So we all know that our phones are a huge part of our lives. We take them pretty much every where. They say that theyâre generally the first thing we look at in the morning and the last thing we look at before going to sleep.
However, Iâve came across a situation where anotherâs phone usage has me bepuzzled and I wanted to get the worldly consensus. Yes, I realize that virtually all people will be looking at this post on their phones, and yes, that may skew the results but I acknowledge this and will persist.
You had me at Batman. I am not sure how it is in menâs rooms, I am not a shy person, but I would not ask. Itâs almost as if you are in a privacy bubble when you are in a closed stall. I would be able to ask for tissue of course, not that I donât check first to be certain. If your curiosity is insatiable, the worse that could happen is Gary/Terry/Batman telling you to mind your own beeswax. All this being said if someone tried to make eye contact through the crack in the door, I am not above yelling at them to take a picture, but I digress.
I know! I spent like an hour yesterday searching for a Batman named âGaryâ on Wikipedia.
Subconsciously I was probably thinking that he looked like a Gary though. Manly type that does what he wants. When he wants. Most likely a car salesman.
âYouâre going to buy this car or else Iâll throw you in the trunk and then youâll realize how dumb you are, laying in a trunk, with no car, like a moron.â
In related news⌠I was practicing reading my podcast last night at the dinner table while Maggie was doing her homework. Every time I said âGaryâ her eyes would roll. There came a point when all parties agreed I should read quietly to myself.
Funny, the only Gary I know is a tall, thin, 60-ish civil engineer with a ponytail who bikes to work and runs marathons. I also had a high school physics teacher with a small mustache and elbow patches named Geary (pronounced Gary). He erased the chalkboard row by row, walking all the way across like a dot matrix printer. So I guess, we have very different images of âGary-ismâ.
Iâm concerned about Maggie having eyestrain after all those Garyâs. Did she eventually have to lay down with a cool wet washcloth over her eyes?
Yes, it would, though I donât know why a millionaire crimefighter would reply to an ad on Craigslist. Youâd likely get a lot more replies from guys sitting in their parentsâ basements wearing plastic capes than from genuine Batmen. Batmans?
I couldnât quite put my finger on why I preferred âbatmenâ over âbatmansâ, but I think thatâs it.
Iâve also been advised by tism that âbatsmanâ is right out, as itâs a cricket term⌠the plural of which is âbatsmenâ. Iâm unreasonably annoyed by âbatsmenâ; itâs like some kind of double plural. Like there should be at least 3 or 4 of them.
Youâre in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down and you see a tortoise. Itâs crawling toward you.
First time Iâve been to a movie by myself since The Phantom Menace. No weirdness so thatâs good news.
And the movie was good. I went in thinking itâd be just okay, went in with a beef against Gosling but he fit the character well. I can see why they chose him for the part.
Be aware: the background music and sound effects were the loudest Iâd ever heard in a theater. Everybody was going to be paying attention to Blade Runner 2049, no dazing off.
Iâll let you watch the movie without spoiling it. Well, one negative thing I will say is that if a character lights a cigarette then there should be smoke in that scene. Until he puts it out. Ya, this is minor but as an ex-smoker it bugs me.
Now Iâll talk about the original Blade Runner and one of my pet peeves with that.
Okay, so Deckard is a replicant. You can see his eyes light up briefly when he and Rachael go back to his apartment after Leon roughed him up, threw him around, etc-ry. All the replicants have the shiny eyes now and then, thatâs the visual giveaway. And I like it. But I donât like that Leon did in fact kick Deckardâs ass up and down the street just minutes before.
If Deckard was a replicant, what the hell? Ya, he may not have known he was an android and therefore wouldnât have known about his physical abilities, ie. strength, agility, and so on.
ButâŚsurvival seems to be pretty key to replicants. The whole movie is about them not wanting to die, them wanting to live. And if Deckard was a replicant, why didnât that kick in during his fight with Leon? Or Zhora? When one is about to die our instincts take over. Unless youâre a boob.
I thought I wrote this to everyone. Apparently not. The first thing I said is that it reminded me of âThe Dark Knightâ.
I needed a new paragraph because I saw Dark Knight 3 or 4 days after the Colorado shootings. When the movie starts up, thereâs a shoot-out (my memory, not always the most reliable) and it is rock concert loud. Then the movie blew me away.
Back to Blade Runner 2049. I wrote that it was like Dark Knight with the soundtrack and the cinematography. Sometimes with these movies it bugs me that theyâre so darkly lit. The measure of light needs to include some light to measure.
