i saw this movie with my friend tonight. from the beginning it didn’t seem like the type of movie that i’d like, sorta crude/dirty jokes. i assumed it’d be kinda like how family guy is. but it was my friends birthday and it had gotten pretty good reviews on rotten tomato so we figured why not.
this movie is absolutely disgusting. being a new release the theater was initially pretty crowded, but well over half the audience had left by the end of the movie (which lasts only 90 minutes). from the beginning there was a whole lot of unnecessary profanity (trying to be funny but not succeeding) and also a lot of sexual innuendos, both of which i expected. everything got worse and worse over the course of the movie.
i’ve been trying to figure out how to word this but there’s just so much that happened i’m going to make a list of all the things this 90 minute animation about talking food included:
⁃ a violent rape scene (multiple).
⁃ drug abuse (various types of drugs, and lots of them)
⁃ alcohol abuse
⁃ gore (not the food type, there was also bloody human gore)
⁃ racism / sexism / homophobia
⁃ towards the end of the movie there is a huge sex scene. i can’t say that it’s graphic because it’s animated food but i honestly can’t believe it’s not X rated.
⁃ • about half of the remaining audience left the theatre during this scene
⁃ needless to say, everything was also very very violent
by the end of the movie there was less than ¼ of the original audience left. i’m pretty sure those of us that remained were only there out of either stubbornness or that (as in my case) they were just too horrified to move. if you still want to see this movie after reading this, i wish you the best of luck, and i’m sure some people out there will enjoy it. for the rest of us, if you’re triggered or upset by anything in the above list, i would highly discourage you from seeing this movie.
~ please message me for any specifics bc i’m keeping this post spoiler-free ~
I think in the midst of all the discourse, we’re forgetting about the fact that tomorrow (August 15) is Steven Universe’s canon birthday. Give the son a happy time
I want sensationalist headlines painting baby boomers as these confusing beings like they do to millennials.
“Why are baby boomers buying so many diamonds?”
“More than one house? The baby boomer obsession.”
“Baby Boomers: why do they find pleasure from swimming in their money?”
“‘When I was a kid I chased fireflies down by the creek!’ - why the beginning of this famous diatribe is irrelevant, ignorant and as worthless as baby boomer values.”
“Why are boomers terrified of kids on smartphones? A closer look into the older generation’s irrational fear of embracing new technology, even though they lived through half a century of rapid innovation.”
These tweets are part of a long thread mainly directed towards the Steven Universe fandom, but I think they’re relevant to many fandoms. I chose these two tweets in particular because they hit on a major reason for why so many characters appear on this blog: their flaws.
Now I’m not sure how many of you are writers or at least interested in writing, but for those of you who are (such as myself), you would know that well-developed characters are supposed to have flaws. Flaws allow characters to become three-dimensional, realistic beings that the audience can relate to. However, as seen on this blog many times, whenever a character does have flaws, they’re hated because of those same traits. But when a character doesn’t have flaws (or they don’t have enough flaws), then those characters are hated because they’re Mary Sues/Gary Stus, boring, etc.
Not only do flaws aid in character development, but they can also help to move the story along by providing conflict. Again, for those of you who are writers or are interested in writing, you would know that stories need some type of conflict to 1) engage the audience and 2) move the story along. One potential source of conflict can be *drum roll* character flaws! Having a character do something “problematic” or believing in something “problematic” can be the driving force behind a story. Most people would easily become bored with a story if everything was perfect 95% of the time and the build-up/conflict only occurred during the last 5%.
If you can’t handle the fact that well-developed, three-dimensional characters are flawed, if you can’t handle the fact that those flaws can be the reason for why the story exists in the first place, and if you can’t handle the fact that those flaws and the conflicts they cause are why you and other people are still engaged in the story after all this time, then perhaps you should move on to something else.
THIS
YESYESYES 100% this.
This is why I love to analyze the heck out of SU- there’s just so much to analyze! The characters are well rounded, no one is 100% good or bad and most have flaws that run pretty deep. That’s what makes it engaging, that’s what makes it interesting.
It’s also ironically what makes this sci-fi/fantasy cartoon that revolves around polymorphic sentient space rocks so damn realistic and relatable.
Anyone remember that episode of SU when mayor dewey tried to make a perfect mary sue character with no flaws and everyone pointed out that it was a flat character and made the story boring? I feel like most of the fandom should rewatch that episode.
“All these girls dressing up like harley quinn now with suicide squad being popular, I bet they don’t even read comics”
Yes. Comics. The comics that harley quinn originated in. Harley Quinn, original comic book character. Comic books, the only medium Harley Quinn has ever appeared in, comics, nothing else.
HA! Joke’s on y'all. She’s not even a real comic book character.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
