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This is a joke. This is a MOTHERFUCKING JOKE.
Statik:
Its kind of sad, really. Think about it for a minute. We all come to a particular forum, where we can be around other people who are similar to ourselves in terms of intelligence / artistic integrity and the like. I would say this forum, among the entirety of the internets has one of the most intelligent user bases. That being said, we are not the "target market" for these movies. Oh, I'm sure there is quite a few of you who will secretly watch this, or any of the other movies, but all in all, these movies are not made for us. They are made for the MUCH larger population (you know, the same population that voted for Bush). It isn't surprising to me that this and its predecessors do well, or that "safe" bubblegum pop (despite the outfits) does well. It's easy to understand. There are no hidden messages, no deeper meanings, nothing to confuse the simpler minded. Everything is bluntly in your face. I mean, Americans are getting stupider by the year (if average IQ testing is to be believed), so do you really expect things with artistic merit to make it in this day and age? The only "art" field that doesn't have a part of it devoted to making simple things for simple people is the "fine" arts (Photography, Painting, etc), although I'm sure that could be argued as well.
Betagold:
If the film is a parody, it is one giant joke, so the title of this thread is correct.
The Scorpion King 2? Dear god, has the world gone mad?
Faker:
--- Quote from: Anyways on 05 Aug 2008, 15:31 ---Oh hey, trailer time.
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Christ, those are the best bits?
Christ
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Statik on 07 Aug 2008, 15:45 ---Its kind of sad, really. Think about it for a minute. We all come to a particular forum, where we can be around other people who are similar to ourselves in terms of intelligence / artistic integrity and the like. I would say this forum, among the entirety of the internets has one of the most intelligent user bases. That being said, we are not the "target market" for these movies. Oh, I'm sure there is quite a few of you who will secretly watch this, or any of the other movies, but all in all, these movies are not made for us. They are made for the MUCH larger population (you know, the same population that voted for Bush). It isn't surprising to me that this and its predecessors do well, or that "safe" bubblegum pop (despite the outfits) does well. It's easy to understand. There are no hidden messages, no deeper meanings, nothing to confuse the simpler minded. Everything is bluntly in your face. I mean, Americans are getting stupider by the year (if average IQ testing is to be believed), so do you really expect things with artistic merit to make it in this day and age? The only "art" field that doesn't have a part of it devoted to making simple things for simple people is the "fine" arts (Photography, Painting, etc), although I'm sure that could be argued as well.
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Is this a fakepost because dude, elitism much?
Also lol @ the notion that QC forumites are, by and large, intelligent. Have you READ the Comic Discussion forums?
Alex C:
Whoring out pop culture references as an icebreaker and source of entertainment is hardly something this forum is immune to either. We've got plenty of stuff like list threads floating around attesting to the fact that even warmed over caricatures of things we're already familiar can still pass as a subject of interest in every day conversation. I agree that these movies aren't exactly high art, but if someone feels like wandering into a theater, plunking down a few bucks and getting a chuckle out of a cheap non-sequitar or sight gag in their spare time, I won't hold it against them.
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