sometimes while reading fanfiction it becomes obvious that the author has forgotten that 2012 is almost ten years ago and that technology was actually very different then. then I have a crisis about 2012 being long enough ago that some fanfic authors need to do research to have historical accuracy.
that crunchy vibe that 70s/80s movies have that modern movies simply cannot capture… that kind of quiet empty vibe to em that can be played for either bleakness or a peaceful energy… why do all modern movies (even the great and pretty ones) feel overproduced after watching an older film. what is it I can’t put my finger on it but it’s there I can feel it
Shot on film
No digital colour grading (today’s films are horribly over processed)
No in-the-computer composite layered scenes with virtual sets etc.
practical sets and effects
hand painted mattes / hand animated vfx
You used the light you had instead of endlessly tweaking it
Sociologically, people stopped going to movies as much in the late 1960s / early 70s because television had really taken off, the era of the ‘tv movie’ started, so studios greenlit a lot of low budget auteur films that had to focus on meaning & relationships instead of spectacle.
8. Pacing.
This is the biggest thing, and it’s not even something most people will even realize they’re noticing. Movies became more uniform in their structure, as hollywood found the “formula” for a hit movie. It means you lose quiet, peaceful scenes that don’t fit into the pattern. That uniformity has done more to hurt the emotional tone of films than any visual effects tricks.
In 2005, Blake Snyder released a book: Save the Cat! It discussed movie “beats” and and gave an outline for movie pacing.
That outline has been followed like it’s religious dogma for the majority of Hollywood movies ever since. It’s enough that you can literally count the minutes in movies and say “ok, here comes the antagonist’s big move.”
it’s not just pacing but also average shot length (sometimes shortened to “ASL,” but not to be confused with american sign language.) a movie that only cuts every 12 seconds is gonna feel drastically different from a movie that cuts every 2.5 seconds.
i dont “make up” lgbt headcanons for fictional characters i see a character and the headcanon comes to me like the word of god to a 17th century monarch
you say “weeds” I say “widespread non-native edible plant and early-blooming pollinator resource that is not considered invasive because it behaves politely and does not cause deleterious ecological consequences”
I’m watching this reality show with my brother that’s like a blacksmithing competition and some of these people look exactly like you’d expect blacksmiths to look and others look like the person in movies that blacksmiths would kick out of the tavern.
Is it Forged in Fire? Because if it is I totally agree.
It is.
There are 2 types of people in this world: blacksmiths and also blacksmiths but they don’t look like it
The funny part is that sometimes it’s the guys that look like blacksmiths that are actually the ones that get sent home
Well it takes more than just a pretty face to forge a knife you know
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS, but also my family relentlessly mocks the host for being painfully masculine in a seemingly performative sort of way, leading to my dad begging me to make this image:
As a lot of sewing and costube nerds know, Bernadette Banner just released her book on sewing, a basic guide for sewing and mending based on historical techniques. She has a successful YouTube channel where she teaches these techniques and occasionally features other costubers, experts, etc. Naturally, in writing her book, she’s transferred some of the personal aspects that are part of any YouTube channel’s branding, such as illustrating her work with narratives and introducing the people who are featured in the book.
Because she has used people’s correct pronouns and approached this book in an inclusive way, it seems a group of TERF activists have organized and bombarded the book’s Amazon page with bad reviews, claiming the book has an “agenda” and is “political” by using the preferred pronouns of the people featured. Of course, this is this absurd – YouTube personalities, even those with substantive content who aren’t just influencers, are exactly that? Personalities? So of course there will be personal narratives, and why should someone’s identity be left out of their narrative, especially if the reason they need to tailor a garment is a gender reassignment surgery? I also imagine it may be triggering and difficult, as Banner has an openly non-binary sibling who has also been featured in her videos.
All this to say, you can go to Amazon and report these bigoted reviews or mark them as unhelpful, and if you have a copy of the book and like it, this is a good time to leave a nice review. The book was published less than a month ago, and bad Amazon reviews can tank new publications or push Amazon to force the author to make changes in some cases (though I think only with digital books, but as there’s a kindle edition and we all know that Amazon takes money from authors whose books are returned, I’m hoping these TERFs aren’t buying and returning Kindle editions just to leave shitty reviews). Anyway, it’s important to authors not to get dragged down by a TERF swarm, especially so early after publication. And it’s even more important to keep pushing back and showing TERFs that they can’t keep pulling this shit.
I’m honestly just so tired of their bullshit. Please find a non-destructive outlet for your trauma.
I think Gen Z as a generation has been traumatised by powerlessly watching our parents be rude to service staff when we were kids and now we overcompensate it by being insanely polite to them
I walk into every Target thinking that I need to be the most polite and efficient customer there. I’m terrified of getting a bad grade in Customer
fucked up that we don’t make belts with loops for holding blades or pouches for storing coins and bunches of dried herbs anymore
since when did THIS
become sexier than THIS?
half of those are fanny packs
while both are an example of bags worn on the waist, a leather pouch is NOT the same thing as a fanny pack and i will die on this hill
what is a fanny back but a modern day medival coin purse my friend
I don’t care what you call them, i need stuff like
Firstly - they look cool
Secondly - i hate hate HATE purses, messenger bags mess up my posture which then hurts my spine, and backpacks are hard to reach and take stuff out or put stuff in.
These? These are perfectly handy, weight gets distributed around your pelvic area instead of hurty spine, and you won’t just forget it laying somewhere. Again.
