Soulstone,

It's a culturally significant movie for reasons that may not be relevant to you.

You say cliches, I say well-executed tropes.

I will join this hot take and say I don't think Jordan is a very good actor. But that's just my opinion.

Culturally significant, sure, I appreciate that (and find it relevant, though obv not to me personally). That's completely separate from how good the movie is though - at least it should be.

Trope, cliche, hate them all equally. Like obsessively. I can appreciate that they're fairly well executed, otherwise it would have been more like 2/10.

I thought black panther was superrated also. Wonder woman too.

I like Batman.

Yah. I get it. And I'll admit I have my own bias. I spent like five years as an editor for a romance publisher, a genre often so formulaic that non-fans see the very genre as a cliche. I learned to see well-executed tropes as an art unto itself. It's really, really, really hard to do well.

I also thought that BP was exceptional, but I see where you're coming from because I felt that way about Wonder Woman. I could see why it resonated so powerfully with people who aren't me, even though I felt like it was just okay on its own.

I agree that Black Panther was waaaaaaaaaay overrated, I think my reaction when leaving the theater was "Yep, that was a Marvel movie." Didn't really matter though for reading the article though. Busto really breaks down the formula (for lack of a better word), the callbacks and the parallels from three key parts of the movie. Really enjoyed reading about it.

Another movie I thought was really overrated but was a perfect example of "the formula" being executed perfectly was Crazy Rich Asians.

Busto, have you read "Save The Cat" (This is another version of the "Pet the dog" trope).



Couldn't finish Wonder Woman. Not even sure why I tried, I haven't liked a DC movie since Nolan's. Marvel's movies might be predictable and formulaic, but that's because they found a formula which works again and again.

I'm not really into Marvel movies. I did try Wonder Woman but didn't end up finishing it either.

I did like crazy rich Asians. But I like Asians and I had just been in Singapore and it made me laugh.

You know what doesn't entertain me? Deadpool. I don't laugh at all, not sure why. It's just not funny.

Deadlift
275x3, 3203x2, 370x3x2, 390x2x4

Comp bench
185x5, 225x5, 255x4x5

Weighted chins
+70x5x3

EZ

Cocky!

Well

You say cocky, I say potato

T results back

615 natty? You lucky dog...

Is that good...?

A quote from today's recovery reading that I really liked.

Guess what came out today!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Illusions
by Madeline Reynolds

In most bookstores if you prefer.

People pay for that kind of Total T without going overboard on drugs, so yah man. Its very good.

Bump

Hope you are doing ok.

+1

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Miss this cat.

I thought Busto was back

He's still quite k. I'll let him know you're all wunderin'.

Good to hear he is good and please do say hi.

Same here. Tried watching it 3 times. Every time I'm rustled as soon as he starts his taxi jokes. And then it continues the whole movie.

Good enough to be happy about it!

300-500 within range but ****ed
500-700 pretty damn good
700+ natty god

Hey all, I did some lifting a few weeks ago that went well.





1,155 PL total (H&F rules don't @redlight me) @185.

Then I went on vacation and had a minor surgery so didn't lift for three weeks, just now getting back into it.

I'm still seeing the same girl. That vacation was a drive to stay with her sister and their family. It was in Amish country and made me realize I'm not a city boy. Been a little down lately looking for a new job but am still freelance editing in the meantime. My dog Sydney is doing great.

I don't really post here anymore because I have a pretty bad screen and internet addiction. It just gets out of control for me, and soon I'm F5ing the LC thread like a tweeker hoping for just one more hit. So of course I've replaced that with lurking the Politics forum, but now they've taken that away from me too!

Nice lifts! What happened to your squat? I remember it being higher. At least higher than your (sick) bench.

Looks like we currently have about the same total.

That beard looks badass on you!

Re: squat/bench, perfectlybalanced.jpg

Glad to see you back!