Sim Magus

You probably have Dunning-Kruger. And high agreeableness and neuroticism.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

This place is an absolute cesspit. A debased, virtual collective of system 1 thinking and bad-faith zero-sum pseudo-communication. There's some gem accounts here but the dank stench of asinine, meaningless antagonism and hyper negativity bias is just not a productive use of time.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@Donaldcarneyt @HollywoodHandle Not R rated retard.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@cowboy___bepop I mean it's a subjective opinion, 'beyond comprehension'? 😂 Nolan is great. Personally I think Villeneuve is on a whole entire level all his own and Dune 3 will cement that.

[Christopher Nolan Updates @nolanarchive]

Christopher Nolan and Park Chanwook will sit down for an in-depth conversation about The Odyssey on CINE21's Masters Talk

📅 August 10, 5:00 PM KST
📺 Premieres on the CINE21 YouTube channel
🔗 https://t.co/FzRfHytD2C

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@jd_kelleher @trygraptor argumentum ad verecundiam.
Her being an expert in her field doesn't mean she's an expert in film studies/cultural media literacy.

Appeal to authority fallacy.

https://t.co/ucA3oP6en5

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@tea_zamboni @trygraptor She praised Troy HAHAHAHA 😂

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@DMinWA @jennfrey I don't think anyone is upset, there's fair criticism to be had. Wilson's however is very hyperbolic and pedantic to the point of refusing to engage on the film's terms. Her cinema critiques aren't more valid just because she's a classicist translator, total appeal to authority.

[Dr Theo Nash @theo_nash]

There are various issues to disagree with here, but the basic point remains that Wilson is a very poor film reviewer being asked, again and again, to review a film that she has not understood particularly well.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@marc1202 It's ok to admit you're an insufferable contrarian with a heart and soul full of dogshit. 😂

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@KanakaMPH @FlintDibble There's plenty of original cinema that comes out; plenty of arthouse indie movies, may not be the most popular but they're there.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@Awakeningeye @sadcinemaa Can you demonstrate with robust evidence that he's read one book? You have access to his library? 🤣

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@llsonya1 @sadcinemaa Not all opinions are articulated cogently or are equally sound lmfao

[Doyle_ @sadcinemaa]

Basically he is saying that parasocial film criticism is destroying the art of film making. The audience is bringing a consumer energy into their interaction with art. So so good!!!!!!

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@Sawosz @sentantiq If Nolan's creative impetus is adapting an orally transmitted fable for a modern age then shifting the concept towards the out-group is totally valid. It's interesting and creating meaty discourse. Apples to apples fealty to the source would not provoke the same response.

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

There are plenty of places in Homer where people express regret and responsibility. Achilles admits that his strife with Agamemnon was "better for the Trojans" in book 19; Hektor acknowledges destroying his own people.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@pez1963 @DEADLINE Hardly. He's a sincere artist with ambition. Those who fly high appear small to those without the same ambition...!

[🎮 @foreeeeeal]

Mythical creatures make a lot more sense when you realise humanity spent hundreds of thousands of years without glasses or any form of eyesight aid.

[young gun eddie coyle @ivanvespasian]

He is right on the money. A little knowledge of narrative mechanics has convinced too many that they are smarter than fiction.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@Rosvel92 @CultureCrave Earth was awful 😂 worst xenomorph design and character interaction ever. It's not movie timeline canon.

[Sim Magus @MagusSim]

@JosephTheDaddy @Lady_Veraa @CultureCrave Ash model synths are not working-class science officers nor standard synths, hence why when the original Nostromo science officer was replaced Dallas et al were none the wiser. Pretty sure Alvarez snd his co-writer thought about this they're not casual fans in the least lol

[LinaHua @Linahuaa]

Look at how Asian interviewers ask 100x more intelligent questions, how they know more deeply about the pillars of Western civilization than most Westerners themselves.

I'm bullish on China exactly because of that:
They study everything they can get their hands on.
They constantly adapt and evolve.
They have all the tools to beat you at your own game plus more.