Kinda, yeah, though tiktok working as a short visual exchange with comments isn’t exactly the same

Let’s hope it stays that way :)

We don’t get to actually interact much with chinese people in China, here in the states. The more all us regular people can get to know each other, the more chance we have of maybe breaking down the artificial barriers that keep us locked into our own worlds

Man, that’s beautiful :)

When I saw the headline, this was my first thought.

But damn, it could have been something cool if reality wasn’t so fucking predictable and ugly.

I mean, imagine a reality where a bunch of humans end up using the same service like that, between two countries at odds, and they realize that they have a lot more in common than they thought possible. It could be a bridge that changes a world.

Well, that world, because it sure as hell isn’t the one we’re in

Only one way to find out

Is it me you’re looking for?

Yeah, I agree, soldier was a huge stumble lol.

I don’t know that I’d be as enthusiastic if this was him trying to make something like a period romance, or a serious drama. But just switching out a fantasy setting for the sci-fi type settings he usually does? It’s a good bet that it’ll at least be entertaining.

Exactly. There’s a lot to be said for movies that are just escapist entertainment, which is what the resident evil movies are. It’s a game series brought to the screen that you can slap on and see some cool stuff happening.

That’s a perfectly valid form of film. Lots of people like that kind of movie (including myself as long as that isn’t all I have to watch), and it’s popular for that very reason.

It’s exactly that kind of movie that he specializes in.

No worries :)

Mr Zuckerberg ought to have a meeting with Mr Lapua

Yeah, variety rarely does any interview that isn’t purely puff, and this one was no different

Pretty much all of the resident evil series that he did, and the alien v predator movie

The resident evil stuff, he’s got a distinct action style. It manages to get the balance between being showy enough for movies with staying story based. Like, you know how some movies the stunts and explosions and such become the focus of the movie rather than the plot? He’s good at not going that far, but still making it a spectacle.

And he’s good at doing action while still giving a sense of progression. The individual scenes move the story forward. Which is partially about the script, but direction is where the details come in, and it’s the details that make a movie be more than just a series of fights and explosions with dialogue in between.

Like, in the first resident evil, the way he used the dogs. It gives you information about the “zombies”, brings tension, and delivers an eventual payoff in action.

Now, is it high art? No. I don’t think anything he’s done even approaches that. Even the three musketeers movie is a divergence from the literary origins of the story. I don’t see that as a bad thing. But it is an easy thing to screw up and turn into schlock.

He has a wheelhouse, and he stays with it. Pretty much, he does action movies with a secondary genre with his wife (he and Jovovich are married). Within that scope, he turns out very watchable movies. I’d even say that he’s damn good at turning out action movies overall. A lot of his can stand up to anyone else doing action. If he has a weakness, it’s as a writer more than as a director. His dialogue can be stilted.

I’m legit hyped the this movie.

I love Milla in everything she’s done. Bautista has turned into a surprisingly restrained actor for action. And the concept is classic fantasy, which hasn’t been done on screen a lot recently. Anderson directing is a surprise, but he’s done good work, so I’m down with it.

Project mayhem needs to take his balls

Well, you’ve got great points.

And, here in the US, they’re points that require extra scrutiny of any such situation.

That being said, Norway has done this kind of thing with incredible success, and not just remote work either. So the idea itself is most definitely one that merits a real attempt here too

Considering how damn low their recidivism rates are, that’s a hell yes

Yo, your lexicon is making my malarkey happy

Oh, the service itself is decent, up to great depending on your criteria. Pretty much never down, works well enough, etc.

It’s the privacy and bullshit behind the service that’s hated. Well, usually, some people hate the layout, and others hate the fact that it’s the default for so many people that it’s difficult to avoid.

No worries, happens to simply everyone eventually :)

And, again, since you had nothing to contribute, maybe scrolling past would have been better than being a dick about it.

Just saying, it’s an option. The post didn’t do anything to inconvenience you any more than any other random post. OP didn’t name you in specific to give a response, no matter what it might be.

That’s what it comes down to.

It’s Wheaton’s law. Don’t be a dick.

So, apply it. Be better. We can all use improvement in how we treat people, right? I mean, you’re making some kind of reaction to being told your words were dickish. Anyone would. So, don’t double down. Don’t make excuses. Just use it in the future.