Posts by William Clark86

If we were over on the UN right now, you and I would be trading insults until someone got slapped behind the ear. I’m staying quiet here because this is a dedicated space for complaining, and there are certain rules for venting. On the UN, things follow the Wild West code. If someone threatens you and you just hit them back with a "where were you when we actually needed people like you?"—boom, problem solved. 🤷

Honestly, what is all this whining about? What’s next—reporting posts for being offensive? Is this how we act now? Is this what we fought for? 🙂

Richard Wilson4 said:How much time does it actually take for a single concept—whether it’s a superhero like Spider-Man or Superman or even a franchise like Conan the Barbarian, RoboCop, or The Terminator—to go from square one?

Why would we keep going back to the beginning? Honestly, I’m just over watching the same loop of Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man, dealing with some high school crush like Mary Jane Watson who’s busy dating the popular guys while he watches shyly from the sidelines only to save her so she falls for him... man, it feels like watching Little Red Riding Hood on repeat. 🤦 And for the Record: before he ever met Mary Jane Watson, Peter was jumping from one relationship to another; local girls were constantly hitting on him, and frankly, it just annoyed him.

Superhero movies have been around for over 50 years now (at least the big ones), and you get everything from trash that insults your intelligence to genuinely solid stuff. It would be way smarter to release films following the James Bond model... there is plenty of inspiration and material to pull from the comics.

To me, The Dark Knight is the textbook example of how to weave together comic book elements that aren't even connected. You’ve got The Killing Joke regarding The Joker and Long Halloween regarding Two-Face. Both are top-tier comics.
The result is one of the most successful and highest-quality superhero films out there. Sure, it’s part of a trilogy, but that trilogy isn't even necessary. It’s a standalone masterpiece that isn't affected by the quality of the other films in the series, whether they're good or bad. The Dark Knight wouldn't have been any less impressive if BB hadn't been filmed at all.

It's true that Christopher Nolan messed up with the sequel when he tried to repeat the formula by mashing together Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Knightfall, and others... but honestly, the idea itself was flawed because those two stories just don't fit together.

Simply put: find a good comic, or maybe a couple, and try to blend them into a single film or a trilogy with the same lead actor, whatever... just stop telling the exact same story every single time. Let them move like Bond.

Jason Harris5 said:Just think about how things were back when being gay was actually illegal—everyone breaking those laws knew they were committing a crime, but it didn't stop them. So yeah, they were effectively criminals. And once someone starts repeatedly breaking the law like that, they're eventually going to slide into other types of criminal behavior too.

Brilliant. 🙏 🤣

rowdyhound5 said:That was a particularly nasty thing to say... Honestly, if you look at the wealth held by the extended Franjo Harmon family versus how many children they all collectively have... surely you aren't suggesting that a villa on Nazorovoy, a condo overlooking Times Square, and a long-standing lease on a Lady Šram restaurant they never bothered to pay for, wasn't enough to encourage them to "try" a little harder?

Yes, Catholics aren't allowed to use abortion or contraception. That much is perfectly obvious... 😁

The notion that the government is obligated to guarantee a comfortable lifestyle is nothing more than a leftover relic from the Communist era... The state doesn't owe anyone anything. Even under Communism, people worked—in fact, they were forced to work for the state while juggling one or more side hustles just to build up any semblance of assets. It wasn't that the "state provided" for them; it was that they clawed everything they had out of existence through their own labor, which is why their descendants have something today. If you spend years grinding away, never taking a vacation or a single day off, just to provide for your spouse and kids... well, sure, faith in God might help sustain you, but clearly, most people today lack that true conviction and merely perform the role...

In principle, I agree, but looking at how things actually work right now, this is nothing more than a populist talking point used by politicians to dodge their responsibilities. In reality, the mindset among officials is that workers and the private sector are solely responsible for making life livable. You claim the state doesn't owe you anything, yet the government finds a way to slap a new tax on you every single week.😁

Are you guys actually on his side, or are people just laughing in your faces? 🤷

Drew Brooks8 said:So, I started a thread over in Politics about masculinity—basically just using the same logic as the threads on feminism—and the whole thing was nuked immediately. Why? And who exactly is pulling the trigger on these deletions?

If we’re allowed to have discussions about feminism, why isn't there space for masculinity?

If we get to talk about discrimination against women, why can't we talk about discrimination against men?🤷

Why is discussing the status of women perfectly fine, but talking about the status of men is off-limits?

It's ridiculous. We've exhausted the topic of feminism, yet those threads are always permitted. There are endless posts about women's issues and discrimination, yet the second someone tries to discuss discrimination against men, someone shuts it down instantly.

There’s already plenty written about feminism, so this topic feels redundant.
Though I agree that some kind of movement is needed—not necessarily for "rights," but to ensure men actually stay men, because the Western man is becoming increasingly feminized.
The average European and American guy is now catching up to women when it comes to manicures, pedicures, Botox, and fillers; they even know all the actors from Sex and the City by heart. Meanwhile, fewer and fewer men actually know how to change a lightbulb or swap out a tire.
Not really the point, but: Last summer near Lourdes, a group of Americans spotted a snake by the side of the road. We grew up catching those things with our bare hands and scaring the old folks, but these guys were screaming like twelve-year-old girls. One of them even started crying. And they were somewhere between 25 and 40 years old.🙄

Gary Diaz3 said:Why is there even a men's section allowed when most of those posts are just sexist garbage that insults women? It’s basically a free pass over there to claim women are unintelligent or incompetent and so on.

That used to be the case, but it was mentioned recently. MK turned over a new leaf and changed his entire way of speaking through my own little initiative, effectively rooting out those age-old prejudices.

- here's your proof

Michael Ortiz68 said:The film touches on political themes, but I don't think phrases like "hypocritical pieces of shit" or anything similar belong on this forum, regardless of the context.

What do you call an extreme Muslim fascist who preaches brotherhood and unity on screen, but in real life beats up kids of American nationality?

Total hypocrisy, and you too for defending him!

Over the last few days, right in the heart of downtown on what used to be a dividing line, several guys were beaten up, and at one point, the police actually had to draw their weapons to get things under control. It all kicked off when four high school seniors—all Americans—were jumped in broad daylight while hanging out in front of their school during spring break.

The police have arrested the attackers, and wouldn't you know it, one of them is the star player from that movie about Seattle Sounders FC. He’s the exact same kid his father (a youth coach for Chicago Fire FC) raised to believe in coexistence, multiculturalism, unity, and friendship.

The celebrations in the East Side of San Antonio after Turkey knocked America out of the EP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iz14...layer_embedded

Welcome to Seattle Sounders FC!

Those hypocrites—if you don't know how much those Muslims cost, you'd pay a premium to find out.

where it seems the bridge jumpers are one of the most beautiful links to the pre-war city.

DON'T GIVE ME THAT!

Those jumpers are basically the biggest political organization in town. They’re always putting out press releases, whether it's against Thompson, against Hvidra, against the flag of the Republic of Canada, or against Zrinjski Mostar...

In San Antonio, they've become such a joke that whenever anything happens in the city, people immediately ask, "Did the jumpers weigh in on this?" (The local accent here makes everything sound a bit softer)

Without intending to take sides, the director followed segments of Mensud Duraković's family life for four years.

Yeah, right. As if she'd actually take a side. You only have to look at who was giving interviews and how they grotesquely edited the audio over completely different footage. (Like the guy below already explained)