jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

The torrent for finished at exactly 6:00 and i think that is a sign

jonny,
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i was going to say the false coloring is pretty good so far but then we got into this hell room that is simultaneously green and beige and blue

jonny,
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we have two named women, putting us the closest we've been to a bechdel pass in weeks

jonny,
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i have been making dinner during this opening and i have no idea who is supposed to be murdered or who the murderer is but everyone is extremely jolly looking in these green and purple jumpsuits

jonny,
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with the women apparently being therapists, stewardesses, and referred to affectionately as "chicken," i retract my hopefulness about a potential bechdel pass

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

everyone is all stoked about the pacing of monster appearance but is not prepared for how that means the last half of the movie could be an absolute slog of trying to sort out whether they are any worse than the monster for their treatment of the suspected murderer guy

jonny,
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this ship is dope, perfect gravity simulation, lots of open space, this is truly the 50's vision of traveling through space in luxury and style

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

absolutely zero conversation evaluating the quantity of ordinance to deploy directly into their water and air supply

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

ok if the woman are doctors, does talking about a man while you're considering whether to do an autopsy on him count as a bechdel pass or is that still talking about a man

blue,
@blue@bigshoulders.city avatar

@jonny considering they're also space waitressess, I'm gonna round down on this one

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

@blue they are both traditionally misogynized characters but they also seem to be doctors and the men are taking their input seriously? i don't know what their status is in the patriarchy time machine

Gurre,
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@jonny
Hm. Would that question have the same answer if they said "the body" as if they said he/him in that conversation?

jonny,
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@Gurre i think beyond the language used the test is more about the women having agency and being active drivers of the story rather than merely reacting to the actions of the men around them, so being doctors talking about a man who has died is like 'are they as doctors able to exert the same kind of agency as the man who went and got himself dead' which is a weird edge case

jonny,
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"you were right, there is a monster killing everyone instead of you killing everyone." literally endless romantic stare

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

bingo but also i think most of these happened in the first 5 minutes of the movie

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

this plan to capture the monster narration could have done with some oceans 11 style bongo orchestral music and some zooms and pans over blueprints of the ship

jonny,
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aaaaaand roll credits, that guy is just going to burn the torch in the basement baiting the monster until they get back to earth

jonny,
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we are finally getting some character exposition on one of the women but it is just to explain how she was single for science and cuts when the dude is propositioning her. F-

trixter,
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@jonny I’m gonna tell people I’m single for science.

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

I fucking LOVE the torch guy just listening in and commenting on everything everyone else is doing. "we got it jim, thanks"

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

the torch guy is basically the greek chorus of the movie now and will steer us safely back home from between those big pipes

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

i think you basically have to maintain nuclear reactions in a more controlled environment than like a pizza oven

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

the staging making her tap him on his lips to quiet him down bc she has to be behind him like that lmao

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

i just want to note with 5 minutes left that this movie has absolutely zero metaphor, subtext, or anything going on aside from "kill the monster." they have done literally nothing with the "this guy is on trial for killing his crewmates" plot they started with.

jonny,
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the romance is so halfhearted the characters spend half the time shushing each other.

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

the bazooka seems to have just been a sort of nerf-powered pirate ship cannon that was so inconsequential they didn't even give it dialogue

jonny,
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wait a second they solved the monster while i was typing. i love how opening the side of the spaceship so yno it's continuous with space just makes it windy for a little bit but then everything is fine and you can just walk around and all your boxes are still scattered around loose everywhere.

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

so the moral of the story is that we are just gonna steer clear of mars from now on.

jonny,
@jonny@neuromatch.social avatar

i'm going back and checking in on what torch guy got up to, i missed some of his scenes and want more of his straight talk.

also i totally missed why that guy suddenly had a speech impediment and they were all cooing over him

jonny,
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Dear instancemates plz do mute if you can see this post and don't want it cluttering up your feeds. Go to preferences > filters and hide completely from wherever you're seeing it.

PRs welcome for ways to hide posts to a specific hashtag from home/local feeds, it shouldn't be that hard <3
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science_is_hard,
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@jonny I'm gonna try to do this tonight

jonny,
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@science_is_hard
To apply the filter? Hopefully only takes a couple seconds. Lmk if troubles :) I am pretty sure its on our.wiki (and if its not it should be)

moira,
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@jonny ALL THESE PLANETS ARE YOURS EXCEPT MARS

jonny,
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@moira i am trying to see who fucked off into what in this movie and i think in this case mars fucked off into space

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