思。”
如果你是因为浏览了网站被传唤，就说我是不小心点到的，我一点开它就推送了，我也不知道为什么。
只要你态度好，把事情往小了说，一般也就是记录一下。没人愿意增加自己的工作量，对不对？
笔录确认没问题，签字盖章，这事儿就翻篇儿了。
千万不要装逼硬刚。
还有，虽然翻墙了，但什么该说、什么不该说，作为一个成年人，生在红旗下，长在春风里，接受了国家这么多年的教育，自己心里应该有点逼数。
毕竟你爸不是李刚，就算是，也不行。
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There isn’t a single public lesbian space in Australia today. I was just reminiscing with women this morning about 90s Melbourne & Sydney & how you could live your whole life around lesbian businesses, groups, events, performances, healthcare… you name it.
I’ve been a Netflix subscriber since it launched in Australia but I’m thinking I might unsubscribe. I’m just not watching it anymore.
Marvel’s Defenders shows. I signed up for Netflix to watch Daredevil. All these shows are on Disney+ now and the characters are continuing in new D+ projects.
Sense8. This show was incredible but it got canned after two seasons. At least they gave it a special series finale episode thing.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Iconic. Netflix cancelled it after a few seasons and has even DELETED the multiple choice special which was the series finale.
Stranger Things. Amazing. Loved it. But it’s finished now. (I MIGHT rejoin Netflix when that spin-off series debuts ten years from now.)
Fauda. Watched the whole show for the first time this year. Could rejoin when S6 premieres but that’s a couple of years away.
Hill House/Bly Manor/Midnight Mass. Superb series but they’re done. Plus Flanagan’s Netflix deal has expired.
House of Cards. Of course.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Riverdale (Netflix exclusive outside of the USA) were fun but are also finished.
Netflix was great for Star Trek but that’s all on Paramount+ now.
It’s been about a decade and these are the only Netflix shows I can think of that left an impact on me. All of them except for one have been cancelled.
Definitely can’t think of any upcoming Netflix projects that excite me.
The Magician’s Nephew could have been the thing to keep me engaged but my enthusiasm for that has pretty much died after seeing the trailer.
I think I’m on an annual subscription so I’ll just cancel it and let it expire.
Anyone else in the same place? #Netflix
ALT Daredevil
ALT Chilling adventures of Sabrina
ALT Sense8
ALT Kimmy Schmidt
It really is wild how many Airbnb hosts think of their paying customers as family members they’re letting crash on their couch out of the goodness of their heart.
I mean…
its just bonkers the new policy @airbnb is trying to put in place. Putting the dishes in the dishwasher, taking out the trash, pulling the sheets off the bed....they are just standard things any normal person would do when staying at a house. Why wouldn't a host be allowed to say that?
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I am not saying this for effect, I mean it quite literally: rhetoric like this gets Jews killed. Cenk is not just an embarassment, he is a hateful demagogue.
New @RebellionPac ad dropping in Michigan. We have to suffer here at home, so Israel can get all its wars. That’s why they buy politicians like Mike Rogers. He promised to serve Israel “unconditionally,” but never made that promise to you.
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The BBC has agreed to pay £400,000 to an award-winning Jewish documentary-maker who alleged she was subjected to antisemitism and pushed out of the corporation after October 7.
Lucie Kon, 57, spent 22 years at the BBC and worked on programmes including Panorama, Today, BBC Breakfast and Storyville. Films she commissioned or helped produce won an Oscar, Emmy and Bafta.
Kon says her treatment changed dramatically after the Hamas attacks. She alleges colleagues described Zionists like her as “evil”, argued that Israel should be called terrorist if Hamas was, and told her to consider what had driven Hamas to carry out the massacre.
When she proposed a documentary about October 7, Kon says she was told she was “too partial” to oversee it because she was Jewish.
She subsequently filed a formal grievance, but a BBC investigation rejected her complaint. Kon says she was then kept away from work for months. During a restructuring, her position was made redundant and she failed to secure the similar role replacing it.
She launched unfair-dismissal proceedings.
The BBC has now agreed substantial compensation, reported as £400,000, without admitting liability or accepting that Kon suffered antisemitism.
Kon says Jewish employees still at the corporation continue to face hostility and feel unable to identify openly as Jewish or Zionist.
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Very proud of my friend Lucie who was bullied for being a Jew at the BBC and was made redundant just days after winning the corporation an Oscar.
Watch her video below
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Hey @grok.
Which 20th-century political party most prominently claimed its people were suffering because an out-group was draining national resources and harming them?
New @RebellionPac ad dropping in Michigan. We have to suffer here at home, so Israel can get all its wars. That’s why they buy politicians like Mike Rogers. He promised to serve Israel “unconditionally,” but never made that promise to you.
Something worth noting about Clayface is that its budget (before marketing) was only $30-44 million.
Kind of radical for a DC movie.
For comparison, Superman cost $225 mil and Supergirl $170 mil.
Marvel should try similar with some movies focusing on street-level heroes like Daredevil, Heroes For Hire, Cloak & Dagger, etc.