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@VioletEyedDragon: But that's the point! Horror movies are all fucked up morality tales, right? Those who sin are killed horribly while the pure survive. The film turned that on its ear and had a professor fucking student and a stoner genius outsmart their tormentors, dooming the entire world with their self-preservation. It's the ending every fan of apocalypse or horror movies wants to see--the likable, weakest characters survive and ensure ...

The most valuable point in all of this for me was the reversal of the hero's journey. Making a sci-fi big money lotsa CG trilogy about a totally shit dude is strange and maybe even brave. That's a good point.Some of the ideas of the prequels are great. I like that they make Jedi and the Republic a bunch of petty, bureaucratic self-absorbed fools and pseudo-monks. It at least approaches ...

Somehow this feels racist and sexist... yet still interesting?

1. The Hobbit2. The Dark Knight Rises3. The Avengers

I like how all-encompassing this analysis is. You flow, perhaps not so smoothly, from Ancient Greece to Bikini Bottom with nary a backward glance. A great summary of a literary and filmic trope not often explicated. Thanks.

I honestly kinda like this trailer. The electricity thing is novel and, damn it all, I liked Wanted for its stupidity and flair. Maybe a netflix rental some day.

@LoopyChew said:@Fantasgasmic said:Bob clearly sees his son Dash as some sort of Howard Roark figure who is denied being a "prime mover" by having to not run as fast as he can.I'd say you're right, but only in the beginning. At the end, he seems to understand the value of restraint, when he and the rest of the family tell Dash to hold back and aim for second.Yeah, avoiding a ...