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Thoughts on Junji Ito?
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To an extent. When religion was far more prevalent, it lead to a stronger moral code as the fear of a power greater than any human was a useful way to avoid immorality from becoming too widespread. You need only look at modern western society and the prevalence of Social Justice to see what happens when that strength is lost.
I wouldn't say it's of the utmost importance, as it's best to separate church and state on several matters and following a religious text too dogmatically can lead to several societal flaws, but placing some of the basic tenants as a strong moral code is a highly useful way of implementing a set of standard values to benefit social stability.
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Ito is OK, or good as far as horror writers go. The only work I read of his was Uzumaki, hailed as his best work, though even that just seemed to have creative visuals and was otherwise just a tribute to Lovecraft. I wouldn't say horror is a genre that you're able to get a lot of depth out of unless it's complimented with something else, as a lot of horror relies too much on spectacle and atmosphere over plot and character writing. Ito does this to an extent with a lot of his praise coming from the atmosphere, visuals and creative ideas, whilst a lot of his longer stories can feel disjointed at points and the characters tend to only be memorable for how the plot treats them or the imagery attached to them. Still, Junji Ito at least understands the elements of the visual horror genre to make his work good for what it is, though no masterpieces by any means.
To an extent. When religion was far more prevalent, it lead to a stronger moral code as the fear of a power greater than any human was a useful way to avoid immorality from becoming too widespread. You need only look at modern western society and the prevalence of Social Justice to see what happens when that strength is lost.
I wouldn't say it's of the utmost importance, as it's best to separate church and state on several matters and following a religious text too dogmatically can lead to several societal flaws, but placing some of the basic tenants as a strong moral code is a highly useful way of implementing a set of standard values to benefit social stability.
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Ito is OK, or good as far as horror writers go. The only work I read of his was Uzumaki, hailed as his best work, though even that just seemed to have creative visuals and was otherwise just a tribute to Lovecraft. I wouldn't say horror is a genre that you're able to get a lot of depth out of unless it's complimented with something else, as a lot of horror relies too much on spectacle and atmosphere over plot and character writing. Ito does this to an extent with a lot of his praise coming from the atmosphere, visuals and creative ideas, whilst a lot of his longer stories can feel disjointed at points and the characters tend to only be memorable for how the plot treats them or the imagery attached to them. Still, Junji Ito at least understands the elements of the visual horror genre to make his work good for what it is, though no masterpieces by any means.
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Agreed. I find that religion when taken too far can result in zealotry similar to that of Social Justice (just look at how much the ME likes to censor tame things like miniskirts), but in tamer doses can lead to far less immorality and decadence, as well as greater degrees of teen abstinence and a stronger moral code.
Would you teach your future children to attend church, or at the least control them so they don't act out too much?
Would you teach your future children to attend church, or at the least control them so they don't act out too much?
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I'd make it optional for them. I personally don't attend church since a lot of the churches don't teach their values properly due to several reformations that have occurred over the decades having made many of them teach values that can outright contradict some major tenants of the faith (you need only look at the numerous molestation cases that have become prevalent since the Novus Ordo reformations as an example). I'd probably still have them attend special services such as on Christmas and Easter and teach them the main tenants of Christianity (especially considering my girlfriend is Christian and has fairly strong faith), but I wouldn't be highly authoritarian when it comes to religion when too much control has been proven to lead to psychological problems for a child (eg. A few areas of middle and southern USA with overly authoritarian, conservative households having a higher rate of teens enacting incest as a way to lash out).
That said, I'd still be stern when it comes to discipline, though wouldn't do so too much so they still have their own sense of independence.
That said, I'd still be stern when it comes to discipline, though wouldn't do so too much so they still have their own sense of independence.
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Your opinion on Artificial Intelligence?
