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Zotis Has Returned
Posted By Zotis
There are two main differences between muffins...

There are two main differences between muffins and cupcakes. First and foremost the density. Muffins have the density of bread, while cupcakes have the density of cake. Secondly is the icing on...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-23-24
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Zotis
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

I can never get enough of coming of age movies. Especially Asian ones. :D
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Zotis Has Returned
Posted By Zotis
Re: Zotis Has Returned

Haha, jal90 that's funny. Yeah, my mom has been baking muffins the last couple years actually. So every now and then I get a nice batch of home made chocolate chip banana muffins. And I like to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-23-24
Replies: 36,392
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Zotis
Re: Movie You're Watching Tonight

https://www.sortiesdvd.com/affichethumb/11416.jpg


Censor (2021)


At the recommendation of cat_sidhe. Hopefully I got the right version. Going in blind, the best way to go in! Haven't seen...
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I don't like this new era of streaming
Posted By Zotis
Re: I don't like this new era of streaming

I figured public domain went without saying. *wink*
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-22-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Okay, you gave me a chuckle. :p

Okay, you gave me a chuckle. :p
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I don't like this new era of streaming
Posted By Zotis
I'm not really arguing for pirating. I'm just...

I'm not really arguing for pirating. I'm just pointing out what the situation is. Personally I try to find a balance between what I can afford to support and how much I want to consume. I don't...
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I don't like this new era of streaming
Posted By Zotis
It's interesting to see this topic come up so...

It's interesting to see this topic come up so frequently. Whenever there's change this conversation happens again, just with a different object. The industry needs to adapt, or it will die. It's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-22-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
I'd need to be laughing for that to be the case.

I'd need to be laughing for that to be the case.
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Zotis Has Returned
Posted By Zotis
You mean the one that came out in 2021, or the...

You mean the one that came out in 2021, or the 2017 one?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-21-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Laugh it up furball. :P Take Chewbaka for...

Laugh it up furball. :P Take Chewbaka for example. He's just a dog combined with a human, and he's far from the first example of that. He looks distinct as an original combination of several...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-21-24
Replies: 36,392
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Zotis
Re: Movie You're Watching Tonight

https://www.uphe.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale__344w_/public/2016/12/Bleedforthis_poster.webp?itok=gXRkJlOK


Bleed for This (2016)


I'm a fan of Miles Teller, so recently I've been...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-21-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
How is placing originality as the most important...

How is placing originality as the most important element a purely subjective approach? I see absolutely nothing even remotely subjective about it. Doing so has nothing to do with my personal...
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Things that annoy you...
Posted By Zotis
Re: Things that annoy you...

My dad argued for decades that dogs were better than cats. That always annoyed me. Some years ago I finally had the opportunity to explain to him in a way he understood and accepted that dogs...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-21-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Well, consider how "original" Star Wars was. ...

Well, consider how "original" Star Wars was. While you can look to older Sci-Fi movies and novels and see everything done before, other Darth Vader types, other similar space ships, laser swords,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Hahaha, you're hilarious. Well I'm not going to...

Hahaha, you're hilarious. Well I'm not going to do a very thorough analysis, but I'll just try and demonstrate objectivity. Both are excellent, but the problem with the one on the left is that it's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Oh man, this is turning into quite the debate......

Oh man, this is turning into quite the debate... :P



I believe truth is universal, if that's what you're getting at?

Exactly, he goes to school and studies art to get better at it.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
It's not that 'because determining who's the...

It's not that 'because determining who's the fastest would be unimaginably complicated so as to be practically impossible' means that who's the fastest is determined by people's feelings or opinions....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Not at all, take Alien, and Aliens for example. ...

Not at all, take Alien, and Aliens for example. Most people like Aliens more because it has marines and lots of aliens, not because of the cinematography, acting, directing, or writing. I don't...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
If we're assessing clarity it's not merely a...

If we're assessing clarity it's not merely a matter of determining which image has more clarity. We would have to assess how clarity is used creatively in an artistic way, and how clarity is used...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
But that subjectivity that your talking about is...

But that subjectivity that your talking about is within your assessment, not within the work you're trying to objectively assess. That determining how well-organized their work is isn't an exact...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
It is objective when we measure one performance...

It is objective when we measure one performance against other performances. Not some outside invisible standard of unattainable perfect objectivity, but measured against other performances of the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
I'm not quite sure if I'm someone who has a...

I'm not quite sure if I'm someone who has a strong need for order and consistency in life, but I do think order and consistency are important and necessary, although personally I'm not very orderly...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Wouldn't you agree that the more a person...

Wouldn't you agree that the more a person separates their personal preferences from the technical aspects of a film they are being more objective? I'd argue that objectivity is possible to the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-24
Replies: 188
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Zotis
Re: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?

Quality is not necessarily measured on a benchmark scale. How do you measure how ripe a tomatoe is? Because it's not exact doesn't mean someone's opinion that a green tomato is riper than a red one...