I loved Blade Runner 2049 for the first 2 hours. I couldâve done without the last 30 mins or so. I hear that itâs an American thing but rarely does a movie need to last more than 2 hours, especially a thriller/adventure/sci-fi thing. I loved how it was part of the original story.
(Briefly) I LOVED the GIRLS! It was part of the original movie and these girls worked this time too.
163 minutes is a long time to sit through a movie. Especially a movie like Blade Runner. If you watch some of the trailers you can see scenes with Sapper Morton (the first replicant K meets) that werenât in the theatrical version. That doesnât surprise me though. Iâve read the first Blade Runner was over four hours long.
Movies like these should really just be made into two separate parts. Itâd flesh the story and characters out more while also giving me a chance to pee.
But in an interview with The Guardian James Cameron said âthe self-congratulatory back-pattingâ Hollywood has been doing over Wonder Woman was âmisguidedâ.
âSheâs an objectified icon, and itâs just male Hollywood doing the same old thing! Iâm not saying I didnât like the movie but, to me, itâs a step backwards.â
The Oscar-winning director compared the character of Wonder Woman to Sarah Connor, the lead role in his Terminator films.
âSarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit.â
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Responding on Twitter Patty Jenkins said that there is not only one way to be a strong woman in film.
âIf women always have to be hard, tough and troubled to be strong, and we arenât free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving, then we havenât come very far have we.
Normally I can bet behind Cameron but If he wanted to make a point I donât think he shouldâve been comparing his own Sarah Connor to Jenkinsâ Wonder Woman. Of course your stuff is never gonna be as good as mine. đ
Generally speaking, weâve been referring to the upcoming sequel to Ridley Scottâs 1982 sci-fi classic with a grab bag of shorthand titles. Stuff like The Untitled Blade Runner Sequel, or The New Blade Runner, or Director Denis Villeneuveâs Upcoming Blade Runner Movie That Has Ryan Gosling In It. Today, that all ends, as the official title has been announced.
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Punque70 ¡ Oct 17, 2017 at 6:21 pm
You had me at Batman. I am not sure how it is in menâs rooms, I am not a shy person, but I would not ask. Itâs almost as if you are in a privacy bubble when you are in a closed stall. I would be able to ask for tissue of course, not that I donât check first to be certain. If your curiosity is insatiable, the worse that could happen is Gary/Terry/Batman telling you to mind your own beeswax. All this being said if someone tried to make eye contact through the crack in the door, I am not above yelling at them to take a picture, but I digress.
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This is all great, but my favourite part is that after youâve said Gary 1000 times it turns out Batmanâs name was actually Terry.
I say you could have asked, BUT thereâs a good chance it would have led him to engage you in conversation, which you probably wouldnât enjoy.
I know! I spent like an hour yesterday searching for a Batman named âGaryâ on Wikipedia.
Subconsciously I was probably thinking that he looked like a Gary though. Manly type that does what he wants. When he wants. Most likely a car salesman.
âYouâre going to buy this car or else Iâll throw you in the trunk and then youâll realize how dumb you are, laying in a trunk, with no car, like a moron.â
In related news⌠I was practicing reading my podcast last night at the dinner table while Maggie was doing her homework. Every time I said âGaryâ her eyes would roll. There came a point when all parties agreed I should read quietly to myself.
Funny, the only Gary I know is a tall, thin, 60-ish civil engineer with a ponytail who bikes to work and runs marathons. I also had a high school physics teacher with a small mustache and elbow patches named Geary (pronounced Gary). He erased the chalkboard row by row, walking all the way across like a dot matrix printer. So I guess, we have very different images of âGary-ismâ.
Iâm concerned about Maggie having eyestrain after all those Garyâs. Did she eventually have to lay down with a cool wet washcloth over her eyes?
BTW, âsearching for a Batman named Garyâ would make an excellent tagline for SOMETHING.
âSearching for a Batman named Garyâ â I think itâd also make an excellent personal ad on craigslist.org.
Yes, it would, though I donât know why a millionaire crimefighter would reply to an ad on Craigslist. Youâd likely get a lot more replies from guys sitting in their parentsâ basements wearing plastic capes than from genuine Batmen. Batmans?
I kinda like âbatmenâ as it gives them a sense of camaraderie although âbatmansâ sounds more inline with the DC universe.
I couldnât quite put my finger on why I preferred âbatmenâ over âbatmansâ, but I think thatâs it.
Iâve also been advised by tism that âbatsmanâ is right out, as itâs a cricket term⌠the plural of which is âbatsmenâ. Iâm unreasonably annoyed by âbatsmenâ; itâs like some kind of double plural. Like there should be at least 3 or 4 of them.
There should definitely be more than two batsmen and definitely more than four batsmens.
Batsmens! đ¤Ł
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