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AI is a mixed bag. On one hand, the increase of it and the convenience it provides is an inevitability of the future and something that adds a level of comfort for humans. However, this also leads to a lot of professions being made redundant if they can just be jobs accomplished by robots. I don't see this as too bad, since it's simply the nature of times that humans participating in some jobs will become unnecessary with the evolution of technology and some professions such as the arts aren't ones that will be effected due to the difference in creative process compared to factory work. This just means that the necessity for those skilled in art/entertainment, as well as perhaps those involved in science, will become more valued in the work force than those of manual labour, which is good news to me.Ultimate Cell said:
As far as the big questions of AI such as machine uprising, I don't see this as too much of an issue. The writings of Isaac Asimov in his novel I, Robot (Not the generic film that betrays the premise of the book) already introduced the idea of putting in a failsafe to stop this scenario by the orders that are given as core rules. Though things such as machines controlling many aspects of society would become an inevitability and a somewhat eerie scenario, it could also lead to a far more stable civilisation as long as failsafes are put in place.
Not entirely, but in some ways. Many cases of suicide are caused by people internalising their problems and the suicide will be a major tragedy for the family, especially in cases where the problem was something the person entirely kept to themselves.Gin said:
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Was at my girlfriend's apartment and busy with work when she wasn't there. Internet was pretty bad, so I couldn't discuss...XD with 3,000+ word posts.
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Thoughts on the Death Note Netflix film?
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GreatSaiyaman123 said:
Not even touching it when it's apparent that both as an adaption and its own work, the film is DBE tier
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Your opinion on Rogue One and Solo?
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Offering prayers to Big Green's Big Daddy.Super Saiyan said:
See this thread for my full thoughts: http://www.dbzeta.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=12656&start=30Ultimate Cell said:
For the tl;dr, Rogue One is bad due to bland new characters (as well as Jyn's actions being nonsensical), and returning characters such as Vader and Tarkin acting out of character. In trying to fix what wasn't even a plot hole, they created several that affect A New Hope such as Leia's excuse of being on a diplomatic mission being far poorer when we now know Vader personally saw the Tantive IV escape with the plans.
Solo is overall mediocre and a few plot points such as the overly elaborate double-cross or Han being pretty much a Gary Stu make it fall as slightly below average. Despite that, it's still the best post-Disney Star Wars film.
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Thoughts on Black Panther?
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The movie's a clusterfuck when it comes to world building, both internally and for the MCU as a whole. Pretty much every part of the plot makes little sense such as why the previous King of Wakanda couldn't use the Black Panther power if it's controlled by just spreading some liquid on yourself, how Wakanda has remained a mystery for so long despite being renowned for Vibranium, why are T'Challa's balls such a convenient plot device or why a supposedly advanced society still practices trial by combat? I can definitely see why some aspects of Wakanda were retconned in Infinity War such as the spears doubling up as rifles, since the way they were utilised here made little sense.
The characters are also poorly written in their motivations and choices such as a depowered T'Challa still challenging Killmonger when he could've easily refused and Killmonger's attempts to be a sympathetic villain fall apart when he actively tries to kill a child.
Also, the attempt to use a "What are those?" meme was perhaps the cringiest bit of dialogue in all the MCU.
Overall, the film really just felt like bad filler as what role it plays into the continuity in Infinity War is negligible and it was mainly just there to feed into the hype Black Panther received in Civil War (and "progressives" praising him and the film as great just for having a black superhero as a film's main lead, even though the Blade trilogy have been around for years).
As far as a rating, would probably give it around a 2-3/10.
The characters are also poorly written in their motivations and choices such as a depowered T'Challa still challenging Killmonger when he could've easily refused and Killmonger's attempts to be a sympathetic villain fall apart when he actively tries to kill a child.
Also, the attempt to use a "What are those?" meme was perhaps the cringiest bit of dialogue in all the MCU.
Overall, the film really just felt like bad filler as what role it plays into the continuity in Infinity War is negligible and it was mainly just there to feed into the hype Black Panther received in Civil War (and "progressives" praising him and the film as great just for having a black superhero as a film's main lead, even though the Blade trilogy have been around for years).
As far as a rating, would probably give it around a 2-3/10.
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Best - A toss up between The Shawshank Redemption, No Country for Old Meng Men or The End of Evangelion.
Worst - Considering the amount of bad movies out there, that's a fairly impossible task, though The Last Jedi holds a special place of contempt in my heart as far as those that come straight to my mind.
Worst - Considering the amount of bad movies out there, that's a fairly impossible task, though The Last Jedi holds a special place of contempt in my heart as far as those that come straight to my mind.
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What's the dumbest/worst filler sequence you've ever seen?
