[ SECRET POST #6444 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6444 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

(If you think something in this thread is a troll, please ignore it! Conversation is fine, but OT wank makes stuff harder to keep track of in this thread. Thanks.)

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01. https://i.imgur.com/rpspqpj.png

[(Anonymous)]

Reminded of this by someone posting about Jack Black's acting yesterday - the Jumanji reboot hit all those targets for me.

It's not at all an attempt to remake the old movie, which helped a lot.

[(Anonymous)]

Deadpool and Wolverine hit all those targets for me.

[(Anonymous)]

So, on the one hand, there's a bit of survivorship bias. There's never been a time where making movies as good as The Mummy '99 has been common - it's a real standout and it would be a real standout in any era.

With that caveat out of the way - I've never been quite sure why exactly the film works as well as it does. There are a few things you can point out - great cast from top to bottom, a writer-director who both had a passion for the material and had prior experience with effects-heavy major studio projects, and the fact that the effects process was looped in to the process from before shooting started, instead of being an afterthought that had to rush everything during post-production. Also it has a GREAT soundtrack.

But honestly I think mostly it was just... luck. There's no one secret to The Mummy that current studio projects are failing to replicate. It's just one of those projects where everything worked out exactly right. Sometimes the magic just happens. No explanation, no point in looking for one.

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It's a matter of not taking itself seriously. Even comedy movies are serious business these days. Studios have cut out all the middle area, where filmmakers can just have fun and create those classics that may not make all the money but are endlessly entertaining. We still get a few, but they usually have to fight to exist, like the first Deadpool movie.

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I wish I loved The Mummy as much as many people seem to.

I also love that kind of fun action-adventure film, but it just didn't hit for me somehow. Not at the time and not on later re-watch.

I did enjoy the hell out of the Dungeons and Dragons movie. And, as mentioned above, the new Jumanji movie was surprisingly good. (Haven't seen the sequel yet.)

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Only going with movies after The Mummy in 1999:

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is not a good movie and the likeability of its characters is questionable, but I found it stupidly entertaining or entertainingly stupid, one or the other.

National Treasure is silly as hell, but it can suck you in.

The Librarian TV movies are pretty enjoyable.

Likeable characters do not exactly abound in Stardust, but even so I thought they were pretty fun.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) hits some of the same beats for me, plus it also has Brendan Fraser in it.

Jurassic World was good for what it was.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (as mentioned above) is good, The Next Level is alright.

Love and Monsters is a really good movie that should have gotten a lot more notice, but it was released in 2020.

The Lost City (2022) is pretty goddamn ridiculous, but it has a few good moments.

[(Anonymous)]

Not on the same level as The Mummy, but I thought Sahara was a terrific romp. Fun characters, lively action, great soundtrack. I have read a couple of Dirk Pitt books and thought they took themselves far too seriously, so I was tickled by Dirk as a cheery pothead. I should watch that one again soon. It just hit the spot for me.

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[(Anonymous)]

Is this a big thing fandom is doing? I've never seen it even from people who think "It was made by cishet white dudes" is a good way to criticize Western games they don't like.

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What?

[(Anonymous)]

This (along with calling the characters white) drives me so, so insane. Yes, the character (looks at notes) Akechi Goro, who is getting coffee at Yongen-Jaya inn this cutscene, is definitely white. I can't believe these people started doing it to REAL PEOPLE now too.

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What specifically is that even supposed to mean or criticise? I don't play FF but the Persona games seem pretty rooted in Japanese society?

[(Anonymous)]

Grumbles. Bloody yanks and calling things and people white and nonwhite arbitrarily.

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Justice for Nett—

I beg your finest pardon!?

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Alixus, the character who's in literally one episode? There are plenty of one-episode villains who are men. And, similarly with Kai Winn and the female Changeling, there are plenty of recurring villains who are men. The idea that three female villains over a 7-season show is evidence of misogyny seems really strained to me. I'm not even sure I accept the premise that female villains can be evidence of misogyny in the first place, but this definitely doesn't seem like a situation where that would even apply.

I have to say this really seems like a take that comes from outer space.

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I am a little confused how this metaphor worked.

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Hm. Maybe I should read these. I liked A Man Called Ove and Anxious People.

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Cute animals pls

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Inspired by a thread from last week (?) - requesting pet photos! Any furry, scaly, feathery or otherwise baby you have!

I would post some but I don't have a pet. :(

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Games thread!

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